Outsmarting Google by Evan Bailyn, The SEO Guide to Beat All Other SEO Guides

Outsmarting Google by Evan Bailyn You have to love a SEO how-to guide that starts with the words, “if you own any other books on SEO throw them out.“  Now that’s confidence.  For a person who devours SEO and social media manuals like potato chips like me, these words are like heaven. My first thought [...]

Read the full post -> August 3, 2011 book review

Summer Day Trip Idea:Mummies of the World Exhibit at the Franklin Institute

Great Summer Day Trip The Franklin Institute in Center City Philadelphia is still a good idea for a day trip with the kids.  The big walk through “the giant heart” is still pumping along with the huge pendulum that pierces through three floors of the museum.  Also, for a limited time, the mummies are there, [...]

Read the full post -> August 2, 2011 Mommy Likes

Gods In Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

A while ago I had the pleasure of  reviewing Joshilyn Jackson’s, Backseat Saints.  I loved the book so much that I asked the publisher if I could get a copy of  gods in Alabama, also by Joshilyn Jackson. They said yes!  God is good, so I had the pleasure of reading gods in Alabama too.  [...]

Read the full post -> July 28, 2011 book review

Pasta Like You’ve Never Tasted It Before: Review of Annabel Karmel’s Top 100 Pasta Dishes

The new cookbook, Top 100 Pasta Dishes, By Annabel Karmel is absolutely gorgeous.  The folks at Atria Books were nice enough to send me a review copy of the book and I’m having a blast looking through it.  I’m also having a hard time deciding which recipe to try first. Annabel Karmel, well-known for her [...]

Read the full post -> July 24, 2011 book review

Video of the Week: SNL presents Their Cure For Moms on Facebook

Facebook has become a household word and a part of many households is, of course, the Mom of the house. Many kids who use Facebook are forced to “friend” their Moms. In fact, I know many moms who insist that their children “friend” them, else no Facebook for the children. Saturday Night Live put together [...]

Read the full post -> July 23, 2011 facebook

Fantastic Moms Blog Posts This Week

It has been a terrific week for some awesome blog posts.  Here are a few of my very favorites.  These mom blog posts with make you think, make you laugh, and provide you with ideas to make motherhood a bit easier! Enjoy! Rants From Mommyland – a funny list of things no one told her [...]

Read the full post -> July 21, 2011 moms

Jodi Picoult Questions The Quality of Marriage in “Mercy”

I was lucky enough to read Jodi Picoult’s, Mercy, this summer on the beach. It is a terrific beach read. I would read a few chapters, stare at the ocean and think about the truth of  the questions Mercy raises. For starters, is marriage as fragile as it is portrayed? Is marriage really 70/30 in [...]

Read the full post -> July 13, 2011 book club book

Do You Ever Feel Like A Bad Mother?

You know, it’s really tough being a mom.  You’ve heard all the cliches: Motherhood is the hardest job in the world There’s no other job in the world like Motherhood Motherhood is its own reward. All of these platitudes are true, yet don’t quite capture the reality of  motherhood.  I’m finding that after 18 years, [...]

Read the full post -> June 22, 2011 Mommy Likes

Summer Book Suggestion: Review of The Horse Whisperer by Nicolas Evans

Ahhh, I love an old fashioned romance.  Horses are ok, too.  Put them together and you have the makings of terrific literature.  I’ve seen the movie, I’m not going to lie to you, but everyone knows that the book is always better than the movie.  I’ve found that to be the case in almost every [...]

Read the full post -> June 16, 2011 book review

My Beef with the Anthony Weiner Scandel

If you haven’t been on a desert island, you’ve heard about the Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal.  If you have been on a desert island, allow me recap. United States, outspoken, liberal congressman takes pictures of himself of a questionable nature, sends lots of emails of a questionable nature, talks on the phone in a questionable [...]

Read the full post -> June 8, 2011 marriage

Did You See These Royal Wedding Blog Posts by Lisa’s History Room?

The Royal Wedding got shoved way out of the news pretty quickly didn’t it?  Well, just in case you wanted some interesting information about the Royals from a historical perspective, you might want to check out these blog posts by my favorite History Blog Author, Lisa.  I’ve highlighted Lisa before as I find her research [...]

Read the full post -> June 2, 2011 Mommy Likes

New Mom Sleep Deprivation: Dangerous to New Moms, Baby Schedule to Help

Sleep deprivation is a big issue for first time moms. I know it was for me.  I was shocked at how difficult it was to function on practically no sleep. It’s important for new moms to remember that prolonged sleep deprivation can cause some serious issues including depression, heart disease, hypertension, even death!   A mother’s [...]

Read the full post -> May 25, 2011 Advice for New moms

Book Review: Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson, Southern Mystery, Suspense

In Backseat Saints, by Joshilyn Jackson, Ro Grandee is multi-faceted to a fault.  She’s a yielding wife, a mask-faced neighbor, an abused daughter, an abused wife, a secretly practicing Catholic and a smart, witty, fearless southern girl at the heart of it all.  Ro begins her story deep in the middle of her marriage with [...]

Read the full post -> May 11, 2011 book review

Local Author, Kelly Simmons, Does Not Disappoint With Her Second Novel, The Birdhouse

Kelly Simmon’s (a Bucks County, PA author) follow-up to her first novel, Standing Still, does not disappoint.  In The Birdhouse, the protagonist, Ann, is just starting to enjoy the “once-a-week” company of her granddaughter, Ellie, daughter of her son, Tom and her daughter-in-law, Tinsley. Ellie’s school project is to uncover something special about her family’s [...]

Read the full post -> May 8, 2011 book review

Was Your First Kiss a Good Kiss or a Bad Kiss?

I admit it, I’m a fan of kissing.  Who isn’t, right?  Well, according to a new book, A Compendium of Kisses, by Lana Citron, men are not as fond of kissing as women are.  Who knew? This is the kind of salacious information that can be found in this adorable new book, along with everything [...]

Read the full post -> May 2, 2011 book review

Bad Book Review – I Love It – Keep Them Coming

You know, I’ve been waiting.  Since I released my first book in 2008, It Gets Easier And Other Lies We Tell New Mothers I’ve been waiting for a bad review on Amazon.  I finally got my wish with the latest version of my book released in 2009 by the same title.  You may think I’m [...]

Read the full post -> April 25, 2011 book review

You Are Who Your Ancestors Were

A few weeks back i had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Babara Collins, author of the book, It’s Your Turn, Find Your Authentic Self and Go Fetch It! speak about women living their authentic life.  Her keynote address was fantastic and one of the things she said really resonated with me.  Dr. Collins said that [...]

Read the full post -> April 21, 2011 Mommy Likes

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