http://shaywade.com My words...On Parenting, Travel, and Life in General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:12:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, when I was bringing KidWonder home from "school" and, instead of asking what he wanted for his snack, I started making suggestions. I found the words "ice cream" coming our of my mouth. In my defense (not that I need one), it's 85 degrees here and we're in desperate need of ... http://shaywade.com/2010/08/10/a-little-bit-of-genius/ If there are people out there reading, I apologize for missing Sunday's Weight Watchers post. Over the weekend I'd binged after weighing in on Monday at 11 pounds heavier than at the start of the program less than a week earlier. I know what you're thinking, "That's dangerously fast." Well, ... http://shaywade.com/2010/04/23/week-2/ Last week I rejoined Weight Watchers. I was inspired by their new spokesperson. When I told Tom I was rejoining he said, "Don't wait for me." It was like a switch had been clicked. Usually I wait for Hubby to do the healthy things like going to the gym, watching what ... http://shaywade.com/2010/04/11/weight-watchers-a-change-for-life/ It's bad enough that I have to hear about mundane things in the live feed. I can only hide so many of you. Why do you invite me to events when I don't even live in the same time zone? We all know Facebook isn't great with personal setting and I ... http://shaywade.com/2010/04/10/rantbook/ Tonight I decided to cook Shepherd's Pie for when Hubby comes home. I have to say, I was very excited about it. I rarely get excited about cooking but there;s something about Shepherd's Pie that allows me to be experimental that makes it a bit invigorating. I wanted the dish ... http://shaywade.com/2010/03/30/a-dish-i-love-to-fake/ Hello to all new visitors that I met last night (March 26th) at the AceFest networking event. I'm sure many of you will agree that it was very hard to get to know each other in that venue. Here is a little info about me followed by a few links. I'm ... http://shaywade.com/2010/03/26/visitors-from-acefest/ Dear Single Mom, I understand that you are out there doing tis alone. I understand that your situation is a lot harder mine. To those women who weren't left with any other choice, I respect you for wamaning up and doing what you have/had to do for your child. To those ... http://shaywade.com/2010/03/16/dear-single-mom/ I'm a huge fan of Kevin Smith and was appalled when I read his twitter feed. What I'd like to know is if an Arnold-like guy gets on the plane who's arms are so wide that the person sitting next to him has to stand up just to look for ... http://shaywade.com/2010/02/16/kevin-smith-a-fed-up-fat-ass/ So it's that time of year again when Hubby and I plague each other with whether or not to exchange gifts early. You know what? It's not the time of year, it's us. As my mother would say, "Just can't have nothing new." And she would be right. Be it ... http://shaywade.com/2009/12/16/cant-have-nothing-new/ As the audience is few I am sure my readers know that I am the black mother of a bi-racial little boy. When I read articles like this one from momLogic, I get confused as to whether or not I should be relating with the mother of 100% black children. ... http://shaywade.com/2009/09/25/color-confusion/ The Hubby decided to get me a gift--prompted by my whining. iLife '09. After he got his spiffy new computer with iPhoto's face recognition software, I knew I had to have it. Well I got it and immediately after I imported all my pictures, I began to name people. In Faces ... http://shaywade.com/2009/09/25/iphoto09/ I've always heard that Apple had pretty decent customer service. Being that I didn't own an Apple computer that wasn't a hand-me-down, I hadn't much use of calling if something did go wrong with my computer. But two years ago I got my first, brand new, out-of-the-box computer. Luckily, I ... http://shaywade.com/2009/09/18/a-rotten-apple-store/ Man Slaps Stranger's Kid in Wal-Mart WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 Imagine this for a shopping nightmare: Your 2-year-old throws a tantrum at Wal-Mart, and a strange man walks up to her and slaps her across the face to shut her up. Read mlc article. Me and angry old guy here, would have tangled. You ... http://shaywade.com/2009/09/04/i-would-be-in-jail/ I've just read an article on MomLogic about a ruling an Cali to make a small Mexican chain pay just over $45,000  in fines, penalties, and a settlement for the mom. Way to go California government. You may need to read the article to get where I'm coming from. In case you didn't ... http://shaywade.com/2009/09/01/mom-fired-for-breastfeeding-in-california/ So last weekend was all mine. Two friends came to town and we hung out all weekend. We took a ridiculous road trip to Six Flags New England and spent a few hours in line but very little time on rides. When I returned home, I found that the number ... http://shaywade.com/2009/08/22/geeks-and-geeky-things/