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Best Playgrounds in Connecticut — Dickinson Park

July 6, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

One thing I don’t take advantage of enough in the summer is going to the playground with my kids. But the town playground can get a little boring after a while and lose its excitement and appeal. Having the kids home all day and being on a pretty tight budget, when I was planning out […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Travel Tagged With: best playgrounds in CT, Connecticut playgrounds, CT, Fairfield County Playgrounds, free playgrounds, free summer activities for kids, newtown, playgrounds, playgrounds in Newtown

Not Your Average Weekend 2018. It’s Happening.

October 1, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

About a year and a half ago I fulfilled a dream of mine and hosted a weekend for women. I called it Not Your Average Weekend. It was a two-night retreat for women (and moms in particular), and my goal was for everyone to have a chance to let off some steam and not deal […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas gift, CT, declutter, interlaken, Lakeville, moms, Not Your Average Weekend, NYAW, recharge, restorative, retreat, simplify, wife

20 Free (Or Mostly Free) Things To Do With Your Kids Over Spring Break

April 9, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are like me, your kids have spring break next week and you are staying at home. If you are also like me, you may be looking for things to do with your kids that won’t cost you an arm and a leg but will keep everyone in your family from killing each other […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: baseball, bikes, Connecticut, CT, farm, frisbee, list, low cost spring break activities for kids, rail trail, soo, spring break, spring break on a budget, spring break staycations, state, staycation, things to do with your kids over Spring Break, UCONN, vacation, zoo

Stop Driving Like An Asshole In The Snow

February 11, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I was born and raised in Connecticut. Although we’ve had a relatively mild winter in New England this year, we are used to significant snowstorms. Some years we are hit with multiple blizzards. Some years we only get a couple inches here and there. A couple days ago, we had a near blizzard here. About […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Connecticut, CT, driving, four wheel drive, snow, snowstorm, SUV

I think it’s time I shared this with you.

December 16, 2012 by not your average mom 26 Comments

Editor’s Note: This post was written in December 2012, a few days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, just a few miles from my house in Connecticut. I’m tired. I think we all are. I cannot spend too much time thinking about the families who were directly affected by the events on Friday.  […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, CT, depression, mental illness, newtown

Hold On To What Is Good

December 15, 2012 by not your average mom 13 Comments

I live in Brookfield, CT,  less than one mile from Newtown, Connecticut’s town line. Sandy Hook Elementary School is 6.74 miles from my house. Yesterday morning I was at the Y in Brookfield.  One of the staff members there came up to me in the middle of my workout and asked me if I had […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: CT, newtown, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, sandy hook family, Sandy Hook shootings

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