tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16420 2012-01-09T15:09:05-08:00 Be It Ever So Messy, There's No Place Like Home: The "Adventures" of a 50-Something Southern California Mom - who used to be interesting... and her teenage daughter. TypePad Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5c3e53ef0168e5435ec0970c 2012-01-09T15:09:05-08:00 2012-01-09T15:10:17-08:00 Donna The annual three-week winter break came to an end this morning, and one would think, after 10 years of this, that the transition back to school would go smoothly. One would think so, but one would be wrong. The morning...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=ruakeDZ3VmI:VR2QcEwkPLs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/ruakeDZ3VmI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.socalmom.net/travelblog/2012/01/routine-redux.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5c3e53ef0162ff3c7ac5970d 2012-01-08T10:54:46-08:00 2012-01-08T10:54:46-08:00 Donna Ever since obtaining my iPad, I've been looking for an easy way to use it to post to my blogs. A couple of months ago, I discovered a paid app called BlogPress, which looked like it would do the trick....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=zjnMZxkC0xo:8Qpj574o3BM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/zjnMZxkC0xo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.socalmom.net/travelblog/2012/01/blogpress-fail.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5c3e53ef01676022c231970b 2012-01-07T09:33:19-08:00 2012-01-07T09:33:19-08:00 Donna This year is flying by. Yes, I know it's only January 7. But I managed to get a lot done this first week of the year - despite the fact that my work week didn't start until Tuesday, and I...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?a=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SocalMom?i=TAyDF7RHtgQ:5gNShg5IFps:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/TAyDF7RHtgQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.socalmom.net/travelblog/2012/01/2012-so-far-setting-the-groundwork.html socalmomhttp://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/2011-11-17T21:33:32-08:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6356923409 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/">socalmom</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356923409/" title="119_2928"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6229/6356923409_f2034fbefd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="119_2928" /></a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/SNVN6nhZCSA" height="1" width="1"/>2011-11-17T14:23:35-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356923409/socalmomhttp://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/2011-11-17T21:33:02-08:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6356922009 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/">socalmom</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356922009/" title="119_2927"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6356922009_e6e9059fd6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="119_2927" /></a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/uR5OhQj1qtQ" height="1" width="1"/>2011-11-17T14:23:21-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356922009/socalmomhttp://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/2011-11-17T21:32:40-08:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6356920891 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/">socalmom</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356920891/" title="119_2926"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6356920891_5bccaa9247_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="119_2926" /></a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/Drui0UniC9E" height="1" width="1"/>2011-11-17T14:23:12-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356920891/socalmomhttp://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/2011-11-17T21:32:15-08:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6356919729 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/">socalmom</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356919729/" title="119_2925"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6356919729_8c2f2cd72d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="119_2925" /></a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/zbwue944qbU" height="1" width="1"/>2011-11-17T14:19:58-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356919729/socalmomhttp://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/2011-11-17T21:31:57-08:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/6356918701 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/socalmom/">socalmom</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356918701/" title="119_2924"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6356918701_e286472c42_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="119_2924" /></a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SocalMom/~4/TQ1Srd5Qsjg" height="1" width="1"/>2011-11-17T14:19:48-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/socalmom/6356918701/