Category Archives: Life

Holiday Card Envy

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Mommy Dish

Why am I sending New Year’s cards to usher in 2011? Here’s my spin: New Year’s cards are for trendsetters. Here’s my reality: New Year’s cards are mini miracles for procrastinating Mommys who book their kids’ photo sessions 11 days before … Continue reading →

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Just Fake It

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Mommy Dish

I know what you’re thinking. Get your mind out of the gutter. I recently got my hair cut and colored so I can be presentable at holiday parties. Someone complimented my new coif at last night’s festivities and innocently asked, “Is your hair just … Continue reading →

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Diet is a Four Letter Word

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Mommy Dish

I grew up with a magnet prominently displayed on my refrigerator that read, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” The mini scale magnet was designed as a major scare tactic; one had to contemplate if the craving was worth risking … Continue reading →

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Sweet Melissa

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Mommy Dish

If you’re part of the small but mighty audience reading my blog, you’ve learned I am the least likely to succeed in teaching a Hanukkah history lesson (I should’ve been sent straight to detention for flaking on the first night), but … Continue reading →

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Bragplaining

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Mommy Dish

Have you heard of the term bragplaining? Bragplaining (def): When you complain about something for the sole purpose of bringing it up in conversation to brag about it. Uh oh. There’s actually a word for that? Bragplaining is a new word … Continue reading →

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Surprise! It's the Fesitval of Lights!

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Mommy Dish

Somehow I missed the memo from the tribe that Hanukkah starts tomorrow. That’s right, the Jewish equivalent to Christmas is less than 24 hours away. Six days after Thanksgiving. Really? I just purged my refrigerator of the last of the Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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MommyGuilt, Continued

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Mommy Dish

I took an unconventional path towards motherhood. The stork dropped a sweet 9-year-old girl on my doorstep first. One can never predict their destiny. If you asked me in my 20s if I would fall deeply in love with a … Continue reading →

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MommyGuilt

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Mommy Dish

Am I a horrible Mommy if I do a little happy dance in my head when my beloved baby takes a nap? The happy dance doesn’t happen all the time, only sometimes. Just so I can shower, do some laundry, prepare … Continue reading →

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Nine Months On, Nine Months Off

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Mommy Dish

They say it takes nine months to gain all of your pregnancy weight, and nine months to take it off. That is for most women, not the Gisele Bundchens of the world who strut their post-baby bodies on the cat … Continue reading →

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