I am disorganized by nature but my busy life makes it almost impossible to pull everything together in time for the holidays.  This holiday season I have 3 resolutions…check them out: 1) Send cards.  Every year I receive beautiful, thoughtful messages from old friends and far away … [Read more...]

We opted out of a diaper genie. We actually got one when Emily was born. Even though it was all the rage, we returned it. we lived in a condo, and we found it much, much easier just to take the diapers straight out to the garbage chute (quite possibly THE thing i miss most about condo living.). … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! Ahhhhhhhh. It's been a lo-hong day, and I FINALLY have the chance to sit down and talk to my favourite gorgeouses about the hottest celebrity gossip, as gossiped by my favourite intergossips! FINALLY. Ahhhhh.... So, let's get right to it. Well, in a minute, I'm going to go grab some … [Read more...]

I've never done this. I guess i never thought i could come up with 100. now that i've done it...i am sure i could come up with about 1,000. 1. I am 5’1 ¾ . but I tell people I’m 5’2. 2. I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 3. I got a really high score on my SATs and I only took them once. 4. And … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses, I've had quite the week of scoping out a mom-and-tot program for January, and then NURSERY (huh? wha?) for September 2007. I finally chose the schools I like and gave them my money. All this school stuff -- decisions, decisions -- is overwhelming and costly. I know, it's just the … [Read more...]

Mother-in-law visiting. Unexpectedly. Inconveniently. So, blogosphere, don't expect too much from me for the next couple of days. I love my MIL. I do. But it definitely tends more to that oh-thank-you-for-birthing-the-love-of-my-life kinda love than it does to any kind of easygoing pleasurable love. … [Read more...]

We sent a copy of Lori Lansen's The Girls (published by Random House Canada) to Sarah, urbanmoms.ca member and book review panelist. She shares her thoughts on this interesting and unusal novel for us below: U: What was your initial impression of this book? Sarah: My initial impression of the … [Read more...]

Okay, I'll admit it. I treated my second child differently than the first. When number one was beginning solids, I did everything right: organic cereal and home-made baby food frozen in little ice cube trays. Ahhh...the doting mother (and I was even working full-time, too!) And then the second … [Read more...]

We sent a copy of Lori Lansen's The Girls (published by Random House Canada) to Sarah, urbanmoms.ca member and book review panelist. She shares her thoughts on this interesting and unusal novel for us below: U: What was your initial impression of this book? Sarah: My initial impression of the book … [Read more...]

We were on a road trip in Oregon over the holidays and decided to drive along the coast on the way to meet our friends in Bend. We stopped in this little town and went to a bar. The place was filled w/ old folks - 70's was the median age I think - and they were GETTING DOWN to the live jazz band in … [Read more...]