Do you need of some time away from the kids with a much needed moms night out or date night even though it isn’t the weekend yet? Are you planning ahead and already worried about who will care for the children during the holiday parties you want to attend? Spouse out of town and wishing…
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Tech Savvy Mama’s Vacation Contest
I’m back! Did you miss me? Thanks so much to Karen Waters, Dr. Robert, MizzB, and Tech Savvy Daddy for their fabulous guest posts while I was on vacation. Yes, I truly was on vacation and what a wonderful one it was! Where was I? We may not be Matt Laurer but it’s time to…
Tech Savvy Guest: Glogster’s 21st Century Posters by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. My 6th grader came home the first week of school desperate not…
Tech Savvy Guest: Aniboom as Alternative to Computer Games by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. There’s no avoiding it. Chances are, if you have a kid older…
Steve Jobs’ Mini Marketing Team
Remember how last week I said my children would be joining Monica’s as pushers of Apple products when I awarded her the Perfect Post Award? Little did I know how soon. Saturday morning were sitting around the breakfast table, eating our French toast and discussing the things that needed to be gathered for our outing…
What I did this weekend…
Imbibed fabulous wine from Mad Housewife Cellars, laughed, and had an all around great time with fellow DC Metro Moms bloggers! Many of us hadn’t seen each other since this summer’s BlogHer or the Race (Sweat) for the Cure so it was a true reunion. It was so wonderful to see Why Mommy, Stimey, Linda…
NYT Article: Limiting, and Watching, What Children Watch
As Tech Savvy Mama you might think that my children spend all day of every day on the computer or playing with the latest gadgets. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In our house, computer time is 30 minutes with 30 minutes of TV time in the afternoons so I can get dinner ready…
Perhaps I should rename this site…
So there’s lots of talk about the Sarah Palin baby name generator. And while I’m not going to get into politics other than giving you some links to some great election sites for kids, I’m thinking of asking you to think of me as Blitz Harden Palin since that’s what I would have been named…
Website of the Week: Family Day- A day to eat dinner with your children
In honor of Monday, September 22 being Family Dinner Day, I thought I’d select the Family Day website as this week’s Website of the Week. Family Dinner Day was started by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University to keep kids substance free. We all know how important it is…
Paper vs. Online Calendars- Part II (and BusyBodyBook Giveaway)
I’m glad I’m not the only paper-online calendar person. Kim, Mary Ellen, and Caroline from Smarty Pants Mama are also hybrid users. There are also others like De in D.C., Karen W, minnemom, and A.J. who are fanatic about their electronic calendars. And then there are also the die-hard paper calendar users. Yes, I’m talking…
