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…
Category: Musings on Me
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…
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…
