by Amy | Oct 23, 2018 | My Family, Shopping, Sponsored
I would never say that motherhood was crummy, but my life is definitely filled with crumbs. At any given time, the living room floor is littered with spilled cereal, broken pretzels, wet food that crusted over and turned into crumbs, dried Play Doh, tiny paper scraps...
by Amy | Jun 6, 2018 | My Family, Parenthood, Sponsored
When I was a little girl, I was the host of my own TV program called “The Shower Show.” For a devoted audience of Barbie dolls and rubber duckies, I would test out all the shampoos and conditioners in my shower (which included Pert, Wella Balsam and...
by Amy | Dec 5, 2015 | My Family, Shopping, Sponsored
Momtastic asked me and my 4-year-old Viv to shoot some videos for Hasbro’s hot new toy, FurReal Friends Starlily My Magical Unicorn. Yeah, that’s a mouthful (especially for me to say in the commercial) but Starlily deserves her many names, because she does...
by Amy | Oct 25, 2015 | Couplehood, My Family, Pregnancy, Sponsored
Let’s talk about sex, baby. Or more accurately, sex after baby. A friend recently confided in me that after giving birth to her first child, she lost her sex drive for a long time. She remembers sadly mourning her old friend, sex. “I’d always been...
by Amy | May 6, 2015 | My Family, Parenthood, Shopping, Sponsored
When I was pregnant with my second baby, I got a lot of helpful advice about how to manage two kids. One thing that kept coming up was the importance of baby wearing. Everyone said I’d need my hands free for playing with my 4-year-old, especially if I was brave...
by Amy | Jul 5, 2014 | My Family, Shopping, Sponsored, Vanity, Wedding Plans
With two weeks left until our wedding, I’ve been trimming, tinting, plucking, waxing, shaping, toning and otherwise altering every cell of my body. Meanwhile, Dave’s to-do list had one item: “Get haircut.” I decided the only way to level the...
