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Man, writing the very first post in a new blog can be so intimidating. I mean, you never get a second chance to make a first impression, or however the deodorant commercial goes. What if I totally biff it? What if I use a stupid 80’s slang term like “biff”, which TextEdit is convinced I’m spelling wrong? What if I include a series of lame rhetorical questions in the very first paragraph and I just nervously go on and on and on and alienate every single last one of you? O, WHAT THEN?
You know what, let’s just move on before I sprain something. Hi! My name is Linda, although I will also respond to “MOMMMYYYYY!” and “Pardon me, ravishing stranger, but may I gift you with this giant container of Sea Salt Caramels?” (sure, I haven’t technically had any experience with that last one, but just like the Girl Scouts, I am always prepared). I live in the Seattle area with my husband JB and our 2-year-old son Riley, where I work part-time for a software company and do freelance writing on the side. We are expecting our second child in late January, because we are insane.
Twice a week, I’ll be publishing entries here at Work It, Mom! focused on cool products, time-and-sanity-saving resources, and calls for idea sharing on common working-mom challenges. The idea is for this to be a place that’s fun to visit as well as being, you know, all useful and stuff.
I’m definitely no expert in the field of parenting or work/life balance or virtually any subject that doesn’t involve quoting “Raising Arizona”, but I do have a passion for finding Good Things—in this case, Good Things that hopefully also appeal to you, dear readers—and sharing them.
I’m interested in digging up the best stuff that makes a working mom’s life just a little sweeter, from ways to improve your commute to finding toys for your kids that don’t suck, and I’m even more interested in hearing back from you as we go along. Please feel free to say hi, or request specific topics, or point out the many embarrassing typos I’m liable to include.
Okay, introductory stuff over! Next up: actual blog content. Our subject for next time is relaxation, and I’ve got some awesome de-stressers that I’ve personally road-tested and highly recommend. Come visit, it will be like a web-based full body massage! Um, with less nudity.
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September 20th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Hi Linda,
Welcome to Work It, Mom! Look forward to reading your blog!!! Best,
Victoria
September 20th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Hi Linda!
So glad you have another venue to showcase what an awesome writer you are! I’ve read your various blogs for nearly three years and your style and wit always brighten my day and make me laugh.
Best,
Denise
September 20th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Very excited about your new blog!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Hi Linda!
Love the new blog!
I’m glad Milk and Cookies won!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Great new blog! Can I be the first to point out one of those typos you mentioned? In the first line, you say “intimating” when I think you mean “intimidating.”
Now you should feel free to come to my blog and point out all of my typos. I won’t blame you. (insert blushing shame face here)
Thanks!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Hooray, a new Linda blog! You deserve this success, congratulations.
Anxious to hear about this “relaxation” you mention. It sounds intriguing.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Denise, thank you for pointing that out so I could fix it! Sheesh.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Nice first post! I’m glad you picked this name. Also, I just added this post to my Bloglines feeds, and according to Bloglines, I was the first subscriber. This will make me feel special in about five minutes when your subscriber numbers have shot up to three digits at least.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Congratulations on the new blog!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Woohoo, another Sundry blog! I’ve been reading you since Diaryland, and I can’t get enough. Even though I’m not a mom (yet), I love your parenting and kid-related tips. Keep ‘em coming! =)
September 20th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
“Don’t you come back here without a toddler!”
September 20th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I always enjoy any opportunity to read your writing, so hooray for Milk and Cookies… I look forward to your recommendations on relaxation products.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Hurray for your new blog! As a fellow working mom I say, bring it on. I’m especially looking out for those commuting tips and relaxation techniques you mentioned.
Also, please be sure to mind his little fontanel.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Congratulations!
I want to sign up, too!!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Son, you got a panty on your head.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Your head shot is super cute! I especially look forward to this new blog because I’m gonna be a mommy soon. I need all the tips I can get!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Congrats on the new blog!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Because there cannot be too much Linda! Yay for another blog!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Yay for the new blog!
Now that I’m officially entering the category of “working mom”, I’ll be excited to see the relaxation tips for next time.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Congrats on the blog. I look forward to adding it to my weekly reads. Nice to find someone else who shares my affinity for the Sea Salt Caramels, the best candy ever.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Like I need an excuse, but I *am* a working mom, so Yay! More Linda!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Oh fun! I love the cookie that doesn’t fit in the glass….story of my life.
September 20th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I think round is funny.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Congrats on the new blog!
September 20th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Already like your style. Am looking forward to your future posts and am going to check out your other blogs now too. Welcome to Work It, Mom!
September 20th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Yay! Happy! More Linda writing!
September 20th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Congrats on your new gig.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:36 am
Yay! More Linda!
September 21st, 2007 at 12:44 am
So, Milk & Cookies huh? As long as it isn’t Milk and Cereal, possibly the most annoying song ever recorded, or thought of, or not yet thought of but possibly thought of in the future. I digress.
As a potential future mother-maker I am siked out that someone as cool as you is helping the needy with your endless insight and impossibly up-to-the-minute knowledge on all things kick ass. All things mothering-related kick ass that is. For a little relaxation you might want to look into the Silver Bullet, Jack Rabbit, or Sybian. All of which have been highly recomended to me by the crazy ass receptionist at my work who lacks the ability to censor the filth that spews from her mind. (I mean really, who talks like that *sarcasm, cause I do*)
Seriously though, “Fruit on the Bottom” yogurt is insanely delishious. And never tell anyone I ever said that because I have a reputation to keep up. For real.
Linda, you rock, of course, and this blog will no less be entertaing as all the others before have been. Not to all readers, if you don’t want your faces rocked off then run to the hills. (run for your lives) (guess what I’m listening to)
September 21st, 2007 at 12:50 am
Oh yeah, and your head shot … not as cheesy as you hinted at. But I would have picked one with you wearing a pirate eye-patch and holding an explosive knife in your golden teeth … with spiked pink hair.
Wat can I say, I’m an old fashioned guy.
And that was a NOTE to all readers, since you brought up typos. Mine just happened to completely change the meaning of the sentence. My bad. You rock to everyone. (everyone cool)
September 21st, 2007 at 1:40 am
Hey! Love the new blog and I am looking forward to learning all sorts of clever new ways to parent more efficiently!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:05 am
Yay! My vote for the title won! I am looking forward to reading your posts on this blog. I plan on adding it to my Blogroll. Congrats!
September 21st, 2007 at 4:08 am
OMFG your picture makes you look like a fitness model about to tell me how to shape and tone my glutes - so pretty!
i seriously don’t know how you find the time to maintain your blogs, work, mother and deal with your remodel, but i’m so glad there’s more of you to read!
September 21st, 2007 at 5:06 am
To paraphrase everyone else, yay more Sundry!
September 21st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Droping by or is that dropping by? Anyway, wanted to say Hi and to wish you goood luck.
Love the name by the way.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Hi! Love the first, love the second and I know I will love the third.
One thing.. Where in the hell do you find the time to write as much as you do every stinking day?
September 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Another reader saying Hi and yay for more Linda to read!
September 21st, 2007 at 10:43 pm
yay for the new blog! yay for the great title! i’ll be coming back here for sure.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Sooo you say we can request specific topics…Have you ever used those “Pee-pee Tee-pees” on your son? Just curious if they work or are just a giant waste of money
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
Um, hi. This is me, feeling like a teensy bit of an ass for saying ‘milk and cookies? no way!’. Was it a majority rules kind of thing, or did you just want me to shut up?
PS, that photo is so not lame.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Drink My Piss…
Sorry, it just sounds like a crazy idea for me :)…