mama time

Transport Your Laptop in Style

If you are a mom with a laptop, you are going to love this! Whether you regularly stop in at a coffee shop with your laptop in tow after you drop off your little one for preschool or you’re planning to bring your laptop along on a family vacation…a funky and fun laptop backpack is [...]

From Scrapbooking Superstar to…

Pre-baby, I was a scrapbooking superstar. I enjoyed going to evening crops and would stay up late into the night with friends, contemplating the best way to capture my memories for posterity. I used ribbon and buttons, stickers and quotes, and I picked each photo and each layout with such care.  Post-baby, I somehow mustered [...]

Are you braver than I am?

To conclude this “Girl Stuff” series, I’m going to write about the new Bliss-Phillips Bikini Perfect Deluxe at-home grooming system. It’s the easy way to remove unwanted hair “down there” without having to go to a salon. I originally was a bit intimidated by the various parts and the long directions on crinkly paper, but [...]

Book Review: Peculiar Treasures

When it comes to reading, I’m mostly a non-fiction girl. I’m kind of the nerdy type in that I love learning. Every once in awhile, though, I love to pick up a fiction book – to get lost in a great story and to be sucked in by the characters that the author creates. When [...]

Christmas Wish Lists

When it comes to gift giving and receiving, I’m not a big fan of surprises. I would much rather receive something that I really want/need than something that someone thinks I want/need. Likewise, I’d rather give something desirable than take a wild guess and hope I’m right. That’s why I like Christmas wish lists. I’ve [...]

MamaTime: Shopping with a Girlfriend

Yesterday, I went shopping with a girlfriend (for the first time since my little beauty was born). The husbands watched the little ones and we wandered around through Nordstrom Rack, Banana Republic, GAP, New York & Company, Black House White Market, Naturalizer, J.Crew, and Target. We both bought quite a few things, but my favorite [...]

Mommy & Me Retreat @ Beaches Resort

Kiwi Magazine is currently advertising a Mommy & Me Retreat at the Beaches Boscobel Resort in Jamaica. I LOVE that the vacation includes baby because many mommies (like me) don’t like to leave their little ones behind – and it’s great that Beaches is catering to the mama who wants to bring baby along! That [...]

Your Ideal "Mom Retreat"

I recently came across two companies that host “mom camps”: Camp GetAway and Mom-Camp. Both camps provide moms with opportunities to relax, unwind, learn new skills, and hang out with friends. When my daughter was an infant, I wouldn’t have even considered leaving her…especially overnight. But as she approaches her first birthday and we’re getting [...]