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Laurie Nigro

When comfort outranks style, you’ve reached ‘a certain age’

by Apr 23, 2017
Signs that you've reached "a certain age" are subtle and creep up on you slowly — this week Laurie admits to having recognized quite a few of them.

Laurie Nigro Martha Stewart be damned — let’s just say ‘it is what it is’ and enjoy the holiday

by Apr 16, 2017
We may dream of perfection, something out of Martha Stewart magazine — then reality interferes.

Laurie NigroParadise found…ever so briefly…at the bottom of an empty laundry basket

by Apr 9, 2017
Nirvana: The moment you realize all the laundry is done. All of it. Oh what joy — and oh ... how fleeting.

Laurie NigroHe should just admit I’m always right

by Apr 2, 2017
His life would be so much easier if he'd just listen to me in the first place.

If I can’t see it, it’s not there: Why dirty socks, wet towels, boots and other things are left where they...

by Mar 26, 2017
For people who lack object permanence, once they walk out of the bedroom, the wet towel that they left on the bed ceases to exist. Same with the boots shed directly in front of the door. Or the dirty socks on the radiator.

Confronting our personal demons, laughter is often truly the best medicine

by Mar 19, 2017
People who suffer are not to be ridiculed or mocked. It is not okay to laugh at their pain. Except sometimes, it's ok to laugh with them.

Laurie NigroWhy my upcoming 20th anniversary trip will in no way resemble my honeymoon

by Mar 12, 2017
After sun poisoning and surviving an attack by a crazed school of angel fish, Laurie's honeymoon took one more crazy turn. The 20th-anniversary trip should be a piece of cake, right?

Laurie Nigro‘Don’t change the channel. I’m watching that,’ he said between snores.

by Mar 5, 2017
When you study genetics in school, how is it they never teach you that every Y chromosome comes complete with an overactive napping gene?

Laurie Nigro How school vacation almost killed me

by Feb 26, 2017
School breaks present special challenges for working parents — especially for a former stay-at-home, homeschooling mom transitioning to a new 'working mom' lifestyle.

Laurie Nigro The many ways loving IKEA furniture can test your marriage (especially in winter)

by Feb 19, 2017
The box with the DIY assembly couch weighed 97 pounds. It didn't fit in the car. It was sleeting and there were many miles between the store and our home. What could go wrong?