This is the first entry of many more to come during this Mother’s Day Week. My mom is away. She was away since last Saturday, joining a 9-day tour to Hong Kong/Macau. She will be back on Sunday, in time for this year Mother’s Day celebration. How...

Back in October, NBC took its popular, officially-sanctioned clips off YouTube in favor of their coming Hulu. I (and many others) derided the decision: [I]s it really wise to pull your content from the most popular video site online to put it on your ow...

Kay Bell has posted “Tax Carnival #36: A Cinco de Mayo Tax Celebration” at DON’T MESS WITH TAXES. .Included is my post “It Ain’t Necessarily So.”.Check it out.

Cinco de Mayo has long been a celebration of Mexican heritage in the US. Like many other cultural holidays observed such as Oktoberfest, St. Pratrick’s Day, and Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo is in part a celebration of the nation’s d...

If you need some delicious ideas for Cinco de Mayo, head on over to Courtney's blog Coco cooks. She has the round-up for the Tamale Open. There's some great looking recipes perfect for a celebration.Then head over to Ben's blog to vote for you...

The Fabulous Mrs. Fussypants is having her 5th baby boy next week and this week it’s all about celebrating over at Blissfully Domestic! All week long, the theme will be pregnancy and babies. And then there are the giveaways! Fantastic giveaways, th...

A new restaurant opening in the village I currently live is always cause for celebration. For too long Glossop has been the home of take-aways, sandwich shops (which call themselves delis for some reason) and microwaved pub grub. So...

Have you played the sippy cup competition lately? I haven't and have lost royally at the game at a recent celebration of a colleagues' newborn baby girl. I had fun though (yes, that's me cracking up in the pic...

Have you played the sippy cup competition lately? I haven't and have lost royally at the game at a recent celebration of a colleagues' newborn baby girl. I had fun though (yes, that's me cracking up in the pic...

Last Week was National Library Week, and I was invited as a local guest author to attend the Harnett Library celebration on Sunday in Lillington, NC (two hours from where I live).   Mystery writer, Margaret Maron was the scheduled  guest speaker (M...

Hi California mommas! (or those in the area on April 12th and 13th!) I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at Baby Celebration LA  on April 12th and 13th at the LA convention center. The show is open to the public and is so much fu...