Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Organic on Jan 15th, 2010
It seems like I keep writing about chicken. This time, I’m hot and bothered about Tyson’s antibiotic debacle. For those of you who don’t know what I am talking about: Tyson Foods, Inc., the company that manufactures all those chicken fingers and sells raw poultry in 2008 was sued for what some called questionable business [...]
Posted in Emotional development, toddlers on Jan 14th, 2010
Over the Christmas holidays we went to the Long Island Children’s Museum. While we were there, one of my friends ran into one of her old friends. The girl had a 9-month-old and a three-year-old. We started chatting. She asked me how my big girl liked becoming a big sister. She wanted to know, she [...]
Posted in Birth on Jan 13th, 2010
I am a reality show watcher. I love E!, especially. The shows are so bad that they are good. My husband and I (okay, I) love yelling at the screen when people do really stupid things. But over the holidays, I was doing more than yelling. I actually started to cry. The show: Kendra, the [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Going Green, Health, Safety, Toxins on Jan 12th, 2010
I was reading a story in today’s Newsday. (Well, ExploreLI, since I can’t read Newsday anymore since it ceased being free online.) The story, Ribbons and Curls at Spas for Girls, profiled a local spa designed just for little girls. Bathrobes and pedicures and pink lemonade in Champagne glasses. For $180, the salon will even [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Emotional development, Health on Jan 11th, 2010
Last night I saw It’s Complicated. Just catching up with the rest of America, I guess. The movie made me laugh so hard I was stomping on the floor, but it also struck a chord. There’s a scene in movie when Meryl Streep, [spoiler alert!] after making love to Alec Baldwin’s character, stands up, drops [...]
I didn’t post yesterday. I was a little busy feeling like I was dying. Keep in mind that I delivered both my babies without any drugs. Those deliveries were like a facial and a massage compared to my last 36 hours dealing with a stomach bug. Today I still have a 101 degree Fahrenheit fever. [...]
Posted in Going Green, Organic, Reduce, Shopping on Jan 6th, 2010
Fellow Mommy blogger Hip Mountain Mama Suzy has come up with a great way to get people talking about environmental issues: One Small Change. And what is it? It’s a contest and a blog-o-thon of sorts. According to the instructions, everyone who participates must make one green-related change per month between now and Earth Day. [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, toddlers on Jan 5th, 2010
I was at a playdate today. Everyone was talking about television. Me, I was chasing around my crazy baby, so I wasn’t in the conversation. When I finally sat down one of my friends turned to me with a question: “Does [Little Girl] watch TV?” No, I said, feeling very uncomfortable. I know she’s seen [...]
Posted in Siblings on Jan 4th, 2010
I love Consumer Reports. It’s not a “liberal” magazine. It’s one of the most respected independent magazines out there, actually. So when it supports something I’ve been preaching about for ages…well…it’s pretty nice. This weekend we got the January 2010 issue. One of the coverlines: How Safe is Chicken? Page 19. I flipped to the [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Play on Jan 2nd, 2010
It’s January 2. I can’t believe how fast these past two weeks have flown. Heck, I can’t believe how fast the last decade went by. On Thursday, I was watching trending topics on Twitter when I came across #tenyearsago. If you’re not on Twitter, I will explain. (And if you are, you should be following [...]