Beauty and the Mom

You can visit & subscribe to my YouTube Channel by clicking here where I usually wear makeup and insist on soft lighting.

Rockin’ the Bump

Have you joined Rockin’ the Bump at Things I Can’t Say? All the cool Mommy Friends are doing it.  I’m a little late to the party, the linky closes tomorrow night, eeks…but better late than never! Here I am with behbey numero uno. Pregnancy pics from Boy Wonder are hard to come by, they are all shoved […]

Making New Mommy Friends

I’ve been an only mother and man, did it ever suck. If you’ve ever faced motherhood alone or can offer suggestions on making Mommy Friends, please check out my article Making New Mommy Friends: Finding a community when you’ve got a toddler and share your ideas!  You may just make all the difference for a  lonely mother out there. Because […]

My Love Affair with Email

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. Mommy Friends, where would we be without email?  Easy, on the phone with our kids screaming in the background. Thankfully we don’t have to be.  Whether laptop, […]

Project Marriage: Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing

  This veelog is the unabridged version of how we met and fell in lurve.  If you’re pressed for time, you can find the Cliff’s Notes version here. Thank you all for participating in Project Marriage!  Our linky is open until June 30th so join me and link up!

Blogging Q & A with Mommyfriend

My BlogHer roomie and bloggy girlfriend Devan of Accustomed Chaos is hosting an awesome series of Guest Bloggers and lucky me got to be part of the fun!   Click here to join me as I share a bit of my far from scientific and totally subjective blogging philosophy – because that’s how I blog, yo. {Note:  This week’s […]

When You’re 16

If you’re a long time reader, you’ll recognize my BFF Gwen – she’s the mom of triplets.  ZOMG, I know – right?  You can read her story here. Anywho, Gwen and I have been friends since the 7th grade.  We went on to rock our high school drama class and break hearts everywhere.  OK, that last part […]

Could We Survive Infant Daycare – Or the comments that come with it?

From the moment I learned I was pregnant I planned to return to work. Having a successful career and a couple of awesome kids was all part of the plan, my beautiful master plan. What could possibly go wrong? Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the OB. I was struck by the […]

Let’s (Finally) Talk About Sex

You can visit & subscribe to my YouTube Channel by clicking here where I’m always grossly unprepared.

Summer Camp and Mean Girls

So you go off to summer camp at 8 years old expecting to learn campfire songs and macrame, but you leave knowing swear words in 3 languages and all about french kissing.  Click here to read about my one and only summer camp experience.