Parenting

The Hardest Lessons Learned Often Involve Wet Shoes

January 9, 2012

I’m almost five years into this mothering gig and I still haven’t figured out the kind of mom I am. I’m way too permissive and then way too demanding. I expect a lot and then fail to follow through with consequences. Super Nanny can’t help me because I’ve watched the show enough to know what [...]

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2011 Top 20 Blogmas Posts to Make You Stop, Drop, and Think

December 29, 2011

Don’t know what Blogmas is? Check out my original call for posts and my summary of this whole crazy Blogmas roll out this week. Hopefully, the posts this week, so far, have made you laugh and made you cry (or have some other emotion somewhere in between). What came next, for me, were posts that [...]

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2011 Top 20 Blogmas Posts to Make You Feel

December 28, 2011

Don’t know what Blogmas is? Check out my original call for posts and my summary of this whole crazy Blogmas roll out this week. If you’ve read my blog, you probably know I like to laugh and I like to have fun. When it comes to reading blogs, I still like to laugh but I [...]

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Raising Good Little People

December 7, 2011

In case I didn’t mention it all the way back in August when I came home from BlogHer 11, I met with plenty of amazing companies and brands. Some I’ve had the pleasure of working with and some I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying their products and sometimes writing about them. But the absolute standout [...]

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When My Son Starts to Drink

October 5, 2011

With all this talk of wine lately, I thought I should remind you that I’m well over the age of 21. Occasionally I still get carded but when the cashier asks me, we both know they are simply being polite. However, I used to be younger than 21. I’m sure I’m not alone in admitting [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Kicking and Screaming

October 2, 2011

My weeks have been so crazy lately. Sometimes I’m swamped with writing. Sometimes I’m swamped with being a wife and mother and household manager. Sometimes it’s both and I’m not always the best at keeping balanced. This week, I’ve had a lot of frustration with my beautiful little boy. My pride and joy. Who makes [...]

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In Which Pooh Gets His Own Movie And Everyone Loves It

July 15, 2011

Apparently, I’ve got clout. Or Klout, to be more exact. All my years of tweeting finally paid off when I was offered a KloutPerk. In case you don’t know, a KloutPerk is an exclusive offer extended to various registered users of Klout. Klout is more or less intended to be your measure of online influence [...]

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Parenting by the Poolside: Part 2

May 30, 2011

Right around this time last year, I wrote a post called Parenting by the Poolside. Even though my readership was relatively small, it touched a nerve in a quite a few people. I really wrote it because of my frustration with parents who use the pool as an alternative to TV or video games. In [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: I love my son, I love my son

April 10, 2011

I hated writing this post. But I had to. I had so many yucky feelings bottled up today that I felt like I had to get them out. Hopefully this purges them a little bit. At the very least, it should be a reminder to me that we start each day anew. Even moms need [...]

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When My Kid Grows Up

October 29, 2010

This will not, I repeat, NOT be a tearjerker. It’s actually a film review. Or movie review. Or I guess, technically, a documentary review. But I can’t talk about a documentary like “The Kids Grow Up” without talking about my own son and the thought of him growing up. First, the film: Documentary filmmaker Doug [...]

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