Ditching the Disposables (mostly)

This January will mark our 1 year anniversary of moving to cloth diapers.  I have to admit that I originally made the move kicking and screaming.  The idea of cloth seemed so overwhelming to me, and there are so many styles and types that I had no idea where to start.  Every time I pulled up a cloth diaper website...


Two Giveaways You Should Enter Right Now!

I have two giveaways on my reviews site right now and both are for really good stuff. The first is a Rockabye Baby! music giveaway, and the contest ends in 6 hours – so get crackin! The next is a giveaway of a fantabulously hilarious novel called "This Little Mommy Stayed Home."  It's just too good, so go try to...


Do You See What I See?

I generally sit around thinking my life sucks.  I mean, yeah, I have these kids that I love.  And yeah, I’m certainly doing better now than I was when I couldn’t eat and had no roof over my head.  I have a place to live, running water, and heat, which is much more than I had most of my childhood...


On Surviving Sexual Assault…

When I was 20 years old, I suffered an attack.   It was not the typical scenario one normally thinks of when they envision rape.  It was not the kind of sexual attack that happens in dark allies at the hands of a hooded, knife-wielding assailant.  No, my attack occurred over lunch time, in a brightly lit stair well, at the...


Happy 3rd Birthday Jonas


A Message to my Boys about Michael Jackson

Jonas and Jules, Tonight we sat around the dinner table listening to a Michael Jackson Greatest Hits album on the iPod.  We listen to music every night while we eat dinner. It's what we do. Every night, Jules dances jovially in his little chair while shoving food into his mouth.  And every night, Jonas you say "Who's this?" each time a...


This Week’s Giveaway at “The Feminist Shopper”

This week, enter to win a brand new Thirsties DUO Wrap diaper cover and Fab Doubler Insert at The Feminist Shopper, courtesy of Mom's Milk Boutique.  I just love giving stuff away to excited readers. It puts me in my happy place. Go forth and enter.