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Is there a right time in your career to have a baby?

As a teacher I’m very much grateful for the, what amounts to be, about 2 months off during the summer.  In fact when I first dreamed of growing our family with a kiddo, I had a plan in mind.  Get …

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Quitting TV. Sort of.

I've talked a lot on here about how much TV has helped me get all the things done as a working mom.  When we get home from work

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Seeing the Light at the End of the Tunnel {Finances Edition}

Before we decided to start a family, it was important for both my husband and I to own a house.  You see, both of us grew up with

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Meal Planning that is Healthy, Efficient and Budget Friendly {Part 2}

Earlier this week, I shared some tips I had for how I'm managing to keep up with efficient, healthy, and budget friendly meal planning.  I decided to break

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Meal Planning that is Healthy, Efficient and Budget Friendly {Part 1}

If you’ve been around these parts for a while, you know that I’m on a big lifestyle change journey. It all started last May when I realized I

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Featured Working Mom: Jes’ Delights

I'm thrilled to introduce you to our latest Featured Working Mom, Jes, from Jes' Delights!  She's a long time reader and a huge supporter of LWM. She, her

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Liberating Working Dads!

We are very excited to start a fun series next week. It's all about the dads! You know, those working dads because they deserve a voice too!  And

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Featured Working Mom: Surf Momma

This week's featured working mom, Carole of Surf Momma, is no stranger to LWM. She's written three fabulous guest posts already. Back in July she told us all

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Career Perspective for my 22-year-old Self

When I began my freshman year in college in New York, I had one goal in mind; to live in the city and to make it as a

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Featured Working Mom: June of the Moon

I'm so excited to start up a featured working mom series. LWM is all about creating a community after all, so I'm grateful that each of these featured

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A Working Mom’s Perspective on Sleep

I feel like so much of how my day goes is dependent on how much sleep I get. And how much sleep I get is mostly determined by

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LWM On Huffington Post Live

Last week was a whirlwind. And in the most amazing way. In addition to the crazy busy, yet one of the most fulfilling weeks at work (you know

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Working Moms Support!

I wanted to first and foremost thank all of you for continuing to visit LWM. In the year and a half since I launched LWM, it has been

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Learning to Step-up my Professional Life

We’ve chatted a lot on here about having to make choices between career and family. Last May, Law Momma chatted about the Art of Saying No, and just

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Working With Style {Stitch Fix and Big Hair Edition}

I feel like the older I get the more into wanting to have style I've become. As a teenager, you'd find me wearing jeans and thrifted t-shirts. In

Working Mom Resolutions 2012

Working Mom Resolutions 2013

This year has brought many changes and new challenges for the whole LWM crew. There are new babies, angel babies, new jobs, trying to stay fit, and all

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What a Break Looks Like

We've been busy taking a "break" from work and blogging and all the such. But we thought to share with you a little glimpse into some of our

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Working With Style {Wish List Edition}

As today is Christmas Eve, we decided to share with you what our Working With Style Wish Lists are. We're hoping to usher in the new year with

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Working Mom Resolutions 2012

Last year, we came together to share our working mom resolutions. We decided that we are going to be bringing it back again this year, and we'd love

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The Weight I Carry as a Teacher

When I became a mom, I really understood what it felt like to look out at my students and know that behind each face were parents who knew

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