Comments on: Phase One: Bringing Aunt Becky Back

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- Mommy Wants Vodka — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:29:28 +0000

[...] the past decade to raising my adorable crotch parasites, I thought that it was high time to unearth who I was again. As excited as I was by this prospect, I’m going to be honest, Pranksters, I was terrified. [...]

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By: Jen Anderson

Jen Anderson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:04:25 +0000

As far as finding places to submit your work, you should check out mediabistro.com. If you get a premium membership, you can see articles about how to pitch to different magazines, which magazines take personal essays, etc. They also have online classes. I’ve been meaning to tell you that I think you should write an essay about how when you needed support during Amelia’s problems, you found it from your blog readers and then submit it to Self magazine. They do Happiness essays and I think it might be a good fit. E-mail me for deets if you’re interested (jenumlas at gmail dot com) and I can go into detail. I just had an essay rejected by them, but they did say I should submit more. Freelance writers need to stick together.

By: Bobbi Janay

Bobbi Janay — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:58:23 +0000

I love me some Britney too. I wish you the best of luck with 2010.

By: Another GE Girl

Another GE Girl — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:04:11 +0000

Not to put too fine a point on it, but actually, the new decade starts NEXT year, 2011. Because 2010 is the end of the first decade – the tenth year of 10. Otherwise we would have to start counting things with zero & where would that lead?!?!?!

By: MommyNamedApril

MommyNamedApril — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:07:32 +0000

ok, i totally didn’t get the decade thing either. whatever. technically EVERY SINGLE DAY is the start of a new decade. so, there. i must be pms’ing. that sounded cranky even for me.

happy new year and all that jazz

By: Mrs Soup

Mrs Soup — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:14:46 +0000

I <3 you so hard.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:21:54 +0000

My brother is getting married in May, and I wasn’t totally jazzed about being the fat sister. Now I’m going to be the fat bridesmaid (although really, how sweet is that, to ask your fiance’s sister to be a bridesmaid? She’s awesome). We got a Wii for Christmas, so in addition to my previously decided-upon “have some frickin self-control” approach, I’m going to try to add at least an hour a day of Wii Sports. I know they have a Wii Fit, and that’s great, but did you know they make a caricature of you based on your weight? My current Fitness Age is 61 (I can’t seem to putt to save my life), so caricatures aren’t going to help. But I’m all sore from Wii Tennis and have brought my Fitness Age down from 67 already, so I’m hoping it will work. Maybe not a size 2 by May, but maybe I won’t be freaking out about my fat calves.

And I’m totally in the market for moon boots for my kids (all I can find are “High School Musical 3″ horrible creations), so I’ll buy them if you come across any!

By: Jennet

Jennet — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:27:48 +0000

If it helps, I make goals and not resolutions. Resolutions seem too ongoing for me. I like to have simple goals I can break down into little bitty parts and check off one at a time. Yes, I’m a wee bit anal. About some things. Not housework.

You can do it!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:44:03 +0000

I LOST weight while I was pregnant (fuggin GD) and I’m breastfeeding but NOW I’ve started to get fatter and jigglier! I was looking forward to guilting my daughter for making me fat and I’ve been robbed of that chance! At least I still have the broken tailbone during childbirth guilt to throw at her.