Update: A reader shared that according to NBC’s Today Moms, JC Penny is pulling the shirt from its site and issued an apology which can be found at the bottom of the Today Moms post. As a teacher and mom of a 7 1/2 year old who loves school and learning, I am livid about this…
Show Your Tech Savvy Love with a Vote!
I’m for Parents.com Best Mom Tech Blog and as much as I hate voting contests because they are often seen as popularity contests, I am going to shamelessly ask for your vote. By Best Mom Tech Blog It’s not too hard to vote- they do ask for you to sign up or sign in using…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with eBay to Declutter and Reclaim Money
How often do you eBay and when you do, are you a buyer or a seller or both? Regardless of how you use eBay, it is a great way to be green because buying and selling both help reduce, reuse, and recycle items that otherwise might be destined for the landfill. Over the years that…
Dara Torres’ 3 Pillars of Life Inspire Me to Reclaim Healthy Habits
I’m a firm believer in healthy habits like a well rounded diet, screen time limits, regular exercise through lots of outdoor activity, and a set bedtime for my kids but I feel like the biggest hypocrite due to my own lack of exercise and my 2 am bedtimes. In the past year as I’ve transitioned…
Friday Faves: Fab Products from Mom’s Fashion File Secret Style Suite, BlogHer 2011
Remember how I wrote about wanting to break out of my boring black conference wardrobe? Not only did Fresh Produce accept my challenge and provide me with an incredible wardrobe for Type A Parent, but my post won me a makeover in the Mom’s Fashion File Secret Style Suite at BlogHer! After a tech…
Marble Jar: App Now Free for Back to School
Did you ever have a marble jar in one of your classrooms? I remember our marble jar from second grade quite well. We eagerly anticipated a single marble to be dropped in to reward stellar behavior and for it to be filled for a class reward. Now there’s an app for that! Marble Jar…
Just.Be.Enough. Announces Link Up to Provide Pampering Resources to Breast Cancer Survivors
Today I have the honor of sharing a post by my friend, Elena, who always inspires me both personally and professionally. She’s a teacher, mom of a darling little girl, cancer survivor, triathlete, blogger, and recently started the site Just.Be.Enough. Just.Be.Enough was designed to celebrate the ourselves. As Elena says, “It’s time to carry the…
Photos.com for High Quality Royalty-Free Professional Photos (w. giveaway)
Regulars on my site know that I prefer photos as images for my posts and since I’m often asked where I get my photos, I thought I’d share my secret— Photos.com! I personally prefer photos because they add a polished touch to my writing and I can always find the right images on Photos.com. With…
Talking to Your Children About Earthquakes: Resources & Links
This afternoon at 1:51 pm a 5.8 earthquake with an epicenter in Virginia- between Charlottesville and Richmond- shook the entire East Coast. The rumbling from the ground was reported to be the second most powerful earthquake in Virginia’s history. Online friends from as far south as North Carolina into Toronto felt the earth move underneath…
4 Quick Breakfasts for Healthy Children & Healthy Minds: Our Fill the Backpack Motto
Weekday mornings are hectic and can leave us scrambling to get out the door but that’s no reason to miss breakfast, the most important meal of the day. This year’s Fill the Backpack theme of Healthy Children, Healthy Minds theme resonates with me because of having the experience of trying to teach kids who came…
