So, today I was the walking dead. Kids off to school. Mommy off to bed. I did not sleep all day, but did have a nice snooze in the afternoon. Woke just a minute before my daughter got home. Good…
Category: Musings on Me
How Did I End up at a U.S. College, Anyway?
So, I’m now in Maryland…a naturalized U.S. citizen…but how did I get to America from the place of my birth…Manchester, England. In 1982 I was convinced that I would attend college in America. My parents had other ideas. My family…
National Mom’s Nite Out
So, do you get out regularly with your fellow mom friends? Happy Hour? Mom’s Night Out? Book Club? I used to get out once or twice a month with my Mommy friends when my oldest was a baby. Coffee at…
All in a Mom’s Day
Hi, this is Jill. I’m away from my desk right now. At the tone leave a message. Beep! I left my house at 10:45, came home briefly at 3:30, left again at 3:50, came home at 4:50, left again at…
DrWeigh.com: Giveaway!
A few weeks ago I met Dr. Joanna Dolgoff at the Subway/NIH We Can! PEP Rally. Dr. Dolgoff runs an Online Weight Management Program for Children and Teens called DrWeigh.com. Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh is a traffic-light based nutrition plan in…
Washington Post and Fox45 WBFF in the Same Week…
Me and Diet Coke… I’m still reeling from being featured in a story in The Washington Post Business section on finding free stuff online…https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800113.html Me,little ole me in The Washington Post! And, then last week I was interviewed by Fox45…
Why Yoursphere Works for My Teen (and Me)
As most of you know, I am a Mom Advocate for Yoursphere: The Safe Online Site for Kids and Teens. The founder of Yoursphere recently let me know that Yoursphere was reviewed by Common Sense Media. The review was a…
Musings on TV from a Mom’s Perspective
It’s National TV Turn-Off Week…so I am posting about TV… My name is Jill and I am addicted to TV. Hi, Jill! O.K., O.K., I’m not so addicted to TV that it is on 24/7. I don’t put the TV…
Weight Watchers
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…
…and I’m in The Washington Post!
A week or two ago I responded to a reporter’s request to find people who had won things or found freebies. Here’s the Washington Post link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800113.html In the fall I was a winning machine. It seemed to me that…
