I lost my mom to breast cancer over 7 years ago and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of her or miss her. I found out my mom had breast cancer the same week I found out I was pregnant with my second daughter, Katie. Katie is named for my mom, Catherine. Needless to say, I have some pretty strong feelings about breast cancer and finding a cure for breast cancer.

A wonderful company,… Read More

Chris Brogan, one of my friends and a social media guru is trying to spread the word about Blog Day 2007. Blog Day 2007 was created by our friend Jeff Pulver. Jeff started Blog Day as a way for bloggers to set aside one day out of the year for bloggers all over the world to meet, interact. Cool idea from Jeff and please set aside August 31, 2007 for blog day . Chris "tagged" me over… Read More

Call me a bad mother but I'm not that worried about the Bratz dolls or Bratz: The Movie . I understand that some moms and dads might have an issue with the emphasis on shopping or the clothing that the dolls wear. To me, Bratz dolls and the Bratz movie are in the same category as MOST of the dolls and toys created for girls these days. To really go on a rant, the dolls are a… Read More

The girls don't want to go back to school. But as long as they have to go back, my girls want to go back to school in style. I found some awesome school supplies at Office Depot.

These school supplies were given a "thumbs up" by some of the toughest critics -- my 9 year old and 13 year old daughters.

Here are a few of the school supplies that my girls liked:

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We've been hit hard lately by birthdays. It's hard to buy for kids sometimes because most of the already have so many of the cool games and gadgets. One way to solve this kid gift dilemma is to forget all the cool gadgets and think RETRO!

My friends Janice and Susan are twin sisters that own two online stores and founded the excellent site 5 Minutes for Mom. 5 Minutes for Mom is one of my favorite… Read More

I wrote about Kajeet cell phones in June because our family has been struggling with the whole cell phone debate for our daughter, who turned 13 a few months ago. We tried a full-fledged, no parental monitors cell phone but we weren't comfortable with it. Some of the phones created for kids were, in my daughter's words, "too babyish" for her. There seemed to be no middle-ground and then I found Kajeet. The phones seemed like a great… Read More