This is going to be an uncharacteristically child-free post. Today I am going to tell you the story of NINE MOSSY BALLS. On New Year’s Eve, Mike and I went to a wedding. Mike’s friend Brian was in town for the wedding and stayed at our place the night before…
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This Thursday, while everybody else is thinking about turkey and sweet potatoes and pecan pie, I will be thinking about how nobody remembers it's
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10/06/11
Good Grief Giveaway
What with all the Elmo and the Barney and the Curious George and that boring excuse for a train named Thomas, there has been one glaring omission in
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08/25/11
Anybody want an iPad 2?
Today is another exciting day in Mommy Shorts history as I am giving away my biggest prize to date.
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08/18/11
Mommy Shorts is One Year Old Today!
A year ago today, my eight-month-old baby girl gave me a black eye and I posted a picture of her taking a dump to retaliate.
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07/10/11
Clean Up Your Hot Mess
Giveaway: $129 Petunia Pickle Bottom Weekender Bag (Diapers Optional)
When Mazzy was born, a friend's gift to me was a plain cotton shirt
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Giveaway: Michael Andrews Bespoke Custom Shirt & Tie (2 Winners): Father’s Day is June 19th and although I’m not getting my husband a gift until he makes good on his Mother’s Day gift (ahem), that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t get something nice for yours.
Also, since last week was all about unsexiness, I thought this week we could go the opposite route. Which brings me to the fine specimen pictured left. Are you still with me? Or are you caught up in some sort of retro boss/secretarial pool fantasy? I’ll wait.
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Also, since last week was all about unsexiness, I thought this week we could go the opposite route. Which brings me to the fine specimen pictured left. Are you still with me? Or are you caught up in some sort of retro boss/secretarial pool fantasy? I’ll wait.
05/11/11
Post Mother’s Day Analysis
Plus the COLOSSAL CRUMBS CUPCAKE giveaway winners
Have you ever read the same word so many times that it stops making sense to you? That is what
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05/04/11
Giveaway: The Mother of All Cupcakes
Crumbs Colossal Cupcake Giveaway: 5 Winners ($42 each)
I'm not sure at what point NYC started the cupcake craze.
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I'm not sure at what point NYC started the cupcake craze.
I don't often (ever) talk about crafts around here.
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Truth be told, I am not a very big fan of Valentine's Day.
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01/26/11
Curb Your Muffintop
Editor's Note: It did not occur to me that I was writing a post about MOM JEANS until well after I was
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Remember last week when I showed off my editing skills in “The Big Year-In-Review Video Compilation”? The most popular comment seemed to be— Dude. Please make one for my child. Well now, an editing company called SCENELY, is offering my readers a VERY COOL THING…
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12/27/10
My Belated Holiday Gift To You Guys
In addition to my adorable baby girl, this blog has been a huge part of why 2010 has been so incredibly great. And if it wasn’t for people like yourselves reading it, my devotion to writing it would be a lot harder to explain. So here is my belated gift to you all— a chance to win a customized mommy necklace from Artwark.
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Nothing makes you question the appropriateness of every thing you were exposed to as a child then having a child of your own. Do you know what happens in the children’s song “Ate a Peanut”? THE KID DIES AND GOES TO HELL…
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