Today I am participating in Fun Monday, a pretty cool process I equate to a “posting party”, in which a different blogger hosts a topic each week and other bloggers weigh in. Today’s topic, hosted by MommyWizdom was: If you were ruler of the world/country/town for a day/week/month/year, you would… At first I was thinking [...]
There was a time in my life when a toe-curling experience in bed was a good thing. Sadly, not the case for the last several months. You would never know it from reading my blog but I have been crippled since October. Plantar fasciitis is the official diagnosis and trust me, any condition spelled with [...]
It was a familiar scene. Having just sided with one of the brothers in a heated dispute involving the high stakes game of mini-van seat selection, I was accused by the other brother of the ultimate injustice: “You love him more than me!” “No. I don’t,” I countered immediately. “I love you both THE SAME.” [...]
Do you have people in your life who inspire you? My guess (and hope) is that most MoB readers have people they admire and/or love. But that is a little different than what I am referring to here. Do you have someone who makes you want to get off your butt and actually DO something? [...]
Meet Steve. Steve was born last week at camp. In arts and crafts. Chase is his crafty father. I don’t think Steve has a mother. Poor Steve. I believe that Steve was conceived with but one purpose in life. To torture his Uncle Noah. The Scene – Every day for the last seven days: Chase: [...]
Don’t believe everything you read. On the plane to San Francisco last week, I read an O Magazine blurb that canary yellow would be the next big nail polish color. This snippet pleased me as I happen to be quite fond of the color yellow. And I am headed to NYC this Friday for my [...]
When was the last time you made a new friend? Children make shiny new friends all the time. Stranger Kid 1: Did you see Indiana Jones? Stranger Kid 2: Yeah – that was awesome. Do you have Super Mario Smash Bros? Stranger Kid 1: No, but I played it at my cousin’s house once and [...]
Calling MoB readers of all walks of life. I need some advice or maybe just a little reassurance that I haven’t become one of those Moms who is, shall we say…. an overprotective maniac. Here is my question: In an era when parents, educators, and child development professionals are so wonderfully committed to the virtues [...]
As the East Coast MoB readers know, the weather this 4th of July weekend sucked. My family and I could have succumbed to multiple movies, the mall and indoor rock climbing. But Dave and I are weekend warriors. (And we know that three days of indoor family togetherness would put any Fox reality show to [...]
I came home from New York last evening exhausted and stressed out. My work load this summer is a bear and despite pulling off a successful media tour with my boss and his boss these last two days, all I could see was a long “to do” list that kicks off tomorrow. So on about [...]
