It’s time for the second installment of “I’ll Take That Dare,” and this episode is one of my favorites! In it, I wear a Forever Lazy out in one of Nashville’s upscale shopping districts, with hilarious results. Check it out… Some behind-the-scenes information on this one… This was the first dare (of 12!) that we […]

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January 13, 2012

I Wore a Forever Lazy in Public

We’ve had a crazy couple of months here at the Ferrier house as the family has adjusted to my new job, but everyone now seems to be settling in nicely. Bruiser’s crying when I leave him at preschool or in the YMCA nursery is now entirely fake, and something of an afterthought. His teachers all […]

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January 11, 2012

Because Little Things Mean A Lot

Shortly after I turned 18, I headed off to college at the University of Georgia in Athens. Life soon became one long, giddy string of parties, dates, coffeehouse study sessions, late night heart-to-hearts, concerts, and movies. I was having the time of my life, except for one thing… My parents kept calling. This was before […]

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January 9, 2012

How I Became an Adult

I could not be more excited to show this to you… The very first episode of “I’ll Take That Dare!” I’ll write more about it later, but first I’m off to a much needed Christmas gift massage, thanks to my wonderful husband. In the meantime, WHAT DO YOU THINK??? Oh… and if you want to […]

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January 6, 2012

I Took That Dare–See What Happened!

Read Part One here. Once I realized that I was going to be co-moderating a forum between 100 moms and Newt Gingrich in front of every major news agency in existence, I basically had two options. I could FREAK OUT about all the cameras setting up in the back of the room (which was, I’ll […]

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January 5, 2012

How THIS Happened, Part Two

Once Newt Gingrich agreed to CafeMom’s request for an interview in front of 100 moms in Iowa, we had about ten days to make it happen. Ten. Days. And those ten days included Christmas Eve and Christmas. To say I was stressed is an understatement. So while you were all (I hope) wassailing, I spent […]

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January 3, 2012

How THIS Happened

Another year has come and gone here at Suburban Turmoil, and I have to say that 2011 has brought with it the biggest changes yet. If you had told me at the beginning of the year where I’d be now, I would have had a hard time believing you! But before we press onward to […]

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January 1, 2012

The Year of Fireworks

With two small children in the house, Christmas is a major time for milestones. A few nights ago, Dennis and I finally got around to wrapping all of the presents, after we’d gotten the kids in bed. The next morning, the children tumbled down the stairs to the Christmas tree, eager to inspect all of […]

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December 22, 2011

The Devil Made Him Do It. Seriously.

One of our annual Christmas traditions is attending our city ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker.” Ordinarily, Punky and I go with friends, but this year I decided that Bruiser was finally old enough for his first Nutcracker performance — and so last night, my husband, son, daughter and I all went to see the ballet […]

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December 19, 2011

Nutcracked

YOU GUYS. When I told you I had a few new gigs at CafeMom and would be a little bit busier, I HAD NO IDEA. Working as CafeMom’s new election correspondent has made me frantic enough, but what’s kept me from writing here at all over the last couple of weeks was my Style Dare […]

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December 12, 2011

It’s All Been a Blur