I have a really, really strong work ethic and I learned that from my dad because my dad was a workaholic but he always had even more time for us. As hard as he would work, he always made the time. So it's just about balancing family, I think, and work - and giving everything 100%. And that's what he taught me.

Bad shopping habits die hard.

Its always when you think that youve lost a little of the baby weight that someone steps in grabs a handful of a now sans baby soft belly and asks the inevitable When are you due?

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.

Oh my God, I'm not anorexic. I acknowledge that I look thin in photos. I get it.

We are a very crafty family.

My mother is who she is. I've become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn't go together.