Some say that death and taxes are the only absolutes in life, but my pelvic floor wants to weigh in on this. I never have to pee as badly as when I'm balancing milk on one hip, a toddler on the other, and repeatedly trying to open the front door with my car key. The new universal truths: death, ... » Learn More about So You Want a Gun
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Listen To Your Mother: 2016 Pittsburgh Auditions
Some people look at the New Year as a blank slate, ready to write their own story. I am one of those people. I love the symbolic vat of opportunity that a new beginning brings, and this year, that vat has a name: Listen To Your Mother Pittsburgh. And speaking of symbolic, no one thing or person so ... » Learn More about Listen To Your Mother: 2016 Pittsburgh Auditions
H&R Block Budget Challenge = $$ for your classroom
During my senior year of high school, I took a course called Independent Living. The class taught us things like how to balance a checkbook, a task I still struggle with (shut up), and how to manage money so we understood the steps in the Financial Order of Importance: Step 1: ... » Learn More about H&R Block Budget Challenge = $$ for your classroom
The Perfect Holiday Gift For Baseball & Softball Coaches
You know how when you marry a person, you also marry that person's quirks and passions and annoying habits? Like I'm completely incapable of having a conversation before 7am, yet my husband put a ring on it. Bless his heart. And I willingly said "I do" to a baseball nut. In the dramatic throes of ... » Learn More about The Perfect Holiday Gift For Baseball & Softball Coaches
A Cookie
If you've been reading me for the last year or so, you know my almost 20-month-old daughter has had her fair share of issues. A short stint at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh where she staved off dehydration led to a plethora of testing and worry, including concerns that those holes in her heart ... » Learn More about A Cookie
Winter: My Nemesis
One of my favorite winter activities is enjoying the untouched beauty of the first fallen snow...from within a warm house while wearing fuzzy slippers and sipping hot cocoa. Winter is not my friend. If she weren't so cold or last so dang long, maybe I'd reconsider, but seeing as how she sticks ... » Learn More about Winter: My Nemesis
Countdown to Christmas: 25 Fun Ways to Ring in the Season
Christmas seems to fly by faster and faster, and this year, I'm putting my foot down. I called the Farmer's Almanac and insisted they add days to the month of December, and they were all, "Lady, that's not what we do." Whatever. Since I can't extend the season, I will make the most of every single ... » Learn More about Countdown to Christmas: 25 Fun Ways to Ring in the Season
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
It was about 2am, and I was in the middle of one of those dreams so vivid you swear it's real life. Surround sound, bright colors, and voices so clear and articulate you wake up looking for the people who were just in your brain. The best part of that kind of dreaming is suspending reality for a ... » Learn More about Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Here We Go Again!
I earned my superhero cape when I became a mom. So did you. Anything that requires so little sleep and so much wiping of another's stinky butt with a smile automatically drapes a gal in silky Super Girlness. If Motherhood gives us the cape, Listen To Your Mother gives us the powers. Bringing ... » Learn More about Here We Go Again!
Don’t Monday Morning Quarterback Me
There are days that feel like the big game is resting squarely on my sore shoulders. I'm the quarterback, the clock is running out, and gigantic dudes who get paid to lay me out are snarling threats inches from my face. Yet the job requires a cool head and clear thought ... » Learn More about Don’t Monday Morning Quarterback Me