Posted in Sherry Carr Deer on Jun 17th, 2008
One of those things you hear before you’re a parent – and you wish parents would stop saying all the time – is how quickly the time goes. It starts during the pregnancy, “You just wait, the 9 months are going to fly by!” and continues through each developmental phase your child goes through, “You [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Jun 17th, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers living in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
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Posted in Sherry Carr Deer on Jun 17th, 2008
We’re welcoming another wonderful mom to This Mommy Gig! Sherry has a very unique perspective on this whole parenting thing due to her experiences and we’re really looking forward to having her write with us!
Sherry Carr Deer is the overly-caffeinated mom to three-year-old Nicholas, has worked in non-profit public relations for 10 years, went from [...]
Posted in Laura P. Thomas on Jun 16th, 2008
Those of us who write for and read This Mommy Gig are no strangers to social media, Web 2.0 or the tool of those popular terms called blogging. Some work in corporate offices, some have virtual offices or part-time jobs, others concentrate full-time on their families; but, we all make time to leverage the latest [...]
Posted in Kate Olson, Review/Contest on Jun 16th, 2008
Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers living in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
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Posted in Christian Long, Corey Smith, Dads, Jon Becker, Kate Olson on Jun 15th, 2008
Today is all about the Dad side of the parenting equation and we’d like to mark the occasion by introducing you to the wonderful fathers who will be contributing to This Mommy Gig on a regular basis. We’ll have a daddy post about once per week to give you the OTHER side of the story [...]
Posted in Diane Cordell on Jun 14th, 2008
Our area of upstate New York has many attractions that draw tourists from the New York Metropolitan area, New England, and Canada. There is an amusement park, indoor and outdoor waterslides, miniature golf courses by the score: plenty to occupy young and old alike.
There are also a number of free or inexpensive activities for young [...]
Posted in Kymberli Mulford on Jun 13th, 2008
Kymberli Mulford is the proud mom of a grade-schooler and high-schooler in the Chicago suburbs, and the proud grandmother of her now-grown stepson’s four children. When she’s not shuttling her sons from one activity to another, she works in the world of educational technology – as a district administrator, a learning facilitator, a consultant, and [...]
Posted in Kate Olson on Jun 13th, 2008
Ok, I’m trying to stop laughing so I can write this, but looking at this picture is just sending me into fits of giggles…….ok, I’m composed now. Let’s set the scene: in 1999 I was graduating high school, turning 19, and entering my freshman year of college. I was too cool for school and had [...]
Posted in Amy Giampetroni on Jun 12th, 2008
I think I’m embarrassing my son with the wide variety of emotions I’m experiencing (and expressing) as his first year of school winds to a close. He vacillates between watching with amusement as I cry while I read (and re-read) the very sweet letter his teacher included in his Jr. Kindergarten Memory Book to rolling [...]
