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my life stinks

Well, not really, but this bit from comedian Louis C.K.’s stand up special….well, this is so true. {WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK unless you have headphones. He curses…a lot, but I forgive him because as a parent sometimes you need a little foul language to combat the endless loops of Yo Gabba Gabba and Handy [...]

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D.C. part 2

While at the reception for the Young Mothers @ The Margin launch last Thursday, I met these two beauties you see in the photo above, representing Text4Baby, the brand-new initiative from the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. You might have heard of it by now, but in a nutshell: Text4Baby sends up to three weekly [...]

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So while I’m in D.C….

So while I’m in D.C….

I will be spending the next three days (Wednesday through Friday) in D.C. for the annual meeting of the National Crittenton Foundation agencies. So I figured, I’ll be tweeting and posting status updates to the Facebook page, but why not leave you with a little something while I’m gone? The good folks over at CafePress offered [...]

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disney on a budget

You all know me. I don’t make that much. Plus, I’m cheap. So the idea of taking my kids to Disney seems like a great idea, but I didn’t know if it would ever happen, seeing as how I’m not balling like that. The one and only trip my family ever took to Disney was [...]

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when you wish upon a star

when you wish upon a star

I am TOO pumped to tell you that I am on my way to Orlando, Florida for a three-day trip to Walt Disney World, as part of the African-American Mom Blogger Mixer, put together by the folks at Disney and BSM Media.   What can I say? I’m beyond honored that they would ask me [...]

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