Ho, Ho, Ho! Did you hear the new Chaos Chronicles podcast is up? Merry Christmas. The new Chaos Chronicles podcast is up filled with news, opinions, advice, Santa Claus, The Muppets, boycotts galore and hipster baby names! Download, Listen and Enjoy! Links from the show: Hipster Baby names from babble.com Santa Claus School Boycottwall.com Have [...]
November 5, 2011 | Posted in
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Happy First Birthday, Helen! Pub date: November 1, 2010 Today is Helen of Pasadena’s first birthday and I’m celebrating by writing a post about writing. And then I’ll have a Dots cupcake, don’t worry. November 1st is also the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, or as insiders call it, NaNoWriMo. The coincidence was too [...]
November 1, 2011 | Posted in
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We love Diane and we love Chicos. And we really, really love those Leopard Print Gloves! This weekend, four out of five Satellite Sisters recorded a show and professed our love for Chicos and Diane Keaton. To listen to the Satellite Sisters podcast and hear the backstory of our “relationship” with Chicos, click here. [...]
October 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Hello, Chaos Crew… The latest Chaos Chronicles Podcast is up and it has it all: Books Awards; Parenting advice on Praising Toddlers; Ungiven Acceptance Speeches and Live Nude Girls. You’ll have to listen to see what I mean. Sometimes, things get crazy in the suburbs on a Thursday night, that’s all I’m sayin’. Useful links [...]
October 29, 2011 | Posted in
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My 84 year- old mother is a Maxxinista. Unfortunately, most of her TJ Maxx purchases end up in my closet. It’s not like I don’t like stuff, I just have enough stuff. My mother is from the More is More school of home decorating; I live in an Enough is Enough house. So whenever my [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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I’m overly excited about Halloween this year so I decided to put together a Ten Things List for costumes, recipes, decorating ideas, books and All Things Halloween-y. Enjoy Pigs in a Blanket Costume! Can you stand it? Click here for more from Real Simple. 1. Real Simple Kids Costumes That You Can Make with [...]
October 26, 2011 | Posted in
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So, off I went Saturday night to the Southern California Independant Booksellers Awards. My novel Helen of Pasadena had been nominated for Best Fiction and I was tickled pink. Quite a thrill! I did what my big sister Liz told me to do: I prepared a speech even though I thought the possibility of victory [...]
October 25, 2011 | Posted in
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The new Chaos Chronicles Podcast is up, chock full of information, entertainment and a touch of whining and moaning on my part. I hope you don’t mind. I try to put a positive spin on modern motherhood– but that doesn’t always work. Hahahaha. Hopefully, you’ll listen and provide advice to yours truly. On the Chaos [...]
October 21, 2011 | Posted in
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For Your Eyes Only! Don't let the kids watch this adorable video of Elvis Costello and Elmo sing, "The Monsters Went and Ate my Red Two." Click here! Breaking news today: According to the New York Times, pediatricians reconfirm their recommendation that children under 2 step away from TV and simply talk and play. The [...]
October 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Moo for Moolah! Click here for more information Hi, Chaos Crew! Good Monday Morning. Yes, a post featuring milk that will not touch on chocolate milk in schools. Remember, I ceded on that issue. You win, white milk advocates. Think of this post as “reaching across the aisle”– because I know our public schools need [...]
October 17, 2011 | Posted in
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