From the monthly archives:

July 2008

The ultimate single dad.

July 11, 2008

Meet Matt Logelin. He’s a single father because the love of his life, his wife, died after giving birth to their stunning daughter. I was going to post something about my love issues tonight but after reading Matt’s blog that just seems utterly ridiculous. Prepare to be incredibly inspired, to laugh, to cry and to [...]

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Animal Attraction

July 10, 2008

Tonight Julie (my new single mom friend) and I are taking the kids to a singles event at our Whole Foods called Animal Attraction. You can meet a man and adopt a dog! How convenient. I won’t be adopting a dog but I will be on the look out for a cute man. Benjamin will [...]

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Single Moms & Dating (the video)

July 9, 2008

Here it is… Morgan and I’s video about Dating a Single mom.

Ignore the smudge and it’s perfect. Making this video was SO MUCH fun.

Morgan and I will be together again soon to make more … let us know what you think of this one and if there’s anything else you’d like to see us discuss or cover! Above all, we hope this video helps you to realize that single moms are absolutely beautiful and absolutely dateable. In fact, we’re some of the best women out there … enjoy!

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A smudge in the plans.

July 8, 2008

There’s a giant smudge on our shots from San Francisco. It’s staring at me and I’m staring at it – wishing it away. But there it is … smudging up every one of our scenes and interviews. I’m going to make the video anyway. Smudge be damned. I haven’t screamed at the smudge, I haven’t [...]

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A car full of single parents.

July 6, 2008

How often does this happen?  Morgan (Modern Single Momma), Jim (Depot Dad) and I are having such an amazing weekend! We’re on our way to downtown San Francisco to interview people about dating and dating a single mom or single dad. We just shot this little video in the car on the way into the city.  [...]

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Bragging rights (thanks to you!)

July 4, 2008

I am actually listed right under Dooce on Alltop’s list of the top mom bloggers. Color me speechless. Dooce, Heather B. Armstrong, is my personal hero. So it’s very surreal to see my name next to hers. If you haven’t checked out Alltop yet - get over there. Could be just a random shuffling order fluke, [...]

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Single Mama Beauty Tip #3: Facial in a box

July 3, 2008

For Christmas my little brother bought me a gift certificate for a facial … I still haven’t used it. I have one night to myself each week, I usually use it to run errands or go out with friends. I really, really want to get that facial but I just can’t seem to find the [...]

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The Best of the Single Parent Blogosphere

July 2, 2008

Because we’re single parents and we don’t have time to read a million blogs every week I use this post every week to highlight my favorites and let you highlight yours … DON’T BE SHY. Shameless self-promotion is strongly encouraged. My personal favorites this week Canada Day 2008 This post is so moving, so heart [...]

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Playground wars.

July 1, 2008

The playground can be a scary, scary place. Last week on our nightly playground stop Benjamin and I met a mom, her 6-year-old son and her 3-year-old daughter. She had a very thick Russian accent and I spent 15 minutes answering her hard to decipher questions about the area. I wrote down useful websites, drew [...]

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