4 New Facebook Rules

May 18, 2010

Article originally printed in June 2010 Good Housekeeping Magazine “A teen’s Facebook page is like a diary of her life – and oftentimes it’s open to hackers or just plain creeps,” says Neal O’Farrell, cybercrime and identity theft expert at idguardian.com. Help you child with these tips: Forget full names Instead of using his real [...]

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The Gaithersburg Book Festival was Yesterday!

May 16, 2010

I had been preparing a booth for the Gaithersburg Book Festival for a huge amount of time and have been very busy this past month, all of it peaking this past week. It all happened yesterday, and it was a huge success! Whew. Talk about work. But it was all good! My friends all came [...]

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Getting back to my own roots

May 11, 2010

I had breakfast at McDonalds today which was a rare and wonderful luxury. I so often spend all my time inside and in front of a computer…it seems endless. As I sat in my booth, drinking my coffee, I began writing a long brewing story in my head. “The Story of Bixie and Tiki”. I [...]

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Kudos to the Moms of the World

May 9, 2010

A few weeks ago, while I was visiting my friend and her family, she asked me, “Do you ever fall behind in your laundry?” “Hello?” I answered, “Why do you think I’m wearing this shirt today?” Okay, not the worst t-shirt in the world, but certainly not my best looking outfit either. This shirt, by [...]

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Bullies, bullies everywhere….

May 4, 2010

Have you ever noticed how so many children’s websites have some sort of mention of this? Some sort of concerned but reassuring advice-y piece on your child and bullying? Or for the child viewer – how to combat bullying? For the child, the message seems to be that when you go to school, or play [...]

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Seedlings

April 30, 2010

About a year ago I met with my good friend Sheri and her two daughters for dinner. We like to go to the promenade in downtown Silver Spring where we have dinner and go to Borders Books afterwards. Right as we were leaving Borders, Sheri bumped into a man and his two children – evidently [...]

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“Ask and You Shall Receive” or the First Ever Jello Discount!

April 26, 2010

Okay, I just received the first ever “Jello discount” in the world! I’ve got to share. To set the scene, I have to admit I was sort of stewing at home today. Distracted, not wanting to work, trying to deal with some business/legal issue. It’s a pain, and a waste of my time. Good thing [...]

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The Ever Shrinking Content Area

April 23, 2010

I think this image says it all — plus I had fun making it! Of course it’s an exaggeration, but not totally off the mark. I have seen pages like this and worse, especially when surfing various children’s sites. One of the promises I made was to not have an ad-filled website. While I can’t [...]

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Games, Games, and More Games

April 20, 2010

Babysitting my 5 1/2 year old niece Katy, included playing over half a dozen board games and memory games multiple times, and thoroughly tiring Aunt Rachel out!

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My Promise to You

April 17, 2010

This is a listing of all the things I do not want on my website now, such as mean girls, and discussing world problems. And also my promise to Moms, that these things will not become a part of my website in the future. I try to keep things positive, but in this case I just have to say NO.

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