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Archive | March, 2013

Why I Quit Being a Stay-At-Home Mom Blogger, Part 1

March 4, 2013

It all started in 2007. I created a Blogger account and started keeping a journal of all the places my kids and I visited for our “field trips.” Several people found the website, and before long it was listed as one of the best travel websites on the Internet. When I took the blog to […]

I Can Smell You and Other Things You Shouldn’t Say at a Retail Counter

March 1, 2013

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And here I thought I was SO smart. I finally figured out how to add my own ringtones and text tones to my smartphone. (Apple is notorious for controlling every durn thing on the iPhone). I decided to get cute and use clips from one of my favorite movies, “Up.” For my daughter, I chose […]

I’m Rebecca

I’m a married mom with 4 kids. We live in Upstate New York in an old 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*).
Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I'm a freelance writer for national media outlets like USAToday.com, Salon.com, and others. I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side.