Heather says: Lately I’ve been wanting to talk more about managing technology in the home, but life just hasn’t been cooperating. I don’t mean just a we’re really busy with life kind of busy. No, I mean life hasn’t been cooperating to the point that my friends find the frustration highly amusing. I take … Read more
Heather says: It’s a chilly rainy, November morning and I’m trying to get up the wherewithal to head to church across town. When it’s not my turn with the kids, I sometimes have a very hard time forcing myself to head to Mass even though I know I’ll feel better having gone. It’s more of … Read more
Dear Home-Ec 101, I just moved. There are boxes to the left of me, boxes to the right and here I am, stuck in the middle with you. The house is pretty much a wreck and will be for some time until I can budget for the repairs. I don’t know where to find the energy. … Read more
Heather says: This isn’t particularly Home Ec related, but sometimes life is more than the chores that make it easier. As many of you know, last year was incredibly difficult. Okay, I can see my therapist giving me a look, last year was insane. Yet I’m still standing. In fact, now I’m standing with a … Read more
Heather says: File this one under, “Sometimes I really wish I had a normal 9-5 job so I could keep the days of the week straight.” You know how on Sundays the chore chart reminds everyone to check their schedules? I forgot. This means I completely spaced, until five minutes ago, that I have jury … Read more
Heather says: Holy cow, I had a heck of week. The up, down, crazy, sideways and what the heck am I doing kind of week. I know it’s Monday morning, but each time I opened my browser to start working on this week’s Sunday Confessional (which would have been long enough before Sunday came along) … Read more
Heather says: People new to Home Ec may wonder what this series is about. I started the Sunday Confessional a few years ago when I realized how it was way too easy to only share the best parts of life. Most of us tend to compare our personal, absolute worst with everyone else’s best foot … Read more
Heather says: It’s been a few months since we’ve done a Sunday Confessional and I have a deadline causing some serious productive procrastination*, so now is just as good a time as any to bring back the series. For those new to Home-Ec 101, welcome, the Sunday Confessional is just a reminder that life isn’t … Read more
Heather says: Every so often I like to remind Home-Ec 101 readers that life isn’t magazine and snapshot perfect. It’s really easy, when you live your life semi-publicly on the web to only present the best and gloss over the less perfect moments of life. I work from home, in addition to running this site, … Read more
Heather says: Let’s get the site adminstration stuff out of the way. Home-Ec101.com has been having some performance issues; my good friend Michael Carnell and I are working hard to make sure that we get it whipped into shape. The comment system has been changed, IntenseDebate seems to have been a part of the problem, … Read more