> It’s Perfect Post Awards day, a time for bloggers to show other bloggers just how much they enjoyed one of their posts from the preceding month. MommaK and I came up with the Perfect Post concept and have been amazed both at the number of people who’ve participated and at the amazing talent that’s […]
November 1, 2006
>This post originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog. Simply handing out candy on Halloween is so 2004. Instead, think of this holiday as an opportunity for self-promotion. Struggling songwriters, head on over to Leiper’s Fork and pass out those demo CDs! Bloggers, don’t forget to scrawl your URL on your candy wrappers! Arbonne consultants, […]
October 31, 2006
>Like many of you, I’ve been reading all the Internet brouhaha over whether mommybloggers are exploiting their kids for Internet fame. I mean, does anyone really believe that bullshit? I’m pretty sure that most of the most well-known mommybloggers out there started off like the rest of us did, with maybe ten hits a day […]
October 31, 2006
>Question: What happens when a blogger takes her parents to her next-door-neighbors’ kid’s birthday party? Answer: Someone will spill the beans about her blog! Yes, friends, you’ll find that all nude pictures have been removed from Suburban Turmoil, along with the references to illicit drugs and wild partying. The ‘rents are in the house. I […]
October 29, 2006
>I was sitting in the waiting room of my obstetrician’s office when I heard it. “This is my nanny.” I whipped around to see a well-to-do woman signing in at the front desk. Beside her stood a girl holding the baby carrier. She was impossibly young with long, platinum blonde hair, a cute little outfit […]
October 28, 2006
>Dear Mom, When you told me last Friday that you were coming to visit this weekend, I may not have sounded very excited. When you told me you were planning on staying here, I may even have put the phone on mute and let forth a spew of unmentionable words. For that, I apologize. It’s […]
October 26, 2006
>Remember when I wrote last week about Hubs’s loud and boisterous bell-ringing at our girls’ soccer games? Two days later, our opponents’ parents struck back! The story is in this week’s Nashville Scene. Read the full text of the column below…. Hell’s Bell In my five years as a soccer stepmom, extensive observation has allowed […]
October 25, 2006
> Those who can’t write, post Google searches. Yes, it’s time again to share with you all the best Google searches I’ve gotten here at Suburban Turmoil. Because they’re just too good to keep to myself. And because I can’t think of anything better to do here today. Help for husband who pees all over […]
October 24, 2006
>Months ago, I told you about the woman who’s nice when my husband is around, but rude when I run into her alone. Afterward, I always tell Hubs the catty results of our latest encounter. “You won’t believe it!” I’ll say. “I saw Joan at the library and she practically hissed at me when I […]
October 23, 2006
>HIM: You know, we really should get video of you naked while you’re pregnant. ME: ….Why? HIM: So we can always remember what your body looked like. ME: But I’ll be naked. No one can watch it. HIM: We can watch it. ME: … ME: Hey Hubs, let’s make some popcorn and watch that video […]
October 20, 2006
