Last month, I was asked by the lovely Jill Asher (co-founder of Silicon Valley Moms Group) if I’d be interested in writing for an upcoming new sister site, for New Jersey mom bloggers.
"Hey, you know, I’m from Jersey!"
Well, yah…and DUH!
Today, I am thrilled to tell you that the site has officially launched and…GUESS WHAT…I even got to write the introduction:
My mom is still in the hospital, but she’s doing nicely – thank you for your kind thoughts – so, I was able to spend the last night of spring break with my kids. But, I was emotionally spent and way too tired to cook. So, when my kids asked my husband Garth (not his real name) if they could roast marshmallows, I told them that we were all out of marshmallows (stupid food shopping) but, suggested that perhaps they’d like to cook their hot dogs on the fire pit, instead.
[eyes go wide]
"For real?"
You see, 2 of my kids want to go camping…but, the other half don’t like bugs…and thanks to having given birth to all 4…my sciatica does’t do tents, very well…so, roughing-it seems a little too much work, if you ask me.
Still.
It warms my mommyblogging heart to get a chance to do something…anything…together and kicking back in our yard is perhaps the closest our family gets to, you know, going wild.
"Where’s Mini-me?"
[shrugs shoulders]
"She said she doesn’t like turkey dogs and is looking for something else to eat."
[SLAM]
"Okay, I found some meat-wike-wooking-thing in the fweezer…I think it’s eat-uh-bow!"
It’s seems like my youngest daughter (she’s 6) can fend for herself and doesn’t have a problem playing "survivor girl," thankyouvermuch!
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I’ve got tons of stuff to catch up on here and I’m heading back to my folks’ house tomorrow, but I’ll be back home on Monday. So, please make yoursevles at home, feel free to check out This Full House Reviews: Vincent Shoes – Designers for kids, just like mine…too! and – if you haven’t, already – don’t forget to enter our bloggy giveaway for The Flip camera!
Wishing you all a great weekend and TGIF…early!
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My mom had double-knee replacement surgery, last year (yes, it’s just as icky as it sounds) and her and dad have had one medical challenge after another, since then.
Life goes like that, sometimes – beautiful one minute, filled with suckage the rest.
It’s okay, though. I sort of imagine life as a giant 50 foot female, all hopped up on too much caffeine and experiencing a bad hair day, and expect it will probably try to bite me in the ass, more than once.
Today, most especially, she is going to be a total BITCH!
I remember the one (and only) time I ever saw my father flat-out drunk.
It was New Years Day in 1978 (I was 14) and we were on our way home from spending the entire night celebrating at The Hungarian Club, but my twin brother and I had to help my mother carry our father to the car, insisting that he was just too "happy" to drive.
We carried him upstairs, sat him on the bed and tried hard NOT to burst out in a fit of giggles, as he tried to pull his turtleneck off his head and somehow managed to twist it into something resembling a straight jacket.
We STILL laugh at that one!
"Um…Mom…have you been drinking, again?"
That’s right, today is Blog Reader Appreciation Day.
Why?
Well, City Mama said so and Robin (The Other Mother) came up with this wonderful idea of showing your blog readers a little love; that’s why!
So, what’s it to you?
When Thing One was born, my husband and I couldn’t wait to bring her home and welcomed our new roles, as mother and father to our brand new baby daughter, celebrating each milestone of "firsts" with equal amounts of enthusiasm and trepidation.
Then, I became pregnant with Thing Two and – though, I couldn’t wait and called my husband, at work, and gave him the results of the pregnancy test, while in the middle of a meeting with a client – I soon started to worry whether or not I was ready to separate myself from being "the world" to Thing One and having to share, well, pretty much everything, from my toes up, with TWO babies!?!
Soon, my fears were put to rest and the mommy in me sort of just, you know, kicked into high gear and there seemed to be plenty of me to go around.
Until, they grew up and NOW my husband Garth (not his real name) and I combine our super parental powers and it takes every bit of that strength…NOT to bite their little heads off.
Usually, women like Motherhood Uncensored intimidate me. I mean, COME ON, all you have to do is take one look at her to know that she is most likely someone a mom (like me) could grow to hate, very easily.
But, I can’t. Because, she’s smart…OH…and she really is very sweet, in person, too…damnit.
I guess that’s why, after reading her post about how parents…ahem…with older kids (like me) sometimes have trouble remembering just how difficult living in the baby-toddler vacuum really is, I was bothered by my initial reaction.
[insert eye-roll, chuckle, fake head nod, here]
It’s a girl…a girl…a boy…and a girl!
I am pleased to announce the birth of This Full House Kids – yep, we have added yet ANOTHER blog to our menu and I know what you’re thinking…yes, I DO…because, it’s probably the same thing that my husband, Garth (not his real name) is wondering and I ask myself, all the time, too.
Holy Hannah Montana…WOMAN…what WERE you thinking?
I know – keep dreamin’ – but, it’s my blog and…sometimes…totally haggard-looking, regular-type moms (like me) just want to have fun, too.
Still, I can’t help but feel at least slightly embarrassed when I meet someone new and they innocently ask:
"So, what DO you do, again?"
Then, all of a sudden, being a mommy blogger doesn’t seem all that beautiful, anymore.
The key message for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2008 – “Be comfortable in your genes. Wear jeans that fit the TRUE you."
And it starts today!
This year, my daughters and I have made a commitment to do just that – hosting the I Am Beautiful blog Tour with Woody Winfree on Valentine’s Day started us off on some pretty cool dialog – and with BlogHer launching the A Letter to my Body initiative, I can’t help but get fired-up about discussing body image.
You see, we should ALL love our bodies!
[feels tap on shoulder]
"Uh, self? Can we talk?"