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 […]
January 6, 2012
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 […]
January 5, 2012
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 […]
January 3, 2012
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 […]
December 22, 2011
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 […]
December 19, 2011
On Thursday morning, I held my 4-year-old son as he cried. “You’re going away?” he kept asking. “Am I going to be left all alone?” Welcome to my new reality as a working mom who travels, where personal fulfillment comes at a gut-wrenching cost. “Can’t I come with you?” Bruiser begged after I assured him […]
November 21, 2011
