http://www.talesofasingleparent.com The BLOG and PODCAST for Single Parents everywhere Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:06:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is straight from the Student Loan Network blog. In these tough financial times, I felt it necessary to pass on. Next drawing: March 31, 2009 http://www.studentloannetwork.com/10K/index.php?sp=Financialaidpodcast@gmail.com http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2009/03/12/10000-scholarship-application-no-essay-no-recommendations/ This came across the DC Web Women social listserv and I felt it was important to pass this along. If you live in DC and support charter schools, please read on. When you make the phone calls, you're basically leaving a voice message, so don't be nervous about ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2009/03/11/phone-callsemails-in-support-of-dc-charter-school-funding/ Jasperblu about 10 minutes ago from TwitterFon I'll need to blog on this issue later; meanwhile, I have a Q for all my Twitter mamas: How did YOU potty train your kids? Esp your girls? My response: I have two teenage girls and I used the same potty training method ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2009/03/05/response-to-jasperblue-twitter-question-on-potty-training-girls/ While on winter hiatus I'll be thinking about whether or not I'm going to continue this podcast. I've been working on other projects that have been taking up a lot of my time and producing this podcast alone has become very cumbersome. So, the podcast may be going away, but ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2009/01/21/were-on-winter-hiatus/ The video question of the week will resume on September 21. http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/08/24/video-question-of-the-week/ LISTEN TO SHOW #17 I know it's still technically summer time, but now is a great time to start saving and starting a budget for holiday shopping. I know holiday shopping can be fun, but it's not fun going into debt from holiday shopping and carrying over that debt into a ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/08/24/tsp-show-17-lets-start-a-holiday-budget/ I know you think Tales of a Single Parent has died, but we"re still here. Sometimes life takes over and gets in the way. Tales of a Single Parent will be relaunching and getting back to the regularly scheduled program starting Saturday, September 21. I hope your summer was wonderful. ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/08/24/were-still-here/ Mobile post sent by GeekyCyberMom using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/08/09/photoshop-magic-this-is-so-cool/ I cannot believe he is dead. This is quite a shock. Sarcoidosis is a nasty disease http://tinyurl.com/6ku8brMobile post sent by GeekyCyberMom using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/08/09/bernie-mac-dies-at-the-age-of-50/ Mobile post sent by GeekyCyberMom using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/07/18/tales-of-a-single-parent-2/ Mobile post sent by GeekyCyberMom using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/07/17/tales-of-a-single-parent/ LISTEN TO SHOW #16 In this show we talk about co-parenting. Ideally, when parents separate/divorce it would be nice if they could put aside their personal feelings towards one another and continue to both parent (co-parent) the child(ren). I believe in every case it's possible (unless the other parent is a ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/06/27/tsp-show-16-can-co-parenting-really-work/ http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/06/23/new-blog-feature-video-question-of-the-week-62208/ Listen to Show #15 WOW!! What a crazy school year this has been. I am more than happy to see it end. This has been the toughest year for me and the kids. It seemed like something was going on every second, but we made it through. If you've been experiencing ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/06/18/tsp-show-16-parenting-is-hard-things-your-mom-never-told-you/ Sunday, June 1 my babygirl bridged up from Junior to Cadet. I love the Girl Scouts because it is one of the few organizations where every girl can join for a mere $10 and can really be a part of something special. I was a brownie when I was a ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/06/04/girl-scouts-rule-the-world-babygirl-bridges-from-junior-to-cadet/ When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/05/29/the-mayonnaise-jar-and-2-cups-of-coffee/ Listen to Show #14 I know every parent has been through the dreadful process of one of two things or maybe both. 1) getting a million phone calls from birthday party guests asking you what your kids wants for their birthday or 2) having to write out customized lists for ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/05/27/tsp-show-14-interview-wyvette-segal-founder-of-mykidsregistrycom/ Mobile post sent by GeekyCyberMom using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/05/24/are-we-making-our-kids-future-wimps/ Today I interviewed Yvette Segal, founder of MyKidsRegistry.com. She is an amazing woman and this service she started is absolutely brilliant. Think bridal registry, but for kids. It's about time - right? This interview will be a part of show #13, so stay tuned for that. Until then, go over ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/05/24/interview-with-yvette-segal-of-my-kids-registry/ Founded By Sarah Blow Me and Jessica Moss are organizing the first Northern Virginia Girl Geek Dinner. This event is for ALL girl geeks in the MD/DC/VA tri-state area. We are an offshoot of the London Girl Geek Dinners, started by Sarah Blow. The aim of these get-togethers is to provide ... http://www.talesofasingleparent.com/2008/05/15/for-all-my-geeky-single-mamas/