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What Jax Ate (Then & Now)

7 May

All parents have a pre-parenthood list of things we never thought we’d do once we had children, right? My list had a lot to do with food. I’m a semi-vegetarian (I occasionally eat fish) who doesn’t drink soda or buy junk food, and who eats generally pretty healthy. One of my favorite books is Andrew [...]

A Mother’s Anxiety Over Childhood Sports

18 Apr

The first thing I do when I get to my job each morning, after logging in to e-mail, is log in to each of my journals’ Twitter accounts. Then I sign into their Facebook pages. And then I read my Google Alerts and any interesting stories I can discuss through these social media outlets. Let [...]

Mad Men (Mad Mommy)

26 Mar

I glanced at the clock. Crap! Only 1 hour until the season 5 premiere of Mad Men. Still so much to do! Like clean up all these damn Legos scattered around, get the kiddo in the tub (and wash him, including his hair & teeth), and–the hardest and longest part–get him to sleep. I thought, [...]

Mother’s Pride

19 Mar

Today, I’m linking up with Charity and Jen and Robin and Yuz and a whole slew of awesome mommas I know for an important reason: Too often, I dismiss the things about my life that I should be so proud of. Too often, I dwell on the negative, or the things I want to change. [...]

Spring Bucket/To Do List

15 Mar

It’s the time of year again when I want to crawl out from under my thick sweaters and sneakers, toss on some flip flops, and lay on a blanket in the sun all day long. Job? What job? This early spring (seriously–it started in January) has me excited for some events and plans we have [...]