Things To Be Excited About – March 2014

March 21, 2014 latchkeymom

It’s that time again – to share with you all the things I’m excited about! Although my “Excited” posts are some of my favorite to write, I confess that my primary motivation for this particular blog is to get something up, because I’ve been super busy and haven’t had time for a Latchkey Mom blog. My apologies! I’m also including a giveaway with this post, to entice you to share with me what you’re excited about. I have a couple books, a Latchkey Mom necklace and an American Express gift card to give to one lucky person who comments below. I’ll announce the winner on Tuesday, after 5p.m.

My First Blog Tour – Starting on Monday, I’ll be participating in my first blog tour/crossover with some other bloggers about Clean Eating Week. I’ve committed to eating clean for a week and blogging about it. My post will be on Monday, followed by Allison from Go Dansker Mom, Amy from Hot Breakfast, and Holly from Desert Momma. We’re going to share our individual clean eating plans, recipes, experiences and results. Wish me luck, and be sure to check in with all of us next week.

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I Dare Allie

March 14, 2014 latchkeymom

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I Dare Allie

I recently read a really fun memoir, Lu Ann Cahn’s I Dare Me, that chronicles the year during which she did something new, for the first time, every day. That’s 365 new things! She did big things: the Polar Bear Plunge; she ate a scorpion (no way Jose!) and enrolled in graduate school. She also did little things, such as: learn to say the alphabet backwards, organize the pantry and bake a cake from scratch. The latter group may not sound like much, but if you’ve never done these things, than they aren’t little. Why did she do the whole experience? To reboot and recharge her life – and it worked. I think it’s just so cool. The book doesn’t cover all 365 days, but her website does, with videos. Check it out. I had fun exploring.

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A Cheat Blog Post

March 12, 2014 latchkeymom

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What’s really in your bag?

After a busy weekend, and a few days spent “self-promoting” some recent blogs (so sorry) and trying to meet some rapidly approaching deadlines, I haven’t had time to get any blogs posted. This morning I read a blog that I thought was fun and I’m totally “stealing” it from Stacey Loscalzo, who credits the idea to the blog A Cup of Joe (featuring illustrations of bag items by Emily McDowell). All three blog are cool – so check them out. So without further lazy ado… Continue reading A Cheat Blog Post →

Autism, Guest Posts, Writing

Writing News

March 10, 2014 latchkeymom

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I didn’t intend to time it this way, but this past weekend I had blogs published at the Huffington Post and Scary Mommy. They’re original pieces, so you can’t read them here, but I’ve provided links below.

A few weeks ago, I had an incident with Barrett in a California Pizza Kitchen, while on our February mini-road trip. I have petty thick skin when it comes to Bear and our escapade at CPK wasn’t my first time at this particular rodeo, but two things made it unique for me. The first was the way the restaurant manger handled our situation that night. The second was how similar the event was to an article I’d read at the Huffington Post a few weeks ago, titled To the Woman and Child Who Sat at Table 9. I decided to write about it and submit our story. Eleven months after my first try, I finally got a piece posted at the Huffington Post. Yay! Overall, the response has been positive, but as of yesterday, I received my first (published) negative response to my writing – so I’ve arrived! Surprisingly, I had a good reaction – I just laughed at the snide comment. Different strokes…

Read the article here:

To the Manager at California Pizza Kitchen

I’ve also written an Atlanta Travel Guide for the website, Scary Mommy. The guides at Scary Mommy focus on things to do with your kids. It was hard to limit it to ten places (as I was asked to do), so I emailed my girls for input. Thank you for all the feedback. You can read the list at Scary Mommy.

I also posted my for blog at the Family Legacy Center (which was featured here last week). I happy to announce I’ve been asked back, and will be featured there monthly – writing about the topic of legacy, which is very important to me.

Thanks for all the support and encouragement! I’m grateful to ALL of you!