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I know I am that mom. The mom you hate because I watch from a distance. I let Max climb high ladders you cringe to watch, I let him weasel his way among the older kids for a chance to go down the big slide, and I don’t get mad when your son steals his toy car from his hands, or Max steals his. I know it bothers you, but… Keep Reading
I used to be an amazingly organized machine. At work, I was notoriously known as the efficient one. My bosses loved me, but many of the mom employees didn’t—most likely because they couldn’t keep up. Now that I’m a mom, I completely understand—things just don’t always go according to plan. Parenting is a constant adjustment, and it’s hard to stay organized and juggle multiple hats (or jobs!) at once. Here… Keep Reading
You might say us New Yorkers are a little spoiled with all our amenities, but that’s part of living here – access to ANYTHING at ANYTIME. I refer to them as #newyorkproblems because we are spoiled. I remember landing in Barbados earlier this summer at 3 am with a pounding headache. Unfortunately no stores open till 8 am meaning no aspirin till then. I had to remind myself that life… Keep Reading
So a while back I was lucky to attend a pampering session with Ford to celebrate 50 years of Ford Mustang. Allison Cooper from Project Motherhood and I got #stangstyled – decked out in vintage clothes with Christos Garkinos and Mustang manicures. And booze. Seriously – doesn’t Ford throw the best events? They know women, which is why I love them. Well, and because I love cars – especially their vintage… Keep Reading
Well, I am taking a step further into my organic lifestyle. As we all should – have you SEEN that green slime in Lake Erie? WTF is going on with all this commercial food and products? If you don’t realize that it’s hurting us AND the environment yet, you need to start looking around. Anyways, I realize that I have been doing a pretty good job at reading labels when… Keep Reading
Every year I take an annual trip to the Caribbean with my girlfriends. No kids. No dads. And every year it feels like I get backlash for doing so. I don’t see it outright (no one is calling me a bad mother on Facebook!), but I can feel the judgement every time someone doesn’t like a photo of me on the beach sans my son. Why is that? And when did it… Keep Reading
I was invited to attend the Swiffer event on behalf of Mommiede.com – you can read the full article on her website, here! Growing up in Middle America on a farm, we had very traditional roles for men and women when it came to cleaning – basically, men just didn’t do it! I remember my grandma moving all the furniture, including the extremely large dishwasher, all by herself at least… Keep Reading
Hey dudettes – newsflash: I’ve been traveling a lot this summer. Oh please – it’s mostly for work don’t get too jaded and stop reading already! One thing really started to bother me while I was sitting in over 10 hours of traffic to and from Baltimore this weekend – I realized how hard it is to find something descent, let alone healthy to eat on the highway. Maybe it… Keep Reading
I participated in a Blog Blast on behalf of Mom Central for Urbini. I received information from Urbini to facilitate my post as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. I always wanted to be an international journalist. After I completed my Masters, I almost jetted off to Africa for a three-month stint in Cape Town to cover children soldiers of the Congo. True story. I… Keep Reading
A few weeks ago one of my New York mom friends asked me if I would be interested in turning some of Maximo’s artwork into real-life stuffed animals. HOW FREAKING COOL IS THAT? Since Max really only takes the moderist approach to scribble all over my white leather office chair with pens, I figured he might still be a bit young, and instead reached out to Claudio’s cousin, Ana… Keep Reading
Way back many many years ago when Maximo was first born, I read a few articles about cancer-causing agents in top brand shampoos like Johnson and Johnson. They “claimed” they were going to remove them (in up to five years), but who really wants to take their chances on a newborn? Well, in the last couple of years I have done some research, and while I am not perfect, I try… Keep Reading
Seriously – it is just me, or is everyone just over-booked and busy these days? I remember always having something on the books, but lately I feel like it’s go go go. It took a rainy day at home to finally take the day to enjoy my favorite pastime – cooking! Yeah yeah, before you make some comment about how domesticated I’ve become… realize that I’ve always LOVED to cook…. Keep Reading