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Bonus Time!

March 18, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Free make-up bag Clinque Bonus Time @meredithspidel

Forget St. Pat’s or Easter, the cherished Spring holiday of Clinique Bonus time has arrived! I think there are two sides to the fence on this one.  Either you know exactly what I’m talking about and if you haven’t already scored your free make-up bag full of goodies, you have already logged off and hightailed […]

Filed Under: Mommy Time

The Drowning Stage

March 15, 2013 By Meredith 2 Comments

This post is hard for me to write.  No shortage of words, but I don’t want to convey the wrong message.  When collaborating with the lovely Ellen of Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms, I said that I had to be careful not to make this totally depressing or everyone “would want to go flush their […]

Filed Under: Babies, Young Kids

Proof That I Am One Bad Mamma Jamma, AKA: Mom of the Year

March 13, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Mamma Jamma @CrazyExhaustion @meredithspidel

Have you all fallen in love yet with Stephanie from When Crazy Meets Exhaustion?  She is one groovy chick.  She is wickedly smart, full of funny stories and always delivers on nailing the truth.  She wows me by being a WAHM (work at home mom) and literally doing it all.  I am in awe of her. […]

Filed Under: A Mom of the Year, Guest Blogger

Win your very own copy of “I Just Want to Pee Alone”!

March 11, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Woo hoo, its Monday!  Not feeling it?  No, I’m not either, but I do have a little blast of good news to shoot your way and kick this week off on the right foot.  I’m teaming up with my beloved Dani from Cloudy, With a Chance of Wine to give away 10 copies of the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

I Just Want to Pee Alone and I’m not going to shut up about it

March 10, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

I’m in book.  I’M ACTUALLY IN A BOOK, and basically my poor husband will hear about nothing else for the foreseeable future.  In general, the gist of our conversations: Husband: “Can you pass the salt?” Me: “You seriously are going to talk to me without even congratulating me on the book?” Or, if I’m feeling […]

Filed Under: Mom Dying, Reading, Reviews

Moo Cow of the Year

March 8, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

UrbanMooCowBadge @urbanmoocow

Join me this morning in wishing a very happy birthday to Deb, the blogging savvy behind Urban Moo Cow!   I’m honored she is willing to celebrate her special day here by taking part in the Mom of the Year series.  Her writing is an honest, intelligent look at the world surrounding us as parents.  Her love for her […]

Filed Under: A Mom of the Year, Guest Blogger

Finding the Funny! And a few other good things about March…

March 5, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Step aside, evil winter.  Spring is making some gains and will officially boot your butt to the curb on March 20th.  In the meantime, I refuse to be taken down any further by your nasty, grouchy biting winds and requisite extra 16 minutes required to get the children suited up in hats and mittens any time I […]

Filed Under: Finding the Funny

The Traumatic Vortex of the Business Trip

March 4, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

business trip husband leaving @meredithspidel

I had a near-death experience last week.  My husband went on a business trip.  I thought I was going to die.  I may have.  It went that well. I am fully aware that there are parents who do this all the time.  Parents whose spouses travel on a regular basis and manage to get through […]

Filed Under: Husband's work

I Will Dry Your Tears

March 2, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

child holding daffodils @meredithspidel

A year ago today, my mother died.  It was a sad and horrible day, and I will never forget the last moments I shared with her.  As she lay dying, she was unable to speak.  I sat with her, and I talked with her, and tried desperately to seek closure through a one-sided conversation.  Her […]

Filed Under: Mom Dying

Wait, someone wants to hear what I have to say?

March 1, 2013 By Meredith Leave a Comment

MITS - Meredith Spidel @momsnewstage

I’m not even going to pretend to be cool and act like I wasn’t more than a little floored when the lovely Keesha of Mom’s New Stage said she wanted to interview me for a post today.  Her blog is one of the most refreshing places to land in this internet.  Her tagline, “Bringing a […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger

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