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Christmas Card Friends

After reading the joyous Facebook announcement that Baby #3 had been born to a couple Craig and I know, the first thought that crossed my mind was, “Good for them!” My second thought: “I didn’t even know she was pregnant.” My third thought: “We’ll read all about their newest addition in their Christmas card letter.”…

Because I was 27 when I became a mother

If you had asked me about being a mom while I was growing up, I would have answered you with things like, “Of course I will!” and “I want 8 kids!“. But nowhere in my responses would you ever have heard an age attached to those plans. I’ve never been one to have “deadlines” for…

The Past 7 Days

How’s your week been? * * * * * * * * This post is part of #iPPP (iPhone Photo Phun), where we link up photos taken from our smart phones. Any smart phone. Related Posts:Show Me the Blog, Baby!The One Where I Try to Be Stylish12 Steps to Becoming Well-Known Through YouTubeChristmas Card FriendsComfort…

Ain’t She a Beaut, Clark?

This is a quick ditty this Good Friday to say that the Easter bunny came early to BBCD! The lovely, talented and uber-awesome Kayleen of Booyah’s Momma Digital Art & Design re-did my digs! The frog boots, as always, are front and center here. I really cannot say enough great things about Kayleen and her…

Part of her army

Because… …she’s a trendsetter, …she’s as real as they come, …she’s not scared to speak her mind, …she’s a genuine person, …she’s paved the way for so many women in the mom blogosphere, …she was so kind to host one of my most favorite parenting posts I’ve written, …and because she can kick Dooce’s ass…

Show Us your Mugs!

The Zazzle mug fairies have been hard at work, and as of Friday, December 2nd, all mugs should have been designed, ordered and in process of being shipped to their forever home. There is always a lot of excitement, curiosity and paranoia around the annual Mug Swap. Plus, we all want to see what others’ mugs look…

Everyone is having babies except for me

Babies always seem to come in droves. As soon as you hear of a pregnancy or two, it seems like those pregnancies have babies of their own and in an instant, you know at least half a dozen women baking buns in their respective ovens. Even in saying this, never before right now (to me…

Life’s 7 Wonders: In My Eyes

The always-insightful and inspiring Mama Kat had some seriously enticing prompts this week. I opted for the first one: List your life’s Seven Wonders. Describe the most amazing 7 things you’ve seen with your own two eyes. In no particular order, the 7 Wonders of my World: 1. Putting my hand inside a cadaver. 2. Walking…

#MugSwap2011: It’s ON!

On Sunday I posted about the upcoming 2011 MugSwap, where we bloggers create a coffee mug complete with our bloggy brand and secretly send it to its designated recipient. For all intents and purposes, this is a “Secret Santa”-type swap, so keeping secret the name of the person you’re creating the mug for is essential…

‘Tis the Season for #MugSwap2011

It’s BAAAAAAACK! Some of you probably remember around this time last year that organization of the first ever Blogger Mug Swap began. What is MugSwap? Why, it’s a super awesome networking/Secret Santa/spreading holiday cheer event held amongst bloggers! What’s the premise of MugSwap? The premise is this: You receive the name and snail mail address…