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Military Mama: What doesn’t kill us
By Jade Stone Someone once said, “What doesn’t kill us, only makes us stronger”. Sometimes, I’d like to just smack that guy in the mouth. I’m guessing that someone has never dealt with daylight savings in the spring while single-handedly managing to wrestle a 6-year-old out of a cozy warm bed at 5:30 in the [...]
The Rockwood Files: Sock it to me
There’s an old TV commercial for Tootsie Pops featuring a cartoon boy who poses this question to wise Mr. Owl: “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” The owl replies “Let’s find out,” as he takes the little boy’s Tootsie Pop and begins licking and [...]
All Akimbo: Racing to the (c-section) finish line and running out of pants
By Kim Blakely I’m 35 weeks pregnant today. Baby Dragon apparently had a huge growth spurt in the last two weeks – huge enough to make my doctor’s eyes get really big when she measured my belly a couple of days ago. I could have told her, though. I’m down to two pairs of pants [...]
The Rockwood Files: What introverts need most
A few years ago, I stopped turning on the car radio. At the time, it was because the kids were usually in the car with me and I didn’t want them hearing the “bump and grind” lyrics that are so unfortunately common these days. But now with the boys in school and Kate in preschool, [...]
Life with Ladybug: A BLISS-ful experience
BlissDom ’12 – Opening Video from Blissful Media Group on Vimeo. By Shannon Magsam I earned the name Captain Quirk at the blogger conference, Blissdom, last week. Gwen gave it to me after I admitted I’m a little high maintenance. She said nah, I might just call you Captain Quirk. (She’s so good at naming [...]
Getting Healthy for Good: When he won’t get healthy
By Laurie Marshall A while back I mentioned that my husband was being treated for high blood pressure. Actually, there was a whole post about it. His doctor has him taking a couple of different medications three times a day, and it’s brought his numbers down enough that he doesn’t have to visit the clinic [...]
The Rockwood Files: “You can’t handle the tooth.”
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Early this morning, I opened my eyes and saw 7-year-old Jack’s eyes looking right at me, just inches from my face. “Mom,” he whispered. “I need to tell you something.” “What is it, Jack?” I groaned sleepily. “The tooth fairy didn’t come last night,” he said. [...]
The Rockwood Files: We Are Family
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom and I have kept our end of a deal we made two years ago with our oldest son, Adam. When he was 8, he asked if he could have a dog of his own and we told him that, when he was 10-years-old, we’d consider [...]
Empty Nexter: A gym that rocks the house
By Carrie Perrien Smith We finally have the home gym we’ve wanted for years. As kids leave the home, it’s a great new use for their old bedrooms. You might be reluctant to convert your beloved child’s room at first, but once they pack up for that second year at college, you’ll have fewer reservations. [...]
Military Mama: Do you really want to know?
By Jade Stone Have you ever had one of those weeks where you didn’t know which way was up and it seemed that with each “to do list” you completed that there was another one lined up and waiting in the wings? Well that was me this week. Jay’s gone now and we miss him [...]
The Rockwood Files: Letter to My Younger Self
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 While browsing for books the other day, I ran across a compilation of letters written by famous, notable women. Each woman wrote a letter to her “younger self.” In an age of email, texts and instant messaging, I’m still a sucker for a personal letter. And [...]
All Akimbo: It’s almost time to meet baby #3
By Kim Blakely My kid’s just finished wearing a heart monitor, my garage door is on the fritz, my hot rollers melted and my 2-year-old has a bad case of the whines. Oh, but we’re having a baby boy! Yeah, it’s been busy around here. Mojo had a few episodes of irregular heartbeats – enough [...]
Inconceivable Mama: A conceptual plan
By Inconceivable Mama If you have read the previous installments of my journey with infertility you will know that each step has seemingly brought more questions than answers and none has resulted in a pregnancy. Several years, many doctor visits and thousands of dollars later I still felt confused, sad and full of questions. The [...]
The Rockwood Files: Duck season! rabbit season!
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of my favorite Looney Tunes cartoons is the one where Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck argue about whether it’s duck season or rabbit season. Elmer Fudd stands nearby with his shotgun, ready to fire on whichever rascally varmint loses the argument. In a classic Bugs [...]
Getting Healthy for Good: Eating seasonally, locally
By Laurie Marshall My sister has been a brilliant menu planner for some time now. I’m always jealous of the images she posts on Instagram and Twitter that look healthy and yummy. Guilt starts to creep in and I think “I should make more creative, healthful meals for my family.” The thing is, though – [...]
Life with Ladybug: Ten years later
By Shannon Magsam Have you ever heard of the 10-year rule? It’s the theory that it takes at least 10 years to be considered an expert in a given field. I was reminded of that rule today because it’s the 10-year anniversary of my most important job. So naturally, I was thinking to myself, “Does [...]
The Rockwood Files: Live up to your labels
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Labels can be powerful. And I’m not talking about symbolic labels like “geek” or “diva” or the generalizations we assign to people. I’m talking about real labels. The sticky ones. The kind with words in capital letters that tell you where things go. For years, I’ve [...]
Fun video: “Goodnight Gadgets!”
Can your preschooler beat you at a game of Angry Birds? Is your house buzzing with gadgets like our homes are? Between our two families alone, there’s an iPad, an HP TouchPad, an iPod Touch, a Kindle, a Nook, an ancient iPod, a couple of iPhones, a Blackberry, two GPS devices and probably a few [...]
Military Mama: Let the countdown begin
By Jade Stone It’s official! The countdown to deployment has begun. Today we received a tentative training schedule. Jay leaves tomorrow for the first stint of a long stretch of training segments that will occur at various intervals. The first one will be 2 weeks with a 4-day break followed by a 6-week session which [...]
The Rockwood Files: The wind beneath my tiny wings
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Like millions of other people, my life changed when I got an iPhone three years ago. It made me more accessible – which isn’t always a good thing. It gave me the ability to read news stories while waiting in drive-thru lanes, which is convenient. And, [...]