[An entirely true story for the season and poking a little fun at the new FCC rules]
On the way to this morning’s Snowflake run we spotted a Santa-elf-old man-sexy chick hybrid
then a bodyless, fro-wearing Santa
As soon as Benjamin realized they were [...]
It’s been nearly one year – to the day – that Mia found out her boyfriend and the father of their, then four year old daughter, was leaving. She found out a few weeks later that the catalyst of his leaving was an affair with another woman.
When it happened, [...]
This is my cat.
Her name is Lily.
When she does come in the house, if we’re lucky enough to catch her, she takes off into the basement and hides there for days – sleeping, eating, sleeping and eating. Eventually she comes out of hiding and meows [...]
Until my new leaf necklace creator gets back from her European vacation this Spring, I’m exploring options for my next Ms. Single Mama piece of merchandise. And, as usual, I am dying for your input. So here are the options on the table now. Vote for your favorite after [...]
On Thanksgiving morning John Bear, Benjamin and I headed up to Cleveland to a house filled with John’s hungry and happy family. Some had flown half way across the country, others drove for hours and hours.
Just to get there – to each other and [...]
Do you think if I played dead for a day I’d wake up and the house would be clean, the bags would be packed, the cooking would be finished and the Thanksgiving meals would be had.
Nah.
And I wouldn’t want to miss all of this.
For the first [...]
Cool contest on my Facebook page. Couldn’t post it here because of the BlogHer advertising policy. But…
(at least, I hope so – if you like contests and want a bright, new shiny smile it will be. If not, than take your satisfied white smirk and [...]
Why? Because E.T. says so. See? He’s clearly communicating with me here – sending me a telepathic message that the cute kid holding him needs to be the center of my life and that everything else must come secondary. But to keep the cute kid educated, happy and [...]
This weekend – the first of Benjamin’s “every other” weekends with his father – John Bear and I had two nights and one full day of long overdue us time.
We haven’t had a weekend solo since our trip to the Poconos and New York City in August… and given [...]
Have you heard about the April Baker story yet?
If not, here’s the gist – woman (April Baker) Googles herself and finds a website built by her biological father (Dr. Scott Becker) asking her to contact him. After 30 years apart, the two were reunited with camera crews playing [...]
Now read this:
Katherine,
Did you get the package? If not, I bought insurance and have the confirmation. Let me know! I sent it 10 days ago, maybe longer.
A
Hi Alaina,
Yes we received your package!! Thank you very much for being so generous. We were all blown away by the [...]
This is Holly.
We met one month ago when I decided to have my first manicure and pedicure in over three years… maybe four. On one of my afternoon escapades with Benjamin and just after I’d found out about my new job, I [...]
The plane lands with a jerk as I reach under the seat to rescue my purse from its lonely spot on the floor.
I stretch my fingers into the darkness hoping my purse is the only thing I find. This is the last leg on a whirlwind of business trips. The [...]
My little sister wrote this unbelievable story.
The main character, a young woman who has been mauled by a crazed dog feels as if the ugliness inside of her is now on the outside for everyone (namely the men she dates) to see. The short story is actually published, for real, [...]
Post removed by BlogHer for advertising conflicts. To view the video I made in honor of the car I can not mention, click here.
[...]The real reason I’ve been frozen.
It recently came to my attention that some of my family members – family members who I don’t even see or speak to on a regular basis – are keeping up with my life through this blog.
Their conclusion, rightfully so, is that I am a [...]
In a flurry to find comfortable shoes before I started my new job I found these:
And I have been wearing them ever since.
They’re by Teva, so they’re beyond comfortable and oh so cute. I found them in a store in Charlottesville but you can also [...]
IÂ love all of you.
I miss all of you.
I will be back soon. I promise. The new job is just completely consuming right now (but in a good way).
And what should I be for Halloween? Big block party this weekend, taking Benjamin during the day and going back at [...]
The new leaf necklaces are almost gone and I won’t be offering a new batch until the Spring (if even then, I just can’t be sure). My designer is taking off on a European adventure and my time is so limited now because of the new job.
FREE Earrings (sweet!)We are in the swell, waiting for the wave to push us onto the beach.
In a few weeks Benjamin will be starting at his big boy private Montessori school while Mommy goes off to work again. And something else is changing.
Benjamin’s father won’t be here this week
I am breaking the norm here and using this Blog Action Day for a cause not under the overall theme…
Months ago I received an e-mail from Katherine who works and lives at Home of the Swallow, for single mothers an their children in Northern Thailand. She wrote:
We established this home [...]
One of you (thank you!) nominated me for a Bump Mommy Award for Best Single Mama Blogger.
And you know I totally want to win.
Vote for me (Ms. Single Mama – Option #3)Â here and help me erase the memory of my classmates throwing Reeses [...]
I have spent the entire afternoon drafting this post, deleting it and then writing it again. I can’t find the words so I am just going to tell you… last week I accepted an offer to go back to work full-time.
I would explain but I deleted it all.
This is just [...]
Last I checked Benjamin had just learned how to walk.
We still spent every night together cuddling up on one another in between play time bouts that included the likes of hide-and-go seek crawling and tickle attacks. My biggest worry when I took this picture was whether or not that [...]
A few weeks ago I got an e-mail inviting me to speak to four AP Lit classes.
The teacher, one Mr. David Rickert, had been turned onto my blog by his wife and thought my philosophies on dating and love could serve as a great guide for his students in [...]
When I first started dating John Bear his dog drove me crazy.
Every time I would come over Murphy would jump on me, scratching my bare legs with his thick doggy claws and if he wasn’t jumping he was panting and staring at me, all the while emitting a subtle doggy [...]
I had an amazing day yesterday… not because I am all in love and stuff (although that made it nice too) but because I got to see two of my best single and childless girlfriends. And now I’m wondering what or who I would be without them in my life.
First, [...]
After an out of town wedding and in the midst of my supreme (damn I can’t believe I got that drunk at the reception) hangover, I packed up coloring books, a few toys and some blankets and then Benjamin and I went to the park.
“It’s a great beautiful day outside, [...]
UPDATE: Just announced a really cool Down with the Ex-Man Contest on Facebook. Check it out, the prize is a copy of Ms. Single Mama Uncensored and a New Leaf Necklace and Earrings Set.
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I now have my Facebook set to automatically update my Twitter.
It means I’ll [...]
I am beyond busy right now.
Things are happening and I’m not quite sure what will come of them but I have to be focusing my attention on all of these things, and there are a few.
Namely the funky smell creeping up out of my basement and my apartment that needs [...]
Remember my single mom beauty tips?
I used to post beauty tips back when I had more time because I realized that nothing can be more frustrating when you’re a single mom than buying a beauty product that is a big fail. There are a few reasons for the [...]
A few things happened this weekend that I will remember for the rest of my life…
Lesson #1: Never leave home without your camera
I realized one hour into my drive to Katie and Brian’s wedding, six hours away from home, that I had forgotten my camera. I [...]
Everyone in the world needs a new website.
It makes sense. The Internet changes daily and the website you invested in even one year ago is now out of date, out of whack and just plain useless. This is a bad thing for most businesses but [...]
A word, if I may, about bikini wearing waitresses and other things that drive women nuts.
If you are ever dating a guy and said guy walks into a bar with waitresses wearing bikinis, or a strip joint or a Hooter’s and then let’s say you get a bit upset by [...]
This weekend I am driving up to Michigan for my best friend’s wedding. Katie and I date back to 6th grade when she became the only friend I would have during three miserable years at a catholic school in Muskegon. My classmates were beyond awful and I was basically the [...]
“Are those poop bags in your pockets again?” I see the top of a bright blue plastic bag sticking out of his shorts.
“I always come prepared,” he says. Always is right. John Bear is seldom without a poop bag or two sticking out of his cargo short pockets. I’m always [...]
I would never compare men to dogs. Never.
Nope.
It’s just not my style.
I love my men.
Before I found John Bear many of you called me a man-hater. But now I’m a walking talking dog and man loving machine. Yesterday, inspired by your adventure stories, we hopped in the car and [...]
“If everything works out with John, Benjamin won’t know a time when he wasn’t around.”
As my therapist’s words sink in the last three years of my life flash through my mind; from the beginning when I packed everything up and moved into my mother’s, to the quiet nights at her [...]
I can’t take credit for the awesome title of this article. Sherri over at SingleEdition.com thought of it when she asked me to write a piece for her website. Check it out and let me know what you think.
What did I miss? What other [...]
I’m announcing the winners to three contests today but you’re all winners.
You know why?
Because, long ago, you learned how to go on the potty. If you’ve seen this video you know I don’t like talking about bodily movements or anything close to them in public. But because Benjamin’s bowel [...]
I spotted my first fallen leaves in the grass of the baseball diamond near my post office last Thursday.
The bag over my shoulder was bursting with little brown packages. Each containing a silver or bronze new leaf necklace destined for one of you. I make this [...]
Another excerpt from my eBook, Ms. Single Mama Uncensored… you’ll notice this post, although originally published on my blog, is completely re-written and expanded in the book.
Discovering I still had it in me
Originally Posted on June 8, 2008
I’m not sure which scared me more – [...]
When I announced my Top 5 Sexiest Twitter Dudes last January, the blog post flattered many of the men on the ist and while most of them are still tweeting and definitely sexy as all hell, there are other [...]
I will miss you with your hot, sultry ways and your wicked sense of humor.
I’ll especially miss your ability to occupy my son for hours on end, you’re awesome that way.
And even though I’ll be relishing in your beauty a [...]
Remember how I mentioned John Bear being a bit “creeped out” when we arrived at our bed and breakast in Bedford, PA.
Well, check this video out:
Hope you enjoy.
And do me a favor… if you live in New York City (and don’t hate me) please spread the word about [...]
On the Friday after the Wednesday night when we finally got home, we took off again. This time Benjamin and Murphy were stuffed into the back seat and we were driving John’s car instead of Fiesta Dave. Even after hours of driving on our vacation, John never could get comfortable [...]
I had lunch with a fellow social media diva extraordinaire yesterday. Known online as Advergirl, Leigh Householder, is just as awesome as you think she would be. She’s charming, witty and bursting with all kinds of class and smarts. I just adore her.
“That was really brave,” she told me [...]
John Bear jumped out of bed at 7:00 am to feed Fiesta Dave’s meter.
We’d parked in a haze of exhaustion. After spending the entire day in New York City we hit a monstrous traffic jam on the way into Philadelphia. Between reading our iPhone maps and asking cab drivers which [...]
When I started this blog I had one single mom friend, now I feel I have thousands.
I know many of you feel the same way having found my blog. Often many of you send me photos of yourselves and your little ones and my heart melts each time, especially today [...]
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