Episode 23 - Momming in Crisis Mode

Welcome to episode 23 of the Mom Life Crisis, the episode that almost wasn't. This episode is all about how to be a parent when you're sick, kids are sick, a partner is gone or you're in non-ideal circumstances, you know... crisis mode. 

But First, the things we cannot even

Leanne- Gel Manicures and the self-care / joy that goes along with them. 
Jennie- Starting a Toddler in preschool and Contact Anxiety with Nervous parents

Notes from the Show

Megan Tietz at SortaCrunchy- 3Ds and the Rule of 3
Leanne Penny- How to be a Passable Solo Mom

Episode 22 - Real Talk About Planners & How to Keep Your Brain On Point

Welcome to our second year of episodes! We're kicking off the new year with read talk about planners, paper and keeping our brains on task. From paper planners to digital ideas to uncomfortable talk about the OBGYN, this episode hopes to get you thinking about how to find your best system for you and own what works for your family. 

Let's Talk About What We Can't Even!

Jennie- A new fiction writing class at her local parks and rec. 

Leanne- 3 true crime podcasts, In the Dark, Stranglers and The Sword and the Scale. (Links below)

Links, Books and Info From Today's Show

Erin Condren Planner
Day Designer Planner
Franklin Planners
Cozi Online Family Planner
Book- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Podcast- In the Dark
Podcast- Stranglers
Podcast- Sword and Scale
Podcast- The Popcast
Buzzfeed Article - WTF is a Bullet Journal and Why Should you Start One? 
Quo Vadis Blog

Find Us Online On Facebook and join our support group, Tweet at us on twitter or follow us on Instagram - Let's connect!
 

Episode 21 - The 2016 MVPs

Welcome to episode 21, the last episode of the year. In this episode we try to put a happy bow on the insanity of 2016 with our like of 10 of our Most Valuable Players from the year. Things like Amazon.com, Bogs Boots, Netflix and Therapy. Speaking of Therapy, Jennie gives Leanne an impromptu interview about Therapy conduct and Leanne enlightens Jennie on the predictions for 2017's most ridiculous parenting predictions. 

The Special, New Years, Double Things we Can't Even

Jennie- Her Church & Her Boys Fighting
Leanne- New pet bunnies & The sexist La-Z-Boy commercial

Our 2016 MVPs

1. Lin Manuel Miranda
2. Therapy
3. Felt
4. Washi Tape
5. Amazon.com
6. Ugg Boots
7. Crocs and Bogs Footwear
8. Netflix
9. Pokemon Go
10. LulaRoe Clothing

Links & Recommendations From The Show

Lin Manuel Miranda on Twitter
Sexist La-Z-Boy Commercial

LulaRoe Christina Hoss

Episode 20- Twas The Crisis Before Christmas - Christmas Episode 2016

Merry Christmas from The Mom Life Crisis! Which is really just Leanne and Jennie and sometimes our husbands helping with techy troubles and definitely our kids for keeping quiet long enough for us to record. 

This episode is mainly just silliness and something for you to listen to while you bake, tidy or shop... you know.... general elfery. Does it get a little political? Well I mean in Vino veritas but we don't ostracize anyone.

Holiday Can't Evens

Leanne- Stocking Stuffers, why we wrap them and where to put them.
Jennie- So much wrapping... just wrappity wrap wrap wrapping.

Sangria Recipe

If you need our Christmas Sangria recipe, here's the link and here's what you'll need. It's not hard
1 bottle red wine
1 bottle sparkling apple cider
1 cup spiced cider
1 cup cranberry juice
1 cup vodka
Sprigs of rosemary, oranges, apples and cranberries for garnish. 
Buy it, mix it, drink it over ice.
For more details and very pretty pictures, click the link!  

We'd love to hear from you this Christmas over at the mom life Crisis support group, that would be a nice Christmas present.

Happy Holidays from us to you and we'll talk at you again next week. 

Episode 19- Tuning Into The Spirit at Christmas with Jillian Burden

Today we continue our conversation on meaningful Christmas, we are excited to host our good friend Jillian Burden, who blogs at AddingaBurden.com about adoption, infertility and spirituality. Jillian is here to talk us through her intentional spiritual Christmas practices both personally and for kids to engage our families fully in the joy and peace of the season.

The Things We Can't Even

Leanne- The. Clap. Emoji.
Jennie- Lularoe Legging Giveaways!
Jill- Dying Christmas tree conundrum

The Not Oprah But Here’s Our Favorite Things Anyway LulaRoe Leggings Giveaway, generously donated by Kristina Hoff, check her out here on Facebook and get yourself a pair of buttery soft legging that feel like PJs but aren’t OR win a free pair by leaving us an iTunes review by 12/23/16!

Books, Music and Recommendations from the Show

God Gave us Christmas Book Recommendation
Advent Pegboard - Stable
App - Shaine Claiborne - Book of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Leanne's Vacuum - The Shark Navigator Pro

As always, join us on Facebook here for conversation, encouragement and a change to be mentioned in the show!

Episode 18 - Preparing to Recieve What you Already Have with Esther Emery

Today we welcome author, blogger and YouTuber Esther Emery to the show! Esther comes to us from her homestead in the snowy woods of Idaho to chat about her new book, What Falls From The Sky: How I Disconnected From The Internet and Reconnected With The God Who Made The Clouds, and to share her unique insights on how to have a more intentional Christmas in which we can receive all the gifts we already have. 

Where can you find Esther You may Ask?
Her main home online is right here at her website, but if you want to go straight to her family’s YouTube channel, click right here and please of course head to Amazon and preorder her new book by clicking right here.

Let’s Talk About The Things We Can’t Even
Jennie- Potty Training and Falling off this horrible wagon.
Esther- Walls in her new cabin, built by her family!
Leanne- A new-used mini van with heated seats after months with a heat-less ride to school each morning. 

Books, TV and Movies Mentioned in the Show
Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard
West World on HBO

As always we want to connect with you about this and all our shows, to join the conversation at the Mom Life Crisis Support Group, head here or follow us on Instagram right about... here.

That's all for this show, number 18! We will see you next week. 

Episode 17- Christmas Feelings, Stress, Traditions and … Pornaments?

Hello and welcome to our first ever, christmas themed, pine scented, glittery, twinkle-light laden Christmas episode. Today we endeavor to discuss Christmas, all the things that bring us joy and stress us the heck out. Basically we don’t want to miss another Christmas and we want to spend more time reflecting and less time doing… so let’s talk about that.

But first the things we can’t even

Jennie - Moana, because Disney + Lin Manuel Miranda = Jennie’s White Whale.

Leanne - Washi tape, the most beautiful versatile creation since the advent of the Roku.

Songs, Books & Links

January White - Sleeping at Last

What is Hygge?

Tsum Tsum Advent Calendar

Melissa and Doug Advent Calendar

Crayola Advent Calendar

The Not Oprah “Our Favorite Things” Giveaway, Week 1

Between Dec 2-8 if you add 5 friends to the Mom Life Crisis group on Facebook, you’ll be entered a collection of Washi Tape curated by host Leanne Penny.

Let’s Get Social

Here we are on Facebook and Instagram.

Episode 16- A Big Croissant of Love & Silliness

In this episode we attempt to present you with a big pillow of love and silliness to counterbalance the craziness of our world. We answer listener questions and respond to suggestions on reading, embarrassing mom stories, "You know you're a mom when" and a whole lot more. 

And Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love

The Things We Can't Even

Jennie- A latent "What Does The Fox Say?" Obsession
Leanne- Kickboxing class, get some exercise, feel like a badass. 

Embarrassing Mom Stories- You'll have to listen, written words pale to describe these... 

What We're Reading

Jennie- Stitches by Ann Lamott, Stories and Other Stories by BJ Novak and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Leanne- A confession that she buys and rents 400% more than she reads but CAN CLAIM The Winter Street Trilogy and all books by Elin Hilderbrand

You Know You're a Mom When....

We finish the episode with some pinchy real talk about how to show someone we're on their team without feeling like the most awkward person in the world. 

Episode 15 - Self Care and Extreme Silliness

This week’s episode gets a little ridiculous but we hope it’s helpful. It's guarantees to will at least get you laughing we’re guessing you could use a bit of that.

In episode 15 we attempt to talk about self-care, sharing tips and ideas for taking care of you in the midst of everyone else's stuff and nonsense.

But first the things we can’t even.

Leanne - The Chorma App, available for apple devices.

Jennie - The New 100 Days of Real Food Cookbook, Fast and Fabulous  

6 Self Care Tips

1. Make something, do something creative- Whatever that looks like for you

2. Get some exercise- Especially when you don’t want do

3. Unplug Yo-Self- Almost everything works better if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.

4. Take a Shower- Clean face, clean pits can’t lose.

5. Ask for you time, and use it- Whatever your budget or schedule, don’t let that be a deterrent, just make it work.

6. Go to sleep on time, without screens- You’ll sleep better, happier with less weird dreams.

Thanks again for listening, sharing and leaving kind reviews! Join the conversation on Facebook here or look at pretty pictures on Instagram here. 

Episode 14 - Mantras and Personal Policies

This week we're going to talk Mantras and Personal Policies, things that keep us grounded and real. These are short, pithy ways to remember what really matters and makes a difference in our lives, things we use to govern our interior life and our shared life together.

But First, The Things We Can’t Even

Jennie- Toddler mealtimes, insane mess, just all the time in all the ways.
Leanne - Getting punched in the butt, yeah it’s a thing

The meaty middle of the episode

1. Aim for the middle - You can’t be the best at everything, you’re going to do some things really really well and some things really really badly.

2. Believe the best in each other- Choose to believe that the person you’re struggling with isn’t actually a total jerk, but having a bad day or struggling with something themselves.

3. Be realistic- Keep it real about what you can do in a day, who you are, if things go wrong, stay the course, don’t go ballistic and smash your day with a hammer. No matter how much you want things to go a certain way, just readjust.

4. Do it now- (Compliments of Kelly Gordon on the SortaAwesome Podcast and Gretchen Rubin on the Happier podcast) Sounds legalistic, but if it takes less than a minute, do it before it stresses you out, return that library book, bring that diaper to the trash or that glass to the sink.

5. Remember your season- They change, they always always change and remembering what season of life you’re working through normalizes a lot of struggle.

6. Be kind to yourself- Ask yourself what the kind decision would be and don’t be so harsh on yourself. See yourself as someone you’re caring for, not everything is black and white, view it with kindness and grace.

Links you need from this episode

The Robcast - We Need to Talk About Politics 

Book - Happier at Home

Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast

SortaAwesome - With former guest co-host Megan Tietz

Laura Tremaine’s Blog post, Start Where you Are and her Podcast, The Smartest Person in the Room

Thank you for listening! We've contacted the winner of the Amazon gift card so THANK YOU for all your kind reviews!

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Episode 13 - Ask A Pediatrician (Jennie Interviews Dr Husband)

In this episode, Leanne takes an intermission while Jennie interviews her husband Jason, a Pediatrician with listener questions, with a not to our impending cold and flu season. Nothing is sexier than hand sanitizer, so join us! 

The Things We Can't Even

Leanne- Her trusty, beloved Day Designer Planner, use this link to check it out! 
Jennie- Her oldest is 6! Kid birthdays come with a whole mess of feels!

Interview with Dr Jason Vanderlugt

What kind of illnesses are we seeing right now? Fall can be a weird time because we get the tail end of summer summer bugs, but we aren't quite full into upper respiratory issues. 

How can we prevent illness with our kids? There's an interesting thing called the Hygiene Hypothesis, which says kids are supposed to get sick in the winter months to help their immune systems. The more we sanitize and protect them the more their immune systems go haywire with allergies and autoimmune diseases. BUT always wash your hands and try to confine stomach flu sufferers to their own separate bathroom.

Dr Jason's Thoughts on essential oils and probiotics- They haven't been widely studied, but aren't generally harmful. Be careful with certain essential oils around kids, not everything natural is safe for everyone. 

Cold and Flu Treatment Tips- Push fluids, use a humidifier for congested patients and try Zinc at the outset of the cold. Overall just GET YOUR FLU SHOT! A Teaspoon of honey has been proven to help with overnight coughing. 

But What about peanut butter? When should we introduce it? Generally earlier introduction is okay, if you have a family history of peanut allergies you should make a plan with your pediatrician for safe introduction. 

That's a wrap for us this week! Thanks for Doctor Jason for joining us! Our amazon gift card giveaway is open for one more week (until 10/17/16) So if you leave us a review on Amazon you could win free money to buy anything in the world from Amazon.com

As always join us on our Facebook group over here and we will see you again next week! 

Episode 12- Halloween Pet Peeves and Pro Tips

Welcome to our first, not at all spooky, Halloween episode in which we discuss our Pet Peeves and Pro tips to help you have a better Halloween, even if that means phoning it in and drinking mulled wine on the sofa. Like it or not we'll give you a full rundown of our favorite halloween costumes, and what our kids have dressed as year by year in case you need a few ideas. 

The Things We Can’t Even

Leanne- This year, 2016 is a big bully and I’m ready for a new one.

Jennie- Ava, the new texting robot that helps you eat better. Check HER out here. You may get waitlisted.

Our Personal Halloween Costumes of ALL Time

Leanne dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow, she was 22 and feel minimal shame.

Jennie dressed up like a Historic Swedish girl, Kirsten Larson from American Girl novels, which you can buy here.

Our kids have dressed as:

Jennie
2010: Boone was a bear (snuggly sleeper with bear ears; he was 2 weeks old)
2011: Boone - lion
2012: Boone - train conductor
2013: Boone - Woody from Toy Story
2014: Boone - dinosaur, Jonah - dragon we called a dinosaur
2015: Boone - “Old Iron Face,” the classic Scooby Doo villain no one could identify or remember, Jonah - Scooby Doo
2016: Boone - Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb, Jonah - Woody from Toy Story (hooray for the art of reusing!)

Leanne:
2009- Noelle- Hedgehog
2010- Noelle- Bumblebee
2011- Owlets and Kel was their tree
2012- Elephant and Purple Polka Dot Kitty
2013- Minions
2014- Superman and a Black and White kitty, our cat Alfie actually
2015- Baked Goods
2016- Pokemon including a Klefairy, Flareon and a Pikachu… Kel is dressing up like a big Pokeball and he’s going to randomly hug them and yell Gotcha. He won’t be doing this to other children though, I promise.

Halloween Favs
Jennie loves kids (or anyone for that matter) in costumes as well as fun fall activities and the family in her neighborhood that hands out Jello shots to parents and wins Halloween.

Leanne loves Heirloomy pumpkins, those FIRST trick or treaters and passing off PayDay candy bars as healthy protein-filled snacks. 

Pet Peeves
Jennie can't deal with all the candy, especially the gross black and orange peanut butter nuggets and Leanne hates inflatable yard decorations and skanky costumes for girls of all ages. 

Pro Tips

Check out the Teal Pumpkin Project to be friendly to kids with allergies and and the Switch Witch to trade all that candy for a less overwhelming prize.

In a pinch for warm costumes? Embellish a sweatsuit with a tail or ears on the hood and you're good to go, Hanes.com has a wide selection. And if all else fails, con someone else into taking the kids trick or treaters and text you pictures.

Over the next few weeks, anyone who leaves us a review on iTunes is entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card, so head on over and leave us some love!

As always we're talking about this and other things at facebook.com/groups/themomlifecrisis and we're on Instagram here as well. 

Episode 11- Why Creativity is Everything (with Guest Co-Host Naomi Brown)

Today we are joined by co-host Naomi Brown, a dear friend and founder of of LaFEM Collectif. She is filling in while Jennie finishes her Disney World vacation.

The topic of today’s show is creativity and making space for yourself to be… you. It’s a big topic and clearly we’re just scratching the surface. We hope today’s show leaves you feeling hopeful and inspired to see yourself as a creative, valuable part of this planet.

You can find Naomi’s group, laFEM collectif right here and you can find Naomi on instagram here and on Facebook right…. here.

The things we can’t even

Leanne- Apple is stealing my headphone jack… I’m going to have to ensure my bluetooth headphones are where I can find them AND charged.

Naomi- Suede lipstick by NYX, available at most drugstores.

The Meaty Middle of the Episode

Quote- “Comparison is the Thief of Joy” - Theodore Roosevelt

Quote- “Unused Creativity isn’t benign, it metastasizes, it turns into grief, rage, judgement, sorrow and shame. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear, it lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.” - Brene Brown, Super Soul Sunday

Book- The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity - By Julia Cameron

The MLC 2016 Fall TV Preview Awards

Welcome to fall, with pumpkin spice lattes, school schedules, colds, flu, soup and an ALL NEW Fall TV line up. Sorry we missed you last week, 60% of our families had colds and strep throat, so… life.

Let’s talk about TV, shall we?

But first…
The Things we can’t even

Leanne- Our new exchange student from Brazil and the preview of having a teenage daughter, the good parts.

Jennie- Our trip to DisneyWorld and all things Disney.

Our Top 5 Most Loved TV-Shows of all time

(taking into consideration ages and stages IE: 14 year old Leanne or Jennie may have loved it so much that it gets a slot out of sheer truthiness)

Leanne- Full house, Lois and Clark, West Wing, Scrubs and The Office
Jennie- 30 Rock, Orange is the New Black, Scrubs, Breaking Bad, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Most Anticipated Returning Show
 

In this category the co-winners are Bones on Fox, because you need a comforting show that doesn’t surprise you too much and The Blacklist on NBC, because James Spader as Raymond Reddington is just the best.

Most Promising New Show

In this category the co-winners are This is Us, which is probably just Parenthood part 2 which is FINE and Bull, which looks intriguing and has Chris Jackson of Hamilton Fame..

The Show We Can’t Even… In A Bad Way

Son of Zorn, although it probably wasn’t meant for us and The Great Indoors because, cliche.

Shonda Rhymes Corner

Let’s talk about Shona, the woman who owns Thursday nights. We are both devout Grey’s and Scandal viewers but we have our reservations about her ability to move these shows forward.

Honorable Mention (the Snubbies)

The Mindy Project (Hulu)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

American Crime (ABC)

Scream Queens (Fox)

Episode 9- Why Before and After School Routines Work and Matter

We’re back and have every intention of going nonstop until Christmas. In this week’s show we share our can’t evens (of course) try to figure out why you can have a pair of underwear but not a pair of shirt and bring you our 4 best ideas for better before and after school routines. 

Please forgive Leanne on her echoey audio, it won't happen again! 

The Things We Can’t Even

Jennie- The A Capella App (easily downloadable for your mobile device)
Leanne- Where did all the shoes go? A tragic lament on losing single shoes, over and over again.

Things we mentioned in the show that you need to know

Wilbarger brushing- What is this and how does it work?

Bento Lunch Boxes- These are the ones Leanne Uses, and Jennie rocks these ones.

As always you can find us on Facebook HERE, come on over and join in the conversation and weird memes. This week we had a cat disco video, so you know... it gets crazy! 

Episode 8- Megan Tietz & Myers Briggs

In this episode we are thrilled to welcome our first ever guest, Megan Tietz, to the Mom Life Crisis. Megan is the host of the helpful and amazing podcast, SortaAwesome as well as a mother of 4 living in Oklahoma City. She joins the show to talk about the awesomely useful journey of getting to know yourself and your community better through the magic of Myers Briggs.

The Things We Can’t Even

Jennie- Her new, yet to be named, Guinea Pigs.

Megan- The adorableness of the bond between her twin boys.

Leanne- The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin, who totally tweeted to her on vacation.

Links From The Show

The Passage Trilogy, by Justin Cronin on Amazon - Vampires, but not Vampire Vampires

16Personalities.com - Megan’s favorite resource for getting started with Myers Briggs

Dave Super powers on YouTube- Advanced Myers briggs and delving deeper into cognitive functions

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Find Jennie here on Twitter, here on her website and here on Facebook
And find our special guest Megan here on twitter, her at the Sorta Awesome website and here on facebook

10 Things We've Learned In 10 Years Of Marriage

We took a solid week off and we’re not sorry. Also, for some reason I (Leanne) recorded this episode in a squeaky, possessed chair, for that I am sorry.

The things we cannot even

Jennie- Stranger Things on Netflix

Leanne- How much I love when my kids are can asleep so I realize their level of awesomeness.

10 Things We’ve Learned in 10 years of marriage

1. You’re not always going to get along- you’re not actually one flesh, gross. So when needed, walk away. Just for a little bit until you can see the other person’s point.

2. Make your home a safe place to be yourselves- except once a week where you have a festivus style airing of grievances, no feats of strength.

3. Don’t let your kids ruin your sex life- sometimes we lock our door in the morning… to get to funkytown without making it feel like chore time.

4. Believe the best in each other- Don’t assume every statement is loaded with snarky undertones.

5. Communicate clearly- No passive aggressive games, but you can still tie your husband’s socks to the steering wheel, so it’s cool.

6. Laugh & Have Fun- And definitely throw papaya at each other’s heads.

7. Offer to help your partner before they ask- Take care of each other before it gets code red crazy.

8. Don’t be afraid to go to counseling- You will pick up some valuable skills and helpful tips for working through anger and other issues.

9. Be a team- Know what the other one is up to and play to your strengths and differences

10. Try New Things Together- Adventure brings you together!

Recommendations From This Episode

Bittersweet By Shauna Niequist
The Zim Zum of Marriage By Rob and Kristen Bell

The Gift Exercise (free therapy bonus!) 
G- Guilt
I- Inferiority / Inadequacy
F- Fear
T- Trauma or Pain

Digging Deeper Exercise:

1. What is the Behavior that my spouse does that triggers my anger?
2. Identify the root of the anger using GIFT.
3. When have I ever felt this feeling before? (perhaps at a specific time as a child)
4. What do I do when I feel this feeling? What is my behavior?

As always join us on Facebook for camaraderie in our support group. 

Episode 6 - Let Them Eat Cake... Or Baby Carrots... But Sometimes Cake

I’M HUNGRY! We all get there... but kids seem to get there more often… and then verbalize it into vocal demands... instantly. If you’re like us, you want your people feeding both ways: easy and healthy. Today we are sharing a few thoughts on how we keep our families fed without losing ourselves in the process.

Also we don’t know what Bon Bons are and we can’t decide what’s worse, back sweat or cleavage sweat?

But First, the things that we can’t even

Leanne How to sleep more kids than you have bedrooms

“I can’t even figure out a way to sleep 5 people in 3 rooms in a way that brings about some peace and harmony.”

Jennie Running in Summer

“So I’m back at it, training for a marathon, but It’s like running through waterfalls outside, I can’t even handle it.”

Let’s talk about Food baby, and giving food to babies, and having food babies after thanksgiving dinner… not wait, we are not going to talk about that.

Here is what the government’s Health.gov site has to say about feeding kids between the ages of 4-8.

Leftover Ideas, make yourself a rainbow plate, maybe you can even get your kids on board. If not you will have given yourself energy to chase them around.

Monkey Salad- this is really so easy you don’t neeeeeed a recipe.

The only link you really need here is this one, Jennie is a brilliant food blogger and is great at feeding her family. Check out her blog stat and follow her on all the social things.

What are your tips for keeping people fed all while staying sane? We’d love to hear them over at facebook.com/groups/themomlifecrisis.

You can also submit comments and ideas under the contact page of our online home here.

See you again next week, or rather, talk at you again next week.

The Mom Life Crisis - Mom Friends, Gotta Catch 'Em All

Hey guys, we made it to episode 5! Can you even? We certainly can't.

Speaking of things we can't even, here are ours this week:

Jennie- The Rest Day, When all your give a cares are gone and you just let the people watch things and eat things and be at peace. 

Leanne- CBS' American Gothic, in case you need some murdery drama this summer or something to pretend to fold laundry to. 

Other links of interest for you:

Jenni's Sermon Recommendation: "I may not feel this the exact same way as you, but I'm in it with you."

Leanne loves ThredUp - Stay tuned for how it works for her on her 10th anniversary vacation. 

Now on to the meat of the episode, thanks to co-producer Jennifer Bryant Robins for this week's topic idea! 

Ideas For meeting people

1. The Gym Check in

2. Church or place of worship

3. School Pick up line

4. Moms groups like MOPS…

5. Find Mom groups on Facebook, this can be awkward

6. Try a book club

7. The Library…

7 Step Process To Getting More Mom Dates

1. Embrace the Awkward.

2. Swap Common Interests… this can be stabbing in the dark

3. Listen, ask questions

4. Keep it real. People need friends they can relate to, we know it’s tempting to pretend to be “that mom”

5. Exchange information

6. Invite

7. Follow Up

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Episode 4- TV Moms We Love and Love To Hate

Edited in part while I played Hide and Go Seek with my kids, true story.... Hiding in the closet as I type. #momlife

This week we’re taking a break from important items to talk about really important things like TV Moms we love and love to hate. So listen in and join the talk mom talk over at the support group, which is here.

The Things We Can’t Even This week?

Poop Talk… it’s a thing and the Chik-Fil-A Valet Service, also a thing, but an amazing one.

Now on to the meat of the show, TV Moms we love and love to hate (And where you can watch them as of July, 2016.)

Moms We love

(In no particular order of course…)

1. Kristina Braverman- NBC’s Parenthood (On Netflix)

2. Lorelai Gilmore- Gilmore Girls- (On Netflix)

3. Tammy Taylor- Friday Night Lights (On Netflix)

4. Becky Katsopolis- (Not currently available online)

5. Peggy Hill (Not currently available online)

6. Tracy Mosby How I met your Mother (On Netflix)

Moms We Love To Hate

1. Lucile Bluth- Arrested Development (On Netflix)

2. Estelle Costanza- Seinfeld (On Hulu)

3. Nancy Botwin (On Netflix)

4. Cersei Lannister (On HBO Now)

5. Meredith Gray- Grey’s Anatomy (On Hulu) And we don’t hate her, we just don’t get where her kids are 97% of the time while she’s operating and or drinking tequila.

So Who is your Favorite TV Mom? Who do you love to hate?

Let's talk about that! And while you're at it, please tell a friend about the show or leave us some kind words in iTunes? Your Faithful Servants,

 L. Penn, J. Van.