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Comment on List of 100 Dreams: Moving to NYC by Calee

Calee — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:50:11 +0000

May I suggest Orange County, CA? Good jobs, good schools, great quality of life. Lower cost of living than the city and much, much better produce (unless things have drastically improved since I lived there…)
I loved that Onion article!

Comment on List of 100 Dreams: Moving to NYC by Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:26:38 +0000

Might I recommend the Triangle area of NC? I also come from the Midwest (Ohio), and I absolutely love it here. Low cost of living, plenty of space, an incredible variety of great food, always near the top of “brainiest city” lists, and a growing cultural scene.

Comment on The Pay Gap, and the Time Gap by Twin Mom

Twin Mom — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:47:39 +0000

I think the distinction between housework and interactive childcare may be a false one. Based on my own intuition and supported by the study linked below, I think that a well-run home- with clean clothes, regular meals and regular bedtimes- is important to children’s wellbeing.

Another consideration is that parents who do their own housework and childcare can and do interrupt their housework to interact with their children. The laundry gets folded and the dishwasher gets unloaded while Junior is building with Legos and when he needs help reading the Lego diagram, Dad or Mom can stop folding laundry and help him.

Now the key question is, how disorderly can my home be before it starts affecting my children? How much housework do I *have to do?

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6638990.html

Comment on The Pay Gap, and the Time Gap by Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:01:52 +0000

WM- sometimes additional hours don’t equal more productivity, but sometimes they do. There can be returns to scale, up to a point of diminishing returns. If you work one hour per week, an employer won’t see much productivity out of that.

Comment on Cleaning out my closets by Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:22:15 +0000

Cleaning our closets and children’s rooms before school started was last week’s project and it was hugely gratifying!
As for old Tshirts — we had ours made into a fun quilt and my boys love it because it is so soft! Google “Tshirt quilts” . . .

Comment on The Pay Gap, and the Time Gap by wm

wm — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:09:38 +0000

I imagine quite a few moms would prefer to not work more, but would like to be compensated equally on an hourly basis for the hours they do put in. Additional hours does not equal additional productivity and the wage gap on an hourly basis remains substantial.

Comment on Hey, what happened to the comments? by Jennifer Margulis

Jennifer Margulis — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:15:46 +0000

It’s ridiculous how much spam is being generated. I have a WP account, let’s see if I am able to leave this comment.

Another HUGE problem: email accounts being HACKED. That just happened to a friend yesterday. A message was sent to EVERYONE ON HER LIST saying she had been mugged and needed money ASAP.

Comment on Hey, what happened to the comments? by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:13:21 +0000

Laura – I too use WordPress for my business. We had the same problem when we opened up our comments section. Like you, we approve all comments, but even so you have to wade through all of the spam on the backend of the WP. The solution, we discovered, was to use what’s called a CAPTCHA program – the kind where you have to type in letters or numbers in addition to your other information (take a look at this page, at the very bottom, and you’ll see it: http://bit.ly/b6XlqG ). The plugin is easy to get and install (tell your webmaster that it is free and to go here to find it: http://bit.ly/bopUia). This cut down on 99% of the spam – the difference was remarkable.

Loved your book and love the blog!

-Jeff

PS You don’t need to post this comment, but it seemed the easiest way to communicate the info to you.

Comment on Falling off the wagon by Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:28:40 +0000

Let me re-frame your training experience – you’re describing a natural rhythm of “on & off” seasons, not failure or falling off the wagon. I ran my first marathon in April this year. Training over the winter meant a lot of long runs, which competed with time I like to spend with my family. Rather than training for another long distance race in the summer or fall, I changed my goals – triathlons & half-marathon distances. I am also now training by time rather than distance, which makes scheduling much more predictable. Over the late fall and winter, I plan to train for my second marathon to be run next spring. That goal will get me through the long dark winter months when it’s tough to ride my bike and I’m tempted to slouch on the couch.

Comment on Falling off the wagon by christina

christina — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:55:23 +0000

I am feeling out-of-sorts for not getting in any time on my knitting…but that’s because I chose to start a new job (which doesn’t allow for my previous lunch time knitting), to throw a big dinner and open house for my husband’s 50th (including lots of family coming to town) and to process food from the garden. I remind myself that the party was the “fun” I chose to do with my free time rather than knit.

It’s very weird to not make progress on my projects, but I know it will get better with a little time to clean up the party mess, after the garden produce slows down, and when I get a few other things off my plate.

(Plus I fit in some “craft” shopping and I have to remember that counts too!)

Keep reminding us, Laura! We can’t bemoan our own choices.