I Don't Want to Be a PTA Mom

It's funny in the last two days I have heard from two different moms about their fear of becoming a PTA mom as their kids pass from toddler, preschool age to big kid age. And I too concur- no PTA for me (not that any of us would poo poo anyones choice to do so). I can't speak for my friends, but my feeling is that the basic options for moms of big kids is to either have a "successful" career (however that would be defined) or be an awesome, professional mom (which would include a lot of school volunteer work). But most of the moms I know don't relish either option. There has to be a new option- one that we can be proud to speak of in which we are vital, interested and continue to be interesting. I know I always have project ideas that would keep me engaged and vital and leave time for heart to heart conversations in the afternoon with my daughter when she needs them. (I haven't figured out where these projects might have earning potential- and they are mostly only interesting to me).


Here is a sampling of what's on my current projects list.
1. Taxes (enough said- not worth discussing)
2. Garden ideas (will talk about if I get to it this year).
3. Veganomicon- which I mentioned in an earlier post. My desire is to go through the whole cookbook and through trial and error find about 10-15 fabulous recipes. I think of this as kind of like a little piggy bank- the calories saved and the veggies eaten in these regular meals will afford us decadence sprinkled through out an average week.
4. The Fashion File:

I splurged on this lovely book the last week. I'm 41 and recently decided I have about a decade left to look pretty decent so I better get cracking. So this book is written by the costume designer of Mad Men. She suggests thinking of yourself as a character (or the character you want to be), assigning three adjectives to that character and then design the wardrobe around that. 
I've come up with my adjectives- but I'm a little embarrassed to share. Tell me yours first.




And 5. This blog and a journal to sketch, play, write and think in. Thanks for sharing this space with me.