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
Laurie Nigro: Summer showdown: Bugs 1, Me 0
There's no possible positive outcome to sharing your bathtub with a bug.
Laurie Nigro: Calm in the face of ‘calamity’? Not!
Life throws unexpected circumstances our way. Even in the kitchen. It's how we respond to them that matters.
Laurie Nigro: Driving yourself crazy — it’s not for every mom
Shuttling kids from activity to activity sometimes feels like you're spending more time behind the wheel than a cross-country trucker.
Laurie Nigro Man-stink: the struggle is real
Man-stink clearly spans generations, race, and class, leaving no one safe. Cornering the market on Febreeze wouldn't make a dent.
Why even bullies, curmudgeons and otherwise crotchety jerks deserve our best behavior
Coping strategies for dealing with Kings and Queens of Nastiness.
A mom’s guide to separation anxiety
The five stages of letting my child go away. Far away. Like, multiple states away. Where I can't be there to console, rescue, and/or feed him in a reasonable amount of time.
When comfort outranks style, you’ve reached ‘a certain age’
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
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
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
His life would be so much easier if he'd just listen to me in the first place.
