A little over a year ago, I wrote a post called “Lessons From a Miserable Pregnancy: Choose Your OB Wisely.” After I received a call from a friend a couple of weeks ago, I realized that it was important to re-post this information. This friend called upset, suffering from a serious condition common in women…

While I’m taking some time off I wanted to share one of my all time favorite Wordless Wednesday pictures. Wordless Wednesday Linky Did you post a Wordless or Wordful Wednesday today?  Link up here and share your post with Resourceful Mommy readers!

UPDATE: Did Google send you here?  God bless Google. Let me sum it up for you.  I believe that Southwest is not a family friendly airline, particularly if you’re traveling with small children.  I fly the airline frequently as a business traveler and will continue to do so.  Now want to know why it’s only…

I’m taking some time off this week, but am happy to bring you some of my favorite past posts. If you’re like me and you’ve got a kid in pre-school, you know that back to school time means the return of craft clutter. I’m pretty sure that the teachers at my children’s school held a…

I’ve now officially passed the twenty-five pound mark and figured it is time to post the obligatory before and after pictures. I can see the tell-tale signs of my uncomfortable self in the before pictures.  Bold colors, statement jewelry, layers.  I know that I still have far to go to reach my goals for both…

The first time I took my husband and children to Walt Disney World, we used our vacation to kick off the holiday season spending the week after Thanksgiving taking in the holiday decorations in each park and attending Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.  I had been to Walt Disney World many times as a child,…

The SheStreams Conference is only a few days away, but even if you’re not going to SheStreams, you can still get in on the fun! Join us for a BEARY special twitter party, live from the Build-A-Bear Workshop flagship store in New York City! Build-A-Bear Workshop Twitter Party Date: Friday, September 23rd Time: 8:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. EST…

Since I haven’t been able to run, I have begun to go for long walks in the morning after the kids go to school.  Even on the hottest days, it is cool and quiet walking on the path through the park.  Some mornings water from rain the night before still drips off of the leaves…

I am honored to announce that for the third year I have been included in the Highlights’ State of the Kid survey, and this year I will be speaking the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as part of Highlights magazine’s press conference to announce the survey results.  This year’s survey gave children from across…

It’s been a couple of rough weeks for me on this desperate journey to make permanent changes to my lifestyle and health. The shock of transitioning from the extreme high of being able to continue running for twenty minutes without stopping to suddenly not being allowed to run at all took its toll on my…

There’s something about working in social media that makes everyone think you are open to professional advice.  Maybe it’s because as long as I’m awake, I’m accessible through one channel or another – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn message, email, cell phone attached to my hip… – or maybe it’s because the social media community thrives on…

Dinnertime in my house can feel a little frantic some nights.  Because I often need to work in the evenings, dinner needs to be wrapped up and cleaned up quickly.  My husband doesn’t get home from work until 6:00, so some nights we don’t even begin eating until 6:30 or later even though the kids…

It’s time again for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Child Passenger Safety Week featuring National Seat Check Saturday on September 24th.  To spread the word about the importance of child passenger safety and the resources available to parents, the Child Passenger Safety Twitter account has partnered with us to hold a Twitter Party!…

Anyone who has ever waterskied knows that when you’re ready to stop (because you’re exhausted or completely bored out of your mind from watching tree after tree go by…) you make the “cut” signal to let the people in the boat know not to drive away and leave you floating in the middle of a…

Today on September 10th as I explain to my seven year old daughter for the first time why there are flags flying everywhere this weekend, I’m thinking about the day before 9/11. In the beginning of September of 2001, I was a newlywed, just back from a honeymoon in St. Lucia and living in Silver…

This week blogs from the New York Times to the Huffington Post covered a story that most bloggers had already been talking about for days in Skype chats and private Facebook groups.  Ketchum PR – on behalf of ConAgra – invited bloggers to attend an exclusive dinner with TLC’s Chef George Duran at a mysterious…

My daughter wishes that she were still swimming in the community’s pool.  My son would like to lounge around in the air-conditioning watching Phineas and Ferb.  But I’m ready for fall.  The oranges, the reds, the yellows. The smell of warm apple crisp with just the right amount of cinnamon.  The dried cornstalks, hay bails,…

I have loved every second of being a member of the Mamavation Sistahood.  I had the pleasure of getting to know this amazing group of women through the Twitter Parties with @Bookieboo where they playfully called me Twitter Oprah (a pair of Earth Shoes for you, and for you, and for you!!!) and patiently waited…

Monday my baby started kindergarten.  In that moment I felt as though I was watching a piece of my heart walk away from me, and yet at the same time felt reborn as I started the new life of a business woman, seven solid work hours, no more desperate struggling and scrambling as the norm….

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While at the BlogHer Conference earlier this month, I had the opportunity to meet with Disney Baby to learn more about the newest products as well as their involvement with Operation Shower. Operation Shower is a non-profit organization that celebrates and honors military families by providing  joyful baby showers to ease the burden of deployment….