Technology

In December, I shared a few tips for taking holiday photos, but these tips can really be applied all year long. As moms, we have all sorts of reasons to be taking pictures. Whether you’re capturing memories of your...

I can hardly remember what life was like before. How did we keep in touch with people? How did we keep track of birthdays? How did we keep up with fashion trends? How did we learn about flash sales...

It’s summer in Iowa City, which means it’s time for the annual population turnover. You can see the shift especially well downtown. Every year at the beginning of summer, students head home, and the streets fill with families enjoying...

Recently I met my high school girlfriends for a weekend trip to Galena, Illinois. We had not been in a room together for over 25 years. As is the case with many people in their mid 40’s, we reconnected via...

It's cold and the kids are home. There is nothing better than to end the day by winding down to watch a show or two. Then you remember that each show you are currently watching just had a 'mid-season'...

I will be the first to admit that I spend a lot of time on my phone. As a mom who works from home, blogs, and has a couple side businesses, it kind of goes with the territory! Smartphones...

Class had started. As I walked up and down the rows of desks to check homework, a student said to me as I walked by, “Your kids are cute Mrs. Degner, but they’re crazy.” “They take after their father,” I quipped,...

A few months back I saw a friend of mine post on Facebook about a highly inappropriate game that a lot of kids are playing.  Because I have younger children, I had never heard of the game she mentioned....

As parents, we know there are a set of basic life skills and lessons we need to teach our children to help them become safe, healthy, and productive members of society. One of the challenges of parenting is keeping...

A friend who is a few years ahead of me as a mom told me, “Write everything down now. My kids ask me all the time about when they were younger and at this point, I just make stuff...