The Kid Blender:  A Single Mom’s Attempt to Find Joy in an Unexpected Life
February 8, 2012 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments

In this series of blogs, the “Kid Blenders,” I will be addressing our challenges, trying to blend our two families together. The names of the children will be changed to spare the easily embarrassed. And let me be upfront about this: I’m no clinical expert. I’m just a single mom trying to figure life out as I go. But knowing that there are around 14 million single parents out there…I’m guessing that I’m not alone in this venture.

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How Do You Know When You’re An Old Married Couple?
October 8, 2008 – 12:10 am | No Comment

You go to the opening of a fabulous sushi hot spot, but arrive super-early so that you can go through the sushi line twice without anyone noticing
Thanks to Mile High Mamas, Kyle and I got to spend our anniversary dinner at the opening of Mikuni at Park Meadows. Personally, I’m lukewarm on sushi – [...]

The Mystery of The Great Pumpkin FINALLY Solved!
September 29, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

There are two words to summarize my weekend: babies and pumpkins.
1) Babies. Mile High Mamas had a booth at the Oh Baby! Baby & Family Expo on Saturday and Sunday. I met many great women, saw some fantastic products and there were babies. Oh, so many babies. Welcome if you are visiting us for [...]

How a lemon car can teach you that your marriage needs more spice
July 28, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

We bought a brand spankin’ new car last week.
Before you send your congratulations, know that this was like those “Oops!” pregnancies and our purchase was unplanned. I am not quite sure how it happened; I wasn’t even ovulating at the time.
From the moment of conception purchase a few years ago, we have [...]

Love and Marriage–The Perfect System
July 17, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

We have a weird dynamic in the house. MRS handles pretty much everything: pays the bills, buys the girls’ clothes (well, organizes everything relative to the girls), does the laundry, cooks, travels a ton for work, puts up with my crap, and (aside from that special week that rolls around every month) is a damn [...]

The Big Reveal for Father’s Day!
June 16, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

My husband Jamie and I are generally not extravagant gift givers. Well, with the exception of the time he bought me a Honda Pilot for my birthday (though I think it should not have counted because we were already in the market for a car). Have you ever topped a gift like that? [...]

Teetering on Thin Ice–When Friendships Save
June 9, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

There are three words whose perfection and beauty are unsurpassed in the English language:
NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.
(What? Did you think I was going to be a sentimental fool and profess something sappy like “I love you?”)
I have been mechanically-challenged my entire life. I will admit it is part laziness, part impatience, part knowing [...]

Sordid Secrets and the Husbands Who Keep Them
May 12, 2008 – 12:00 am | 49 Comments

My husband Jamie has been sneaking around lately. I figured his covert actions were regarding the gargantuan Mother’s Day surprise party he was likely throwing me.
It didn’t happen.
Or the second honeymoon he was planning.
We already took one.
So when I spotted him slip into the den and close the door, I knew he [...]

I don’t globe-trot, I globe-trip
April 9, 2008 – 12:07 am | No Comment

As much as I love to travel, I’m not very good at it. Motion sickness, homesickness, and a weak stomach make me a far from ideal travel companion. Despite that, over the years my husband, Secret Agent Man, has taken me along for some of his missions.
My first foreign travel experience [...]

FINALLY: The Way to Every Man’s Heart is Revealed!
April 3, 2008 – 12:37 am | No Comment

It is currently my husband Jamie’s basketball season and every year, I dread it. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those overbearing women who doesn’t let her husband do anything fun. It’s just there’s something else factored in there: near-death experiences. You see, when Jamie played in the past, he was almost always [...]

Sex. Marriage. The Secret Problem
January 17, 2008 – 12:31 am | No Comment

I’m sitting here with my brother and Amber emails me to write a post for MHM. I ask my brother—single, by the way—what I should write about for the Mamas. He says, and I quote, “tell them to get on um more.â€?
I chuckle. I say, “why not?â€?
But considering the MHM audience is primarily female, I [...]