Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2009
So Bito’s first day of kindergarten went off smoothly. He was cheerful as he went in to the classroom and never looked back. I was patting myself on the back for preparing him so well for the transition to Big Kid School. The second day…not so much. Apparently we’d focused so much on getting him [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2009
Bito astonished me this evening. After dinner at a favorite restaurant, The Husband took Cupcake to the restroom. Bito looked straight at me and said, “I want another baby.” Thinking he meant a different baby instead of BabyMuffin (i.e. trading his baby brother in), I simply said, “Okay. What would we do with BabyMuffin?” He [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2009
DC Metro Moms and all of the Silicon Valley Moms Group are focusing on health care reform today. There are lots of good, thoughtful posts. If you have time, go take a look and please chime in.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2009
I can hardly believe BlogHer has been over for a week now. Where’s the time gone? I’ve spent it traveling back from the Midwest and drowning in laundry! So. BlogHer ’09. I promised a post about it. But aren’t you tired of reading about it all over the blogosphere by now? In any case, here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2009
Driving back from Chicago with Devra and Sarah, I wrote BlogHer re-cap posts in my head, trying to compose the perfect combination of words to capture the conference. As we pulled up to the TA truck stop, where I knew The Husband was picking me up, I spotted my mommy-mobile parked there. Then I saw him [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2009
The Husband and I left his folks’ home this morning so I could meet up with Devra and Sarah for my ride to BlogHer. A few minutes into our journey to the rendezvous point, Sarah called to say they’d be a bit delayed. While Devra and Sarah were dealing with a flat tire and poor [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2009
The song has been sung, the candles have been blown out. Not sure how it occurred but my daughter, my youngest, my baby, is two. Her favorite words, “mine” and “no”, along with the stack of thank you cards to be addressed act as further proof of what my heart is slow to recognize–another year has passed and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2009
I figure that I have probably gained and lost the same 30 pounds at least four times by now. You’d think that I’d be used to the cycle of denial and deception by now, both in gaining and losing. I certainly can recite my justifications by heart: ‘I WANT the waffle! I am going to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2009
I get a little envious of a friend on Facebook when his status updates read something like: LAX –> DAL –> ATL I imagine all the fun he must have airport hopping. Sure, I know most of his travels are for business, and therefore not really that glamorous–he once told me all he got to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2009
Stimey is the winner of my I’m Going to BlogHer ’09 giveaway! Congratulations, gerbil-loving Stimey.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 14th, 2009
I’ve been so excited about attending BlogHer ’09 that my head hasn’t really wrapped around the fact that I am attending BlogHer ’09! Yikes. Am I going to be in over my head? This past weekend, I attended a Pre BlogHer get-together for DC area bloggers at Nationa Harbor. I got a chance to meet some [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2009
I don’t like the idea of telling someone how they feel or how they should feel. So when one of my children falls down but is clearly not physically injured, I don’t say, “You’re okay!” Instead I try to focus on the truths of the situation, such as, “You didn’t skin your knees, see?” or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2009
Here’s my big announcement: I’m going to BlogHer ‘09!! And even more great news: Giant Food is sponsoring me so I can go!!! In celebration of this wonderful awesome news, I am giving away a $50 Giant gift card*!!!! (I’ll quit with the smilies and multiple exclamation points now.) To be eligible to win this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2009
Because 7-8-09! Congratulations to @CINDYS4682 for winning the Super Why giveaway! I have another giveaway coming up this week…so stay tuned.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2009
Greetings from my family vacation! I’m in Cooperstown, NY. The Husband’s family drove in from the Midwest, and we (The Husband, kids and I) met them at the big old farmhouse they rented for the week. My nephew is playing in a tournament held at the Dreams Park, and we’ve gotten to see some awesome [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
We love Super Why! in this house. I’ve already blogged about our love for this awesome series, and now I want to pass the love on to you! PBS and I are giving away two Super Why! products: a DVD and a hidden word puzzle. (I’m trying out the new Twittergiveaway app, Twiveaway by running [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2009
I’m at DC Metro Moms today talking about my “Recovering” Perfectionism…which is another way of saying I’m a perfectionist at heart and always will be…but I’d like to think I am not. Check it out!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009
Once upon a time, there was a mommy blogger who wrote about her pregnancy. The mommy, Beccah, discovered her baby was terminally ill while she was still carrying baby April. Beccah chose to carry April to term, and delivered her at home on June 7. A few hours after the birth, the baby died. A [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2009
Not “old” age-wise (although we are getting up there). Old as in long-established… I had the pleasure of seeing an old friend this morning. Heather and I met 14 years ago this coming August, when we both entered our adjoining classrooms. It was my first teaching job, and Heather’s first full-time teaching job. We quickly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2009
I haven’t felt inspired to write recently. Heck. I haven’t felt inspired to do much of anything recently. Hence the cluttered state of my house! Preschool let out the Thursday before Memorial Day. Um, hello?? You claim to follow the county’s calendar and yet you get out almost a month before the county…but I digress. [...]
