• Day 3 of the Mommy Shape-Up

    Day 3 of the Mommy Shape-Up

      I decided that as soon as I got home from work yesterday afternoon, before I got lost in shuttling kids to and from practices and games and before I got caught up making dinner and folding laundry, that I would go ahead and get my run out of the way.  Note to self- It is very hot outside at 3:30 pm.  I think I might have lost five pounds just in sweat.  I have to say that it really did feel good to spend the rest of the evening knowing that I had already done it. My team, which on day one consisted of most of my children and on day two had dwindled down to one child riding beside

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  • Things Mom Would Never Say

    Things Mom Would Never Say

    •"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?" •"Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too" •"Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery" •"Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week" •"Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day" •"Well, if Rahul's mamma says it's OK, that's good enough for me." •"The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here." •"I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve" •"I don't care if you eat your vege

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  • I’m turning my Super Hero status over to my two daughters

    I'm turning my Super Hero status over to my two daughters

    Superman, Captain America and Wonder Woman all had to have those moments where they weren’t in the crime fighting, life saving “Super Hero” mode.  Certainly every once in a while Batman took the afternoon off to wash the Batmobile or Aquaman took a day off from spending so much time in the water.  I am sure that Spiderman had nights where he was just to worn out to climb one more building.  Or maybe I just need to believe that because apparently I have lost the “Super Hero” status that I had previously held in the eyes of my children.    You see, I am not a morning person.

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  • ‘Time’ mom: ‘This isn’t the way we breastfeed at home’

    'Time' mom: 'This isn't the way we breastfeed at home'

    By Kim Painter, USA TODAY 5/11/2012 10:33 AM   The mom breastfeeding a nearly four-year boy on a controversial Time cover says she understands why even some advocates of extended nursing aren't thrilled with it.   Time cover image of Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, breastfeeding her 3-year-old son for a story on CAPTION By AP/Time The image of her son Aram standing on a chair to nurse from her exposed breast -- while she stands hand-on-hip and gazes at the camera - does not "show the nurturing side to attachment parenting," Jamie Lynne Grumet said in an interview with the Today S

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  • Maybe College Football Teams need a Team Mom- I’m up for the job!

    Maybe College Football Teams need a Team Mom- I'm up for the job!

    In light of some of the problems that some college football teams have had with a few players, I have come to the conclusion that what they need is a team mom. After all, all six of my kids are playing sports this year and these young kids seem to have a basic understanding of what it means to be a part of the team and what is expected of them as well as the consequences for breaking the rules and being a poor sport. They are much younger than these college players but already it clicks that there are consequences for your behavior. One thing that helps things run smoothly with each of my ki

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  • Day 3 of the Mommy Shape-Up

    running mom  I decided that as soon as I got home from work yesterday afternoon, before I got lost in shuttling kids to and from practices and games and before I got caught up making dinner and folding laundry, that I would go ahead and get my run out...

  • Things Mom Would Never Say

    things a mom would never say •"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?" •"Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too" •"Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery" •"Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week" •...

  • 'People' mag names '2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman'

    People's Most Beautiful Woman By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Updated 2012-04-25 8:51 AM   People Magazine has named the 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman and it is ...   Beyonce. "I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt becau...

  • Day two of the mommy shape-up

    kids exercisingDay two of the Mommy Shape up is done!!!  I started out with six exercise companions , on day two I was down to one companion.  Little Finn rode his bike beside me for most of the run.  The problem with exercising at the end of the day is that I fin...

  • Jennifer Lopez, Rodrigo Santoro are 'Expecting' great things

    JLo By Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY   Updated// 16h 18m ago     // BEVERLY HILLS – Just over four years ago, it was one of the most famous women in the world's turn to reach for one of America's most popular books. ...