Archive for November, 2009

Text Lingo for Moms

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Seems like everything under the sun has a text shorthand equivalent (just checkout netlingo.com) but no one has come up with text shorthand for Moms. WTF?! We deserve our own secret language! I’ve taken the liberty of starting a list of shorthand we can use when we text one another. Of course, I based this [...]

Fallen Princesses

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

I have a three-year-old daughter, ergo I have a princess-obsessed little girl living under my roof. We read the stories everyday and I kind of throw up in my mouth every time. The stories always follow the same general plot: poor, innocent girl is wronged (usually by a wicked woman), girl gets in some sort [...]

Moms Rock

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Moms kick ass. Seriously. No one understands what we do or what we go through like we do. No one bands together when someone is in need and within minutes can whip up solutions and ways to help like we can. As snarky as we can be, at the end of the day, moms have [...]

Fab Finds Friday: 10 Goofiest USB Gadgets

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Just when you thought there wasn’t much more that your computer could do, along come these devices, powered via USB. Here are a few of my favorites. Desktop Vacuum Cleaner In case you don’t get enough of vacuuming at home, you can now Hoover at the office. Great for clean-up after eating at your desk. [...]

Treehugger Tuesday: Cars Powered by Dirty Diapers?         Eight Weirdest Car Fuels.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Necessity is the mother of invention, I suppose. So scientists are trying all sorts of ways to come up with fossil fuel alternatives and The Daily Green has compiled a list of eight of the weirdest ideas out there. I have summarized them below: Chocolate – Apparently, anything with fat in it can be turned [...]

We Are Family. I Got All My Sisters (one Bro) and Me.

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I am very excited to announce that I’ve joined 16 other women and one man as a blogger for OCFamily.com. For those of you who do not live in Orange County, OC Family is an award-winning go-to publication for families living in our wonderful locale. They are taking their website in a new direction and [...]

What Have You Done for You Lately?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

WARNING: Below is an “introspective” post…potentially bordering on self-help. This is a departure for the author who feels much more comfortable writing about baby toupees and female urination devices(FUDs). Read at your own risk. At 4pm on Halloween night I abandoned my husband and kids with 30-minutes notice…and I would do it all over again. [...]