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Open Thread: May 31

by cv harquail May 31, 2014

Welcome to our weekend open thread. If you’ve got any au pair issues at loose sends, you can tie them up here with the help of the AuPairMom community. This thread will be open for comments, ideas and questions (subject to moderation, for first time commenters) until Monday morning or 100 comments, whichever comes […]

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Open Thread: Memorial Day Weekend

by cv harquail May 24, 2014

Drumroll Please, for this weekend’s Open Thread! If you’ve got something you want to share, jump right in. If your comment doesn’t show up right away, it may be that my All-American software has automatically held the comment in moderation, waiting until I put down my gin and tonic. This thread will remain open until […]

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Open Thread: Mother’s Day Edition

by cv harquail May 10, 2014

My friend Liz, in her official author/blogger role as @Hello_Ladies, made a provocative suggestion: Instead of Sunday being Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day Should Fall on a Monday. Then, we moms would actually be able to take some time off to relax from *all three* of our jobs: Mogul, Mom, and Maid. This morning, as my […]

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Open Thread: Rooting for Rosie

by cv harquail May 3, 2014

Today’s open thread celebrate’s New Jersey’s Rosie Napravnik, who’s riding Vicar’s In Trouble in today’s Kentucky Derby. The Derby, and Rosie’s chance to make history, may or may not be on your radar screen for the weekend. But in our house, the run up to our annual Derby Party, plus the last week of classes, […]

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Open Thread: April 19

by cv harquail April 19, 2014

Welcome to our Weekend Open Thread! Open threads are for comments on any subject at all, including past posts, things we haven’t posted on, what you’ve been thinking or doing, etc. You can even let me know if there’s a topic you think I should queue up for the coming week. Have you responded […]

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Open Thread: April 11

by cv harquail April 12, 2014

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Open Thread: April 5th

by cv harquail April 5, 2014

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Open Thread: March 29

by cv harquail March 29, 2014

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Open Thread: March 22

by cv harquail March 22, 2014

Welcome to our Saturday Open Thread! Open threads are for comments on any subject at all, including past posts, things we haven’t posted on, what you’ve been thinking or doing, etc. as long as it follows our basic comments policy. This thread will be open for a full weekend, from today until the evening of […]

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Notes About The Blog: What’s been happening behind the scenes at AuPairMom

by cv harquail March 9, 2014

You might be wondering what’s going on here at AuPairMom, what with the revised blog formatting and my efforts to post more often. I’ve finally put the wheels in motion to ‘upgrade’ AuPairMom so that it works more effectively for you and for me. AuPairMom has got itself a consultant, Shawn.

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