Nearly every denim makeover I’ve done ends with the same conversation. “I had no idea what a difference it would make – I thought I was safe with Gap jeans!” Or, “Oh my goodness why didn’t anyone tell me I was wearing Mom Jeans?? I thought that as long as I was shopping at […]
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Collaborative Vacationing.
(Also known as “The One Where I Force You To Look at All My Vacation Photos.”) (You’re welcome.) It all started in 2008, as a grand experiment in co-vacationing with another family, our friends David and Ashley. We each had a baby – Ali was 18 months, and AJ was 21 months. And they were […]
Parenting and the Art of SpellTalk.
Originally Posted March 7, 2010. SpellTalk (n): A language that parents use to hide the most important parts of conversations from their kids. Unfortunately, kids eventually learn this language so that they can spy on their parents, so parents must find a new and original way to secretively communicate. When do you use SpellTalk? 1. […]
Would You Like That Deep-Fried or Dried?
Originally posted September 23, 2010. Birth, although an amazingly beautiful and miraculous occasion, is, let’s face it, also pretty fantastically disgusting. You’ve got blood and guts and possibly poo and definitely puke and meconium and blood and guts and…Placenta. There’s just nothing pretty about placenta. (I would normally insert a picture of a placenta in […]
That’s Because Daddies Fix Everything.
Hi! I hope that you’re not even reading my blog right now because you’re relaxing so deeply at the pool or beach. I’m still in syndication here, but if you want to read something completely new, I’ve recently guest-blogged a couple of times for my friend Wade at Birmingham Blogging. They’re pretty geektastic, so read […]
Scoff, All Ye Northerners.
I decided to take the week off since the entire world is on vacation anyway. I mean, when the 4th falls on a Wednesday, the lucky people are gone the first half of the week, the luckier people are gone the second half of the week, and the luckiest people are gone all week. So […]
Mediawkward.
Once upon a time, I got an email from a PR company inviting me to a media dinner at a new restaurant in town. Media dinners are typically fun events, where restaurants feed bloggers and journalists the best of their offerings and hope that they feel the passion to spread the word about their great […]
How It Feels to be Hated By a Celebrity.
Wednesday night on Twitter, I broke my silence about this deeply painful issue when I told my friend Trina all about my shame and sorrow. So I decided that since it was already out there, I might as well admit it here. I’ve been blocked on Twitter by Travel Channel star Adam Richman. Meaning that […]
Photobooth.
My kids are four years apart. That makes me fairly strange in my demographic, but I’m cool with it. (I actually love it and think it is THE WAY TO GO, but don’t tell my friends I said that.) I get to experience two completely different realms at once…especially in cognitive development. Ali’s current mental […]
Never Trust a Llama.
Two days after Noah recovered from Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, he managed to come down with Croup. Considering that we hadn’t been anywhere for what had to have been centuries due to his ailing condition, I have no idea how he got sick again. But sick he was. (He is completely better at this […]