02 Jul Strike a pose
Mommy and Nathan, the Mac Photo Booth series. ...
Author: rockmommyct
16 Jun From Doom Metal to “Let it Go”: Why I Love Teaching Kids with Different Musical Tastes
Last week, I went from teaching a 13-year-old guy with a short attention span how to play two songs from a band called Candlemass to teaching a nine-year-old boy “Let it Go.” Yeah, you’ve heard it (the latter one, that is). It’s that song from...
19 May Taking Another Look at ‘Good Housekeeping’
I used to think of Good Housekeeping magazine as the kind of publication you read when you’d given up on being a sexy woman and resigned yourself to a life of picture-perfect recipes and mom jeans. I remember going to the grocery store as an angst-ridden...
08 May Going Freelance Again … with Two Kids in Tow!
When I first moved to New York in 2005, I became a freelance writer and (later) a guitar teacher by default. There weren't any magazine jobs, but I had a lot of b-to-b writing skills -- so friends of mine who knew I needed money...
14 Apr Practicing Guitar During Maternity Leave: 6 Tips
Maternity leave is a time to heal and bond with your baby. But for first-time moms it can be just as hectic as it is blissful, with baby crying at unpredictable times (like 3 a.m.) or waking up in the middle of the night several...
11 Apr Happy 2 Months, Baby Logan!!
Our baby dude is two months old on Saturday. Here is a photo from his recent JCPenny shoot (yes, I wrote JCPenny shoot. Do you have any idea what it costs to get a photographer to take custom photos in your home?!). ...
27 Mar “Pregnancy Sucks!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZJZSq70gjc&feature=youtu.be My song, performed the night before I gave birth to Logan, on the "joys" of pregnancy. ...