Top Ten Jobs to Prepare for Spring...

1. Switch long sleeved clothes out of drawers.



2. Store snow gear.



3. Sweep, vacuum, and mop mud.



4. Brush dog hair; it’s everywhere!



5. Slowly adjust bedtimes to accommodate impending daylight savings time.



6. Sweep, vacuum, and mop mud.



7. Resist buying Easter candy early.



8. Clean windows; or at least replace screens.



9. Practice saying, “Bugs don’t want to hurt you!”



10. Sweep, vacuum, and mop mud.

Kerri Charette is editor of Misadventures of Moms and Disasters of Dads, a parenting humor collection published by "Moms In Print". Kerri is:

1. a mother to five children: three boys (ten, nine, five) and two girls (three and two).
2. a former kindergarten teacher in Ledyard
   
3. the president of the Ledyard Women's club
   
4. a committee chair on the PTO
   
5. a religious education teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes church.

Kerri also hosts a weekly cable television show for the adoption agency Child Adoption Resource Association (CARA) of New London, CT (Kerri's fifth child's adoption was arranged through CARA). The show, "Families in the Making" brings awareness to adoption issues and is seen on the COMCAST Groton Cable Network, Adelphia Cable Network of Norwich and Eastern CT Cable Network serving the Waterford area.

Kerri holds an undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Connecticut (1992) and a masters degree in teaching reading and language arts (1999) from Eastern Connecticut State University. For those interested in learning more about the Misadventures of Moms and Disasters of Dads anthology series Kerri suggests visiting
the website: misadventuresofmoms.com.