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IzzyMom
izzymom.com
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Lauded once upon a time by the Wall Street Journal as a top ten mom blogger, IzzyMom writes poignantly with a deft blend of honesty, sarcasm and humor.
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Fact: Parenting is Hard and Life Sucks Sometimes

Part I The past few months have been so damned hard. There are days when I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I’m spread too thin. I’m emotionally exhausted. I feel like I hav...

6 days ago

Do You Know This Song?

My kids have had this toy keyboard for EVER and for as long as they’ve had it, I’ve been racking my brains trying to remember what this one song is. Nobody else has any idea what it is ei...

30 apr 12

Like Junk Food Truffle Pigs

When my daughter was old enough to eat real food, I was very conscientious of what I fed her. I avoided giving her any kind of junk food or overly sugary stuff and encouraged fruits and whole grains ...

31 mar 12

Like Junk Food Truffle Pigs

When my daughter was old enough to eat real food, I was very conscientious of what I fed her. I avoided giving her any kind of junk food or overly sugary stuff and encouraged fruits and whole grains ...

30 mar 12

Three Things I’ve Learned This Month

When you buy cheap towels? You GET cheap towels—cheap towels that will FOREVER have the lint of other things stuck to them and a lot of stupid strings hanging off of them and you will be embarrassed ...

28 mar 12

A Startling Revelation

I know people hate it when bloggers start blogging about not blogging. I mean duh, if you can blog about not blogging, then you can just as easily blog about something else… something that does...

19 mar 12

Babbling Idiot: My First Video Post

Can you believe I’ve never done a vlog before? This is my first one EVER, which is both hilarious and hypocritical because I’ve stated publicly, (well, on Twitter) that I tend to not like...

17 feb 12

Babbling Idiocy: My First Video Post

Can you believe I’ve never done a vlog before? This is my first one EVER! I apologize in advance about it being long. The Youtube editor was suddenly unavailable so I stopped trying to edit it....

16 feb 12

Forget Flowers…Send Cupcakes!

Cupcakes. They’re awesome, right? Right! And that’s why gourmet cupcake shops are popping up all over the place, even in a down economy. I must confess, however, that we have several righ...

01 feb 12

Tween Compliments Adult: Hell Has Officially Frozen Over

Aside from wanting to be involved in my daughter, N’s, life (because she’s 11 and I know my opportunities will soon evaporate), I also find being around the groups of young girls in her s...

09 jan 12

The Truth About Santa: A Cautionary Tale

I knew this day would come eventually but I never dreamed it would be so heart-wrenching. You see, my daughter has been dropping hints about her wavering belief in Santa Claus for a several months no...

27 dec 11

Book Review: Laughing at Wall Street

I recently received and read a review copy of Laughing at Wall Street by Chris Camillo. I was intrigued by the subtitle of the book, “How I Beat the Pros at Investing (by Reading Tabloids, Shop...

16 dec 11

Selling a Car is SO MUCH FUN

OMG…last night these people came to look at a car we’re selling and they TOOK MY KEYS with them. I realized it this morning when I couldn’t find them so I call the guy and I’m...

08 dec 11

Tired of Picking Up Socks? What Worked for Me

Of all the brilliant things I’ve put into place in my household, what I’m about to tell you may well be the brilliantest. I know, I know… It’s hard to imagine anything any mor...

09 nov 11

The Stories of Us

For a few years, I documented all sorts of things from my day to day life here…but the most important things I documented were about my children. Everything was new and exciting and there were ...

28 oct 11

Sometimes You CAN Go Back and it’s TOTALLY AWESOME

So, I took my daughter with me to see Duran Duran a few nights ago. Though she’s eleven and had no idea who they are, she was still excited at the prospect of going to a concert for the first t...

14 oct 11

Speech Buddies

My son is 6 years old and while he is exceedingly bright (no, really, he is) he was a late talker (like Einstein) and when he did speak, it was hard to understand him because he had issues with numer...

26 sep 11

Kids and Their Neverending Wants: Total Ingratitude or Totally Normal?

What are you doing to keep from raising ingrates with a monster-sized sense of entitlement? Is it working or are you sitting there scratching your head like I am and trying to figure out where you we...

19 sep 11

Comment Spam That Makes Me Love Comment Spam

Every now and then, you get some comment spam from someone who seems like they really know you… “Hey super fun internet person, be my valentine? Just kidding, but you’ve got a spectacular...

23 aug 11

It’s Your Party, People!

I can’t believe it’s been five years. Five years from what, you ask? Five years since we threw the first party that would later become what’s now known as The People’s Party. ...

24 jul 11

A Chore System for My Kids That Actually Works

Now I have two kids that have way too much stuff, one house that is way too small and not nearly enough time to deal with working, parenting, chauffeuring, cooking AND housekeeping. My solution? Put ...

21 jul 11

Dear Facebook, We Need to Talk

Hi Facebook. Can we talk? Because I need to tell you something. I don’t know how to say this so I’m just going to say it. I’ve been seeing someone else. No, not Twitter. Well, yes T...

20 jul 11

This is Your Last Day on Earth—Start Talking

A few months back, my daughter and I were going to a tea house with her best friend and her best friend’s mom. We were early so we sat in the parking lot listening to a This American Life podca...

12 jul 11

A Pathetically Bad but Totally Heartfelt Poem for Blogger Suebob’s Birthday

Sue, I have known you for so long If I were more musical I’d write you a song Instead you get this Please don’t feel dissed We don’t “talk” every day like we used to But...

06 jul 11

Dolphin Smooching and Other Cool Things

I’ve lived in Florida my entire life. I’m a native. I practically grew up in the Florida Keys, spending innumerable weekends down there at my grandparent’s house and later at my par...

28 jun 11

The Father’s Day Postmortem

Another Father’s Day has come and gone and while I like to give the father of my children a special day so he knows we all appreciate him, I kinda hate these types of holidays. You know…t...

20 jun 11

Jedi Mom Trick

5 yr old: Mommeeeee? Will you wipe my butt? I can’t wipe it like you do Me: Why is that? 5 yr old: Because I might get poop on my hand Me: *stifled giggle* Dude. That’s what soap and wate...

07 jun 11 1 person likes this

Why Buy the Cow When You Can Get the Opinions for Free?

This is a paraphrased and slightly embellished version of a conversation I recently had with a phone survey person. ••• Phone Solicitor: Hi, I’m calling from Company XYZ. This is a survey. We&#...

25 may 11

Is It Just Me?

Now, I dont know what this says about me that I see ANUS MILE instead of A NU SMILE but I can tell you this much—I dont have an anus fixation. In fact, I seriously cant stand when someone says theyre...

19 may 11

Josh

You know…sometimes you just want to write about stupid shit and you really wish you could because you don’t want to think about your friend Josh, who just spent six weeks in a psychiatric...

13 may 11

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