>I am so sick of reading about the Mommy Wars, sick to the point where I stop reading the moment I see the phrase. Is anyone with me? The problem I have with the Mommy Wars is that they are not about most of us. The Mommy Wars are about socially connected, wealthy, media-grubbing women […]
July 18, 2006
>A few months ago (as some of you remember), my 13-year-old stepdaughter started making noises about getting a dwarf hamster. The kind of cute and cuddly rodent that’s known for biting people. And running on its little wheel all night long. And escaping. And crawling into vents and then, selfishly, dying. I quietly FREAKED OUT […]
July 16, 2006
>This column originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog. As you’ve no doubt noticed, the current conflict in the Middle East is having an impact on gas prices around town. My husband just got back from the Highway 100 Kroger station after waiting in a line full of customers trying to buy gas before prices […]
July 15, 2006
>This post originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog. Liz Garrigan’s column on WKRN’s plan to pay bloggers for their video is generating a lot of buzz in the blogosphere this week. At the station’s blogger meet-up recently, I got a chance to talk to WKRN News Director Steve Sabato about the idea and he […]
July 14, 2006
>”Amanda’s been going to Zoo Babies once a week and she just started music classes, too. She’s having so much fun. And she’s learning all about music tones and rhythm.” “Noah is taking Yoga Fun at Gymboree. He’s much more limber than he was at 18 months.” I’ve been hearing these conversations ever since attending […]
July 14, 2006
>And now, it’s time for my latest Nashville Scene column. The background to this particular column: I live in Bellevue, a Nashville neighborhood which is about 20 minutes from downtown. Here, the word ‘Bellevue’ immediately conjures up someone who’s white, middle class, and living in a subdivision. And that’s generally pretty accurate. The good thing […]
July 13, 2006
> Leave a two-year-old with her father for a few hours and you can expect some unpleasant surprises upon your return. Maybe you’ll find peanut butter tangled in her hair and crammed up her nose. Maybe she’ll have decorated three of your coveted first editions with crayon squiggles. Maybe she’ll have learned a new phrase. […]
July 12, 2006
>I’ve always thought of my cul-de-sac as a quiet one, filled with normal homeowners who kept their grass suitably tended and minded their own damn bidness. That is until the other night, when I went to a backyard barbeque at my next-door neighbor’s house. It was a small gathering, with only three neighborhood couples present. […]
July 11, 2006
>After several dismal attempts at potty training Baby, I had pretty much resigned myself to the reality that she would be in diapers for the rest of her life. At least, judging from the inordinate number of Googlers looking for “adult diaper patterns” who end up here, she wouldn’t be alone. Truthfully, the only potty […]
July 10, 2006
“We’ve got a problem,” Hubs said the other day as he came in from the garage. “What?” I asked. “You know how the garbage truck didn’t come on Tuesday because it was the 4th? Well, I just lifted the lid of the trashcan out there and all these white things fell off the lid.” “Nooooo…” […]
July 7, 2006
