The FAB news? I finally made it to E News! The funny part? I had to have two back-to-back babies, plug away at a blog for 7 years and write a 256 page book to get there. And some think showbusiness isn’t real, hard work. For your (FAB) entertainment, take a peek at my ‘bumpy’…
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Moms & Swimsuits: 1-piece, 2-piece, 3-piece, SCORE! {Aurein Swim}
DISCLOSURE: This post sponsored by Aurein Swim. All experiences and opinions are mine. Follow Aurein on Facebook & Instagram. Discount code at the bottom of this post… The ongoing moms-in-swimsuits convo online makes me laugh and also kills me. Do you wear one? Do you cover up? Do you rock the bikini? Do you stick with…
Back to School: When a backpack freaks you out.
It’s here! We’re back. Back to early mornings, back to schedules, back to school backpacks. And we feel fine. (Even though I’m not quite done with sleeping in and making the daily big choice between going to the pool or just hanging around for the day… but it’s not all about me, now is it?)…
Mom Talk CBS Los Angeles: Get Emotional? Back to School Tips.
Back to school is here! How to prepare? Forget the cute backpacks — it’s much bigger than that. Thanks to smart+savvy longtime teacher Carly Anderson of Lipgloss and Crayons, I am stepping it UP and preparing my kids EMOTIONALLY (which sometimes means: don’t pick your nose!). Here’s what teachers want us to heed for back-to-school…
Get organized. {Artkive Discount!}
I’m still drowning in and battling papers stacked up in my kitchen. Everyone needs new backpacks and lunch bags. No one knows what they’re wearing the first day… The good news is we’ve been reading and involved in fun activities all summer that’s hopefully kept their brains in gear. In other words, my kids and I…
If you’re happy and you know it, don’t move (yet).
In the last week, I’ve gotten texts, emails, Facebook comments, tweets and RTs from the editor of my hometown newspaper and all sorts of sideways and hopeful questions from friends and family trying to get to the bottom of my recent piece in The Fresno Bee — the piece I wrote toying with the thought…
CBS Los Angeles: The teen-driver habit no one should ever smile about.
This recent FAB Mom segment on CBS Los Angeles news was tough. Tragic. Shocking. Sickening. Unbelievable. But it happened in spite of our disbelief, so we talked about it. (Pay no attention to the happy picture I posted on the title page of this post — believe me, Pat Harvey and I were *not smiling*…
