We leave for a week of beach time soon and while I'm busy packing and making list after crazy list on all the things we need to bring on this hopefully blissful beach side vacation, I am also in the process of powering down. Yes, I am bringing my laptop with me while away but I've already set up my work email to vacation status. The laptop is for short intervals of loading work onto sites and that is all. I'm busy this week doing the advance work and while I'm away posts will load up automatically, I hope. Add to the list that I have already been shutting off the drone of the media to get myself ready and I think I will be set for a total mind and body vacation. Instead of watching TV on my laptop while getting dressed or listening to NPR or some loud, … [Read more...]
The Price of the Pump- That Old Boob Dilemma
Cross-posted from October 2007 DC Metro Moms. If you work outside the home and you plan to breastfeed after the birth of your child then there's a good chance that you probably already know what dilemma I'm talking about. Pumping. Will you be able to pump at work? Has your company made sufficient accommodations or are you going it on your own? When I gave birth to my daughter I knew without a doubt that I would breastfeed and it went off without a hitch. She was a natural. I was lucky. She was also colicky. I tried to persevere but even after I had already paid the rental fees on the pump for the next few months, I knew my days were numbered. My boob dilemma was rearing its ugly head. How was I going to pump at work? I had a cubicle without a door. Sure the walls were high but anyone … [Read more...]
When the Spouse is Away
Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post from March 16, 2008. This wasn't the case this past week, though we did take a small road trip, when H left on a work trip but more often than not there is more freedom in our schedule and we enjoy it as long as there are no anxiety issues about Daddy being gone. Man, there is a lot of freedom! I kid. Well, not really. My husband recently left for a work trip that will take him away from us for about three weeks. As a former military spouse I've learned that during this time I need to stay busy. Now a mother with an active two year old I realize just how wide open our schedule has become when we don't have those "Daddy Breaks" in our days. Yet, there is also a certain freedom. The freedom to not have dinner at the … [Read more...]
So Long Old Friend
Recently I posted about how good it felt to come away from an afternoon spent with friends and colleagues. It was the SVMoms Group DC Metro Moms Symposium and I needed it. Weeks later it was announced that SVMoms would soon cease to exist.I can't tell you how sad this has made me. Being a part of SVMoms/DCMM was one of my favorite parts of being in this field. I not only enjoyed the camaraderie of other women, writers and friends but came away from each meeting and get together feeling revitalized, smarter and more accomplished. While DCMM didn't pay, it provided something so much more invaluable to me than monetary means. There were adventures that happened because I wrote for that group, opportunities presented themselves that created more … [Read more...]
Where’s Mummy?
This week I am all about giving away pizza, discussing my burning desire to review cars and more-Did you enter to win some pizza? There is still time. Go!New at MPR this week-Company Kid's bathing suits,I'm spending my 'Summer with Toshiba'Giving a fellow Rhode Islander and author Christine Carr some loveHow to whiten your teeth and freshen your breath- naturally with EvoraPlus.While honest baby lets me mull over eating my own placenta. Weigh in!Last week it was noted at DC Metro Moms that H has a point about Father's Day. … [Read more...]
Isn’t It Ironic
Dawn dishwashing liquid used time and time again to clean wildlife during oil spills has petroleum in it? To help create a more balanced global economy we need China to become the consumers and buy things from their Chinese Walmart? I wonder what it stocks in it's toy, jewelry and electronics department? Shipping must be cheap. … [Read more...]
The Black Dahlia Brightens My Day
I woke up feeling a sense of panic this morning. Surely, it had to be almost 8 a.m. That seems to be the only time I have dreams bordering on the hysterical yet macabre. Having just broken free from the depths of my latest escapade within my brain-It regarded The Black Dahlia case being cracked wide open as I had just received a package that was not a product review but in fact a dead bird and part of a severed torso. I had the key to solving this decades old mystery in a plastic wrapped USPS box. Goody! Oh, and did I mention that when I called the cops to tell them what I had just received in the mail they sent over some of their finest. Also seen last season on the now defunct television show, 'The Unusuals'? I digress. It was just 6 a.m. and the girls … [Read more...]
Finding My Way, Again.
I admit that lately I have felt uninspired. I have ignored my blog, been busy with life, work and incubating the Fifth Element the last few months. It hasn't left a lot of room for contemplation, new ideas or much of anything but the bare necessities. I have felt removed from the blogosphere too. I have tried to attend events only to have to cancel from exhaustion. Last Sunday changed all that. I managed to get myself dressed and have the energy to attend the Silicon Valley Moms Group/ DC Metro Moms event that two of my friends put together. After a brunch that I missed (The Comedian got sick, that's life) there was a ssymposium of companies and professional bloggers that allowed me to not just eat some damn fine cheese but to sit in a room full of women … [Read more...]
Embarrassing Moments in Pregnancy
It's not embarrassing enough to pee in a tiny cup each time I go to the doctor or to even pee in a jug for 24-hours straight. I just lurve lugging around a jug of my own urine. And keeping it in my fridge. Tasty.No, pregnancy has many embarrassing moments.Take yesterday when my bra just about combusted. At least that is what it felt like as it flew open with great force. Luckily, no one else seemed to notice and I was able to get the "girls", which these days are more like full-grown women, under control.Or how about all those lovely times I've peed myself when I'm not even aiming for a cup or jug. I cough, sneeze or laugh too hard and there you have it. It's to the point that when I do sneeze around H, he glances over nervously and does a pee … [Read more...]
A word of advice
You know what I don't want to hear? I don't want to hear about liquid diapers. I don't want to hear about wet toots, either.Also, please don't invite me over for any sort of dining experience at your home if this is what is going on there.That's just a bit of advice from me to you. … [Read more...]