Full Moons and Safety Glass

By AmandaS Last updated: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:48am PDT
  • Moon Dance

    By AmandaS, on Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:48am PDT

    Today is the fortieth anniversary of the first moon walk. Forty years of “One Small Step,” Apollo celluloid celebrations involving Tom Hanks, and dorm room posters of the stars and stripes planted on the moon’s surface. What would life be… Read More »

  • Party On

    By AmandaS, on Tue Jun 9, 2009 8:53pm PDT

    In the past two weeks, I’ve been to two kid’s birthday parties.  Truthfully, one of the parties belonged to my oldest whom just turned five (sob). She had a joint birthday party with one of her preschool friends, so if you count the “family only” Chuck E. Cheese festivity, the count is… Read More »

  • Chirp, Chirp!

    By AmandaS, on Fri May 8, 2009 7:35pm PDT

    I am about to post something I never thought I would post. As I have recently blogged, my family and I are leaving for week-long adventure at Disneyland and the surrounding area. I'm sure I will have MUCH to write about upon my return and I hope to do some posting if time and technology will… Read More »

  • Matricide in the Magic Kingdom

    By AmandaS, on Tue May 5, 2009 8:52pm PDT

    Next week my family is heading out on a family vacation to the big D…Disneyland .  The girls are already bonkers and Paul and I are, well, resolved. We know the girls will have a great time, but we also know that the car trip,… Read More »

  • User post: Carrier Pigeon

    By AmandaS, on Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:00pm PDT

    Today one of my friends had one of the toughest moments in all of Motherdom…the day you first drop of your baby at child care. Dun, dun, DUN! What an awful moment. I remember the first time I dropped off. I had returned to work weeks earlier but Paul had been home for several weeks with a baby Ava… Read More »

  • User post: Head games

    By AmandaS, on Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:49pm PDT

    About six months ago, I started to notice something. The world has a lot of background noise. A lot. The sounds of traffic, people talking on the mobile phones, music booming out of the car next to you at a stoplight, barking dogs, crying babies--the list just goes on and on. Keep in mind that I… Read More »

  • When You Wish...

    By AmandaS, on Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:28pm PDT

    Is it just me, or lately has everyone’s Careful-What-You-Wish-For been showing up and slapping us in the face? Just yesterday, I got an email from my oldest friend who—having returned to work after the birth of her twins, busted butt at work and landed a promotion—is now struggling to try and… Read More »

  • Pack it In

    By AmandaS, on Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:48pm PST

    Like many working moms I struggle with balancing my professional and family obligations. I have a “big job” (trumpet sound)…one that some people might envy. This “big job” includes a schedule that I can usually manage, a decent paycheck, autonomy, etc. etc. It also requires travel. Ugh.… Read More »

  • Snuggle up with Stress

    By AmandaS, on Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:21pm PST

    Lately it seems stress has been sneaking up on me at every turn. Work has been stressful from every angle—too much travel, internal politics, challenging revenue goals, and well…just too dang much to do. The girls have been at each other’s… Read More »

  • Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

    By AmandaS, on Mon Feb 9, 2009 7:36pm PST

    Over the past year, one of my big goals was to make some new friends. My best friends include my sister (who lives four states away), my friend from college (who is single with no kids and lives 90 miles away), and my husband (who is…well… a boy). I really missed the easy nature of… Read More »

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