Motherhood
Wednesday 27 May 2009
- - The Dog ate our Homework - Middle School finals adults can't pass. I recently challenged 2 highly educated co-workers (holding a BS in Business Management/Accounting and a BS in Business Economics) and myself (with an MBA in International Business) to take a test that my daughter was recently given in middle school. My two co-workers (and I) all got F's! It wasn't our finest hour, and the three of us all felt like we were rejects from an episode of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
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Tuesday 12 May 2009
- - Under pressure - What to do when your child is spurting blood. Yesterday I was upstairs working while my middle daughter was downstairs taking on one of her new chores. She was emptying the dishwasher like a good little girl, working hard for her allowance when all of a sudden I heard a blood curdling scream. I flew down the stairs to see both of my daughter's hands, as well as my kitchen covered in blood. Apparently a glass broke while she had her two little hands wrapped around it and it cracked withcut her hand wide open.
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Monday 11 May 2009
- - Spa'ed and spoiled on Mother's Day - Homemade Mother's Day gifts to spoil mom (10:12 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 14 April 2009
- - Happy Mother's Day to the Top Ten Sitcom Moms. Celebrate Mother's Day this year by reminiscing about the Top 10 TV Moms that have been keeping us entertained for over 50 years.
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Friday 3 April 2009
- - Camp Packing List - Packing your kids for Sleepaway Summer Camps (11:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 27 February 2009
- - Sacanalog your catalogs with this magazine cataloging system. Picture this scenario. You tear a page out of a clothing catalog of a dress you're totally going to buy once the recession is over, then you snip a recipe from an issue of Martha Stewart Living that you'd like to try for Thanksgiving '09. You follow up by ripping out an exercise regime from a fitness magazine that you want to incorporate into your workout the next time you hit the gym. The ripped out pages go into a pile and mysteriously disappear when you go looking for them. Similar to the way socks curiously get lost in the dryer, your torn out pages get lost in the Bermuda Triangle of your home.
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Tuesday 17 February 2009
- - Stressed over a Stress test (09:15 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 23 January 2009
- - Dating Advice from a 9 Year old Mac Daddy? I have a bone to pick with this recent news story. There's a new love guru on the scene who is doling out advice to help fellas everywhere meet the girls of their dreams...and he's nine. (09:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Friday 2 January 2009
- - Kapla catalogs take the prize for best holiday gift for kids. Right before the holiday break I blogged about my favorite children's gift purchased this year, a set of 200 Wooden Kapla blocks that allow a child to build all of the structures of their dreams. (02:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 17 December 2008
- - New Kids on the Building Block. I was browsing websites the other day, getting a head start on my holiday shopping. As I was searching for toys and gift ideas for the three young loves of my life, I came upon this mesmerizing site. (08:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 10 December 2008
- - Boasting Mom alert - Son excels at the saxophone (12:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 10 November 2008
- - Chair Yoga for the Wheelchair Bound. I’ve blogged on numerous occasions regarding the fact that she’s an amputee, a breast cancer survivor and now, a recent lung cancer patient in a wheelchair. My Mom has neck and back pain, leg pain, shoulder pain, even her pains have pain. While I was reciting my "Oms" during our class I thought about Yoga and how it would benefit my Mom. She could really use some serious stretching techniques that she can do sitting in a chair.
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Wednesday 3 September 2008
- - The Perfect Gifts for Moms as well as Sons. Hours and hours of uninterrupted bliss (from a Mom’s perspective) keeping him busy for hours straight as he carefully figures out the intricate puzzle of 629 Lego pieces. Forget about Calgon taking me away, Legos take me away! (09:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 20 August 2008
- - Easy Back-To-School Shopping at Staples. Back to School. A time of unrest for parents everywhere. After enjoying an entire summer of fun and frolic, it's time to get serious and shop for everything your child needs to flourish during the new school year. (09:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 7 August 2008
- - Black Canary Barbie, not the Barbie played with as a kid. There is a new Barbie doll on the market creating a wave of controversy. Black Canary Barbie, based on a comic book character of the same name has created quite a stir with the Christian Voice due to her Goth-like clothing choices.
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Wednesday 23 July 2008
- - Christie Brinkley David Cook Divorce settled. The ugly divorce battle is over between Supermodel Christie Brinkley and her estranged husband Peter Cook. Brinkley will retain sole custody of her children after reaching a settlement last week after a very public and embarrassing trial. (09:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 16 July 2008
- - Baby Bounce House? I don't think so. A video posted on Youtube features a 16 year old Georgia teenager launching an 8-month-old infant into the air using an inflatable pillow. (01:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 23 June 2008
- - Father's Day ideas. Rather than going the usual tie/casual shirt route this Father’s Day, my daughter was inspired when it came to gifting. She gave my husband a priceless piece of artwork. I know what you’re thinking… How much of an allowance are they giving this kid? (14:24 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 16 June 2008
- - Summer camp savings. It’s that time of year again. My two girls are off at sleepaway camp for four weeks, and I’m still recovering from all the work it took to get them properly outfitted and ready to go with their endless supply of camp gear. (01:30 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 10 June 2008
- - Paying it Forward- Kids and Charity...It warms my heart when I come across people who donate their time, money, and energy to serving charities they have a personal involvement or attachment to. Donating money and time to charities is so important and should be part of EVERY person’s life no matter how much you make or how busy your calendar is. (09:23 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 4 June 2008
- - Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting at my daughter's black belt karate test. (14:10 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 14 April 2008
- - Top 5 Best Ideas for Kid’s Birthday Parties. just had to throw each of my girl’s a birthday party. I refused to give in to society norms. I decided I was not going to rent space at a kids facility which caters to birthday parties (such as My Gym, Gymboree, LazerTag, Muvico movie theaters, the zoo, pottery making & painting boutiques). No, instead I thought to myself, “I have a beautiful backyard … let’s do “kid’s stuff” that will be a blast and won’t break the bank.
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Monday 31 March 2008
- - How to plan a birthday party with no fighting When girls reach middle school age … planning the perfect birthday party without fighting, pettiness or cat-fights becomes challenging. My daughter and I developed the “Perfect Birthday Party”, complete with a NO FIGHTING NO BICKERING guarantee.
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Monday 10 March 2008
- - How a square watermelon gave me an AHA moment. What sets apart a true entrepreneur and highly successful business woman or man is the following:
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Wednesday 27 February 2008
- - How to buy the right sports bra.If you are one of the 329,000 woman last year that had breast augmentation (a boob job), then you probably won’t find this blog useful. Why, because perky, firm and upright breasts while lying perfectly flat on an exercise mat do not NEED super supportive sports bras (11:28 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 8 January 2008
- - Dear followers of Catalogs.com blog … all I can say is “sorry for my lack of communication.”, but I'm back in the saddle again! (20:07 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
