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Parenting sucks sometimes

May 1, 2012 at 10:16 pm in Mrs Q

Henry Vilas Zoo; Madison, Wisconsin My son is struggling at school at the moment. He’s not listening, he’s throwing things, and he’s screaming at teachers and students. One of the directors even looked at me and asked point blank, “What’s going on with you guys?” Um, uncomfortable much?! It did come on quite suddenly (age [...]

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Technical blogging difficulties

March 6, 2012 at 9:56 pm in Mrs Q

I hear crickets. Lots of crickets. Sorry I’ve been pretty much absent over the past couple weeks. I lost my blogging mojo at the same time I experienced connectivity issues here at home. Tonight my husband and I ended up abandoning my computer’s WIFI connection, moving my desk to the TV room, and hooking my [...]

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Volunteering with Feeding America: A Little Time Goes a Long Way

February 1, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Advocacy, Happening Now, Mrs Q

A couple weeks ago I was able to volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository with Feeding America. You can sign up as a group or an individual for a three hour Wednesday night volunteering session and it was perfect for me. The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) is one of the largest food banks [...]

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Media: I was on the radio

January 16, 2012 at 7:00 am in Media, Mrs Q, The book

I did a lot of media last year and sometimes I couldn’t even keep track of it all so I didn’t share links with you guys. But this weekend I was on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ program out of Santa Monica/Los Angeles and I think you will enjoy the interview. If you would like to listen [...]

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Hello my name is…

November 12, 2011 at 9:13 pm in Mrs Q

It still feels weird that you guys know my real name…. (Posting every day for NaBloPoMo — tomorrow our packed lunches because those posts take me a long time)      

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One month as me

November 5, 2011 at 10:29 pm in Media, The book

One month ago I came out a Mrs. Q and my book was published. It has been a remarkable experience. All this time I thought I would get fired, but thankfully it didn’t happen. I guess everything you guys said about me being “too paranoid” was right all along. Many of you have reached out [...]

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Anonymous no longer

October 25, 2011 at 9:43 pm in Media

That’s Monica Eng and I on the stage at the Chicago Theater for Chicago Live! a weekly WGN Radio show produced by the Chicago Tribune, in partnership with The Second City. I had an absolute blast being on the show and of course hanging out with the uber-cool Monica Eng was a plus. You can watch [...]

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The New Mrs. Q

October 17, 2011 at 7:00 am in Media, Mrs Q

  I owe you a real blog post, but I’m too tired to write one. I’ve realized that writing good blog posts takes more than one or two nights. Recently I haven’t had much time to do any good writing. But I want you to know that it’s so nice not to live a double [...]

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