http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/ A parenting, social media, anything-goes blog by the founder of urbanmoms.ca, Jen Maier. en-CA Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:11:48 -0500 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/spinning-out-of.html http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/spinning-out-of.html I know, I know. January is the month of resolutions with diet and exercise topping the list. Well, I am certainly no exception although mine is less of a resolution and more of a practical necessity. I can not afford (both financially and physically) to get any fatter. The 10+lbs I have gained in the last few months is making it very difficult to wear my clothes...or to look any good in them. Also, I had to stop running and, since then, have felt pretty blah. So, before this got totally out of control I decided to get back on... exercise Jen Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:11:48 -0500 http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/how-did-it-happ.html http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/how-did-it-happ.html Six years ago today I became a mother for the second time. SIX YEARS?! How did that happen? Today it hit me - I don't have babies anymore. I knew this, really, but still, for some reason I guess I hadn't really processed it. It's funny because I spent my early adulthood and marriage planning to "have a family" but I didn't really think much past the baby part. I just saw myself as a mom with a baby. Maybe a toddler but not Big Kids. I guess it was because I would seem old then or it just seemed... me those crazy kids Jen Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:46 -0500 http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/2009-already-i.html http://www.urbanmoms.ca/moms_the_word/2009/01/2009-already-i.html This year there was no celebrating for me at the dawn of 2009. I am not interested in what this year has to offer. I want time to stop. I want to stay right where I was over the last month. Safe with my family together. Happy. Healthy. But, as every Trekky knows, resistance is futile. So 2009 pulled me in kicking and screaming. Every year I have seen the birth of a new year as a beginning - a clean slate. I look forward to the journey ahead and the changes and challenges this new year has to offer.... me melanoma my mom Jen Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:56:00 -0500