Laurie Nigro
Laurie is the mother of two biological children and one husband and the caretaker of a menagerie of animals. Laurie is passionate about frugal, natural living. She was recognized by the L.I. Press Club with a “best humor column” award in 2016. Email Laurie
When the husband goes on a cleaning binge
Oh, silly, silly man. Has he never heard of Sisyphus? Doomed to push his boulder to the top of the hill, only to have it roll back down, for eternity? That's house cleaning. The minute you think, "It's done!" a dog throws up on the rug
Ah, the dedication of youth
As I sit here on a cool, fall morning, not long after sunrise and already deep into a second, extra large cup of coffee,...
Santa’s got nothing on her: taking list-making to the next level
What lists can and cannot do: confessions of an obsessive list-maker.
TGIF (thank God it’s fall): The annual beach misery is over
Really, I tried. I hauled three days worth of supplies. I bathed pasty, uncooperative children in sunblock. I chased flying umbrellas. I sat in pools of my own sweat, acquiring a coating of sand every time I moved. I'd rather be poolside.
The brutality of back-to-school: a frazzled mom’s view
Supply lists, fundraising drives, back-to-school nights, over-booked week nights and school portraits on day six, Laurie Nigro's solution for juggling it all: Her very own war room, complete with wall maps, 3-D calendars with color coding and a running budget sheet.
The paradox of the multi-tasking male
My husband is very intelligent. He can understand and compute complex mathematical equations with very little effort. He is a leader and a teacher. But ask him to put a pan in the oven and boil water at the same time and he freaking short circuits.
Pre-marriage counseling in a canoe
In those harrowing eight hours, we fought. We screamed and yelled. We mumbled under our breath and harbored resentment. We contemplated our decision to marry one another. Out loud. But in the end, we rejoiced. We had made it. Together
Father knows best: pearls of parenting wisdom from an accidental grown-up
Overall, he's a really good guy. But sometimes, the things that come out of his mouth... Well, judge for yourself.
Brilliance and (convenient) stupidity: Don’t worry, Mom’ll handle it
'Can I have something to eat?' 'Do I have any clean clothes?' The not-so-subtle subtext of these and other 'stupid' questions posed by children.
War with glitter, and other joys of hosting your little girl’s birthday party
For her birthday this past week, she wanted to decorate plain white sneakers with her guests, engage them in a lengthy and elaborate scavenger hunt, play her own version of charades, with props, and still eat dinner, swim and have cake.
