I seem to have a thing for controversy lately.
At Microsoft there are email groups – also called aliases – for different communities. These are non-work related but supported by Microsoft due to their value to the employees. One of the email groups/communities is the adoption alias.
Well last week there was a flurry of […]

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Now that my son is officially a toddler, he’s talking more.  And saying full sentences.  This has been especially helpful during meal time.  Now instead of just throwing food on his plate and hoping he’ll eat it, he can ask for what he wants to eat.  Of course he usually asks for waffles, yogurt, grapes, […]

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As part two of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series, we’re talking about Protecting yourself and your family.   Many mommy bloggers (myself included) start their blogs as a random, ‘hey! this could be fun’ whim.  There’s not an overall strategy… there’s not a whole lot of thought put into it.  Mainly there’s a couple of cute […]

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A while back, when I posted on my own blog about not having a car, Rachel asked me, “OK, I want to know how you spent several hours running errands if you are breastfeeding, and you don’t have a car. I am jealous you were able to do it.”
Basically, I just nurse in public. Most […]

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In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s a funny video of two brothers trying to take a picture for their mom for Mother’s Day. It makes me laugh every time I watch it!
Mother’s Day
Remind me not to adopt two boys. (Just kidding!)
Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms out there!

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So the basic premise here is that Moms like sex just as much as the next gal.*
*Except when they’re too busy.

And there’s the rub. (Or lack thereof.) Because Moms’re always too busy now aren’t they? Which is why Babeland’s Sexy Mama Bloggers (in honor of Mother’s Day) have been asked to tackle this question: When […]

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If you live in the Seattle area and have been itching for the garage sale season to begin, today is your day. The team behind West Seattle Blog have organized a massive community garage sale with more than 140 sales (!) peppered throughout West Seattle.  The sales are from 9am - 3 pm today […]

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There has been a lot of hoopla lately about the recent release of the video game, Grand Theft Auto IV (aka, GTA4). Many parents are up in arms over its raunchy themes and the constant bad behaviors displayed by the main characters. Behaviors like killing police officers, drunk driving, doing drugs, frequenting strip clubs and […]

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As part one of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about branding.  Last week we covered the importance of  picking the right name for your blog.  This week we’ll cover another critical component; your blog’s appearance.  Here’s why looks matter.
First impressions are largely based on appearances
When a reader comes to a blog for […]

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Babeland, the family-friendly (or at least not-at-all creepy) sex store on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, is coordinating Sexy Mama Bloggers throughout the month of May. Why? Because what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than to celebrate the thing that got most moms in this position in the first place? (If you’re scratching your head and […]

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