Entries by Tracee

Marriage & Courage

My husband, Jeremy, and I went on a marriage retreat over the weekend. We left the children with NaNa and PawPaw. I highly recommend leaving the children behind to spend time dedicated to the marriage and your spouse. Marriage is hard work. It’s almost impossible to connect with your spouse if you’re not taking the […]

Clean House in 30 Minutes

On the way home with my whole family in tow, I had flash of brilliance: When we get home, let’s go in the house and clean it up. If we work together and clean for half an hour I bet we could have a totally clean house and we could all relax, I said. The […]

Controversial Post About Body Hair

Having given this a great deal of thought I’ve come to a fairly significant position on the issue of girls and body grooming. The Girl Revolution often looks at controversial hairy issues: should you let your daughter color her hair at 7? When should she shave her legs? Would you take an elementary school student […]

Daddy-Daughter Date

It would be a shame to have her First Date be with a pimply 16-year-old boy. For the record . . . she asked him.

Iron Girl Q & A

Iron Girl, the premier women’s-only event-based brand, is more than just a girl thing. It is a way to get females of all ages and fitness levels outside and hitting the pavement to better themselves physically and mentally. Launched in 2004 with just two events, the Iron Girl brand has grown to now include 10 […]

Blog Fabulous & Creative Energy

You may have gone to Blog Fabulous recently and summarily redirected to BlissTree.com Two weeks ago I received an email effectively dissolving my contract with b5media, a Canadian media company. I wrote Blog Fabulous for b5media for 2 years. b5media has undergone a massive restructuring in an attempt to survive in an economy where the […]

Sniff … Sniff … Tween Spirit?

I was at a Toastmasters Contest Saturday when I smelled something. I smelled it again. Unmistakable, that’s B.O. Sniff. Whiff. I made a personal armpit check. Not me. Phew. To my left I leaned in for a discrete snort of my husband’s pits. Freshly showered. Not him. I looked at the 20-something chicks in front […]

Wash My Brain Out With Soap

My husband and I declared date night and thought it would be an extra-special treat to spring for dinner and a movie. We couldn’t even remember the last time we went to a movie together. We didn’t have many choices, so I caved to Watchmen. Supposed to be about super-heroes he said. There were girl/women […]

Better Dead Than Red

by Leola Dublin My friend Jillian* called me last week with the latest crisis involving her 9-year old daughter. “Can you talk to Megan*?” “Sure, what about?” “She wants to be a blonde. She hates her hair.” “But Megan has gorgeous red hair. It suits her perfectly! Why does she want to be blonde?” “She […]

Rihanna, You Make Me Feel . . .

Rihanna, 20-year-old music star, was beaten by her famous boyfriend Chris Brown. Evidently, it’s happened 4 times before and Rihanna asked the judge NOT order Chris Brown to stay away from her. Since the beating, its been said – and I heard this on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show so it might be true – that […]

Fit Girl Series: We Did It!

Ainsley and I RAN a mile on Saturday. We walked two more miles after that. Added 100 sit-ups each and a bunch of lunges. Then we went back and did it again on Sunday! It felt GREAT! 5K here we come! Fit Girl Series: Accept Your Body Fit Girl Series: Friends, Strangers With Candy Fit Girl […]