Things have been getting rough lately. Really rough. And I mean really really.
The week before last started out with five meltdowns in two days. Five! In two days! (The kids, of course, not me. Although by the fifth one I swear I nearly had a meltdown myself.) Then we had a couple of good days [...]
So the Beeb reported today that the UK Family Planning Associate is pushing a sex ed booklet - to six-year-olds.
It’s called “Let’s Grow with Nisha and Joe”. Its topics, according to the article, include parts of the body and how to be safe.
I can just see my husband’s reaction when I forward him this link.
“What?! Are they [...]
So you’ve been nominated for a contest and you really, really want to win.
You know you probably won’t win on your own merit, because let’s face it, you’re really not all that good.
But why should how deserving you are have ANYTHING to do with winning?
What’s an unethical blogger to do?
HOW NOT TO WIN A CONTEST:
Email [...]
I bet by now you’ve started thinking I’ve dropped off the face of the earth. I haven’t, although my world has turned upside down.
After 5 months of waiting and wondering (which in the adoption world actually isn’t that long), we found our children. We’re parents! YIKES!
We first received info about them from our agency on [...]
“Mom, mom, I really want a cell phone!”
”But you don’t even talk on the regular phone, why do you need a cell phone?”
”I just do . . . everyone has a cell phone.”
”Well, we’re not everyone.”
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve had this conversation with my 11 year-old son, well, you know [...]
Hello, my name is Stacy and I am a blogger. I have one blog (so far), Mama-Om. I know y’all are dying to know how a nice girl like me ended up writing for the internets, so read on!
1. Where do you live and how long have you lived there? Where did you grow up?
I’ve [...]
This is step 3 in The Bloggy Chiropractor 3-step program, in which we work on correcting our blog/life balance.
In this session, we’re going to focus on analyzing our blogging. Then we’ll use this self-analysis to make positive change.
Ready?
Good.
Analyze it
Pull out a clean sheet of paper and a good pen. Put on some jazzy music and [...]
He was a big man, wearing a big Hawaiian-themed floral shirt with parrots or macaws or something on it, I can’t remember, and he wore a smile so genuine it was hard not to smile back.
In his left hand was a folded piece of orange paper triangle, which looked to be quite used or worn [...]
This is step 2 in The Bloggy Chiropractor 3-step program, in which we work on correcting our blog/life balance.
For the first part of this journey, you were told to take a 2-week blog vacation.
Did you do it?
If yes, good for you! Now we can get down to the rest of the readjustment.
If no, I’m sorry but I have [...]
Dearest Seattlemomblog Readers,
Hi! I’m Scout’s Honor and I blog at The United States of Motherhood. I can’t say how flattered I am you chose to interview me. What’s that? I signed up? (Shhh…) Really? (Shadd’yap) Ummm…oh yeah. Still an honor!
Without further ado, here are my scintillating interview answers:
1. [...]