Tough Cookie Mommy | January 16, 2011
The weekend is not over due to the holiday tomorrow. The theme of Monday Mingle this week, due to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, is tolerance, acceptance, and embracing our differences with one another. I hope everyone is managing to keep warm and ready to participate in another Monday Mingle! So please [...]
Category: Monday Mingle |
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Tags: Blog Hop, Blogging, Monday Mingle, Networking
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 15, 2011
This year, I am making a conscious effort to introduce healthier food choices to my family. Being a working mom, it is often difficult to juggle meal planning and meal preparation along with my professional responsibilities. My sons are actively involved in sports and I feel that their eating habits should mirror the good habits [...]
Category: Parenting, Reviews, Sponsored Post |
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Tags: Fruit and Maple Oatmeal, McDonald's, Nutrition, Parenting, Reviews
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 14, 2011
What do you think your friends say to each other when you are not around? I’m sure most of us would like to think that our friends have nothing but wonderful things to say about us when we are not within earshot. Unfortunately, people are only human and it is quite possible that [...]
Category: Relationships |
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Tags: Criticism, Friendship, Honesty, Relationships
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 12, 2011
Hubby playing Handball, a popular sport in New York City. My husband is a sports addict. Those of you who are long time followers of my blog know that this is not the first time that I have mentioned this here. He doesn’t like one sport, he loves all sports. No matter what [...]
Category: Marriage, Relationships |
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Tags: Marriage, Relationships, Sports
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 9, 2011
The weekend is over again, unfortunately. I hope everyone is managing to keep warm and ready to participate in another Monday Mingle! So please link up and follow each other on Google Friend Connect. Monday Mingle will always be easy and fun because nobody wants to follow some boring list of blog hop [...]
Category: Blogging, Monday Mingle |
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Tags: Blog Hop, Blogging, Monday Mingle #10, Networking
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 9, 2011
Lately I have been noticing that my seven year old son, “B”, has been getting closer and closer to my husband. They have always been very close and had a lot in common but he was still my boy and I still felt important to him. It seems like now the sun rises [...]
Category: Family, Motherhood, Parenting |
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Tags: Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Sports
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 7, 2011
Recently, I did something on my personal Facebook page that I have done numerous times before. I deleted people from my friends’ list that I never interact with or that I felt had requested access to my page for all of the wrong reasons. Just as has happened many times before, a few [...]
Category: Life Lessons, Relationships |
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Tags: Facebook, Friends, Life lessons, Relationships, Social Networking Sites
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 6, 2011
It’s time to announce the winner of the Evenflo Genius in Training Tee Giveaway! Congratulations, Mirna! {Two comments were not included because they were not giveaway entries} The winner has been e-mailed and will have 24 hours to respond or else new winners will be selected. Thank you to our sponsors and to everyone [...]
Category: Giveaways, Winners |
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Tags: Evenflo, Giveaways, Winners
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 5, 2011
My husband and I always have really good conversations. Through the years, there has been one topic that we repeatedly disagree upon. The subject was brought up again by me last night as we were discussing some relationship problems that a close relative of mine is currently having. I mentioned that I still [...]
Category: Marriage, Relationships |
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Tags: Friendship, Life, Marriage, Relationships
Tough Cookie Mommy | January 3, 2011
This post is part of the Executive Image series started by Daria (aka @MominManagement). I am honored to participate with her and five other amazing women on this topic. For more about the series, visit Daria’s website, MominManagement. You are a complete package, professionally. Every aspect of your persona within your career is crucial [...]
Category: Blogging, Executive Image Series, Guest Posts |
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Tags: Blogging, Executive Image Series, Guest Post