February 25, 2011

Got Clutter? A Guest Post From Author Leah Ingram

Denise Schipani / 2 Comments / family finances, family life, guest posts, shopping / Keep Toss Sell! The Suddenly Frugal Guide to Cleaning Out the Clutter and Cashing In (Adams Media), Leah Ingram /

I hate clutter. I’m constantly weeding through boxes and bins of toys (not that we have many) and throwing out broken parts, mismatched bits, and goodie-bag swag. I keep our crap to a minimum (and I’m grateful that I have family, on both sides, who don’t overwhelm my boys with gifts). Usually when I have […]

February 22, 2011

It’s a Book! Announcing “Mean Mom, Good Mom”

Denise Schipani / 9 Comments / mothers and work, vacation /

So I know I’ve been ever so slightly M.I.A. lately. I beg your indulgence, but a couple of things are going on. Kids, for one — it’s mid-winter break right now, which means I’m even more pulled between my double existence of stay-at-home mom, and work-at-home mom. Sometimes, seriously, I wish I was one or […]

February 5, 2011

On the Lighter Side of Parenting: Sharing the (Blog) Love

Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / humor, mom bloggers / Christina Frank, Debbie Koenig, HGTV, Jen Singer, Jennifer Carsen, Jennifer Lawler, Lisa Bonchek Adams, Meagan Francis, Momma Tries /

Yesterday, I got a lovely email from a fellow blogger I recently “met,” named Jennifer Carsen, who writes the blog Mommy Tries. She told me she’d given me a shout out in her blog, and in a sort of good-side-of-the-chain-letter way, I want to give back. Writing, mothering — both are, at many times, lonely […]

Monthly Archives: February 2011

Got Clutter? A Guest Post From Author Leah Ingram

It’s a Book! Announcing “Mean Mom, Good Mom”

On the Lighter Side of Parenting: Sharing the (Blog) Love