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Speed dinner tonight: Pizza!

Throw away the phone book. Never eat Domino’s again. You can make your own pizza, easily, fast and fun. And best of all, the New York Times tells you how to cook it… on the stove! For the...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: cooking, dinner, easy dinner, fast food, pizza
Tough love, mom style: sell the car. Save the kid.

I’m sure you’ve read about this one by now: Mom finds alcohol in the car she bought for her 19 year old son, and so she takes out an ad in the local paper and sells it. Not only does she...

Started in Solo Mother • 1 response • Last response by xmc2330 (15) • 1 month ago
Tags: parenting
More great ideas for how to handle 2008

The single parents channel on About.com has some great advice on how to make 2008 a great year. The list of ten things to do and keep in mind really bring home what it means to be a good parent....

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: essential reading, coping, life, parenting, resolutions
A few thoughts: what are you going to do when you’re all alone?

Accidents happen. Do you have a plan? I fell down the stairs this afternoon. The good new is, I’m fine. Sort of–I mean, I’m twisted and in some pain, and I look like the runner up...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: essential reading, help, single mom, single mommy, single mother
Utterly random thoughts from the blogosphere…

I don’t think I hit my head last night. So there really is no excuse for the utter lack of… intelligence rattling around in my brain, save for the fact that it’s Monday, I was up...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: essential reading, collaborative divorce, don delillo, kids, sex
thoughts on finding the perfect mate

BlogXilla’s recent post got me laughing, grossing out, annoyed, and ultimately shaking my head. It is what it is. Dating as a single mother is all over the map, and I’ve written enough...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dating, children, mr. right, mr. right now, sex
A fascinating look at the economic forces behind divorce

If you read nothing else today, flip over to Slate and read the excerpts from Tim Harford’s new book, The Logic of Life. The first excerpt was published yesterday, about the effect of current...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: essential reading, divorce, logic of life, slate, tim harford
It’s tax time… who claims the kids?

Did you talk about this one before the divorce became final? I hope you did. Who gets to claim the kids? A few points to consider:Do you have shared physical custody, or is one parent holding...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: finances, claiming children on taxes, deductions, exemptions, head of household
Taking the breakup song to the next level

Natalie Imbruglia writes a good line when it comes to angst. Torn is catchy and easily singable, with words any heartbroken woman can relate to… Now, catch what ‘interpretive dance artiste” Johann...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: music to divorce by
Ghost Fathers

This week has left me raw and rather peeled, and reading this article in the Globe and Mail – well, I’m a little teary-eyed tonight. The article is about Ghost fathers… fathers who...

Started in Solo Mother • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: divorce, ghost fathers, globe and mail, hogan hilling, modern moms guide to dad
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