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• Home Base for the Holidays

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Our kids are home for Christmas break. Well, sort of. Our daughter is out with friends. Our son is spending one more night on  his campus so that he can go to a party. My husband is stuck at work, and the dogs are in the basement.  So technically Im the only one whos home. Im in the kitchen, dandy and fine, ...
  4 days ago

• Human made bird nest

  
  VanillaSeven' Photography — Authority: 129
  It’s Saturday again! Yay! Time to catch up with some last-minutes shopping for Christmas! Preferred to stay at home? Seems like a good idea too. But I think the owner of this human-made nest would like to do shopping rather than just stay at home :) Have a Great weekend and shopping experience! :) by ...
  4 days ago

• Empty nest at Christmas

  
  Good for You! — Authority: 125
  This year will be a little different for my husband and me. Our youngest child will be out of town visiting her grandfather, and our oldest lives on his own now. So this year we will be alone on Christmas morning. I am sure we will be fine with that; it will just be different.Others, [...]
  5 days ago

• USA: Empty Nest: The car insurance is how much?

  
  Seniors World Chronicle — Authority: 490
  . LOS ANGELES, California / United Press International / Family Life / Empty-Nest / December 16, 2009 By Pat Nason Overcoming empty-nest stress syndrome: The nest isnt necessarily empty just because the kids leave -- after all, dads still there, with time and opportunity for pursuits that have been on ...
  6 days ago

• How I Became Outnumbered

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Ive loved kids since I was a toddler myself. My mom had to watch me constantly to make sure that I didnt try to pick up and cuddle babies, who may or may not be bigger than I was. I just naturally gravitated toward younger kids, and they to me. It seemed to be in my genetic makeup to be a mother. The oldest of three ...
  1 week ago

• Reality of an empty nest

  
  If Mom Says OK — Authority: 422
  After a lag of about 10 days, the latest I’ve ever been, I finally got our Advent calendar completely filled and hung over the fireplace. ( not the traditional place to display such a calendar, but considering how big it is, and that we don’t use said fireplace, it’s the default. ) I simply wasn’t feeling it. ...
  1 week ago

• The Empty Nest Workout, part one

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  The only thing less likely than me taking up jogging - which is something I did five years ago, is me going to a spin class, which I started to do last fall. I am the poster child (woman, whatever) for the Athletically Challenged Happy Empty Nester (acronym: ACHEN, as in oh my achen legs). But a good life is filled ...
  1 week ago

• Another guest post from Quinn Reed

  
  Midlife Crisis Queen: The Weblog — Authority: 418
  My friend and fellow writer Quinn Reed writes eloquently about her feelings about her empty nest over the holidays: AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS by Quinn Reed My son will not be celebrating Christmas with us. He lives too far away. This will be our third holiday season without him since he graduated ...
  1 week ago

• There will be Tears

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Its going to happen. Maybe not right away, but most likely after the first visit. When you know they are actually doing just fine, on their own, without you. Which is what youve been hoping/working/praying for all along. But then it hits you. Childhood is over. Thank you very much. And then you cry. You cry ...
  2 weeks ago

• Writing Home: Collected Essays and Newspaper Columns

  
  Jobs at home - Legit work — Authority: 448
  ISBN13: 9780923568634 Condition: USED – VERY GOOD Notes: Product Description Both a “motherhood memoir” and a handbook for living, Writing Home is a heartwarming anthology of domestic essays and lifestyle columns by award-winning journalist Cindy La Ferle. This timeless collection speaks to every suburban ...
  2 weeks ago

• Afresh

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
    It was time for a change: The carpets had to go. Fifteen years of hard wear could no longer be ignored. Fifteen years of dogs and kids running up and down and in and out, tracking in all kinds of stuff. Mud was probably one of the nicer things. But you see Im not one of Those Women - the ones that make you ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Big Day for Meredith Baxter

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 151
  Best known for her work on the comedy Family Ties actress Meredith Baxter came out this morning on The Today Show. On Family Ties, Baxter played Elyse Keaton, the loveable mother of Michael J. Fox and was apart of the iconic TV moms that shaped American culture in the 1980s. Baxter happy and confident ...
  2 weeks ago

• Education—whats the point?

  
  FamilyLife MomBlog — Authority: 127
  by Jennifer Dyer Back in college, one of my classmates asked me an interesting question. "So, if you want to have children and stay at home with them, whats the point of getting your degree, especially a Masters?" I had several answers for him—he was sincerely trying to understand my point of view. First, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thanksgiving, Empty Nesting, and Turkey Noodle Soup

  
  Me and the Blue Skies — Authority: 106
  Thoughts of Turkey, Turkey Soup, and Briefly Living AloneI know it’s a little late for a Thanksgiving Day post, but the homemade turkey soup my daughter gave me put me in the mood to write about it.  Yes, she’s a good little cook and she made an amazing turkey noddle soup which she brought over [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Thanksgiving memories and miracles

  
  FamilyLife MomBlog — Authority: 127
  by Barbara Rainey The Monday after Thanksgiving is like a hinge.  Im cleaning—again—putting away all my fall decor and switching gears from one holiday to the next.  And Im remembering. It seems to have gone so fast.  All the weeks of anticipation and preparation for having my six children, their spouses, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Empty Nest: What Did You Do in That Limo?

  
  The XX Factor — Authority: 140
  A post from DoubleX writer Mimi Swartz: A few weeks ago I got the following e-mail from my son Sam: “MOM,” it began, “GLENDA,* ALLISON* AND I JUST GOT PICKED UP IN A LIMO AND ARE BEING GIVEN A FREE TOUR OF NEW YORK. I LOVE THIS CITY. I am not drunk dont worry. Love you.” The e-mail was sent at 2 a.m. It was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Home for the holidays…and beyond

  
  Parents Talk Back — Authority: 119
  Parents of grown children enjoying the quiet of your empty nest, take note. Before you open the door to your home too wide this holiday season, the Pew Research Center presents this cautionary survey. More and more adult children are returning…
  3 weeks ago

• The War on Empty Nest Syndrome.

  
  Moe Lane — Authority: 609
  Credit the Democrats for this exciting new development in mental health issues. Parents having problems with their kids moving out and leaving them alone? Easily solved: make it so that they can’t move out . WASHINGTON – Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Prepping for the feast

  
  FamilyLife MomBlog — Authority: 127
  by Barbara Rainey For someone who isnt into the Food Channel or trying new recipes or buying the latest Rachael Ray cookbook, Ive recently logged more hours than I can count in the kitchen. Maybe Julia Child would be proud, or maybe Betty Crocker, or maybe my mother. But its really my kids Im aiming to please. ...
  4 weeks ago

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