Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date March 6, 2008. Does anyone even remember this show from TLC? Maybe I am looking into it too deep. Maybe I want more information and I should just relax because after all it is only television and it is a reality show. However, I recently watched TLC's newest venture, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom (SLSM), and found that the show left me with a bunch questions. Questions that were left unanswered. The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom is the latest in reality shows. It takes one stay at home mom and gives her a week to secretly see what her life would have been like if she had chosen to go back to work instead of staying home with the kids full time. OK, first off? You can't go back. There is no ramping off the career … [Read more...]
Has Blogher10 Jumped the Shark?
A good portion of the blogosphere is all aTwitter (literally) about the upcoming Blogher 10 (#blogher10)Conference happening in New York City this week. I'll be there with swollen cankles and full-on maternity couture. Is H&M and Old Navy maternity considered couture? No high heels for me at this point. If you are taking bets on me giving birth (#BirthHer10) while there you can just put your money away now. My OB is convinced I'll be right on time for a late August delivery. I'm not buying the Hilton a new mattress.I'm excited about Blogher like I am every year. The friends, networking, seminars, parties and chance to dress up a bit and have some fun in a way only we bloggers can, but I'm beginning to wonder about it all. It's … [Read more...]
Where’s Mummy?
Besides being kicked out of bed at least twice last night and trying to sleep on the couch? I'm nesting. I can't walk by the nursery without going in and organizing or hanging something up. The cleaning of the baby gear comes next. At MPR this week we're talking about Pop on Pals Amusement Park playset, Clementine Art Natural Paint for kids, Goody Hair Products Colour Collection, BornFree pacifiers (BPA free) and the iGo Charge Anywhere charger.Juno Baby has me talking smack about baby showers, 'me' time, crepes and cultural sensitivity and how we adults are models for staying active and healthy for our children.At Honest Baby I talk about miscommunication and being told to "Fuck off!" while at the mall. Good times.Here's to staying cool and a good … [Read more...]
Money Talks
Last I checked my Dad was the one holding this ten dollar bill. He didn't even know what a MILF was and I had to explain it. Awkward.http://www.juiceboxjungle.com/iframe/embed/162831_2009-09-22-205021?amazon_id=wwwthemummych-20More parenting videos on JuiceBoxJungle … [Read more...]
Love the Little Bundle, Hate the Pre-Baby Shin-dig
Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date January 14, 2008. Thank goodness times are changing and some baby showers are no longer this way. In fact, The Fifth Element's was a brunch with vodka and champagne. Fabulous. I attended a baby shower this weekend in one of those spacious clubhouses that can only be found in a brand spankin' new community. My friend is about to have her first baby. So I, like many of her other friends, turned out to celebrate this new bundle of joy and welcome her to motherhood.In theory this is a great idea. Beyond theory it is fabulous for only one person. OK, maybe two. The mother and the baby. The mom gets pampered and showered with attention and she gets the items she needs for little junior's arrival. … [Read more...]
Not at My Best
It was the best of times. It was the warts of times. Warts, worst, whatever. I feel like an angry, old hag covered in warts right about now anyway. Vacation bliss is a distant memory. It's been a week of Braxton Hicks, little sleep, too much baby prep and testing of the parents. H can't sleep with me because I'm a "loud breather" right now and I toss and turn so much these days while simultaneously moaning that I keep him up half the night. After he leaves our precious munchkins feel the need to wake me up with requests such as, "My skin is dry. I need lotion. Lotion all over my entire body." It's 1 a.m. I momentarily thought of shoving the lotion into the room via basket and telling TD, "It's puts the lotion on the skin..." See? I'm … [Read more...]
And We’re Back!
Vacation and all its bliss is over. A good time was had by all. We can't wait to go back and do it all again next year.Bet you never thought you would see that here. Alright, move along. Don't tap the glass, she doesn't like it. … [Read more...]
Saturday Afternoon Fever
Cross-posted and archived DC Metro Moms post. Original date February 17, 2008. Re-reading this makes me think, "BLD! I want to go to there! Again!"I have a confession to make. I hate kids stuff. Go ahead and tsk tsk me if you want to, that's fine, I'm used to it. If you admit to not loving spending hours putting together the same puzzle or picking up leaves in the freezing cold then I applaud you. I find nothing fun about going to fairs, going on rides, or petting zoos either. Spending the afternoon, day, or a vacation with a cartoon character is not my cup of tea. I can play puzzles, coloring and tea party just so long with my daughter before I have had my fill and I want to go read Newsweek aloud to her instead. And truthfully? I feel just awful about it. I feel like less of a … [Read more...]
Sex and the City Fan- In it for the Froth
Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date May 31, 2008. This was based on the first film. The second sadly was all froth and no content, which I found deeply disappointing.Sex and the City makes its long awaited debut this weekend and the media attention this movie has gotten makes it seem like the second coming. The critics, many of the manly persuasion, have given it the old, "meh, it's OK but it's not deep" review. As an avid fan, I refuse to listen to all the buzz and the boo's. From the very beginning when the show was on only in the wee HBO hours I was hooked. I was single, young and out there. I found myself as a cross between cynical and realistic Miranda and the ballsy Samantha. Each Sunday night show was not just clothing crack but like a drink … [Read more...]
My Tax Dollars at Work
Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date November 6, 2007.Coming home from a work trip this past weekend I noticed a business card from the County Sheriff's department by my front door. Grrr... I knew exactly what it was for but I asked my husband anyway. "Hon? Why is there a card from the Sheriffs department by the front door? Did they come by about the new signs?" He replied that, yes they did, and it was then that my blood began to boil.See my husband and I run a business. We regularly put up signs to advertise this business throughout our county. It is all A-OK to do so in most areas but there are some that are verboten. Sometimes our sign guys put them up in a no-ad zone and we get a fine. A $100 a sign fine. Wait. That isn't what makes my blood boil. Just … [Read more...]