>”Mommy, I’m worried about Miss Linda,” Punky whispered out of the blue a few nights ago as I tucked her in. “What do you mean?” I asked nervously. Miss Linda was Punky’s preschool ballet teacher in the spring. She had died unexpectedly after an illness, and since class had ended for the season, I’d opted […]
August 10, 2009
>Historically, summer has been my least favorite season. I’ve lived in the South my whole life, where summer means unbearable heat, shirt-drenching humidity, and bugs, bugs, bugs. However, this year, for the first time since I was a teenager, I haven’t wanted summer to end. There are a number of reasons why, the two main […]
August 8, 2009
I’ve had ample time now to process the weekend that was BlogHer, but I thought it would be more interesting to write about it for an audience that consisted both of you guys and of people who are clueless about what’s going on in the mom blogging world. So I wrote about my thoughts on […]
August 6, 2009
>You spoke and Kraft listened. In the wake of this post, I received an e-mail from a Kraft spokesperson yesterday stating that Kraft has pulled its advertising from Mommy XXX. I suppose some mombloggers out there would take this opportunity to raise their fists and proclaim their ad-pulling power all over the Internet. But I’m […]
August 4, 2009
>My first steps into the ocean were undeniably timid. More than five years had passed since my family had last made a beach pilgrimage, and in that time, a lot had changed. For one thing, I’d had two children, and despite my best efforts, my body had assumed proportions that were decidedly less bikini-friendly than […]
August 3, 2009
>“Mommy,” Punky said while eating her lunch the other day. “Yes?” I answered distractedly from the counter. “You know how you told me to stay in my room at night unless it was an emergen-seat?” “Uh huh.” “Well, you’re kind of ruining my life.” I stopped what I was doing and tried not to smile. […]
August 2, 2009
>As I write this, I’m on the road somewhere between Destin, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. We’ll stop in Atlanta to pick up the little ones at my parents’ house, then continue on to Nashville. Aside from a 24-hour layover between arriving home from BlogHer and leaving again the next day for the beach, I’ve been […]
August 1, 2009
>…or if you just want to see an example of ridiculously bad journalism, check out this article. Lauren Barack took a quote from my OBVIOUSLY SATIRICAL swag hag post and made it look like I was totally serious. Aaaaaargh. That’s all there is to say. EDIT: So I’ve been at the beach all day (I […]
July 31, 2009
Demi Delia and her PR team are hoping her new webcast, which features “hilarious” mishaps from her experiences as a mother, will become an Internet sensation. To that end, e-mails promoting her show and offering interviews with Demi herself have been sent to mom bloggers in hopes that they will write about it. It’s nothing […]
July 30, 2009
