We slept well last night so it was hard to get up this morning. Once we did, we had a quick breakfast before starting the day. I did a video interview with Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob Square Pants) and Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick Star). Here’s the thing…Michael has only been allowed … Read More
Let me start off by writing that I am totally biased when it comes to voting in contests and competitions that involve my friends and/or acquaintances. I vote for whomever I have the closest relationship with…or I just don’t vote at all if I’m equally close to everyone. Having said that, several of my blogging … Read More
I am a member of the Yahoo Mother Board and one of their January topics is “New Year, New Budget”. Since “Manage Debt” and “Save Money” are two consistently popular New Year’s Resolutions according to the USA government, I wanted to share how my family goes about making our financial goals for the year. 1. … Read More
My husband, sons and I sit down and come up with our family goals / prayers / plans / resolutions at the end of each year. Inevitably, we end up in my (and my husband’s!) bed – it really is my favorite family spot in our home. We lounge and talk about the highlights of … Read More
The Little Fockers opens in theaters on Wednesday, December 22nd. Luckily, Monica Storch was able to attend an early screening and a roundtable with some of the actors from the film on behalf of Mom in the City. Monica, who has become a dear blogging friend, is the Editor and Publisher of www.nyceast.macaronikid.com, a free … Read More
At this week’s parent/teacher conference, my suspicions were confirmed… If you have followed my blog over the last few years, you are aware that I am not the “stereotypical” New York mom when it comes to the education of my kids. I refused to test for placement in a preschool. (Rather, I did a crazy … Read More
I have mentioned several times over the last year that Michael has really wanted to take karate lessons. At the beginning of the summer, I told him that he could start classes this fall if he behaved and helped out (by playing with Sean) this summer. To make sure that I didn’t forget, he started … Read More
(Photo Credit: Dawn) On Wednesday, I attended lunch with the co-hosts of CBS’s new daytime talk show “THE TALK” and several of my favorite bloggers. It’s very rare (as in it has never happened before!) that I get to sit, eat lunch and chat with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah … Read More
My family was invited to a wonderful program called Citi Field Kids that is sponsored by Citifield and the Mets. I really like when companies give back to the community in ways that are creative and natural fits. Citifield Kids meets both of those qualifications. Six times a year, Citi invites 200 – 300 middle … Read More
I was so happy when school ended last week. Yay…summer break! This summer (for the first time), my teacher husband is not going to be attending school and/or working. Since I’m doing the camp administrator position this summer coupled with the fact that my paid blogging work has picked up, we agreed that we would … Read More