This is a sensitive topic for me, but I thought it would do me some good to get it out in the open and discuss it via video log. I have been losing and gaining the same 25-40 lbs for the last 10 years and it's time for me to ...

This is a really sticky topic, I have recently found out. While speaking to a friend of mine about our teens, the issue of privacy came up. My friend told me that because of past incidents with her son who is now eighteen and a senior in high school, she ...

When Oprah speaks, the world listens. And when she announced her No Phone Zone Pledge last month, a lot of people took heed. The pledge goes like this: I pledge to make my car a No Phone Zone. Beginning right now,  I will do my part to help put an end to ...

A few weeks ago, my friends over at Shuttle Lotion sent me several bottles of their Grenald's Shuttle Lotion for the Skin for my swag bags at my TCC Luncheon. I also advised that I would review the product for the blog as well as get reviews from my guests ...

My fifteen year old son has been on the Internet since he was about 10 or 11. When he was 12, he got his first laptop and I monitored him on a regular basis to make sure that his web surfing was safe and fun. When he turned 15, I ...

Ahh...kids say the darndest things, I tell ya. Last night while driving around running errands, I mentioned a friend of mine who I met on Twitter and my fifteen year old son wrinkled his nose. I asked why he looked like he just smelled rotten meat, and he tells me with ...

I received my son's report card for the first trimester of school today. He had all A's and B's and then a C minus in Geometry. Mind you, he went from having a B the first progress report, to a A the second. But his final grade for the trimester? ...

Why is the Library so underrated these days? When I was coming up, I would spend hours and hours in my neighborhood library reading books, meeting new friends, and participating in the art classes and story time which was always readily available. These days it's a little different. My son prefers ...

I missed the premiere of The Pregnancy Pact movie on Lifetime this weekend, but I was able to catch it this evening. My response? O M G! I remember hearing about the story last year. Seventeen teenage girls at Glouchester High School in New Hampshire became pregnant at the same time, ...

Very long story, I will shorten it because I am sure you all don't want to read a whole book. Basically on Tuesday morning, I woke up to take my son to school. We went through our usual routine and route. As I turned onto the Page Extension, a busy ...

This topic was  spurned on by my fifteen year old son today. To make a long story short, he had a sinus infection last year, and I took him to an after hours clinic (it was a weekend) and they prescribed him an antibiotic and suggested I purchase Mucinex DM ...

A few weeks ago, my five year old and fifteen year old were both stuck at home for two days because their school was closed due to snow. In order to keep them active and not in front of the television the whole time, I came up with some interesting ...

As many of you have seen me blog or tweet, my son wants to be an actor. He has been in over 12 plays in local theater projects here in St. Louis and recently was signed to a local agent who we hope can get him in commercials and film. ...

'Something beautiful remains in a place so rich Yet so in pain... We have forgotten you, a once jewel amongst stars Now battered tenements, a horror filled with scars I cry for you, I cry for your people I cry for the place you once were.... A song for Haiti.... My son was asked to compose a ...

I was out this weekend doing the usual running of errands and playing taxi for the kids and one of my neighbors who just had a baby a few days ago invited me into her home to see the new baby. As I was leaving, she tells me, "You are ...