The planet Saturn returns to the original position it was in when you were born between the ages of 28-30. I am going to get "new age-like" here and say that Saturn has returned to me in the past two years. My gut reaction is to hit the emotional road. I have this feeling inside [...]
Today I was reminded that there are cool moms in this world. My friend Betsy and her daughter Maybelline came over for a play date.This prompted me to clean my house. B and M arrived and the fun began! At first, Ari and Maybelline were indifferent to one another.He had trouble sharing his favorite toy, [...]
I'm getting ready to have a play date right now. A friend of mine is coming over. I know her peripherally from one of the schools I substitute at. I determined, since I don't know her that well, that I need to clean my house before she gets here. I need to pretend that I [...]
I was reading a post by my talented friend, fellow mama, and blogger extraordinaire, Cordula where she talked about the things her resume doesn't say about her. See this post here.This is such a creative idea.I was recently contacted by a children's magazine asking me to pitch a few stories. The editor asked me for [...]
My son and the cats have been sleeping in my bed for at least a month. For a while it was cute, but now I'm getting cranky and resentful about it. Here are a list of my complaints about the communal bed:1. My son is a bed hog. He splays his entire body throughout the [...]
Every Monday my niece, Francesca, comes over for a play date. She visits my parents (we all live in the same building) and me and Ari. She's been coming over since I was pregnant with him.As Ari grows older, Francesca becomes more of a companion to him. It was so sweet to watch them playing [...]
Here's an update with regard to the FreshDirect coupon situation. For those of you who haven't been following this saga click here and then here for the complete back story. Tracy, a customer service representative from FreshDirect, called me to follow up on my emails to FreshDirect. She apologized that the mass email had been [...]
Today my son learned the word "sorry."After he decided that he was repentant, for knocking some items off the bookshelf, he couldn't stop saying the word "sorry!"
