I’VE MOVED!!!
The title of this blog proved to be too hard to remember, too long to type. too too too… So I’ve packed up my unwieldy title and moved to From Hip To Housewife. Same me.  New title.  Same self deprecation. New graphics. (coming soon)  Same desire for you to stop by, visit for a while, and have a few laughs. Come visit, ya hear?

Bloggers for More Birthdays
Together with our millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society saves lives and creates more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back against cancer.  This post is part of their

Blankie Giveaway
Not too long ago, I wrote about how this summer, my kids both gave up their blankies. In a flash of — well, either genius or idiocy, depending on your point of view — hubby and I decided to give the twins security blankets, rather than pacifiers. No teeth problems, no plastic sucking, no need to take them away until, as my pediatrician said, they turned forty. It didn’t take quite that long.  This summer, the twins both gave up their blankies…and I got one.

The Great Escape – down the block.
This summer was wonderful….and LONG. In the great tradition of “the more you pay the less you go” my kids’ private school had a full three month break over the summer.  Three months of no school.  Yikes. So now, I’m the one who needs a vacation, with the husband and without the kids. This poses a problem.  Between camp, renovating, and the economy, we are not exactly swimming in petty cash for a weekend escape.  True, we could go back out to the country without the kids, but that would mean making my own bed, straightening up after myself, and dealing with closing up the house again.  Plus, there would be the inevitable leaky ro

The End of Vacation: Ahhh!
Sure vacation is over, but it isn’t all bad.  After all, the kids are back in school, I am back at the gym, and Zabars is right around the corner. Read what else is OK about being back from vacation by clicking over to my weekly post on TravelingMom.com.