Category Archives: Francesca

Doing Blog Conferences Right: A Helpful Guide

Over the weekend, I flew out to Baltimore for a blog conference known as Bloggy Boot Camp.  After the one girl in the world who I wanted to meet wasn’t able to make it to Las Vegas last October, I figured I really had no choice.  If I was going to stand next to Jill [...]

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Then and Now

I have come to a realization.
It happened just the other day.
While putting away my kids’ toys, it dawned on me that I am not the girl I used to be.  Gone is the 20-something career focused girl with hopes of securing a VP title in corporate America.  She’s no more.  In her place is a [...]

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I’d Like To Teach the World to Sing

Only I probably shouldn’t.
As Kacey can testify to, I like to think that I have a gift when it comes to music.  Although I can’t hold a note to save my life, I consider myself a lyricist.  Kinda like the long lost twin sister to Eminem, only minus the tattoos, I live in the suburbs [...]

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Signs that You Might Be an Angry Pregnant Lady

I’d like to think that I am a pretty even tempered person, but something has been amiss lately.  Maybe you could blame my outbursts on my raging hormones.  Or maybe you could say that any patience I have is being depleted by my children.  Whatever the case may be, my husband often returns home from [...]

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I Believe I Can Fly

I have a scar on my left knee.  It is not as noticeable as it used to be, but it is still there.
I’m not even sure when it happened anymore, but I do remember how it came to be.
I was what I like to call an “imaginative” child. I believed in many things passionately: [...]

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One of Us is Pregnant and it may or may not be Kacey

I mean, it could be Kacey.  The last time we got together was on New Year’s Eve.  A lot can change in a short time.  Maybe she just hasn’t shared the happy news with me…yet.
For now, it turns out that I am the one who is pregnant.  It’s true.  Baby # 3 is set to [...]

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A Hedonist’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

It is about this time of year that I become heavily committed to morning talk show television.  I like to embrace January by tuning into the likes of Regis and Kelly, Meredith and Matt, and even Robin and George, convincing myself that I too can be just like everyone on TV. I can become [...]

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