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One of my mama friends posted this video on facebook today. It made me laugh several times, and I had not even been drinking.

Send some link love to mama blogger Marija Thomas AKA My Mom’s a Nerd AKA Lady Muffintop. I’m happy to see I’m not the only mom who’s willing to make a jackass of herself on video.

I decided to add two new categories: 9q and Humor Me. I had to change Look Good While Mothering to Hey Good Lookin so the category names would fit. I haven’t decided if I like it yet, so I may change it again.

The new category 9q is a spot for interviews with exceptional mamas (and occasional daddys) who are artists and musicians. I have a bunch of interviews lined up, so get excited! Personally, I’m stoked.

Humor Me is a category for my goofiness and various shenanigans I find online or overhear at the grocery store. You’ll find videos, quotes, and stuff I steal from other websites, like Regretsy there. This category may or may not have anything to do with motherhood. Like this little gem of a video from Make Homosexuals Marry.

Like many things on my site, this video contains adult content. Why do I promote adult content on a parenting blog? For the same reason I did not buy a Winnie the Pooh diaper bag: I’m an adult with children, not a woman-child. Consider yourself warned.

Schools in Atlanta get out in late May, so we’re in the full swing of summer here. Kids are everywhere. It’s hot. And I’m doing my best to keep our summer as lazy as possible. (more…)

Last weekend, the family and I hit the Artlantis festival in Atlanta. This is the second year for Artlantis, a showcase of local artists and musicians put together by The Beep Beep Gallery.

Atlanta is such a festival-friendly city, which is great if you’re looking for ways to entertain yourself and your kids for FREE. And, since I’ve only lived here a year, festivals are a really good way for me to get to know Atlanta’s art and music scene. (more…)

I’ve been on a Weeds marathon lately. If you haven’t seen the show, it’s the one on Showtime where Mary Louise Parker plays Nancy Botwin, a suburban widow turned weed dealer. The job keeps her family in her cookie-cutter neighborhood, Agrestic, until season four when she moves closer to Mexico to open a maternity store. Of course, the store is a front to cover the real business of smuggling drugs and immigrants.

Nancy Botwin is a hustler and a mom. She’s doing what she has to do so she can do what she wants to do. Now, what does all this have to do with you and me? Am I suggesting we start a ring of hustlin’ mamas? No, not exactly.

But the idea of doing one legit business in order to support your less than practical passion as an artist is something I am suggesting. And rather than calling it hustling, I’m calling this concept leapfrogging. Why? Because putting a name to a concept makes it easier to digest and remember. And because Leapfrogging Hustlers is my new band name. Just joking. (more…)

jaimes and melissa

Apparently, I’m on a soul-searching kick these days. I’m all me, me, me. I promise to get back to profiling talented mamas, but I thought this idea was pretty nifty. I read MightyGirl Maggie’s entry for Cassie Boorn’s blog idea to write a letter to your 20-something self. I commented with my own letter and thought I’d share it with you. If it’s not clear to you already, I have no boundaries and will tell my life story to just about anyone from a therapist to a lady standing in line with me at Target. (more…)