I’m linking up today with Happy Fit Mama for a day in my life. As you may recall from my review of Garuka Bars, I won a giveaway on her site a while ago. It is not something that I have not written about before. You can read all about a Day in the Life… Continue reading A Day in the Life: Adult Children
I was literally sick to my stomach reading the details of testimony in the Steubenville, Ohio rape case that ended in a delinquent on all charges verdict yesterday. As a parent and a person who is involved in education, I am struck by the lose of potential any time a young person makes a bad… Continue reading Some Parenting Lessons from Steubenville
I could do an emergency preparedness post. As a matter of fact, I have one almost done. It is just not what I want, though. I want to talk about the area that I did not think about and spent a good deal of time worrying over as Sandy approached. I have children, six adult… Continue reading College Students, Parents and Weather Disasters
I am running in a 15K on Sunday. It is not just any 15K. This race is the Boilermaker. This will be the 32nd running of the race. So, in planning out my week, I knew I wanted to get one more long run in before the race so it would have to be two… Continue reading Long Run
What would you do for your children? Friday I turned on BravoTV at 8 am to take a break from reality. I have watched news clips almost continually since seeing the Haitian earthquake first hit the news while I was in line at the grocery. I tend to see a lot of news on those… Continue reading Parents and Parenting
While the language we choose to use as parents is important, I want to discuss language acquisition and parenting. As Big Little Wolf has indicated, “parenting rocks. parenting sucks. parenting rocks.” Ever since Becca discussed her son’s lack of language, I have had these thoughts rolling around in my mind. Parents need to be aware… Continue reading Language and Parenting
Each semester the high school student(s) in my house come home with tales of “The Flour Baby Project.” In New York State, high school students must take a half credit of health to graduate. This course is offered every semester at our high school and includes such topics as STDs, alcoholism, CPR – each student… Continue reading The Flour Baby Project
I have to tell you that I have had so many entry ideas running around inside my head I have been paralyzed. I have been unable to get any of them out. These wonderful inspirations are coming from the Half Drunk Challenge that Momalom.com has put out and continues for the next two days. So,… Continue reading This and That
Almost as if he has been reading my blog, I just received a text from #5. Just to refresh everyone’s memory – mine included – #5 just turned 19 in October and goes to a state university that is a dry campus. Also to refresh your memories, this week is the week of the half… Continue reading #5 AGAIN
The title intrigued me – The BlackBerry Diaries: Adventures in Modern Motherhood (ISBN 978-1-55470-154-4). I have always wanted to know what a blog would look like in print. Two pluses right off the bat for Kathy Buckworth‘s book. Then, I started reading. I opened up The BlackBerry Diaries while having lunch at Smart Monkey Cafe… Continue reading Book Review – The BlackBerry Diaries
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