The Winners! How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed and Panties from HerRoom.com

Back to school means that mommy is playing catch up. (Did you think I was catching up with that guy in the photo, to the left? If only I knew what his face looked like, maybe I could find him –) So, here goes:
Let’s start with the winner of Theo Nestor’s memoir, How to Sleep [...]

Evan

Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with single parenting. And it has everything to do with a special little boy and his loving family.
Evan Kamida would have been eight years old tomorrow. As you know, I have an eight-year-old. Although I never got to meet Evan in person, I felt like I knew him. [...]

Is it safe to put your kid’s names and photos on your blog? What I learned at BlogHer, Part 1

I was just drafting a post about being safe when you’re a single parent blogger, and my sweet dad called to give me the heads up about today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
In today’s article about “Mommy Bloggers,” Heather Armstrong — aka Dooce – says she “has seen photos of her daughter manipulated online.”
MommyBlogging: Public Parenting & [...]

Going to BlogHer, and then turning 36

Here’s a little photo diary of the weekend for all of you:

I was tickled to meet Secret Agent Josephine, who played Devil’s Advocate with me recently at Work It Mom.
The night before BlogHer, Guy Kawasaki invited 250 women bloggers (and a trickle of male bloggers, like Laid off Dad) to his home on Thursday night. [...]

Firsts

A week of firsts in our family:
Mae is going with a school friend to her very first concert tonight. The Jonas Brothers.
I put a little box of earplugs in her backpack this morning, which mortified her. (”Mom!! That’s so embarrassing!) I keep thinking about those little ears of hers, I heard that the girls’ screeching [...]