This week, there was an article in Newsweek that offered some scary food for thought. The article discussed a happiness barometer of parents vs. non parents. Many statistics were cited and several experts quoted. The most poignant, in my opinion, were the following: “…In Daniel Gilbert’s 2006 book “Stumbling on Happiness,” the Harvard professor of […]

Our two winners of a free tank of gas are: Marcia from New York and Linda from New York! If you are Linda or Marcia from New York, please send me an email at claudia at divorceforstayathomemoms.com and let me know how and where you would like me to send your checks!!! Congratulations!

I’m so sorry to have missed my deadline but there was a VERY important reason!!! Here’s the good news! Since the winner’s car doesn’t have a “humongous” tank, I’m giving the next person a free tank also!!  Hold tight and I’ll give you the first names only! Then, Please the TWO winners will need to […]

For all of you who sent me an email at Claudia at divorceforstayathomemoms.com , one of you will be the lucky one who will get a free tank of gas! Look for your name on my blog tomorrow! For those of you who emailed me without going on the blog, just go to www.divorceforstayathomemoms.com  and […]

For those of you, who have not heard about Gary Foreman and The Dollar Stretcher, you are in for a wonderful surprise. Gary, his site and newsletters, have changed the lives of a lot of people. He offers ideas that help his readers to solve financial problems and in turn, stretch their dollars. Gary’s motto […]

FOR REAL, THIS IS A CLASSIC!!! According to the associated press, Fewer West Virginians said “I do” in 2006 as the number of marriages dropped for the sixth straight year. The Department of Health and Human Resources says while marriages declined, so did divorces. The agency’s 2006 vital statistics report says 13,276 couples took the […]

I just saw part of a show on Dr. Phil that told of women who actually fell in love with men on the internet, prior to meeting them in person. Some of these women were so taken, no pun intended, with these men, that they gave them money, moved to foreign lands and placed their […]

  I just read an article by Andrew Grossman. It was titled, 13 Years, 16 Lawyers, 10 Judges, No Divorce Settlement   In 2001, a Florida court awarded Marlene Forand a $240.00 divorce settlement, plus $6,000.00 permanent alimony and attorney’s  fees from ex-husband Bob in 2001, 6 years after their marriage ended. So why is […]