Formerly Gracie

Paying Tribute to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog

July 1, 2010

Today, the last new posts will be going up across all Silicon Valley Moms Blogs. While Beth Blecherman (a.k.a Tech Mama), Co-Founder and Chief Technology Mom of the Silicon Valley Moms Group, has made a personal commitment to keep the site live for fans and contributors to continue to visit, there will be no new […]

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Letter to My 20-Something Self

June 22, 2010

Cassie Boorn put out the request and Jessica Gottlieb, Maggie, and Sarah responded. Turns out I had a few things to say to 20-something me, too. After all, now that I’ve been 29-for-the-second-time for all of FIVE days, I feel as if I now have the proper authority to lecture younger me. So here goes: […]

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Life Lived by the Moments

June 20, 2010

A beautiful Sunday morning in the park. The sun’s rays barely peaking through the trees. A soft layers of dew on the lawn and two silly monkeys playing peek-a-boo on a blanket. It was such an ordinary thing. The two of them have had an ongoing game of peek-a-boo since Lou let loose her very […]

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7 Quick Takes: Forever 29 Edition

June 17, 2010

— 1 — Best defense against time-out heard to date and perhaps, of all time. After throwing a toy at my head, Scout says to me, “But it was soft… like your hair. (Patting my head) And so pretty.” Neither his father nor I are this charming. We both laughed and then I took him […]

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Hole in My Heart Eclipses Hole Left in the Internet

June 15, 2010

Yesterday morning, the news dropped that… My feelings at the moment can best be summed up as, “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” And then I cried. Not because I’m normally like that, but because of the kind of day it had already been. However, this news certainly ranked highest in terms of unexpected and devastating. Later that night, once […]

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As If I Need Another Reason to Hate Crocs

June 9, 2010

I’ve search my local Babies R’Us high and low to find every manner of teething implement for Lou. Yet, I continually find her chewing on these…. Sense the repulse tone? It’s because these are Scout’s SMELLY, DIRTY, DISGUSTING Crocs! (Vomit.) The first time it happened, I screamed out in horror, washed out her mouth, and […]

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Being Social

June 7, 2010

Over Memorial Day weekend, I… …created a Facebook Fan Page for my blog …personalized my Twitter profile. …got headshots done by a professional photographer– Yea! …ordered myself some blogger cards AND mommy cards- double Yea! …purged my emails, which includes finally responding to various community invitations (Bloggy Boot Camp, anyone?) …and started commenting on other […]

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7 Quick Takes: A Series of Plagues

June 4, 2010

I’ve had every intention to participate in “7 Quick Takes Friday” in the past. I’d get to number two or three five or six and then promptly get distracted by the shiny weekend ahead… putting it off until the next week… and the next… Then, along comes a bad day- so horrible, so terrible, so […]

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