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Update:  The winner of the Romney Chia Pet is… LilMondu:  “Chicken, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, Roma tomatoes. On a pizza from Papa John’s. With garlic dipping sauce. Yum! Congratulations! Contact us via the contact page to claim your prize. Original Post: If you’re at all like me, you’re beside yourself with excitement about tonight’s final […]

During the Presidential debate this past Tuesday, a Facebook friend of mine – actually, she’s a real, live friend of mine who lives across the street – appropriately identified some of her Facebook friends as “armchair politicians.” She’s referring to those who have never played the politics “game,” yet they seem to have so much […]

Is that the dirty laundry that stinks? No…

This week’s How-to Tuesday is a wrap-up of my time with both the Obamas and the Romneys where I counseled them on how to woo mom voters in America. And as we head into tonight’s Presidential debate, I’ll watch with bated breath to make sure both candidates took my advice to heart. And if Mitt […]

Honey, call off the exorcism, I figured it out. Whew! Thank goodness he’s not watching horror movies without my permission. Yet another reason Elmo creeps me out. (If you’re confused you may want to read this post.)

It’s been such an exciting week over here in my little “corner” of the web. I went to a few parties, even. (Cough) Twitter parties. (Cough) Okay, I lied. I didn’t even go to those. I’m still not 100% sure what they even are to be honest. But, I thought it would be fun to […]

Sometimes I think I’m still on the fence about this whole idea of homeschooling our kids (now 2 1/2 and 1). I KNOW it’s what I want to do, I just don’t know if I’m cut out for it. Here’s why:

Update:  We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! “Katie:  We need to get together and catch up. There are coffeeshops in Korea… interested??!” Shoot me a message, Katie, and we’ll pop your prize in the mail. Thanks for playing!   To celebrate the absolute absurdity that has surrounded us all this election year, I decided […]

Well, friends, last week you got to see my interview with the Obama family. And what a successful(ish) session that was. We still have some things to work on, but I feel the President and First Lady both made some real progress in our time together. Since I am both fair AND balanced, I offered […]

I think our 2-year-old has been watching horror movies without our knowledge. (How? Isn’t he supervised?) Well, you know how kids will pick up an iPad or iPhone and flip over to the Netflix app, and it’s about 45 minutes before you realize what they’re watching? No…no. I don’t either.