I am the Eggland's Best Brand Ambassador and the following is a National Egg Month sponsored post. My child's love of the EGG'rito and slumber parties is all her own. (click me!) A few weeks ago the child---one who's called frequently to be picked up in the middle of the night from sleepovers--attended a school-wide slumber soiree. K-3. Sleeping in classrooms. Sans-parents. Weird ... Continue Reading
Don’t tell me you’re proud of me.
(illustration by Mary Sullivan ) Once upon a time, my day-job was writing for the Austin American Statesman newspaper. This was back in the olden-eighties (as the child still says) when blogging was an unpaid passion project we did at night and lovely conversations still flourished on the Twitters. A long, long time ago. One of my fave facets of the Statesman job was creating/writing a ... Continue Reading
I wish you comfy.
I never post on Sundays. As I get older, I rarely post Mother's Day musings. I've learned it's a day fraught with emotion (not all of it happy) for many people. Today I'm doing both. I had an interaction with the Tornado on Friday which simultaneously took my breath away and sparked me to realize it's *exactly* what I wish for everyone. Allow me to commence navel gazing back up ... Continue Reading
Each choice is a step toward feeling well (guest post).
When you’re tired, drink coffee. When you have a headache, take Advil. When you have acid reflux, swallow Prilosec. When you can’t sleep, try melatonin. Eczema? Cortisone cream. Easy. Fast. Done. But there is a fundamental problem here. Treating symptoms instead of causes is like plugging holes in your bucket of water with chewing gum while you keep shooting it with your BB gun. We ... Continue Reading
Why I lift weights.
The following is a reminder. To me. Ive not lost my mojo--it's more life has conspired (neutering! volunteering!) to snag my time. The below is a nudge to myself.  About voice. My voice. And how I *need* to make the time to re-find it. My Oakland gym. Much to my parents’ chagrin I’m known for telling people I was not blessed with good genetics. Intellectual ... Continue Reading
4 reasons I’m jealous of my dog’s Cone of Shame.
my hairy sidekick and me. To know me is to be sick to death of pictures and stories of our Goldendoodle, Charming. I've resumed my status as Carla the Crazy Canine Lady and I adore it. He's energetic. He's Doodle'y. He's now officially known by the nickname The Chairman (apparently Siri has no love for Charming as she insists on changing his name to The Chairman. Nothing makes me snicker ... Continue Reading
Finding voice.
No one told me how much I would change when I became a mother. I don't mean the obvious changes - in my body from pregnancy and giving birth, in our family as we added one new member and then a second, or in my perspective and capacity to love as my heart swelled to new heights. Becoming a mother helped me become clearer as to who I am as a person - my own identity. Growing up, I was ... Continue Reading
STOP making excuses and START achieving your goals.
Before we commence debunking excuses I have to say I'm grateful. I closed the comments on my NO Excuses! tee shirt exercise in hopes *some* of you would create your own tees. Not only did many of you participate/share photos via email---I was thrilled to see an apparel company I love tweeting how they, too, were intrigued by the exercise. My plan had been to write a follow-up ... Continue Reading
Ending the glorification of BUSY.
yep. awkward dredlocks. Decades ago I learned a lesson which has served me well ever since. It was circa 1994 and I'd recently opened my boutique personal training studio. I was excited. I was terrified. I was eager to train seven days a week, all hours of the day I had a loan to repay and rent to pay. I was (young and energetic and) willing to do whatever it took to make my ... Continue Reading
Happy birthday, Dad!
(before) Lately there's been lots of talk about OLD SCHOOL BLOGGING. Bloggers doing posts with random life questions or the ABC's of life (?) and referring to it as OLD SCHOOL. For me old school blogging is something completely different. It's a return to the days when blogging was my life laid bare. Everything hanging out for all to see. Old school blogging is, for me, back when life ... Continue Reading
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