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Passover self-props 2008-04-19 20:15:35 After two days of slaving over a hot stove and oven, I made a nice Passover
dinner that even my own Jewish mother was impressed by. (And conceded that my brisket tasted better than hers.)
Ah, my SAHM days are really paying off. Cooking a meal like this that my family wolfed down in 15 minutes made [...] Read more:props
There’s a first for everything 2008-04-21 20:30:43 I’m thinking, eating, breathing matzah this week as I plan to keep Passover for the first time. Ever. So you all are going to keep it with me. I’m already so sick of that unleavened bread and it’s only day two. My stomach feels like a rock. Is Metamucil kosher for Passover?
Anyway, imagine what a cruel [...]
When the weather gets nice it’s really hard to blog 2008-04-23 21:20:17 Can you tell my lame-o posts about keeping Passover are just a ruse to keep my blog trucking along through this gorgeous weather
we’re having?
Frankly, it’s tough to blog when the weather finally gets nice in the dreary Midwest. I love you all, but I’d rather sit on a kiddie slide (made for a kiddie tush [...]
So my nanny asked me for money… 2008-04-23 16:44:43 … to help her put a down payment on a condo…
… and it got me thinking.
Hope you’ll read my thoughts on navigating the nanny-employer relationship on Moms On Issues!
And no, if you care to know, I didn’t give her the dough. Certain things just aren’t Kosher for Passover.
Those BPA-free bottles are weighing down my diaper bag 2008-04-24 08:06:01 I finally did it. I caved in and got rid of my plastic sippy cups. I’d been avoiding the inevitable for quite some time now, trying to believe that all the ruckus around leaching and B.P.A was just hype. But when the New York Times published the story last week that Canada is likely to label [...] Read more:weighing
The 10 plagues of matzah 2008-04-25 20:58:54 I typically only eat matzah once a year during Passover. Now that I’m keeping it for once, I know why. Following is a list of my matzah conundrums.
You can’t eat Egg and Onion matzah on Passover, but no one (no one I’m friends with) cares if you slather the matzah with butter, salt and onion powder. Hell, [...]
Storksak rejection letter 2008-04-27 21:01:35 Dear Emily bag,
It’s been a long year since I first received you as a present for Mother’s Day. I coveted you, as I saw you on many a friend and celebrity’s arm. When I used you I was giddy. You looked like a purse, yet you were waterproof, well-insulated and had many a pocket that [...] Read more:rejection
That was good 2008-04-27 18:03:46 Passover has been broken. In record time. With record carbohydrate overload bloating.
What did you all break with?
I need a life 2008-04-28 22:35:57 The thing I miss most about working is that I used to have something else to think about. Something I thought was more important than whether or not it was BS that the kiddie soccer program allowed there to be a “private” soccer lesson in lieu of the class they advertised. (The bitching got them to create a new [...]
I get around, politically, that is 2008-04-30 11:49:27 One of my favorite bloggers, Pundit Mom, asked me to guest post on her blog today! Head over to her site and see what I wrote about Hillary as the Abigail Adams of our time. And don’t laugh, it’s my first-ever attempt to write something political, people! Read more:politically
Rite of Passage 2008-05-04 22:19:34 Today we went to Toys”R”Us together as a family. That includes my husband, who I goaded into going after a rousing trip to Home Depot. We hemmed and hawed over outdoor play toys. We decided on and procured a plastic playhouse. We shlepped it home. We didn’t like it when we took it out of the box. We [...]
My contribution to the internet this week 2008-05-07 23:08:21 I’ve been bogged down with a major (but necessary, I’ll tell you about it later) home project this week, but I somehow managed to have time to get really fired up about SAHM consulting rates. You can read my angst over at Work It! Mom. I promise my next post here will be much more entertaining. [...]
The great pantry update 2008-05-09 21:13:37 To know me, is to know about my obsession with my pantry. Remember when my old nanny reorganized it for me? Since she left (I know it’s been awhile), my pantry hasn’t been quite the same. It’s grown up over the last year adding to it more toddler sundries, canned food and cereal than I [...]
Monday afternoon link-love 2008-05-12 14:44:42 I know Monday
morning sounds so much better, but I didn’t have time to post some of my favorite links on the web until now. Following is a list of some good Monday afternoon reads.
Take a bow, or kirtsy: The site formerly known as sk*rt is back with a new name! Go check out kirtsy. The site’s [...]
Note to self 2008-05-11 20:10:52 Next time I decide to go to a luxurious spa by myself on Mother’s Day I need to remember that other moms don’t have the same brilliant idea as me, and as a result, they will drag their bratty little kids along with them.
The upside is that because my blissful experience was dented (only very minorly) by tweens on [...]
Long live Sesame Street Live (and one very persistent Elmo balloon) 2008-05-13 18:54:46 After I succumbed to the purchase of an overpriced plastic funhouse for my two-year-old, I never thought I’d get roped into any other toddler money-making schemes for at least another two six months. I’ve already spent an exorbitant amount of money on sippy cups, and purchased a bike trailer for my husband’s bike that has been [...] Read more:Sesame
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This is why I shouldn’t be Twittering 2008-05-15 15:17:54 I finally decide to go and re-activate my dormant Twitter account (Thanks Amy for the nudge! I know I said I was anti-Twitter, but I did sign up awhile ago), sign in, and see that I somehow have 23 friend requests that probably have been sitting there for internet eternity. Sorry guys (and gals).
Not only am [...] Read more:Twittering
Boredom cured 2008-05-18 22:03:59 I’ve barely left the house all weekend what with a feverish son and Twittering to be done (how do you people get anything done with all that Twittering!?). I wouldn’t actually have written the word boredom in the title of this post if my husband hadn’t threatened to throw my BlackBerry in Lake Michigan (threatened [...] Read more:Boredom
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A renewed sense of belonging 2008-05-21 16:32:10 I’ve felt, over the last 5 months or so, that I’ve lost my blogging mojo. Since I left my job, I’ve been wondering just exactly what to write about. When I was working and writing, I felt comradery and sympathy from all working moms. I honestly never got into blogging for the community aspect, really. I [...]
Please excuse my absence 2008-05-28 21:12:24 I’m still trying to get over all the food I ate over the weekend plus yesterday’s 5 1/2 hour solo drive from Detroit to Chicago with a two-year-old. But I did manage to eek out a post for my Work It! Mom blog in the interim. More good stuff to come. Like photos from Self-Made Mom’s [...] Read more:Please
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Notes from the off-ramp: The six-month itch 2008-06-01 13:52:51 No matter where I go, people inevitably ask me what I do or if I work. They ask me at the doctor’s office, in the grocery store, at fancy dinners and during playgroups. I don’t fault people for wondering such things. We, as humans are a curious bunch, and moms ever so much more. Everyone wants to [...] Read more:Notes
My vacuum 2008-06-04 21:13:55 When I feel down, I don’t watch TV, read a magazine, call a friend. Nope. I vacuum. It’s been a crappy kind of week in my extended family household and as a result, my house has never looked cleaner.
My lint-weapon of choice is the original Dyson upright. I know it’s ridiculously expensive, heavy, and kind of impractical [...]
The udder mother 2008-06-10 20:14:52 Now before you all think I’ve been swept away with the fuzz under the rug, I haven’t. I’ve just been at the petting zoo. The place where moms have 10 udders, but at least get to sleep while their children pester them for food.
There’s not enough Lasinoh cream on the market to keep her nipples from hurting.
I [...] Read more:mother
Paid less but earning more 2008-06-13 15:14:12 I can’t stop thinking about something my father said to me yesterday while we were driving:
Whatever you decide to do, do what you love. And earn some money for it.
And it’s left me perplexed because 1) I am trying to figure out what I am going to love to do, and 2) I am trying [...]
The pantry doesn’t fall far from the expiration date 2008-06-17 13:36:29 It’s funny what people inherit from their parents. Some get the smart gene, the funny gene, the angry gene. Me? I get the pantry gene. I didn’t invent the idea of pull-out drawers, but I’ll be damned if mine get as out of control as my mother’s.
A display of mutated pantry genetics at work.
It’s hard [...]
Payback is hell 2008-06-24 15:08:25 A necessary evil of having friends, especially mom friends, is loaning money. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t remembered at one point to put their wallet in their diaper bag when heading out for the day or realized they only had $45 in their checking account so couldn’t put anything on their debit card (who, me?). At [...]
Well, this is the last time I’m eating out 2008-06-23 14:22:51 Nothing like a nasty case of food poisoning to ruin a girls’ night out over the weekend. Since I’m too ailing to write anything remotely creative, I’ll let you all catch up with my post last week on Work It, Mom! or better yet, enter Nataly’s Breadwinner Mom survey for a chance to win a Sony [...] Read more:eating
What I did on my summer vacation 2008-07-10 14:57:48 Don’t you love when your friends send you photos of the fabulous places they’ve been on their summer vacations? In tune with everyone’s favorite summer tradition, here is a recap of my summer vacation. A.k.a. the reason I haven’t posted in like 15 internet years. Enjoy.
I shut off my laptop…
Read TWO books. Haven’t done that since I was [...]
Activate! 2008-06-29 20:03:47 It’s inevitable whenever I meet a new mom the topic of do I work, stay home or what will come up. I’m a talker and I’m also kind of nosy. I like to know what other moms do in their spare time - who they are behind the veneer of Play-Doh and finger paint. I love [...] Read more:Activate
Rockin’ with the old people 2008-07-24 09:21:56 What happens when you take two 30-something moms and send them to the Coldplay concert? They fit right in. I’ll admit, I was little hesitant heading into last night’s concert. What with the fact that I haven’t gone to a big-arena show sober in quite sometime. I’m sure the last time I headed to the United Center [...] Read more:people
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