When I think of Catholic school, the following images from my childhood come to mind: school uniforms from Henry Barrie in Manchester’s St. Anne’s Square getting slapped on the back of the legs by Mrs. McDonald in 4th grade (or…
Category: Musings on Me
SAHM Going Back to Work
I had my first child in 1996. From 96 through 2002 I was a freelance production editor for a health care publisher — the term WAHM had not been invented yet! Some weeks I was full time, other weeks part time.…
Spotlight on PR: Jill Berry
Who am I? I’m a writer. In the early days of my career I shied away from the “writer” title. I was an editor of other people’s writing. I loved my job as a Senior Editor for a publisher, but…
10 Pet Peeves about the Beach
I’m giving my blog a bit of “love” by clearing out old drafts. I won’t tell you when I wrote this… Enjoy! 1. Smoking on a beach. 2. Loud music. 3. Families arguing loudly on the beach. And why is…
Musings on the Beach
Not a beach person. Don’t like sand mixed with sunscreen. Not a fan of eating sand infiltrated food on the beach. Definitely do not care to apply sunscreen to wet, sandy appendages. But, there is one thing I do like…the…
Putting the Positive Back in Sports
As a mom of three sporty kids, I am constantly driving from soccer to volleyball to swimming and back to volleyball with a pitstop at soccer. Well, you get the idea. My kids play lots of sports. To my husband…
And We’re Back!
Leaving OC after a packed day of donuts for breakfast, Safari minigolf, ice cream for lunch, the outlets, and pizza for dinner is a recipe for exhaustion. Rising at 7:30 a.m. for the Friday swim meet was just plain torture…
Get EA Sports Active
If you’ve spent any time at all on twitter in the past weeks, you couldn’t help but notice the tweets about EA Sports Active and the 30-Day Challengers. It is a new wii game from EA Sports. From the moment…
Myths of Mommy Bloggers
I answered a question from @reallifesarah about the myths of mommy bloggers. Sarah was kind enough to include me in this article. https://www.reallifeblog.net/2009/06/top-ten-myths-about-mom-bloggers.html Thanks, Sarah!
Do You Do This?
When your spouse is losing weight, are you encouraging or do you make your spouse feel guilty about trying to get in shape? I’m sad to admit that I am not a cheerleader when my husband is dieting. He —…
