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Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Life I Learned at BlogHer

Ilinap · August 11, 2010 ·

We are all people, human, fallible yet beautiful. Bloggers are changing the world, one megabyte at a time. We all have bits of faulty wiring and flickering bulbs but we all light up when we smile. We glow when we laugh. Unicorns are more creepy than bedazzling. With … [Read more...] about Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Life I Learned at BlogHer

Tags: blog, BlogHer, community, friendship, fun, motherhood, writing

Project Mom Casting: The Dirty & Noisy Version

Ilinap · July 26, 2010 ·

I never wanted to be a mother. While other little girls were playing with baby dolls I was ripping up Barbie's clothes and sewing them back together into my own Frankenfashion. I was all about crafting Barbie furniture out of found objects (the plastic thingee that keeps cheese … [Read more...] about Project Mom Casting: The Dirty & Noisy Version

Tags: blog, family, fear, growing up, kids, love, motherhood, parenting

So hot I’m burning out.

Ilinap · June 15, 2010 ·

I'll be taking a little social media break later this month. I need to get off the keyboard and back into full fledged 4D reality for a bit. This will be part catharsis, part test. I need to focus on some work, the kind that pays better than blogging. I need to hang out with … [Read more...] about So hot I’m burning out.

Tags: blog, family, kids, motherhood, time, vacation, writing

Writing in the Midst of Bedlam

Ilinap · May 12, 2010 ·

I've been busy with what-nots and what-ifs and other such things lately. I've had guests in town, a cranky ill-behaved kid, conference calls galore, school board anxiety, end of school year parties, homework, field trips, playdates, vacation planning, beach house dreaming, … [Read more...] about Writing in the Midst of Bedlam

Tags: blog, busy, cooking, kids, school, time, vacation, writing

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