Archive for the ‘advice’ Category
2.8.11
Now that Chatterbox and Giggles are officially "in school" I've been encountering a whole new issue to navigate - playdates and birthday parties. Apparently around the ages of 5 and 6, it's common practice to drop off your child at a party or playdate. We have yet to do this, ...
Posted in advice, playdate etiquette | 13 Comments »
12.7.10
A friend forwarded me one of those freaking chain emails that we all hate and I was tempted to press "delete" after looking at the subject line, but something encouraged me to read this one - even if it meant stopping right before the closing "please forward to 7oo million friends and ...
Posted in advice, reflection | 1 Comment »
11.30.10
Recently I was chatting with Justice Fergie and we ended up discussing my somewhat strained relationship with princess. For the past 2 years or so I’ve felt that princess and I are destined to be arched rivals in this home. She opposes everything I say and do, and generally seems ...
Posted in advice, child development, Daughters, growing up, Raising Girls | 3 Comments »
11.16.10
Last week Justice Ny and I attended the Bounce Mom's Night Out event in D.C. hosted by the lovely Jennifer James and MBC. The event was geared to moms wanting to simplify and de-stress their lives (me! me!). The food was amazing, as was the company, and the massages, ...
Posted in #GIT, advice, awesome social media outreach, balancing acts, bloggy events, Book Reviews, Introspection, reflection, Self-Helping Myself, women, working mom | 2 Comments »
11.1.10
When football season began a few weeks ago, I felt this impending sense of dread; deep down I knew that I would "lose" my husband until January. I remember joking about it with some other gals on Twitter about it at the time who felt the same way. Fast forward ...
Posted in advice, all jokes aside, football widow, just call me peeved, marriage, men are from mars, rants, relationships | 2 Comments »
6.29.10
Ladies, ladies, ladies. It's time that we had a little chit chat.
See this picture?
Not a good look.
Consider this friendly advice from an old girlfriend or your public service announcement from yours truly. I've noticed lately that not all of us have gotten the memo. You know, the one that says ...
Posted in advice, beauty | 7 Comments »
5.12.10
I'm having a rough week. And clearly I'm in trouble because it's only Wednesday. The nanny requested Friday off to attend a wedding, so that means that I'll have to slam 2 days of work into one tomorrow since I can't work on Friday. Tomorrow night I have an event ...
Posted in advice, Bad Days, Moods, supermama, venting | 3 Comments »
2.6.10
Vicki and Simon’s conflict was the focus of this week’s episode and it is an important and pressing issue that I often struggle with. Who do I talk to about issues in my marriage and how much should I share? I have found that the line between support and intrusion/judgment ...
Posted in advice, girlfriends, marriage, Real Housewives | 4 Comments »
1.24.10
The combination of scents in my house right now is stifling. I want to escape! I'm just about going crazy. Imagine a stinky basement, a broken garbage disposal and air freshener.My basement has stunk for about a year. Why don't I just clean it, right???? Right!!!!! The problem is a ...
Posted in advice, bright ideas, just call me peeved, tips, TMI? | 4 Comments »
11.4.09
Last night hubby invited me to watch a sports documentary with him (yuck!, I thought; but since you asked, sure…why not, I thought). I don’t watch sports, so you can only imagine my enthusiasm to watch a sports-related documentary. I was rather pleased that I took him up ...
Posted in advice, in the news, parenting, what's on TV | 6 Comments »
