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The Working Mommy's Manual

By Nicole Corning
I confess I am a workaholic who fiercely loves my family, friends and two rescue dogs. I stuggle to find the balance between all of this and though it's really hard it's also REALLY hilarious! I am brutally honest about this adventure we call being a working mom. Through my honesty I hope to empower and inspire women to believe that they can do this.
Today finally realized a months long dream of mine. I've bought the website: FatUglyOldAuPairs.com Giggle if you must, but ladies, I have a vision. A vision we can all share and rejoice in. Today I have taken the first step to educate today's sitters as to ... Read more...
So Gloria Steinem is totally taking me off her Christmas Card list this year for this post but I just can't help it.Okay look at this picture of General Petraeus, his wife Holly and their "friends" the Kelleys and what is the first thought that pops into your head? ... Read more...
As a mother of two boys I haven't really paid much attention to any toys that don't come with their own sword, the capacity to shoot (water, Nerf arrows, small plastic discs capable of removing retinas, etc.), or Pokemon cards (Dear God, these have been around since ... Read more...
There is a strange phenomenon I’ve grown accustomed to while living in Arizona. Like clock-work, if I don’t clean the toilets every ten days a strange orange mold like film starts to coat the inner bowl. When I lived back East I wasn’t aware this orange film was ... Read more...
I've come to the conclusion there is not enough caffeine in the Greater Phoenix area to keep me going this weekend. I have endured the trifecta of working mom skill set tests: husband out-of-town (for boys trip which does in fact make it exponentially harder to en ... Read more...
In seventh grade I transferred to a new school. It was a much bigger school than the tiny Catholic grade school I had attended since I was six years old. The new school, Boston Latin Academy, had grades seven through twelve and drew in kids from every part of Bost ... Read more...
10. When parking your car, the pre-pubescent valet drives away smirking as he noticed both the Wall Street Journal and your son's stuffed bunny riding shotgun. 9. You are constantly picking grass from the previous night's soccer game out of your four-inch heel ... Read more...
I was chatting with my four-year-old cousin (who is a 35-year-old New Yorker stuck in the body of a toddler). She was asking me all sorts of inappropriate, sweaty-palm inducing questions like: Did you grow your babies in your tummy, and how did your babies get int ... Read more...
As working moms, our days are filled with obligations - to our children, to our husbands, to our employers or businesses. We race at breakneck speed from the office to a client and then onto soccer practice. We're constantly focused on what's next - you know that ... Read more...
When the nurse laid my first sweet little baby boy in my arms right after his birth I looked at that squishy little innocent face and swore I would be the best mom in the world. Which for the next ten months meant catering to his every need: feeding him when he wa ... Read more...
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