Okay. So they’re actually vegetables. And let me just admit up front that this post is far less about food and far more about life. Two months ago my husband built my gorgeous Oasis garden and we planted chic little seedlings and seeds. We followed the rules about spacing and planted neat little rows of…

Last night I returned home from my weekend at the BlogHer ’09 conference where I spent four fast-paced days and three wild nights with 1500 of my online peers, all thanks to the generous sponsorship from Jim Silver and his team at TimetoPlaymag.com. In between informational sessions, sometimes intense discussions, and cathartic parties that every…

Just when you thought that the days of large, plastic toys were the most overwhelming obstacle to your attempt to keep order in your home, the land of the little toy emerges. Little People and Weebles turn into Matchbox cars and Barbie shoes and the next thing you know you’re on crutches because you stepped…

“Much ado about the new dog. Much ado about the kids. But I was here before them and it’s my house. Glad to have cleared that up…”

The PR Black Out:I got a call today that went a bit like this, “What do you know about this Mom Dot thing?” (gasp!) “I don’t know! I’ve been to the park, and then I was working – a lot. Dooce was on GMA.” “No, no, the Mom Dot thing. The PR Black Out…buh, buh,…

One of the most fulfilling aspects of working and socializing online is the ability to reach out to folks all around the country. Most “online moms” are also very active in their communities, and many work very hard for charitable causes. One such online mom is my friend Angela, who has bravely taken on the…

As you know, this Friday we are SiteWarming Dr. Weigh by Joanna Dolgoff, MD, as well as Dr. Dolgoff’s weekly Twitter conversation, #KidsWeigh. You know that for an hour we will be able to ask Dr. Dolgoff our toughest kids’ nutrition and exercise questions as well as share tips and concerns with fellow parents –…

My children’s first trip to Walt Disney World last December was magical for so many reasons. The “snow” on Main Street following the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party fireworks, the conversation my daughter had with Crush in Turtle Talk, the look on my son’s face the first time we rode It’s a Small World… But…

Sunset over the Appalachian mountains…   Meeting my best friend’s 10 day old princess… Watching my mom light the sparklers far away from my children and their over protective mother… My nephew’s blueberry pie mustache… My crazy new rescue dog finding peace among family… Watching my son wash dishes with his Pappy… And seeing my…

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Moving to Philadelphia by myself for graduate school was a terrible period of adjustment for me – possibly the worst. I had just spent the summer with my soon-to-be fiance surrounded by friends and the familiar surroundings of college. Suddenly I was on my own in a one room apartment in West Philadelphia – lost….

(photo by Migraine Chick)I remember how excited I was to meet like-minded people in college after spending 17 years in a rural town where I often felt misunderstood. College orientation introduced to me all of the social options for a literature major honors geek like myself – including the Literary Magazine. I went to my…

In the event of an emergency, passengers traveling with small children should place their own oxygen mask securely on their face before assisting their children. That warning never bothered me until the first time I flew with my daughter. 10 months old and all smiles, she looked at me trustingly as the plane took off,…

(photo credit: Brymo) While I was in grad school at the University of Pennsylvania, I took a course with a professor from the Wharton School of Business called Managing People. Apparently the folks who designed my master’s program in psychological services felt that being able to manipulate my mental health clients might come in handy,…

I’m a little late in writing this post, seeing how there are only two hours left in Father’s Day, but I thought it was still important to say Happy Father’s Day to the Resourceful Daddies in my life. These pictures epitomize my dad. While waiting to ride Cinderella’s Carousel at Walt Disney World last December,…

Were you at the SiteWarming party Friday night when @Military_Mom won this gorgeous bike from Schwinn? Would you like to win this bike? The contest to win the final two bicycles is still going strong! And now there is a bonus entry… Once you have used the four methods of contest entry, you can earn…

Staying close to family members has become more and more difficult. Children no longer grow up and build a home of their own on the family farm or down the street from their parents. Even with the technology available today it can be difficult to find the time necessary to e-mail, text, and call family…

When we moved my daughter from her crib to her big girl room around the age of 2, we decided that purchasing a new mattress seemed like a ridiculous idea. She had not yet potty-trained, and on top of years of accidents, we assumed there would be the occasional sickness related clean-up issues. At the…

This is not a story of “I was fat all my life.”   I’m not going to show you pictures of an obese 4 year old girl with an ice cream cone in her hands. I was healthy. I was active. Then something went wrong… I don’t think that any of us know how these…

I have always wanted a vegetable garden. This spring when I wrote about the Oasis garden, I was excited to get one for my family and to finally get started growing my own veggies! Around the same time I was able to offer my readers (and myself) a discount on Backyard Leisure cedar playsets, so…