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    Momnesia

    October 13, 2010 - By 

      I never looked this exhausted before I had kids.   We all have them – those crazed exhausted Mommy moments in which we do something so incredibly forgetful it can only be described as Momnesia. I once knew a Mom who went to work with mismatched shoes. I always secretly thought that was a ploy to make her look like she was busier than the rest of us lowly reporters. But now I know it happens. Momnesia. A lady I know who is very smart and successful, mom of two little girls and a professor, once missed…

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    Baby Prodigy: Review and Giveaway

    October 7, 2010 - By 

     When my oldest daughter was a toddler we loved to sit with the Baby Einstein series of videos, and later DVDs, and watch as new words and worlds came to life for half an hour or so each morning. And if I needed 20 minutes to throw myself together I knew I could pop the video on and she could safely watch from her activity centre. Now there are a few different baby DVDs on the market. Back then, there was really only the one option. My oldest child is now nine but she fondly remembers the cute videos and was oddly thrilled…

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    Do You Know Who I Am?: Blogging and Entitlement

    October 5, 2010 - By 

    In a digital world, bloggers have become a strange new breed of celebrity. Many are Moms, forging and shaping opinion, writing the future of media. They are on line columnists, brand ambassadors, reviewers, multi-media managers, content providers, publishers, SEO experts, social media strategists and tech experts. They are explorers, pure and simple. Some powerful females have carved out a home and grown an almost cult-like following through their blogs. The Bloggess has 67,000 followers on Twitter alone, not to mention the legions who read her on various other sites. Dooce got a book deal and became a legend. Type A Mom Kelby…

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    Asheville, North Carolina: Colourful and One of a Kind

    October 4, 2010 - By 

     The home of famous American author Thomas Wolfe Asheville is a friendly, warm southern state filled with colourful stories, great restaurants and even more colourful characters. On arriving in Asheville, North Carolina, I encountered a group of musicians picking up their instruments from the baggage carousel. That’s not something you see every day in London, Ontario where we try hard to hide our artsy secret lives beneath business suits or day jobs. Cab driver Tom Grandy confirms Asheville is a liberal, artistic, outdoorsy, community surrounded by states that are much less liberal in their politics. In fact located between mountain ranges the area is…

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    Dear Delta: Not Cleared for Take Off

    October 4, 2010 - By 

    Delta picture courtesy of Wikimedia It was my first time flying Delta last week en route to a Mommy blogger conference known as Type A Mom in Asheville, North Carolina. I have flown many places, with family, with my spouse and simply by myself. And I have flown many airlines, some of the Canadian ones that people are so fond of ridiculing publicly. But I have got to say that Delta, now the largest airline in the world in terms of passenger traffic, took the cake. And not in a good way. First off my flight at 6:15 a.m. out of…

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    Monday Mingle from Asheville

    September 27, 2010 - By 

    Well this week I am joining the Monday Mingle from Asheville’s Type A Mom Conference. Hope you all enjoyed the week and have a safe and happy one coming up. This Mingle was created by Jennifer at EightyMPHMom.com/So the way it works is you link up with the little mingle button on the side, visit Jennifer Regan’s blog. Record a vlog. Link up on her site and visit the other vloggers. This is a great way to grow as a blogger and to gain experience vlogging and maybe make a few friends too. According to a whole techie girl panel here…

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    Type A Mom: A Top Ten List of Hopes

    September 22, 2010 - By 

    Well I have about 35 hours left before I escape – I mean fly to Asheville, North Carolina for the Type A Mom conference. (Husband laughed at me when I told him what it was called, as if to say Ha! You Type A. Hysterical!) Well, Type A doesn’t mean I am not domestically challenged. Silly man! P-Shawww!Anyways I am in the mood to make lists so here is my top ten list of what I really really hope to get out of my very first blogging/ social media conference. (Did I really just say that?!) While reading please sing the…

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    Snow in September – mini review

    September 21, 2010 - By 

    Well the last day of summer is upon us and le premiere jour de-l’automne is here, so naturally my kids are making snow. Say what? Well Mama found this fun product several months ago and kept it for a rainy or sunny afternoon as needed. Supersnow is a powder product by http://www.dunecraft.com/ a company from Cleveland, Ohio. The snow is non toxic and recommended for aged four an up. Add water to the powder and stir. Instructions indicate that warm water makes it fluff up even faster. See picture here. My daughter, nine, who is clearly headed for a life…

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    Monday Mingle: Pictures of Adoption

    September 20, 2010 - By 

    Hello and Happy Monday all. So here we are again with a Monday Mingle and don’t forget to head on over to Eighty MPH Mom to visit Jennifer and the other Minglers. Don’t know how this one led me to an adoption vlog today, but there it is – maybe it is September. For my kids and for me September is a back to school transition month and for those who are adopted it can easily also be a trigger for memories – good, bad and otherwise. I think this vlog in some ways illustrates that. http://eightymphmom.com/category/monday-mingle-vlogs