“I participated in an Influencer Activation Program on behalf of Influence Central for Sprint. I received a sample device to facilitate this review.” Over the past year, I've had the exciting pleasure to review various phones and products courtesy of the Sprint Ambassador Program, ... » Learn More about Just the Facts, Ma’am
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Organizing My Mornings: The First :59
I wake up, the 3 and 5 year-olds wake up. Someone yells out breakfast requests like I'm a short-order cook, the dogs have to go out. Breakfast served, the baby's babbling upstairs in her crib, I've yet to brush my teeth. I throw a load of darks in (invariably forgetting them in the washer until ... » Learn More about Organizing My Mornings: The First :59
Be A Bitch: A Wish For My Daughters
After what can only be described as a blissfully zen pregnancy, one that I naively believed would beget an equally blissful delivery, my first baby was born via a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad. emergency c-section. As I was wheeled into the operating room, tied down like a mental patient ... » Learn More about Be A Bitch: A Wish For My Daughters
#myChargeCheer Giveaway!
The setting: Santa's Village at the mall The characters: toddlers The conflict: the longest line ever assembled to sit on Santa's lap You're sweating, right? I would be, too. Asking my adorable yet impatient 3-year-old to wait for ANYTHING is like asking the Kardashians to make good ... » Learn More about #myChargeCheer Giveaway!
The Missing Something Club
This afternoon, a handful of gal pals and I sat down with some cheese and wine and gabbed about the book The Missing Something Club by William Haylon. The characters, Medicare, Katfish, Predator, Wallflower, The Maybe/Maybe Not Lesbian, and the Really Beautiful One, sound like a modern day ... » Learn More about The Missing Something Club
Oversharing: How A SAHM Cleans Her House For the Holidays
In case you're a new reader (hiya!), let me introduce you to this thing we do 'round here called Oversharing. I share stories that aren't exactly in good taste, made for mixed company, or generally socially acceptable. Basically, stories that would make me blush if I told them in person. Like ... » Learn More about Oversharing: How A SAHM Cleans Her House For the Holidays
Impressing My Kids, 140 Characters At A Time
Know what I hate? Talking on the phone. Text me, email me, knock on my front door (after you've texted or emailed that you'll be knocking on my front door), but for the love of everything holy--if you can avoid calling me, DO IT! It's not that I don't care about you--I do!--it's just that I don't ... » Learn More about Impressing My Kids, 140 Characters At A Time
Oversharing: Gifting Porn To My Dad
I once colored a picture of crabs carrying sand buckets, wrote a caption underneath it, "Now I have crabs, too!" and gifted it to my dad. Because of his t-shirt, "I got crabs in Ocean City, Maryland," I knew he would just LOVE my picture. Problem was, he didn't realize I was too young to know what ... » Learn More about Oversharing: Gifting Porn To My Dad
No More Empty Freezers
Recently, I shared a picture of our almost-empty freezer on my Facebook page, citing LMLP (Long Month, Late Pay) as the culprit for its sparse contents. I initially meant it to be a joke, and captioned it with "Cereal for dinner!" But what happened next wasn't funny. So many of my ... » Learn More about No More Empty Freezers
Finding Balance at the MomCon in Pittsburgh
Women have a lot on their plates, and I'm not just talking about my soon-to-be birthday plate that had better be overflowing with lasagna, cake, and ice cream. I'm basically the human version of Garfield the Cat. Anyway, no, I'm talking about our proverbial plates that are piled so high with ... » Learn More about Finding Balance at the MomCon in Pittsburgh