Take the Oprah pledge for safer driving

Go Oprah!
So far, hundreds of thousands of people have signed Oprah’s pledge, promising to make their cars “No Phone Zones.”
Today’s a national day of action to stop distracted driving such as texting and talking on a cell phone while driving.
Why don’t you join her? We have.
Make your car a no-phone zone today

Swear off dangerous [...]

Stand up and stretch to save a life

Bonnie Bernstein survived a blood clot. She had no idea that she was experiencing symptoms of DVT. “After all, I’ve worked out my entire life, eat well, rarely drink alcohol, and don’t smoke,” she wrote.
But David Bloom, NBC news correspondent, wasn’t so lucky.
He died in Iraq in the “sand-blown heat of war.”
But he didn’t [...]

Moms fight for better road safety

Add this to your list of New Year’s resolutions that are easier to achieve than losing weight or launching your own business … and better for everyone.
What is it? Try to stop talking, texting and tweeting while driving.
I love to talk on my cell phone, particularly while driving, but I’ve been trying to give it [...]

How to be an effective helicopter parent

Pity! You can’t accompany your kids to an interview or answer an interviewer’s questions, but you can help them in other practical ways when they start job hunting.
It is a fact of life that kids are staying in the family home longer, often while they hunt for their first jobs.
In this guest post, expert Heather [...]

“Germ Warfare: The Swine Flu Chronicles”

I heard a weird noise the other day and turned around to see my seven year old twin boys and their friends sneezing and coughing all over each. Each wheeze was accompanied by those sound effects little boys make when they are pretending to be Ninjas or Luke Skywalker.
“Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, yeewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak, spleeeeeerk!”
What was happening? It was [...]

Bloggers, multiskillers, tweeters and teens fail at texting while driving

Guess who got a D for Death in the test for Texting While Driving 101?
Experts in Utah tested some expert bloggers and texters  ( daresay they were savvy tweeters, too) in a simulator. They found even short tweets or a simple, “I’m nearly there!”  put them at risk.
It would have been bye bye blogger if [...]

Part 1: Can I outsource my job search from go to whoa?

Can a busy working mom outsource her job hunt,  getting someone to find the job, do the research and even write a cover letter and resume?  Find out.
Dear Aunt Jobby,
I desperately want to find another job.  Because I fear losing my current job, I am working so hard that I don’t have time to look [...]

Got a little black hole in your resume?

Dear Aunt Jobby
I am rewriting my resume but don’t really know how to deal with a resume gap that occurred a long time ago. About 10 years ago, after a long period of job hunting, I finally landed a job. Within a day, I knew it wasn’t going to work. Within a week, I knew [...]

My worst addiction could kill my kids or yours

I don’t drink when I drive.
I don’t smoke dope or do drugs when I drive (or any other time for that matter).
But I do have an even more dangerous habit. Like nearly all moms in my neighborhood, I talk and drive. All the time.
I think I don’t. I say I don’t.
But I do.
Yesterday, I was [...]

Momfinitions: Guilty admission from a mad mogger

Us Moggers and Tweetheads at MomstoWork couldn’t resist the  Momfinition challenge at TwitterMoms to contribute five definitions to a mom dictionary. Here are ours, and as always, we went overboard and came up with a few more than requested.
And don’t forget to check out other fun definitions, like Keything Ring (what babies chew on) at [...]