My New Arrival

What? NO, I didn’t have another baby! Yikes. Anyway, my Mothers’ Day present to myself is a new writing project - a group mommy blog that I’m doing with Christine Perkett and Stephanie Sandifer. We’re launching This Mommy Gig today and I’d love for you to head on over and visit us there!

I’ve written before about how I struggle with mixing personal and “business” here and I’ve been neglecting writing about my mommy business for too long. To satisfy my need, I’ll be ranting and raving and gushing and sighing about my adventures with my adorable but sometimes often maddening toddlers on This Mommy Gig. Stephanie, Christine and I are all working moms with kids of different ages and have come to a rousing consensus that balance is a myth - it’s all about juggling and trying not to drop ALL of the balls at once. We’ll all be writing on our own schedule, no prescribed posts or rotation. If you’re looking for some reading and just can’t get enough of my words here and want to meet Stephanie and Christine, head on over to This Mommy Gig and see what we’re up to!

So, Happy Moms’ Day if you celebrate - and if you don’t, and get sad/crabby/wishful today, Happy YOU Day - buy yourself some ice cream or a new book/shoes/bottle of wine - we love you. Yes, Melanie, I was thinking of you (and many other women I know) when I wrote that………

For the techies who couldn’t care less about my adventures in motherhood, I’m hosting the new site at Dreamhost (on recommendation from Jeff O’Hara) and am having a great experience with this hosting company. They have a one-click install of WordPress 2.5.1 and you can do almost-automatic upgrades there as well.

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