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I’m taking a little time away from Confessions and writing over at Pixie Dust Girls. I would love it if you stopped by to say hi!

As a mother, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about how I am raising my son.  When he looks back on his life, and me, what will he say?  Will he think I was a good mom?  What …

Tomorrow, IT Boy is having (minor) surgery to have tubes inserted into his ears.  He’s always been prone to ear infections, and until this year, we resisted taking an aggressive approach to solving the problem, instead relying on nasal spray …

Regular readers of this blog know that I am in a mixed marriage.  Sure, my husband is Jewish and I am not, but that’s not what I am talking about.  He’s a Boston/New England sports fan, and I am, for the most …

Anyone who attended last year’s Disney Social Media Moms Celebration will tell you that one of the highlights of the conference was the performance by Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt.  Susan’s a Broadway star who was the voice of Belle …

I’m really not one for making new year’s resolutions.  But sometimes, it just feels right. Like most parents, I spend a lot of time nagging Soccer Girl to clean up her room.  And like any 12 year old, she loathes …

Growing up, our family usually spent the holidays at our relatives on Long Island.  We were a blended family, but our cousins on Long Island were as traditionally Jewish as they came.  That means they served huge amounts of food, …

This is NOT a sponsored post.  This was my son’s birthday present as selected by his sister. My son loves the TV show Chuggington.  It’s about 3 trains who are considered trainees (love the pun) in a town of trains …

for the BLOGGY BOOK GIVEAWAY.  Congrats to Carissa!

I’m back on BlogHer today, talking about whether there is a gender gap in literature, or are some columnists just prone to believing that without merit.  Please go and check it out.

All the winners have been contacted, so now is the time to say that EVERYONE WAS A WINNER. Yes, instead of drawing names, I decided that everyone should get copies of the Unofficial Guide to WDW, so books are now …

One of the fun things about BlogWorld was getting a chance to talk more about publishing with some cool people.  Here’s a link to a video I did in the Southwest Airlines booth – the audio is dreadful, but fast …

I’m back from my fan-tab-u-lous tour of southeast Asia, or at least Penang and Singapore.  The trip was amazing, certainly something that I will remember for a long, long time.  But one of the things that stood out the most …