Oh man- this is definitely pushing my buttons today! Maybe because I have a 6 month old who doesn't sleep through the night- haha. But yes- I attend to my husbands various needs much less than I did before we had a child. However, 1) It's not like I'm attending to my needs either. I'm overwhelmed with taking care of a…

I think the necessity of makeup is also a regional thing. I'm from the South but live in the Northeast and am much more comfortable going barefaced and find it much more acceptable to do so here than in the South. I don't feel "put together" in the South unless I'm wearing makeup (although I lean towards a more…

You know you really can't control what your Mom says to your daughter, either. I say this b/c I had a particularly toxic grandmother. What you can control is how you and your daughter react to what she says. My parents really catered to my grandmother and let her control them (we couldn't fly b/c Meemaw would worry,…

Just my own anecdote, but my parents did all of this to me (their oldest child) before attachment parenting was even a term (I'm 31). My mother had natural childbirth's with both me and my brother, used cloth diapers on me, carried me everywhere, co-slept with both of us, and nursed me until I was several years old.…

Yeah I always thought that the adage was "heavy eye = neutral lip" and visa versa. So my thought was "Of course she's not wearing eye makeup- she's wearing bright red lipstick!"

What about Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You or Val Kilmer in the Saint. (And yes, I question the thesis that leaving in the end is a requirement for MPDG's.)

That's a great way to lose an arm. I seriously hate it when my husband touches my stomach and will yell at him if he does it. In all fairness, it may be a bit of an overreaction but it's an invasion of my personal space and makes me feel very uncomfortable. My issues with my stomach are of course, kind of ridiculous.…

Monistat is like battery acid for me. But given that my sensitive skin isn't limited to one area of my body, I don't plan to apply that stuff anywhere! My hair actually grows really fast when I eat a lot of veggies. I've been putting several cups of spinach in my morning smoothies and my hair is outta control! :)

It's very Taylor Swift-esque, oddly enough- in the vein of "all other women suck but all men are amazing."

Did you know that Brazil nuts are the most radioactive food?

A report came out a couple of years ago also linking beef with UTI's. [www.sciencenews.org]

You could take the Tamar Adler approach and roast everything ahead of time, then just make mix and match meals during the week w/ various grains, proteins, and dressings. I tried this and while I wouldn't want to do it every week, it worked really well. Nothing went bad and everything tasted good. It's actually a…

I find that one of the easiest things to perceive is whether or not a red is too young. Tasting too much tannin (or would it be too many tannins?) is not a subtle experience.

I think that you should also note that it's not a good idea to take azo on an empty stomach b/c it can make you puke- I've definitely learned that the hard way!

I really enjoy running with a friend, but it really helps if that friend is a) motivated and b) runs at a pace close to yours. Running with a super fast friend or, conversely, "running" with a friend who flakes on runs or walks a lot more than you want to can be discouraging.

Yes! Races are so much fun and are a great motivator!

I run where I know there will be some water fountains and I also leave water along the way- a great way to do this without having to plan ahead of tim is to leave water at your starting point, then loop back around to in during the run (imagine your path would be a big figure 8).

I think that if you feel like going faster hurts your knees and back, you should opt to either increase the percentage of time that you run instead of walk, and maybe increase the time you spend exercising. Try doing two 30 minute runs a week in which you try running for 3 minutes and walking for two minutes (and as…

Ugh. I'd die. I had awful acne as a teen (and still, at the age of 30, have an acne problem- double ugh) and if I couldn't wear makeup to school I don't think I could have convinced myself to go. Uniforms were bad enough- I don't have a defined waist at all and hated being forced to tuck in my shirt- it looked awful.

My tips are to a) bring a really captivating book (my best airport reading material has been courtesy of either Truman Capote or Anthony Bourdain), b) to take anti-anxiety meds. If you do, however- DO NOT DRINK. Benzos and Booze don't mix, kids. Actually, Benzo's and books don't really mix either and I eventually…