Posted by danasheehan on June 30, 2012 in
Education,
Kids |
∞ Kennywood Day is one of those Pittsburgh traditions that you don’t really appreciate until you meet someone who didn’t grow up here. A few weeks ago another mom at Buddy’s school asked me what Kennywood Day was. My response? “You’re not from Pittsburgh, are you?” Me and a few other moms tried to explain it [...]
Tags: amusement park, Kennywood, pittsburgh, school picnic
Posted by danasheehan on March 25, 2012 in
Kids,
Parenting |
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Yesterday we left rainy Pittsburgh and landed in sunny Orlando. It was our first time flying with the kids. My husband and I fly occasionally for work, about once a year, so we’re familiar enough to feel comfortable. I honestly wasn’t too concerned about traveling by plane with the kids. They were super excited by [...]
Tags: airplane, airport, crying, Disney, Disney world, Family vacation, florida, kids, MCO, mom, orlando, PIT, pittsburgh, plane, travel, traveling with kids, vacation
Posted by danasheehan on December 2, 2011 in
Pittsburgh,
Social Media |
∞ A few weeks ago the Jagoff Catchers at www.yajagoff.com asked me if I would be a guest blogger in December. I was really honored to be asked, so I said Yes right away. Then I got a little nervous, because I try not to be too negative or judgey. Then I got over myself and [...]
Tags: blog, blogging, guest post, Jagoff, pet peeves, pittsburgh, post, social media, Ya Jagoff
Posted by danasheehan on November 23, 2011 in
Geek,
Pittsburgh,
Social Media |
∞ I was pleasantly surprised a few days ago when I checked my comments and found out I was given a blog award from Becky (aka Mrs. Burgher) over at lilburghers.wordpress.com! It was the highlight of my sinus-infected haze of a week. Becky and I met at Podcamp Pittsburgh 5 and we have been Twitter friends [...]
Tags: award, blog, blogging, Liebster Award, pittsburgh
Posted by danasheehan on November 22, 2011 in
Kids,
Pittsburgh,
Service |
∞ As I mentioned yesterday, I worked for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services before my current position. Working in a humans services arena, even if my job wasn’t the caseworker type, taught me more than I could have ever imagined. One of those was about adoption in the Pittsburgh area. Every year the nation, [...]
Tags: adoption, Allegheny County, children, Christmas, kids, National Adoption Day, pittsburgh
