Posted in Reviews on Nov 21st, 2011
My high school buddy, Dan, was here visiting from St. Louis when my second package of goodies from LeapFrog arrived. One of the toys inside it was this: It’s LeapFrog’s My Own Story Time Pad, and since it’s geared toward kids ages 24 months to 6 years (my youngest is 7), I decided to send [...]
Posted in Giveaways! on Nov 21st, 2011
I drew the winner of my Tag reader & Solar System book giveaway yesterday using Random.org. Congratulations to Rondah Stepp of Stoutsville, OH! Enjoy your prize, Rondah!
Posted in Giveaways! on Nov 21st, 2011
I drew the winner of my LeapPad bundle giveaway yesterday using Random.org. Congratulations to Angela Winesburg of Frederick, MD! Enjoy your prize, Angela!
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Aug 7th, 2011
I haven’t blogged for a reeeaaalllllyyyy long time. Which, I guess, duh, you’ve probably noticed, if you’re a regular reader. My dear friend, Amy, a freelance writer who is currently fighting her second battle with breast cancer and has a gorgeously-written blog on the subject, It’s in the Genes, once told me that she gets [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 30th, 2011
Since today is a holiday, everyone in the Blogathon has been invited to do a creative post using Wordle. I did mine using the feed address from my blog. The largest words in the resulting Wordle are the ones that you use the most. Here’s my result: I knew I used the word “just” a [...]
Posted in Giveaways! on Dec 10th, 2010
It has been a long time since I’ve posted, but I’m going to kick off my new era of blogging with a cool giveaway, courtesy of LeapFrog. Here’s what LeapFrog is up to (from a press release): Another school year is underway, Education Nation has launched, Waiting for Superman is on movie screens, and we [...]
Posted in Giveaways! on Jun 8th, 2010
Congratulations to Cindi Hoppes of Edwardsville, IL, winner of the Fibers.com $25 gift certificate giveaway! Thank you to everyone who entered the contest.
Posted in Guest Bloggers on May 18th, 2010
NOTE: Today is Guest Blogger Day in the Blogathon, so today my guest blogger is Rachel Vidoni from East Coast Musings. You can find me over on Rachel’s blog with my post, “Germophobe Confessions.” I’m always in awe of parents who have the patience of Job—ones who have the ability to not only provide discipline [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 22nd, 2010
My blog seems to have rearranged itself, probably after the recent update I did to the current version of WordPress. Grrr. So now I have yet another thing to add to my already impossibly long to-do list: Figure out how to fix it. In the meantime, please excuse the weirdness on the home page until [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 24th, 2009
I’m happy to announce the birth of another parenting blog, authored by Yours Truly. It’s on the Psychology Today website and it’s called “Outnumbered!” Seeing as it’s about my experiences being the parent of a larger-than-average family, I feel the title is more than appropriate. I plan to cover everything from childhood depression to seizures [...]
