Once Upon a Time, Going Blonde Was a Good Idea
Dying your hair blonde is almost never a good idea. Especially when it involves a box of dye from Walmart, children running around, a 17 year old nephew offering beauty advice and the leftover red tint of dye in your hair from a couple months ago. Blonde sounded like a good idea. Back in the…
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Take Me Out is Finished
I have been quiet. Like, super quiet. Between being busy behind the scenes at The Broad Side, and taking back up writing as much as I can over at Babble, my blogging time has been cut in like a quarter. Why you ask? Because I have been writing, and writing, and writing to finish up…
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Could “Madam President” Be a Reality in 2016?
With all the chatter around the internet of a possible presidential run for Hillary Clinton in 2016, there has been a lot of talk about teaching our daughters to reach for what they want. Heck, if my daughter wanted to be President I would start paving the way today! EMILY’s List has just announced its…
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The Quickest Two Years of My Life
Two years. Where has time gone? Two years ago, at this time… I was laying in my hospital bed, recovering from my third c-section and snuggling my perfect newborn baby girl. The little girl I never thought would be a part of our family. If I said bringing her into the world was easy it…
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1,200 Miles with Three Children: Relocating Our Family to Florida
Ever have one of those parenting moments when you think what have I gotten myself into? Yeah, well I had one of those in the month of April. As most of you may have noticed I went off the grid for the most part. Well, our family decided it would be an awesome idea to…
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A Business Trip is a Business Trip
Wall Street Journal!! You are killin’ me! The Mommy Business trip? Really? Since when did business trips start to be defined by our parental status, because I am pretty damn sure I have never heard of the “Daddy Business Trip.” Let us take a walk down memory lane to 2010 when I went on my…
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Officially Floridians!
Well, it is official. We are Floridians! Friday night around dinner time, my father and I packed into my car with three kids, and a puppy in tow, and headed out for the Sunshine state. We had a 17+ hour drive ahead of us, until we hit torrential rain from New Jersey all the way…
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Adventures With Grandpa: Fajita’s
Life with my Father-in-Law living with us has been interesting. Not in a bad way, just a different way. Something for our entire family to really adjust to. It has been six months now, and everyone has worked into a new routine including a very stubborn Grandpa. He is and always has been a creature…
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Our New Home
We moved! Yeah, I know. I blogged about it already, but one thing I haven’t done is bring you on a little tour of our new house. Which I am also totally in love with. Our neighbors are awesome, there are other families in the neighborhood and the best part is… it is QUIET! Meaning…
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Is Your Kids Sunscreen Toxic?
When it comes to different sunscreens I am always a little hesitant to put much on my children. The same goes for soaps and shampoos. But I have become more relaxed since the EWG’s beauty database has been so widely available for parents everywhere. On the EWG site you can look up any different product…
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Red States and License Plates
When I moved 1,200 miles with my family from Connecticut to Florida I didn’t think the political culture would bother me much. I am extremely liberal, and I don’t think living in a different part of the country is going to change my beliefs. But one thing I have discovered is a lack of fairness…
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I Went for a Reading & My Sister Joined Us
Since I lost my sister in October of 2011 I have wanted to go to a medium to make contact with her. You may or may not believe in all of that jazz, but I am a firm believer in the open contact beyond the grave. Looking back over the years with different experiences my…
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Punch the Sandy Hook Families in the Face? Punch YOU In the Face!
There have been a lot of critical comments surrounding Sandy Hook since the tragedy occurred in December. And as someone it directly impacted by the loss of a long time friend, I find myself overly sensitive to the criticism. Well, the newest asshat to piss me off with their comments is talk radio host Bob…
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When All Else Fails: Blog About a Spray Tan
As y’all know, I have been moving and my life has virtually gone upside down in the past month. Between the move, the book stuff, and life… I am virtually a ghost here. I totally apologize too, when I am all settled, I promise I will be back in full force like always. So, one…
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