Category Archives: Blogging

Remember That One Time, When We Tried To Kill The Teacher?

Posted on by August 30, 2012

It’s that time of year again. When everyone’s Facebook stream is filled with back-to-school pictures. In light of the education-themed hue our social networks have been filled with, I share with you a post Children of the cornabout how in elementary school we tried to snuff out our teacher.

I wrote it for one of my very good bloggy friends at Coffee Lovin’ Mom. The theme was to be Coffee Confessions and I found my fingers clicking out the sordid tale on my keyboard. You can check … Read more ...

A Chicago Boutique’s Latest Pick For Mom Of The Week

Posted on by August 8, 2012

It’s crazy to get a glimpse of what someone else thinks of you. I had that chance this week when I read the story written about me in Bellē Up’s Mom of the Week feature.

Bellē Up is a maternity boutique in Chicago, but you can order all of its wonderfulness online. Actually it’s more than a store, it’s a community touchstone for moms. It hosts workshops for moms and story times for children, has an active blog and routinely stocks items made by local … Read more ...

And The Winner Is…

Posted on by May 5, 2012

I suddenly got very nervous. Goodness, I wanted this more than I realized.

Hubby and I were at the Chicago Headline Club’s 35th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards. There we sat at table No. 23 in a stately ballroom at the Union League Club of Chicago with 350 of the area’s amazing media professionals.

As I waited for the awards ceremony to get to the most important category _ mine _ I paused to look back on the evening so far.

During the cocktail … Read more ...

Listen To Your Mother: My Audition

Posted on by March 3, 2012

You know, I kinda thought I had it in the bag. It all started when I saw on Facebook that a bloggy pal of mine was helping to host a national series of live reading called Listen To Your Mother. It’s where you get up before a crowd and read something you’ve written about motherhood. You don’t have to be a mom to do it, you just have to have a mom.

Anyway, on a whim I signed up to audition. Right after I … Read more ...

She’sWrite is on The Mom Pledge, A Movement Against Cyberbullying

Posted on by February 9, 2012

Today’s a great day at She’sWrite. Well, it’s always a great day here, but today is especially cool because I’m being featured on The Mom Pledge.

The Mom Pledge is a community of bloggers who have made a promise to treat each other with respect, basically trying to eradicate cyberbullying among moms. It can be a rough and tumble world out here on the World Wide Web, and since life is hard enough, why add to the drama?

If you’re finding me through The … Read more ...