Public Service Announcement

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We’ve reached that age where my daughters favorite words are “I wanna, I needa, I gotta have.”  It’s now time to have the talk!  Together with iVillage and other Mom Bloggers we’re now having the talk about financial responsibility with our kids. Will join us? Go to iVillage “The Talk” vote on the video entries [...]

iVillage The Talk Contest

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iVillage is searching for unique stories from parents about educating their kids on financial responsibility. Choose one of the six Talk Tips cards above, create a video, upload to Youtube and enter it here. Once you’re finished, share the contest with other parents and get ready for the voting period, which starts on November 9, [...]

KUSI News Weather Sports San Diego – Top Tweeters

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I had a chance to sit down with Alexis DelChiaro last week to talk about Twitter and how I as a mom I’ve used it. Social media sites have become new tool for businesses to get the word out about their services or interesting events happening in a quick and convenient way. Theresa Seid, founder [...]

My son is gay « Nerdy Apple Bottom

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Or he’s not. I don’t care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother. And if you have a problem with anything mentioned above, I don’t want to know you. I have gone back and forth on whether I wanted to post something more in-depth about my sweet boy [...]

Cross Dressing PreSchoolers

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Yes, you read that title right. We’ve all seen the pictures of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt dressed like a “Tom Boy”.  Most of the reaction has been, who cares? Let her dress how she wants. We’ve seen the Angelina quote in August’s Vanity Fair. She admits she dresses Shiloh, 4, “like a little dude. Shiloh, we feel, has [...]

My favorite Haunts – Hotel San Carlos

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If you know me, you know I love a good Ghost Story.   There’s just something tragic and romantic about a soul staying here on Earth.  Though I’ve never seen and ghost myself, I have scared myself beyond belief.  I guess I love that adrenalin rush. So I thought over the next couple of days I’d share some of [...]

They Can’t Murder Who? Why Not?

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NEWS ALERT: Federal Judge has blocked the execution scheduled this week in Arizona because of…no, not because of a legal argument…because they ran out of the DRUG!! This is a follow up to my blog post from late May when I first heard of the shortage but now it has hit home. Whether you are [...]

Olive Branch or just being a Bully?

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So apparently Anita Hill was contacted by Virginia Thomas. You know the wife of Clarence Thomas. You know Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill’s old supervisor.  The guy she alleged made provocative and harassing sexual statements.  She testified under oath at Thomas’ 1991 Senate confirmation hearings. Oh, now you remember. Well apparently Virginia Thomas left Anita Hill a voice message suggesting that [...]

So what are you wearing tomorrow?

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Don’t know yet? How about Purple! We’ve all seen my NoH8 avatar and we all know how proud I am of it.  Did you also know that I took my daughter with me that day? No? Well here’s our story. Everyday I remind Ellie that we need to love and accept everyone.  Even the annoying [...]

An Orange County Housewife No More

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TMZ is reporting that Vicki Gunvalson of the “Real Housewives of Orange County” has filed for divorce on Monday October 18th. Anyone else think Bravo needs to come up with a new name for series?  Maybe “A few Real Housewives and whole lot of Cougars” What do you think?