Editor’s Note: Oh no, someone else is addicted to the trashy news on MSN! Run while you can, Minnmom! Seriously, I’d file this under entertainment along with my People magazine. Ha! -Elisa OK, excuse me while I pick myself up off the floor.  I fell off while laughing. Anyhoo, I just read about this study […] Continue reading →

Editor’s note: Great, timely topic, minnmom! I have long had a Disney aversion, and recent events are only solidifying it…-Erika I’m sure you’re all aware of the “Path to 9/11” brouhaha.  What surprised me is the number of liberals who seem genuinely amazed Disney would support such a thing.  To which I respond: You kiddin’ […] Continue reading →

So yesterday, I was driving back from the super-big, extra-special park with my son down a busy rural(ish) highway, two lanes, 50mph.  It was dinner time. On the shoulder stood a young (13?) boy, with a pile of things and a duffle bag next to him. He was thumbing for a ride. I hesitated for […] Continue reading →

I have a rather big decision I am attempting to make. Normally, with big decisions, I wait and receive some sort of sign which guides me toward a decision (which I presume to be the “right” one).  Well, I have been waiting and searching for signs and I am no closer to reaching a decision […] Continue reading →

This little celebrity-gossip article from CNN made me stop to think:http://www.cnn.com/… First there was the head-shaking revelation that Paul McCartney stands to lose 1.5 billion dollars and is sending legal notices over three bottles of Windex (or whatever they use in England).   Then there’s the thought that Paul McCartney noticed three bottles of cleaner […] Continue reading →

Sad story, but interesting discussion. Thanks, Minnesota Mom! -Elisa This story in today’s Star Tribune annoyed me. http://www.startribune.com/… A family of five meerkats was killed because a girl’s parents didn’t want to get her vaccinated for rabies after she was bitten while reaching over a four-foot wall into the exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo.  The […] Continue reading →

Editor’s note: Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a Texas jury, and will be committed to a state mental hospital until she is no longer deemed a threat. Thanks minnmom, for this thought-provoking post and poll. -Erika msnbc.com has a poll now that asks whether you think Andrea Yates knew […] Continue reading →

Well, maybe not everything.  Willie is only three, after all.  Still, I feel like I went into this mothering business with my eyes open because of my experience with my ornery little Boston terrier, Bean.I learned, for example, that the best laid plans are just that, and reality often intervenes.  And that’s OK.  I did […] Continue reading →

I was recently talking to two of my friends. Interestingly, all of us have mothers who can, at least in some part, be called “crazy.”  By crazy, I mean that my mom is an emotional basketcase; E’s mom is a psychotic b!tch, and M’s mom is a whacko nutjob.  Three flavors of crazy, all resulting […] Continue reading →

Hi!Thought I’d formally introduce myself at last . . . you can call me Anne or MinnMom. I live in a suburb of Minneapolis, I’m married with one 3 year-old boy, two dogs, and an African Dwarf frog. I’m politically active, like jogging (mainly because I suck at almost every other athletic pursuit), and don’t […] Continue reading →