Come with me to Los Angeles for the Christopher Robin Event at Disney Studios July 29th-31st. I’m attending the red carpet premiere, the press junket and other events as a guest of Disney Studios. Also? Somebody pinch me! When I got the invite from Disney Studios at the end of June, I squealed and danced a…
By the time mid-October rolls around, the kids (and if you live in my house, the grownups) are getting excited about Halloween. We love Halloween but OMG the time leading up to the actual holiday is crazy town. Costumes. Parties. Candy. Crafts. If your kids are younger, trying to manage the whole “is this going…
Do you need rules for surviving last-minute shopping? I don’t have all the answers but I’m here to help…or at least make you feel better about your level of procrastination. I have last-minute shopping tips that will help you survive those last-minute shopping trips. Every year, I say I will organize my life by December…
This is my favorite time of the year. I love the decorations, the music, the cookies (oh boy, do I LOVE the cookies) and the general warm fuzzy holiday spirit kind of feelings that the Christmas season brings. And, it’s not Christmas without Christmas movies. Disclaimer: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC…
I’m not a bah humbug person. Far from it. I love Christmas. I’ve been playing Christmas music since mid-November and nagging my husband to get up on the roof and string enough lights so that our house can be seen from space. I wanted to bring our elves on the shelf (yes, there are two)…
November means stuffing our faces with pumpkin pie and fake whipped cream. November means three a.m. bargain hunting on Black Friday (or doing the sensible thing and staying home and going your shopping on Amazon). November means leggings, sweaters and poking fun at the people who get all twitterpated over all the pumpkin spice things….
When I’d been a soccer mom for little more than a week, I naturally came to the conclusion I knew every ever loving thing about being a soccer mom. Ahem. Not quite. Here are 7 things I learned in my first week of being a soccer mom. I urged my husband to sign our kids…
The first story I ever wrote was called the “A Little Elf.” I told it to my mom who used to write down the funny stuff I said and the stories I’d tell. All of my early wisdom is in a spiral notebook in a box somewhere, getting ready for the highest bidder when I…
If you say stuff like: “My kids will never do that.” or; “I’m never going to be that kind of mom,” then you are just asking for it and Karma will sneak up and not so politely bite you in the ass. I should know. I was one of those moms. A couple months back, I…
We all had ideas about being parent before we become…well, parents. Here are four things I said I’d never do as a parent before I actually become one. Four things I said I’d never do as a parent before I actually become one Before we have kids, we’re full of B.S. statements like “My kids…
