I have been developing an addictive personality. Until now, this hasn't been a problem for me, but in the last year I have noticed that if there is any tasty, bad-for-me food in the house, especially chocolate, its presence nags at me until I have eaten it all or taken it … [Read more...]
Throw Your Money at Me, Too, Please! (updated)
In case you haven't seen it yet, here is a link to the recent Today Show segment on Mommy Blogging. (But then you have to search in the bottom left box for "Heather Armstrong."First of all, to the people who only know about blogs because they read mine: see? There are A LOT OF … [Read more...]
He Wears Dora Underpants, But Otherwise He’s ALL Boy
A quick little example of how my children exhibit their maleness with no subtlety at all:This evening, I was on the phone with Stefanie. As usual, the second I tried to have a phone conversation, the boys go insane with energy. We were outside, and Kyle started throwing dirt in … [Read more...]
The SWAT Team
Thank you, Cousin Shannon for the link to an article about temp staffing agencies that specialize in assembling SWAT teams ("smart women with available time") of stay-at-home-moms who were formerly super badass career executives. My only question is, do these staffing agencies … [Read more...]
I’m Going on a Binge
I am going to participate in Book Binge, hosted by Not Mary Poppins at the link above. Basically, you just keep track of all the books you read in the month of May, which for this purpose starts on Monday May 5. I am bummed that I just found out about this and did not have time … [Read more...]