From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Torn

April 17, 2008

Herein lies my latest dilemma: I finally get a writing assignment from a respectable local publication, I get knee deep into it, and realize that I still don’t like stress and deadlines. It all sounds good the way the experts tell you to do it. “Stay in the mix!” “Keep your options open!” “Do a little something [...]

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It’s been one of those days

April 15, 2008

First, I hear that a 150 lb. cougar was shot dead no more than 3 blocks from my house.  Then, I decided to go to the post office.  On tax day. With 4 large boxes, 20 thank you notes and a screaming toddler in a stroller.  And you ask, did anyone offer to hold open [...]

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A blogversary not my own

April 13, 2008

I don’t think I celebrated the one-year anniversary of my blog last fall, so instead, I’m going to give a blog “toast” to another. Work It! Mom turns one this week, and in celebration is having a week-long birthday bash fit with great giveaways! This is much, much better than anything I could have provided [...]

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48 hours

April 13, 2008

Why is it that whenever you return from a vacation (this one being childless to boot) it only takes 48 hours for the vacation euphoria to wear off? Forty-eight hours post such a vacation and already I’ve been to Target, the grocery store, done umpteen loads of laundry, changed a number of indescribably smelly diapers, cooked [...]

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Things I don’t expect to see while on vacation

April 7, 2008

A snowstorm in April: This is not what I call “spring skiing.” A random product I reviewed a long time ago (so long that I can’t even find it in my archives) staring at me from the bar where I was enjoying a drink called, “The Geisha.” To my knowledge, Gloves in a Bottle is [...]

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Don’t you forget about me

April 1, 2008

It seems like everybody everywhere is packing up right now for that “Baby” event thing in New Jersey, Blogher business, or something else fun that doesn’t involve kids.  There are parties for cool websites and mom friends I hope to meet one day. I still feel I have lots to say about topics like this, but [...]

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