Posts by author: Erin
I was checking out my Twitter feed tonight and saw the gals from The Motherhood were hosting a chat about handmade teacher gifts. There’s still another month before school gets out here, but I checked out the chat and was amazed by some of the creative ideas! If you’re stuck in a teacher gifting rut, [...]
I’m really embracing smoothies around here. Just had one for breakfast. Usually I fire up the blender, but this morning I realized I can use my immersion hand blender to make a good single serving smoothie. There are endless smoothie recipes on the web. Here’s the Jamba Juice Banana Berry Smoothie recipe, which is a [...]
So last week I wrote about my 8am trip to Target the morning of my son’s First Communion and how I felt it signaled a new low in my level of organization and preparedness. My week continued that way, confirming that I haven’t fully adjusted my expectations to align with my new reality. You see, [...]
I haven’t had much time to blog this week! My first semester on the job is nearly over (can you believe it?) and it was a super busy weekend for the family. Brendan made his First Communion, my sister Shannon—Brendan’s Godmother—and her family came to celebrate with us, and it was opening day for baseball. [...]
After months apart, the Manic Mommies are together again just like the good ol’ days. We’re drinking wine, gabbing until the wee hours of the morning and remembering how it used to be when we’d just drop in and turn the mics on. To enter this week’s giveaway, listen to the show and leave a [...]
If our listeners could just see us now. Kristin and I are literally sitting at my kitchen table in front of our laptops talking about Escape plans, analyzing our web stats, figuring out the next few shows. The boys are in the basement playing video games until their eyes bleed and Sophie is on the [...]
A sick kid can spoil the best plans! We were supposed to have an in-person recording session this weekend, but Sophie’s fever resulted in a last-minute cancellation. So instead, we fire up the iChat and get caught up on important topics like the politics of the latest Mommy Wars, which fast-food chain offers the best [...]
I’m not one for Spring cleaning. In fact, I can think of about 1,000 other things I’d rather do than tackle a major cleaning project. I prefer to clean as I go–so I never have to really do Spring cleaning. The one exception to this might be my closet. It’s not that I need to [...]
For a long time I have often said that when you have kids, a vacation isn’t really a vacation. It’s more like a change of scenery. Except this year, something changed for me. Maybe it’s because I work full time out of the house now and feel like I have less quality time with my [...]
While many of our fellow podcasters have faded away, somehow we are still at the microphones! In this, our 300th episode, we reflect a bit on the early days, share some of our more memorable moments, and how we plan to keep the show alive for another year (thanks to Chevy!). In future weeks you [...]
Today I wore a suit jacket to work (with slacks) and someone asked me why I was so dressed up. I really had no reason for it except that I couldn’t find anything else to wear. I have four baskets filled with my clean laundry and some still hanging on the line in the laundry [...]
SU lost last night, but what’s really bringing me down today is the fact that Brendan’s best friend is moving to Texas tomorrow. His mom was one of the first of many Jens I would meet after moving to Rochester, but the first mom at the boys’ school who I felt a connection with. I [...]
If you’ve got a favorite college team in the NCAA tournament, here’s hoping you’ve made it to the Sweet Sixteen! This week we’re catching up after Kristin’s trip to SXSW and Erin’s long week as a “single mom.” Among the topics discussed this week: sick husbands, snoring husbands, and husbands who forget to make dinner. [...]
My husband is traveling for work again this week and there are so many things wrong with how my morning went, I actually have some perfect content for Manic Mommies. Blame it on daylight savings time. Blame it on the fact that I’ve had workers in my house for two+ weeks now doing a “modest” [...]
If we’re to believe what they tell us on airplanes, we should always put on our own oxygen mask before helping others. Yet in life, how often do we actually do this? This week we’re talking about the things we take for granted, the ways in which little changes on the home front can wreak [...]
Odyssey of the Mind (OTM) Competition is today. All. Day. The first problem is at 9am and the awards ceremony is at 6pm. I will be at two different schools today in another town, hoping my team performs their best, but not good enough to advance to states. Now that’s what you call being painfully [...]
On the podcast, we often discuss my overuse of the word “like.” So imagine my joy to read in today’s New York Times that the word “like” became popular thanks to young women and girls who are actually credited for pioneering many vocal trends. Like, imagine that! And uptalk? That’s a linguistic trend, too. Now [...]
This past week Kristin gave a talk at her alma mater in which she discussed the joys and pitfalls of putting her personal life online. So we’re talking about some of the lessons we’ve learned in the process of podcasting after all these years and nearly 300 episodes. It matters not whether we’re cranky or [...]
Is it just me, or does it seem like every retail store I take my kids to these days has started adding more stuff to entice little shoppers? Take Target’s $1 section at the front of the store for example. Or Barnes & Noble’s new toy section…also at the front of the store. But the [...]
This week we’re gabbing about our troops and teams and the constant struggle between wanting to do our best and settling for just good enough. When mom’s got a million things on her plate, how can she possibly be expected to sew dresses for Daisy’s International Day or coach her Odyssey of the Mind Team [...]
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