A few months ago, I was asked to participate in the Flings Mom Panel, which is basically a group of moms who blog who are involved in the product launch of something called Flings Bins. (For the record, I am not paid for this, it just sounded interesting so I agreed).
Flings sent me a [...]
This week, our highlighted book is for kids. Feeding Penny Pig is the story of a lonely, hungry piggy bank who finds a new home when a kindly grandmothers sees her in the store and buys her for her granddaughter’s birthday.
Now, my kids have been long obsessed with piggy banks and this book has furthered [...]
Last Monday, I started reading My Life in France, a memoir by Julia Child with her grand-nephew Alex Prud’Homme. It’s a fantastic book that zips you through Julia’s life and meeting her beloved husband Paul before dwelling on her wonderful years in France, where she attended the Cordon Bleu, started a small cooking school with [...]
This weekend I read Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger.
I’ve read Salinger before. In middle school, I pondered my way through The Catcher in the Rye and wrote about it. I respect him as a storyteller and author, but his ideas make me squirm a bit since they are disturbing and raw. If nothing else, [...]
It’s April 15. (DUM-DA-DUM-DUM!) Have you filed your taxes and/or extension to file yet? Today is the day that it needs to be done.
There is an upside though: some businesses are trying to brighten your day today with freebies. Check out this great article on WalletPop to find out who is offering what gratis …
The first time that I made homemade salsa, I was in college. The recipe called for cilantro – an herb that I’d never had. I hated it. It was such a foreign and unusual taste … and not one that I enjoyed in any shape or form. I’ve since learned to tolerate this herb, for [...]
Airbrushing is one of those hot-button issues that pops up from time to time. Sometimes its a starlet complaining about her waist being whittled away, sometimes it’s due to original photos being leaked out, showing how cellulite really does impact everyone. But this latest one is a shocker: a British magazine admitted recently to airbrushing [...]
My daughter adores Door-da (that’s Dora, in her cute two-year-old language). She could really do without television, if it weren’t for Dora and her buddy Boots and their cute adventures. For my part, I don’t really mind letting her watch an episode here and there since she always seems to learn something.
As for my four-year-old [...]
On Saturday, a beautiful, sunny, wonderful day, I worked hard inside for hours. I sorted and boxed books, selling some on Cash4Books and selecting others for donation to our local Library’s book sale. I also trashed a ton of errant boxes, papers and useless objects.
It was simply time.
For more than a year, I have worked [...]
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We are taking a little hiatus here at The Voice of Mom to bring you bigger, better and more exciting content. We want to provide our readers with a useful, engaging and (most importantly!) interesting daily blog about parenting and being parents.
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