Cutting the Busy Busy Busy

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Last year around this time, I mentioned that I thought summer is bad for blogging. I stand by what I said, but I’m going to catch myself before I launch in to a long diatribe about the busyness of summer and the fact that as kids get older, I seem to find myself even busier [...]

Start With Me (and You Start with You)

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A couple of days ago, I was standing with a group of moms that I know watching a newly minted six-year-old girl open a stack of birthday gifts. As the girl held up the latest unveiled treasure for all to see, we beheld a sailor-themed navy and white polka-dot bikini. Almost at once, the moms [...]

So It’s Come to This: The Elimination Diet

diet cartoon

Some of you may have read me long enough to know that my husband has some food allergies and intolerances. But really, I shouldn’t say “some”, because his list of Do Not Eat Foods is now almost two pages long. This makes cooking for him a little less than fun. It also makes eating food, [...]

When Blogging About Your Kids Become an Invasion of Their Privacy

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I’ve been blogging for almost three years. Three years ago, when I spontaneously bought a domain and opened up shop I was awash in Kid Stuff. I spent every moment of every day deep in the Valley of Mommydom and I could think about nothing else. I knew intellectually that this wouldn’t last forever, and [...]

Too Bad You Can’t Back-up Your Brain

Brain Exercise

Last night I stayed up late to write three blog posts. Just as I clicked “publish” on the last post, my site crashed. Since I am a web designer/developer, I dutifully said a few choice words and proceeded to try to bring my site back to life, however it soon became apparent that the fault [...]