Social networking is messing with my head! At first, I used social networking tools for work. It was my world for recruiting and hiring and networking. Then, I started to bring in my family and friends to these networks and…

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(VIDEO OF THE FACEBOOK NURSE-IN PROTEST BELOW) I had a really, REALLY hard breastfeeding my first born. She had horrific colic and simply would not latch. I tried going to a lactation consultant. I spent hours listening to her cry…

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If someone asked you to go back to your teenage years, would you? Seriously, would you ever want to be a teenager again? Remember the raging hormones, feelings of insecurity and thinking that no one understood you? Remember desperately WANTING…

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My Grandmother and Great Grandmother were professional singers and dancers. My mother danced as young child through her late teens. And for me, well lets just say the entertainment gene did not pass down to my body. As much as…

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LICE. There, I said it. I said the one word that will make you scratch and itch and feel totally grossed out. Come on, admit it. You are scratching your head right now as you read these words. The itch…

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“Twas the day before Thanksgiving, and a little voice inside me said, “Jill, it is time to cook, It is time to be adventurous with your cooking. It is time to get over your fear of cooking and JUST DO…

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This evening, my children and close friends returned to the Palo Alto corner of El Camino Real and Embarcadero. Directly across the street from the entrance to Stanford University and Palo Alto High School, we joined hundreds of friends, old…

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Dear Sloane Citron, Founder and Publisher of Gentry Magazine. You just knew that we were going to have to comment on your latest November 2008 Gentry article, A Diverse Story. Written by Sloane Citron, Founder and Publisher of Gentry Magazine….

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We woke up this morning full of hope. Obama’s victory is the start of a new direction for our country. We want to celebrate. Yet, on a more sobering note, Prop 8 passed. We are saddened, shocked and dismayed that…

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What are we to do this historic election day? With many hours before the polls are set to close, we had to find a way to spend our time in a productive manner. Put a group of four women in…

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As I walked in to drop off my absentee ballot, I was told: “You need to take the Obama pin off your purse while you are here.” Seriously, I forgot that THIS pin was on my purse. Earlier today, I…

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This morning, I drove down the streets of my Palo Alto neighborhood and started to take pictures with my Sony DSLR. I have walked past these homes hundreds of times and smiled at my neighbors. “My Peeps”, as some of…

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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…

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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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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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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…

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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…

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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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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,…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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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After reading this post and then this post, I was motivated. Seriously motivated to get my body in gear and lose some weight. I wish that I could say that I have lost the “baby weight”, but it has been…

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