Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

I read a lot of beauty blogs. Yes, I know they aren’t on the sidebar, but I have been very lazy about updating my blog page. As a woman, I use a lot of products, much to the dismay of Jason. From what I’ve been reading, he should be happy I don’t spend more than [...]

First on the list, is this article, Marriage is for White People. ‘Marriage Is for White People’ By Joy Jones Sunday, March 26, 2006; Page B01 I grew up in a time when two-parent families were still the norm, in both black and white America. Then, as an adult, I saw divorce become more commonplace, [...]

So I was at home yesterday. It was Emma’s two month checkup at the pediatrician. This meant, her first shots. Emma was born in a birthing center, so she hasn’t had any immunizations yet. She just had the Vit. K shot. Then about a million heel pricks for bilirubin levels, and the horrible IV experience, [...]

I think I get more work done when I work at home than when I work at work. Go figure. It’s not like I have a lot of distractions at work, it is a small office (personnel-wise) with a lot of space. One must really go out of ones (do I need an apostrophe for [...]

Hello!!! Hair It is a wondrous thing. I just (well, about three weeks ago now) purchased the Holy Grail of hair-straightening devices, The Chi by Farouk. I got it at Beauty First. They have a frequent shopper program there. I was first attracted to the store because they carry the Dirty Girl brand and I [...]

Back before I was a mommy, I had no idea of the war that existed. The war between the mommy who is home with the kiddies, and the mommy who works in drudgery in some office, then comes home to her kiddies. I still don’t get it. In a perfect world, I could work for [...]

Except for this last one. Sorry I have been away, but having a baby will do that to you. Knowing that I had to return to work when Emma was all of seven weeks old (today), was always in my mind. My days were filled with my daughter and nothing else. So instead of updating [...]