Due to my husband’s work, we’ve moved often. At this time we live almost 1900 miles away from my parents and just 200 miles less than that from my in-laws, which is much closer than the 5000 miles when we lived in Turkey but still requires some major travel arrangements for visits. When our [...]
Getting Ready for the Family Visits
September 10th, 2008
Categories: Minding the Home
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Inspiration for Minding the Home
August 26th, 2008
I truly want to be a great mom, a great spouse, and a great home manager, but I get caught up in all of my tasks, I get tired. I lose my steam and start to waver in my confidence and in my motivation. Then there are the times, when I feel new, refreshed, ready [...]
Categories: Minding the Home
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Intro to Minding the Home
August 19th, 2008
I want to explain what it is I’m doing here with my own column for Minding the Home. I want you to know I’m not a Martha Stewart type figure. I don’t have this whole domestic goddess thing under control. I want to. I so desperately want to be that mom and wife that is [...]

