Weight Watchers…just writing it down makes me cringe. I’m four for zero for joining WW. Joined in the 80s, 90s, and I *think* 2000. At my best I lost 10 pounds. At my worst I went for weeks without losing…
Category: Musings on Family
April 20-26 — National TV Turn-Off Week
Without TV to watch, a kid, a preteen, and a teen might have fun playing with the box that the TV came in! Did you know that tomorrow is the first day of National TV Turn-Off Week. It goes through…
Sports Parenting Made Easy: T-Ball
So, your child is playing t-ball for the first time. Maybe this is your first time as the mom or dad of a sports player. Take it from me…you are in for a good experience. I’ve said it before and…
C-Sections: 5 Years Later
I posted recently on my first c-section in 1996. The c-section was unexpected. Do I have regrets? Not really. Do I wish I had natural childbirth? Not really, because I feel strongly that I was meant to have a c-section.…
Williamsburg — It Never Gets Old to Me
May Day, May Day! Tired, cranky 2-year-old in need of a nap sitting by the maze at the Palace Gardens! Noncranky, perfectly contented 2-year-old taking a ride on the bus — his favorite part of the trip by a country…
C-sections and the Blizzard of 1996
Did I ever tell you that I had a c-section? In fact I had three. With my first child I was nervous, but resigned to the childbirth process. I attended the childbirth classes with Coach Dad. We had the tools…
Easter Fun AKA Eating Too Much Food
With two sets of grandparents within 10-15 miles of each other, we spend holidays shuttling between the houses. So, it’s two dinners, two sets Easter baskets, two sets of candy, two desserts, and the list goes on and on. It’s…
Sightseeing in D.C. with Kid, Preteen, and Teen
Taking pics at the foot of the Jefferson statue. And, three a kid, a preteen, and a teen posing with Eleanor Roosevelt. In her day all three would have been silent children…ahhh the good old days! Snapping pics on the…
Our TV Debut — WBFF Fox 45!
Tonight my family will be on TV…not national TV, but Batimore’s Fox station WBFF45. The TV crew will come to our house to interview all of us. I have no idea what I will wear today, my house is not…
Fitness Friday: It’s Jared from Subway!
Jared was interviewed by CNN at the NIH/SubWay We Can! rally.Laila Ali at the NIH/Subway event at the Satdium Armory in Washington, D.C. — and me!Yep, I met Jared from Subway!Tab Ramos, former Olympic soccer player; Laila Ali, boxing champion…
