There was hardly a dry eye in the room…even the dads looked shocked and silent. The kids were wide eyed and still. You can only imagine how the moms reacted. About a dozen families had gathered at the Pecora family’s…
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Hope with Sudan: your dollars go far
December 16th, 2008 — Alison, alison van Diggelen, carol pecora, freshdialogues, hope with sudan, jerry drino, lost boys of sudan from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Christmas traditions : you can’t make me like it
December 13th, 2008 — Alison, Martin Sheen, SVMOMS, alison van Diggelen, bagpipes, freshdialogues, glasgow gospel, gobsmacked shepherds, highland cathedral, peninsula scottish fiddlers, robert burns, scotland the brave, st andrews episcopal church, st. andrews scottish society, stewart tartan pipes and drums from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
The holidays are upon us and despite the economy, it’s time for these time honored family traditions…of gingerbread houses, stockings by the fire and …dragging the kids to “fun” family events that they’d really rather skip and stay home and…say…..
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Obama Mama dreams of inauguration
November 14th, 2008 — 2009, Alison, DC, alison van Diggelen, barack obama, clinton, craig ferguson, dog, fresh dialogues, inauguration, january 20, obama mama. michelle obama, zoe lofgren from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I just read Alma’s breathless post about being at Grant Park for Obama’s moment of glory last Tuesday. Lucky lucky Alma! I’m green. Oh, how I wished I was there! The energy must have been electric: what a moment in…
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October 15th, 2008 — Alison, San Jose, alison van Diggelen, barack obama, bradley effect, fresh dialogues, nancy jennings, obama mama, siliconmom from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
A special event happened last weekend that seemed to go unreported, uncelebrated, unremarked upon even by Oprah, but was the reason for great jubilation in this house. NO, we didn’t discover a lump of gold under our mattress (sigh), or…
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October 3rd, 2008 — Alison, Biden, Palin, SV Moms Blog, Silicon Valley, alison van Diggelen, couric, debate, fresh dialogues, siliconmom from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I attended the Momocrats fundraiser for Obama last night in Palo Alto where a crowd of several dozen watched the debate and I have to say: Palin had done her homework. She was much more articulate and logical than during…
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Getting over Palin
September 26th, 2008 — Alison, SVMOMS, alison van Diggelen, audacity of hope, freshdialogues, freshdialogues.com, obama, siliconmom from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting fed up hearing about Palin and her personal life. My main beef is her distraction from the real issues. We have a massive economic crisis on our hands and people are still…
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August 13th, 2008 — Alison, Olympics, SVMOMS, alison van Diggelen, deborah phelps, gold medals, michael phelps, siliconmom from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I wonder how on earth Michael Phelps’s mother is holding it together out there in sweltering Beijing with the eyes of the world - and especially the United States - on her son? Can he earn the eight gold medals…
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July 23rd, 2008 — Alison, alison van Diggelen, false alarm, house alarm, public nuisance, siliconmom, svmoms blog from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
It’s summer in the suburbs…time for those lazy days with the kids at the beach… long evenings savoring barbecues and friends in the back garden and sleeping till late morning…Yeah right! We can but dream. Last week, I was ready…
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June 8th, 2008 — Alison, Silicon Valley kids triathlon, alison van Diggelen, siliconmom, triathlon from Alison van Diggelen @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Last Sunday, my kids took part in their first triathlon, the Silicon Valley Kids Triathlon at De Anza College in Cupertino. I was nervous about the whole thing: would it be full of those over-achieving parents who push their kids…
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