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Please take a click over to the Los Angeles Moms Blog on October 22 to see the liveblogs posts from Silicon Valley Moms Group contributors Jill, Liz and Donna who are mixing it up with interesting people and celebs at…

Continue reading → Women’s Conference 2008 Liveblogging at the LA Moms Blog

CALLING ALL LOS ANGELES AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOMS BLOGGERS! Welcome to the SOON-TO-LAUNCH Los Angeles Moms Blog and Rocky Mountain Moms Blog, the newest sister sites to Silicon Valley Moms Group. We are close to launching in Los Angeles, our…

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Continue reading → Calling all LOS ANGELES and ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOMS BLOGGERS

….cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog. I watched the presidential debate last night, eager for information and ideas, and I came away with one stark realization. Only one candidate proposes a plan that would ensure that…

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Continue reading → The candidate’s health care plans hit home

xxx xxxx CALLING ALL PHILADELPHIA MOM BLOGGERS!Welcome to the SOON-TO-LAUNCH Philadelphia Moms Blog, the newest sister site to Silicon Valley Moms Group. If you are a mom living in the Philadelphia Area and would like to be considered as a…

Continue reading → CALLING ALL PHILADELPHIA MOM BLOGGERS!

Dear Elsie Floriani, Founder/Executive Editor of Gentry Magazine. Yes, it is that time again… another Gentry WTF! We were kind of hoping that our last Gentry WTF would have changed the type of garbage that you published. I have received…

Continue reading → Another WTF GENTRY MAGAZINE

Yesterday, bloggers across the Silicon Valley Moms Group sisterhood of sites poured their hearts out about these scary economic times. For some it’s been nothing more than a chance to appreciate what they have or cut out little luxuries like…

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Continue reading → The Economy Topic Day Recap

First, it was Sarah Palin that scared me. Now it is the economy. We all must be having similar conversations at the dinner table. What is happening to our world economy? What the hell has just happened to our 401k…

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Continue reading → Will The Bubble Burst In Silicon Valley….and why I am scared!

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know that the stock market decline has been to topic of conversation on every news stations, newspaper and blog. You know that ALL our savings and retirement accounts are losing value….

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Continue reading → Topic Day: THE ECONOMY

When one of my ex-roomates walked into my house for a visit yesterday, I expected her to tease me that my “gadget charging station” was over-crowded. She was always the “neat freak” when we we lived together. But she did…

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Continue reading → When Mom Becomes a “Technology Freak”

For the month of October 2008, Silicon Valley Moms Group has partnered with DonorsChoose.org, to help spread the word about the lack of funding and support needed for our public schools The premise behind Donor’s Choose is quite simple and…

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Continue reading → 2008 Donors Choose Blogger Challenge - reaching out across the blogosphere, one post at a time!

Hello Silicon Valley. We ALL know each other, right? We are the uber-successful, highly educated, smartest and possibly the most fortunate human beings on the this planet. We have multiple degrees, went to the most prestigious schools, worked at those…

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• Books and language Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. Jesse Lee Bennett The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms......

Continue reading → Shout Out To A Sunnyvale Teacher, Ms. B! Inspire Beginning Readers by Bringing Books to Life

I have been on the phone with Grandma, who happens to live in Florida (yup, a battleground state) and discussing the Obama vs. McCain situation. FOREVER, she has been a Democrat. FOREVER, she has rallied the folks at Kings Point…

Continue reading → The Jewish Vote and The Great Schlep Video By Sarah Silverman

This San Francisco Bay Area story is cross-posted from our sister site, 50-something moms blog. My nephew Garrison is 16. He likes playing video games and reading books about TinTin and Garfield. He’s a dead-eye free-throw shooter, a skill he…

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• 3 Million Gallons of Raw Sewage Spilled into San Francisco Bay The spill occurred in Richardson Bay between 5:30 and 8:30 this morning (2/1/08).  It is thought that the sewage did not contain chlorine which is used to treat sewage.  They currently do not know how the spill occurred.  Do not come into contact with the water.  There is a picture......
• Captain Perry's Halibut Catch, Berkeley Flats Captain Perry says, "I remember that the weather was perfect that morning. We were up at the Berkeley Flats and in addition to these two beauties, we caught several good size fish and a bunch of 'shakers.' We couldn't get our bait in the water fast enough. Can't beat......

Continue reading → What would you do if the teacher made your disabled child sit in a closet all day?

….cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog. Yesterday, I joined MomsRising’s co-founder and Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and 13 other moms to hand deliver a letter to Governor Sarah Palin’s state office in The DC. The letter…

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Continue reading → Governor Palin? Knock, Knock. Who’s There? MomsRising.

To say that my life has been an emotional roller-coaster this past year, would be an understatement. I actually wish that I could somehow hit reset, and this year would start anew. Another part of me just wants this year…

Continue reading → Our journey battling leukemia and the road to recovery…..

Did you know that Katie Couric has just scored an interview with Sarah Palin? In preparation for this upcoming interview, Katie Couric put up a post and video on NYC Moms Blog and wants YOUR input on what to ask…

Continue reading → Check Out Katie Couric’s Post On NYC Moms Blog

Cross posted from the New York City Moms Blog Right now I’m preparing to interview Gov. Sarah Palin, and I’m really excited about this chance to sit down with a woman who has stirred things up in the third act…

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Continue reading → Katie Couric: My Upcoming Interview with Gov. Sarah Palin

Depending on where you live, your kids went back to school either a few weeks ago or a month ago. We’re all settling into the new routine, some of us for the first time. Back to school changes our lives…

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Continue reading → This Week’s Hot Posts - We Survived Back to School

… cross posted from our sister site, NYC Moms Blog. My eyes still well up as I think back to the crystal clear New York morning that would eventually have a black cloud forever hovering above it. September 11, 2001…

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Continue reading → Seven Years Later, Still Fragmented and Splittered

The conventions are over, the VPs announced, the nominations accepted and the race to the finish is now fully on. The gloves are coming off and our blogs are exploding with political posts. The truly historic nature of this election…

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Continue reading → This Week’s Hot Posts - Diving Into Politics

Last Friday morning, I dropped the girls off at school, and headed to the gym for a quick work out. I belong to a very small gym, with five elliptical machines. All the machines were being used by women, including…

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Continue reading → Sarah Palin, You Scare Me…..

Cross-posted from our sister site, Los Angeles Moms Blog. I’ve read a lot wistful writing of late about the waning days of summer–the melancholic meanderings of parents unwillingly trading in the gauzy, dreamy idyll that is summer for the more…

Continue reading → Summer’s Over, Hallelujah! or Confessions of a Crappy Mom

….cross posted from our sister site, 50-Something Moms Blog. During our summer vacation, while I was in high school, I watched the broadcast of the 1963 March on Washington, which took place 45 years ago today. As the day unfolded,…

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• John Quincy Dollar Roll Money -> Dollars -> Presidential-2007-Now Whether you’re new to coin collecting or you’ve been fascinated by coins for years, now is the time to invest in a John Quincy Adams dollar roll. If you have a free book offered by the US Mint to house your Presidential Dollars collection, you’ll......

Continue reading → The Content of Their Character: the March on Washington and Barack Obama

It was the early 1980’s. I was in seventh grade. Science class just got out, and I walked into the hallway with my girlfriends. Just as I stepped into the hall, my boyfriend , Bobby Watt, screamed out to me,…

Continue reading → Consider Yourself Dumped!

After I put up my last post about Silicon Valley companies hiring Mom Bloggers, I received a LOT of emails about NETWORKING. It seems that many female (Mom) bloggers want to get out there and meet other bloggers, but don’t…

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Continue reading → The Momosphere And Networking

For almost twenty years, my professional career has been in Human Resources. My world outside of the home has been recruiting, organizational development, compensation analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and I have probably managed every benefit plan humanly possible. (This means…

Continue reading → The Momosphere And Why Companies Want To Hire YOU!

Buzz was all around BlogHer and SV Moms Group about our annual and infamous swag bags. The Silicon Valley Moms Group in coordination with MomViews.net would like to thank the following product sponsors that made it even more exciting for…

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Continue reading → Summer Road Trip ‘08 Product Sponsors

We promise, more video will be loaded shortly. In the mean time, we wanted to share some pictures from our meetup with Guy Kawasaki (our new BFF). Pictures were taken on Thursday, July 17, 2008. Following these pictures, the Mom…

Continue reading → Pictures from Guy Kawasaki’s House - Pre Party

Sharing pictures from our Summer Tour ‘08 parties at Slide and Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco (Click HERE to see the whole group of pictures on Flickr). www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing public items from the Silicon…

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Continue reading → Pictures from SV Moms Group Contributors at Summer Tour ‘08 Parties

…. just in time, as we welcome over one hundred SV Moms Group contributors to San Franciso for the BlogHer Convention. Please join us for our first (ever) SV Moms Group Video Montage….. Produced by New York City Moms Blog…

Continue reading → SV Moms Group Video Montage

This morning, Suzanne Le Mignot of CBS Chicago News interviewed SV Moms Group contributors, Meagan, Devra and Sarah about the Mom Road Trip. CLICK HERE to see the video!

• Prosper and Lending Club on CBS News Nationwide Prosper and Lending Club were featured on the CBS Evening News (In Credit Crunch, Lending To Each Other ).  The video is at the end of this post.  I saw the coverage live while watching in between NCAA tourney games. At a time when credit is hard to come by, more Americans......

Continue reading → Mom Road Trip Bloggers on CBS NEWS!

Thank You Katie Couric for welcoming the blogosphere to our road trip from DC to San Francisco. Check out her video below… and click over SV Moms Group Summer Road Trip ‘08! Devra and Sarah take off on Saturday, July…

Continue reading → CHECK IT OUT! Katie Couric made a video for the SV Moms Group Summer Road Trip ‘08

T-Mobile is conducting an Ultimate Home Giveaway, giving away one home on ABC’s The View and another home to a winner selected from entrants on T-Mobile’s Ultimate Home Giveaway micro-site. T-Mobile will set aside daily prizes and two larger weekly…

Continue reading → T-Mobile Giveaway

So when you saw this title, did you think that we were going to spill the beans about our swag bags? Did you think we would share the contents? Really, you did? Nope, not a chance… but we are happy…

Continue reading → More on our swag bags….

Take five moms, give them a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV, add wireless internet access in the vehicle, a GPS system, cutting-edge cameras and video recording technology, video games, music, gasoline, hotel stays, food, mainstream media covering the road trip on…

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Continue reading → Announcing the SV Moms Group ROAD TRIP ‘08

Do you remember this song? “Are You Ready For The Summer? Are You Ready For the Good Times?” Yes friends! Summer is officially here and many of us this weekend are enjoying the Fourth of July with picnics, firework displays,…

Continue reading → SV Moms Group “Summer Essentials” Buying Guide

The most important day of my life. The day my life changed forever. The day I grew up. The day someone else became more important than me. The day I touched a miracle. The day I met my daughter. The…

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Continue reading → Birth Day, Adoption Day, First Day of the Rest of Our Lives

Our contributors from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog followed their fellow contributors with a party, compliments of HP and DreamWorks, to celebrate the release of the new movie Kung Fu Panda. We heard moms from our other blogs were doing…

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Continue reading → Everybody Was Kung Fu Panda - Dancin’

Remember last year when we were just two collaborative sites, Silicon Valley Moms Blog and Chicago Moms Blog? Remember when we were just a small community of mom bloggers attending the BlogHer Convention in Chicago? Remember when we hosted a…

Continue reading → Swag Bag Items Are Invading My House!

….cross posted from our sister site, Deep South Moms Blog. Discipline is a huge topic and triggers a river of emotion from everyone. I really thought long and hard about writing on this topic, simply because I know where I…

Continue reading → Am I a Bad Parent?

….cross posted from our sister site, New York City Moms Blog. Two weeks ago I wrote about the fact that I became dangerously close to becoming a stage mom, after taking my daughter to what seemed to be an audition…

Continue reading → The Helicopter Parent

….cross posted from our sister site, New Jersey Moms Blog. Date night is not a regular thing around here. What can I say? We’ve tried, but it is hit or miss. Usually date night happens because: A) I am desperate…

Continue reading → I Saved Date Night

….cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog. The front door opened. Startled I looked up to find my husband coming home from work early yesterday. I was about to take a work related phone call so I…

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Continue reading → Day One - I feel like a statistic

As announced the other day, it is book club time again at Silicon Valley Moms Group and New Jersey Moms Blog is hosting. Today, we have been “invited” by author Lisa Garrigues’ book Writing Motherhood to write about one of…

Continue reading → Book Club TODAY on NJ Moms Blog…. Writing Motherhood

It is moments like this that make me so proud to live in Northern California. The May 15 ruling around SAME SEX MARRIAGE took effect today at 5:01 p.m. PST. As mentioned on many sites and newspapers, Gay and lesbian…

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Continue reading → Finally! Same Sex Marriage in San Francisco!!!!!

….cross posted from our sister site, New York City Moms Blog. My husband spent the weekend with a blue cooler icepack on his crotch. He had a vasectomy on Friday. I was never able to take the pill as it…

Continue reading → My husband got “friendly” with an ice pack, while I cried in the closet.

…..cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog. I’m going to bet that anyone that was interested in seeing the Sex and the City movie in the theater has already seen it, but if you haven’t seen and…

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Continue reading → What I learned from the Sex and the City movie

…..cross posted from our soon to launch sister site, Deep South Moms Blog. I’m afraid of posting this because I don’t want to find myself in a battle zone of the unwinnable “Mommy Wars.” And yet that very fear makes…

Continue reading → Cue The Horror Music: Day Care

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xxxxxx This picture says it all…. As I was driving to Half Moon Bay yesterday, this is what greeted me. Gasoline is fast approaching five dollars per gallon. Diesel is now…

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Continue reading → Gulp. Gas prices spiking in Silicon Valley

…. cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog. When Sen. Hillary Clinton made reference to the glass ceiling and mentioned that “there are still barriers and biases out there, often unconscious” in her speech that formally ended…

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Continue reading → Mom-Friendly Flexible Work Arrangements