My life revolves around routines. It's what keeps me sane and organized. It's what allows me to bake hamantaschen in time to give to Pie's teachers, to bake hallah every Friday, to take classes here and there, to volunteer at the kindergarten and synagogue. It's what keeps me up-to-date on this blog...

As noted in a previous post, I'm not so fond of fishing...  I don't put it up there with my Hunting rant... thats for another day, but fishing is not nice, just the same.... Well Veg wanted to go fishing... and there is something to be said about Father and Son's first ...

(Congrats to Shannon of Charming Bitch who won the year’s supply of Campbell’s Chicken and Stars soup.) Speaking of Campbell’s, the mom bloggers at the Campbell’s blog event were treated to several delicious and healthy dishes during lunch featuring one of their newest products, V8 V-Fusion...

We had another meeting of the Book Club today...ostensibly to discuss The Last Lecture but we really only talked about it for about five minutes. The rest of the time it was Megan, Jeannie and Christy gab fest. The three of us get along really well and just jabber like idiots when we're together. Je...

This morning the Today Show did a Digital Mom segment on Melissa of the ConsumerQueen.com, followed by Ann Curry interviewing Wendy Piersall of SparkPlugging and Terri Walter of Razorfish. It’s obvious that Ann Curry understands social media and mom blogging, so kudos to her and the Today Show for...

So I got a Trojan virus on my computer last week. Ended up having to scrub my hard drive and reinstall my software. In the process my audio drivers have disappeared, so I have no sound on my laptop which is very weird. I think I've gotten most of my files back now, but we'll see. This has been such ...

How do you stay optimistic when you are surrounded by a steady drumbeat of troubling news? It's not an easy task these days, especially when you're worried about holding on to your job or your home. Yet, it is precisely during times like these that must be proactive about managing our emotio...

Looks like Octo-mom, Nadya Suleman, who's been described by her former publicist as being nuts, will finally have a house big enough for her kids. Well, bigger than the current place she's living at, her mom's house - that is soon going into foreclosure. According to reports, Nadya's dad has just pu...

Feburary is pretty much the most craziest month for me. Still on going and everything. So far what's happen was that the peole I'm helping out who I blogged before this is what happen. basically they got kicked out beause the daughter is kind of crazy 12 year old. But for to be kicked out and no whe...

I've been attempting to decode my daughter's cryptic messages for months now. "I'm wanting something cold and tasty and sweet" she'll say, boring holes through the freezer with her little brown eyes. At dinner she'll often tell me she has......