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It’s amazing what happens in four years!

Four years ago today, at 5:03 am, Little J made his grand entrance. Just look at him now!! Happy Birthday, my little man!! ...

While you were all partying at BlogHer…

I was having a little party here myself!Yes, while you ladies were drinking, dancing, and causing trouble attending informative workshops on blogging techniques and issues, I was doing the following: Heading down to a local research firm to give them my esteemed opinion on a new product they are developing (Sorry - bound by contract not to share the details. But don't worry - you're not missing ...

Mommy, remember when I was in your tummy??

Between just coming off a year when two of Little J's teachers had babies and his upcoming birthday, Little J has suddenly gotten all reminiscent about when I was pregnant with him. Suddenly, sentences that start with "Mommy, remember when I was in your tummy..." are popping up on a regular basis. The funny thing is, he claims to remember it. Some of "his memories" are things he has heard us ...

Freedom!

Big J and I took a couple of days off from the usual grind and popped down to Chicago for a little R&R and a concert. The trip started off with a little traffic but nothing majorly unsettling until we tried to locate our hotel. Don't get me wrong, this is a major hotel just off of the magnificent mile - not hard to find at all.Unless your GPS is telling you it is in one place when it is actually ...

I’m sitting on a toothbrush??

When I lived in New Hampshire, one of my favorite places to take visitors was Stonyfield Farms which was the next town over. You are probably most familiar with their yogurt, but they now have a whole line of dairy products that are even being sold out here in Wisconsin. YoBaby Yogurt was Little J's first taste of yogurt and he has grown to love it. I like Stonyfield's philosophy. They were ...

MTV Made – the Karate Kid

Okay, I admit that I don't usually watch MTV. I am old enough to remember when they used to play music videos on MTV (gasp!).But, I did watch Made's 100th episode. It was filmed in Kimberly, WI and features Ryan Watkins, a self proclaimed couch potato, being made into the "karate kid". He was trained by Master Chan Lee from J K Lee's Blackbelt Academy. (Yeah, the one that Little J goes to.)The ...

I’m a message board drop-out!

So this week, I decided to try something new in an effort to branch out (and maybe score a few new readers in the process). I decided to join a message board, nothing fancy, just a board set up for moms of preschoolers to chat about all the joys of having a preschool age child.Let me preface this by adding that I stayed away from any potentially controversial topics like spanking, whether to ...

An open letter to Dr. Grumpy

Dear Dr.Grumpy Grunke, I feel the need to express my displeasure with the way you handled my phone call last night. I realize that it was three in the morning, it was three here too. I realize you were tired, I was exhausted…in fact, I’ll bet you had more sleep than I did. I realize that you perform forty surgeries a week, but I have only one little boy and he has had only one surgery. I was ...