Category Archives: blogging

Career Day

Posted on May 10, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

Nature Boy (the 12 year old) said to me the other morning, “Oh Mom, I forgot to tell you, today is Career Day at school.” So I did what any Stay at Home Mom/Writer/Blogger would do. I put my coffee … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning Menagerie: Camping, Dancing, Kvetching…

Posted on May 7, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

Well today is THE big day some of my e-friends and I are premiering our new Summer Series #BloggersDance videos! And they are awesome. You are in for a real kick-your-boots-up treat! Angela Shelton, author, performer, filmmaker, housecoat wearer, dancer… … Continue reading →

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Mama Needs a New Pair of Boobs

Posted on May 4, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

So I met this cool chick named Kristen McClusky a couple of weeks ago at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and it was basically love at first sight. And not just because she has really pretty hands and lives not … Continue reading →

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I have an announcement to make.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

Last Wednesday I shared with you that my semi-anonymous blogging cover had been blown and I was struggling with what to do about it. On the one hand, I was very uncomfortable with the notion of my kids’ friends reading my … Continue reading →

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To blog, or not to blog, that is the question.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

“Mom, some of the kids at school know about your blog,” my 12 year old son sheepishly told me after school on Monday. “WHAT? Are you serious? How? How do you know that? What did they say to you? Are … Continue reading →

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One year later…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

One year ago this week I wrote my first ever Listography titled Five Things I Really Hate. If you are new here, you may have missed it, and it’s one of my all time favorite rants…especially now that I have much more … Continue reading →

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How to Be Awesome, I guess.

Posted on February 16, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

As part of their new monthly Wisdom from Mom Bloggers series, Babble.com just published a wonderful list of 25 Tips for First-Time Bloggers. Don’t let that post title fool you though; it’s packed full of great tips for any blogger, not just the newbies. And I’m not … Continue reading →

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And that’s why I finally took The Mom Pledge.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by The Bearded Iris

Funny story: about a year ago, I came across a pretty little button on someone’s blog that piqued my interest. I clicked on it and read all about the author’s campaign to end Internet bullying, particularly “mom-on-mom” aggression. And I … Continue reading →

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Iris Learns to Vlog

Posted on January 26, 2012 by The Bearded Iris
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Almost speechless.

Posted on December 14, 2011 by The Bearded Iris

Okay, so, remember last summer when that cool chick Maggie left this comment: Submitted on 2011/07/12 at 6:23 pm I just love your blog! So much so that I just nominated it as one of the top 50 mom blogs of … Continue reading →

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