Creating Motherhood

It would be nice if CJ were there.

Dresden — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:56:49 +0000

The palm sweat is starting to happen. Several times a day this week I have been getting prep e-mails about the Anti-Hunger policy conference in Washington DC this weekend. I see the e-mail and I feel a zing of pride and then total OMG. This is not going to be a blogging conference. This isn’t [...]

The post with questions about conferences

Dresden — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:29:30 +0000

{If you are reading from a feed reader or outside source you may not be able to see the polls in this post. So come on over and click your feelings.} We are about to embark on the season of blog conferences and this weekend many bloggers will be headed off for learning and socializing [...]

I don’t know how they do it

Dresden — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:47:11 +0000

The other day someone introduced me as a work at home mom. I had a good chuckle over that. Me? A work at home mom? Hardly. But people don’t often realize that there is an option C in the “work at home mom” vs “work away from home” labeling. I am a woman who works [...]

Living Uninsured and Mostly Unemployed {Guest Post}

Dresden — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:29:59 +0000

For the past 4 years, my husband and I have been without health insurance due to either waiting for pre-existing time limits to past or being laid off at work and having to wait for another time period of coverage to begin. 4 years ago we lived in SC and my husband had a great [...]

Plaid shirt in window

Dresden — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:46:31 +0000

This plaid clad guy took the best seat in the coffee shop today.

Why blog?

Dresden — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:39:27 +0000

Something I have thought about lately: why do I blog? The other day I talked about when I started blogged and WHY. There was such a primal need to connect to people when I started. I rarely, if ever, left the house and my days were spent wrapped up in watching Millie decline and trying [...]

Shamrock Shake Time!

Dresden — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:12:55 +0000

It’s a little earlier this year than last year, but you guys! It’s here! Shamrock shake time! The fantastic news is that you can buy this shake everywhere now – it’s not just a regional thing. Let me know if you get one, especially if it is your first, and what you think!

As if I didn’t tell you all about myself

Dresden — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:58:24 +0000

Want to hear about how I got my start in blogging and how that evolved? Want to see me with my hair NOT in a Mom bun? Or do you just want to hear me be called a “meat sac”? Cecily and I participated in an interview this week for the Women of Google+ led [...]

Green Light Special

Dresden — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:00:45 +0000

This past weekend I got together with one of the coolest people who you should know. I met M through an active infertility support group just outside of DC. (I talk about the group in another super long post so if you are the type that likes a back story get in the time machine [...]