TEAM SKATER NO MORE, AND AN UPDATE ON THE HELP (OURS, NOT THE MOVIE) | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011. First of all, might I say a big THANK YOU for all of the advice and feedback you gave me over our childcare issues, and the skateboarding thing. It was tremendously helpful and really did give me a lot of clarity. The boys have finished out their week in skate camp, but I’ve decided that we are going to hold off on skating as a hobby for now. I know, I know. Many of you opined about how kids should be able to choose their . . .
YOU JUST CAN’T GET GOOD HELP THESE DAYS | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011. Warning: whining about first-world problems to follow.Finding consistent childcare has become increasingly more difficult with four children. It’s not that they are hard kids. They are really pretty typical It’s just that collectively . . . four kids are really hard. Care in point: our nanny just quit. Again. I should caveat right now and say that we have some occasional babysitters that we absolutely adore. We’ve had . . .
NAKED PHOTOS FOR ANIMALS, QUINOA, AND NON-TEEN PREGNANCIES | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011. I’ve got some new posts up around the internets. Here’s a little pimping: On MamaPop, I talk about Hilary Duff’s recently pregnancy announcement, and the fact that I felt all sad for her being a teenager until I read that she IS IN HER TWENTIES AND MARRIED. And then, as a public service, I give a little primer on other pop starts that I still think of as teens who are now all grown up. And then I go back to watching CNN. . . .
THIS WEEK IN IPHONE PHOTOS: BLOGHER EDITION | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011. This past week was BlogHer, so before I left I had a little mani-pedi session with India, in a joint effort to both make my feet presentable and assuage my guilt for leaving for the weekend. After learning that hotel parking was $26 a night, I decided to take the train down to San Diego. It ended up being really relaxing, and I had a chance to chat with Ciaran and assemble some of my marketing materials for the . . .
HOLLYWOOD MOMS, BOYFRIEND TATTOOS, AND MOTHER-RELATED FOOD ISSUES | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM AUGUST 2011. I’m back from a whirlwind weekend at BlogHer in San Diego, and while I’m itching to share stories and photos, I’m also up to my eyeballs in unpacking, writing deadlines, and repacking. (That’s right. We are scheduled to leave for a family vacation four days after I returned home from BlogHer. Smart planning, right there.) While you wait with baited breath for that BlogHer recap, here are some other things I wrote: Over . . .
THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE “ORPHAN-CARE” BOX | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. When people talk about responding to orphan care, there are usually two avenues that come to mind. The first is adoption – and often, this implies a couple from a wealthier country adopting a child out of an orphanage in the third world. The second is the idea of building an orphanage to care for children. I think that these can be good solutions for children . . . certainly international adoption and orphanages have been a . . .
WHAT “FIT” ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. One of my friends recently entered the world of online dating, and she was lamenting to me about the body standards that some of the men post in their profiles. “They say they want a woman who is fit,” she says. “But I know what fit is code for. It’s code for skinny.” My friend is tall and active. She runs almost every day. She’s very fit. And yet, she suspects that her plus-sized body proportions would be off-putting . . .
THE LENGTHS I WILL GO TO IN ORDER TO AVOID MAKING A PHONE CALL | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. I’ve been wanting to get a piano for our house for almost a year now. We previously had a baby grand but it took up too much space, so we sold it and then my plan was to replace it with an upright. But Craig’s List . . . it’s just so much work with the calling and the appointment-making. Finally, this week I found a piano at a local thrift store. Only $99! It’s really plain but that’s what I was wanting, because my plan . . .
BLOGGERS, CHARITIES, AND THE QUESTION OF POVERTY TOURISM | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. There was some interesting brouhaha on twitter this week from the blogging world. In case you aren’t completely entrenched in the blogosphere, I’ll break it down: Heather Armstrong, writer of the mother of all blogs Dooce, went on a media trip to Bangladesh along with Christy Turlington, to learn more about what the charity Every Mother Counts is doing. Cool, right? Well, the trip received backlash and a public fight played . . .
CAN THIS GENERATION ERADICATE POVERTY? | ON THURSDAY’S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JUNE 2011.
ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JUNE 2011. Compassion International is behind a new campaign called Live58, aimed at uniting churches to eradicate poverty in the next century. I’m excited about it for several reasons. First, I’m a longtime fan of Compassion – we have been a part of their child sponsorship program for some time and have always loved the work they do. I also love the fact that they are calling on Christians to respond to poverty in a tangible way. I’m . . .
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