Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 19th, 2008
This weekend is going to be a big one in our family - we’re going on dates.
Yup, that’s plural, you read it right! For the first time ever, we’re doing one-on-one dates with our kiddos. This time, Dad’s taking Maggie to the Sesame Street Live show and I’m taking Jake to either the park or [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 17th, 2008
So Maggie and I are on our way to the grocery store, just the two of us, driving down the road in happy, contented silence. Then it goes like this:
Maggie: Stop yelling at them!
Me: Huh? What?
Maggie: The birds! You pushed them out of the way and knocked them over! Stop yelling at them! They don’t [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 12th, 2008
So I posted on Facebook this morning looking for advice on planning a potential trip this winter with my 2 kiddos - on my own. Yup, just me and the kids. Not even sure this is an idea that should be explored, much less implemented, but I REALLY want to go on this trip, and [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 10th, 2008
So says my 2-year-old daughter in awe as I’m getting ready for a rare night out with my husband.
Thank you, thank you very much…………..flattery truly WILL get you everywhere. She’s learning from the master.
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 8th, 2008
I tried to wear 2 inch heels once when I was working as an auditor - no go. When I was pregnant with my kiddos, I had to wear arch-supporting shoes around the clock due to the intense pressure from all of that baby weight. Now that I’m NOT pregnant and NOT working in the [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Aug 5th, 2008
A friend and I sat for hours today and discussed returning to school - her for her doctorate, me for my masters. I was trying to make myself feel better about the fact that I can’t actually start my program until next summer, which means I won’t actually finish the program until July of 2010 [...]
Posted in Kate Olson, Review/Contest on Aug 4th, 2008
Read on to win one of 2 copies of Alexis Martin Neely’s Wear Clean Underwear book!
As I wrote earlier this summer, my husband and I went on our first trip sans children in June. We’ve had to do some hard thinking this year while planning for all of the serious and practical things related to [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Jul 30th, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
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Posted in Kate Olson on Jul 23rd, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
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Posted in Kate Olson, Review/Contest on Jul 20th, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
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