This Full House

Press Release: This Full House Partners with the ESRB in Helping Parents Make a Choice - Because, we are all, by any practical definition of the words, fallible and capable of error.

Remember, the other day, when I announced (in a very, oh, I dunno, 2001: A Space Odyssey, sort of way) that something wonderful was going to happen?

Well, I am very excited to (finally) be able to share the latest project that the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and I have been working on, together, for the past few weeks.

Did I mention, they came to my house, we broke bread (together) and then filmed me and ALL four of my kids, about some really great online tools to help parents (like me) figure out, you know, just what in the heck is in all those video games all the cool kids are playing, these days, anyways -- here's the offical press release -- wanna see the video?

Glamour Reel Moments: Just Another Mom's View from the Red Carpet! - Day 2

See what happens, when Mom Bloggers hit Hollywood - be afraid, be very, very afraid!

Suave invited me to attend the 2008 Glamour Reel Moments film festival, last week (I do NOT know how that happened, either) hosted by Glamour Magazine.  You see, the magazine holds a contest (three years, now) where readers submit their stories and then famous actresses pick their favorite idea and make it into a short film.

Day 1 was fun - seriously, I love meeting new blogging buddies - but, it was Day 2 that really brought us together, some for the first time, as bloggers hit the red carpet!

Click over to my review blog and I'll tell you what everyone was wearing - with pictures, even!

Glamour Reel Moments: When Bloggers Unite - Day 1

Bloggers invited to the premier of Glamour Reel Moments (left to right) Cindy (Hello Dollface!), Nadine (Jolie Nadine), Amy (Mom Advice), Michelle (Scribbit), Dawn (Because, I Said So), Lianne (The Makeup Girl), Liz (This Full House) and Beth (Role Mommy)!

Suave invited me to attend the 2008 Glamour Reel Moments film festival, this week (I do NOT know how that happened, either) hosted by Glamour Magazine.  You see, the magazine holds a contest (three years, now) where readers submit their stories and then famous actresses pick their favorite idea and make it into a short film.

Why?

There's a shortage of women directors in Hollywood (I know, act surprised anyway) and Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Rita Wilson and Gwyneth Paltrow have all made their directorial debuts with Glamour Reel Moments, which helps promote women in film.

This year?

Glamour Reel Moments is sponsored by Suave and I just love their current ad campaign (have you seen this commercial, yet?) and it's pretty clear that Suave is committed to helping mothers feel pretty, all over again!

I'm pretty sure it IS the reason they asked ME, anyway.

[smiles and breaks camera, again]

Click over to my review blog and I'll tell you what happened - with pictures, even!

When A Mommyblogger Goes Hollywood, Puke Happens, No Doubt!

Remember when I told you about how excited I am to have been invited to this really cool thing in Hollywood (yeah, like, in 3,000 bazillion miles away from Jersey) and then the little black dress that my dear sweet husband ordered me didn't fit (stupid breasts, dumb leftover baby bumps!) but, then I found an even prettier dress that actually fit "a real woman" with, you know, bumps and boobs, for under $100 and one that even a plain-old Jersey mom (like me) could wear to a swanky-like Hollywood event and STILL feel pretty!?!?

[takes deep breath]

Well, I'm leaving in about 12 hours...of course, I'm still NOT packed...oh, and HOLY CRAP!...I don't remember being THIS nervous (or, sad) about going to BlogHer!

[exhales]

Motherhood may not always be beautiful, sometimes it's pretty freakin' GLAMOROUS!

[10/20/08:  Wanna read all about my adventures in Hollywood?   Visit, Glamour Reel Moments:  When Mom Bloggers Unite - Day 1 and Just Another Mom's View From the Red Carpet - Day 2]

Funny thing, motherhood is.  There are times when it comes easily.  Simple little moments of joy and peace that goes along with nurturing a family I have spent nearly all of my childhood dreaming of.  Then there are days when I'm, literally, tearing my hair out and desperately searching for the nearest exit.

First, there was the thing with my dad (his recovery is going well, thank goodness!) then my eye doctor found something "funky" show up on a couple of tests.

"It could be nothing, or it could be serious."

Okay, being a glass is half-full kind of gal, I'm thinking...nothing...and then he goes and makes an "emergency appointment" with a specialist, the next day.

"But, serious would be, you know, really, really bad."

Then, walking around and pretending like it's nothing.

"It's NOT serious, just let me write down a couple of notes and then I'll tell you why."

A-a-aand then, spending the next couple of minutes, thanking your lucky stars and thinking of a thousand ways you could have done things better.

Last week, in a nutshell, totally nutty!

A-a-aand, just when I thought things couldn't get, you know, any worse...well...something pretty freakin' AWESOME happens (oh, I dunno, like being invited to Hollywood) and I just hope I don't puke ALL over Scribbit's new red leather peep toe platform pumps!

Martha, Martha, Martha

Did you see it?  You know The Blogging Show on Martha Stewart, yesterday?  Did you see me?  Yeah, I was there.  Got all dressed up (i.e. no pajamas allowed) brushed my teeth and everything to schlep all the way into the city, from Jersey.  Stood on line behind Mario Bozquez, shook his hand and - when one of Martha's producers thought I was actually a radio personality, I introduced myself as, "Liz Thompson and you probably don't know me, either."

[blank stare]

So, what's Martha like in person?

Gone Fishing - Will Be Back Soon, or NOT!

Sand, surf and sharks...OH MY!

I'm flipping over the "gone fishing" fishing sign, as Mini-me's Godparents have invited us down to beautiful Cape May, NJ for a couple of days of fun in the sun (hopefully, if the weather holds out) and the kids and I are more than happy to...you know...help totally fill up the bedrooms at their beach house!

In the meantime - while we're off digging in the surf, chasing tiny little sand crabs and jumping some of the best waves on the east coast, taking loads of pictures...oh...AND eating tons of the most AWESOMEST (yes, it's a word!) boardwalk food that is ALSO probably really, really, bad for us, too - please, kick off your shoes and stay a while.

I've got some pretty good reading lined up, for you, too:

New Jersey Moms Blog Launched, Today!

Last month, I was asked by the lovely Jill Asher (co-founder of Silicon Valley Moms Group) if I'd be interested in writing for an upcoming new sister site, for New Jersey mom bloggers.

"Hey, you know, I'm from Jersey!"

Well, yah...and DUH!

Today, I am thrilled to tell you that the site has officially launched and...GUESS WHAT...I even got to write the introduction:

Proof that I am Real Live 80's Bride

If you've ever wondered what a real live 80's bride looked like - visit aisledash.com - I am their Image of the Week!  Then, you're welcome to come back here and tell me that I haven't changed a bit.  Just, remember to let me know where to send the check.

Then, head on over to This Full House Reviews for our super...coolest...giveaways, ever - okay, it's like only MY first time...still...it IS cool -  because, I'm sort of liking giving away free stuff!

Oh, and Susan - I'll get you for this, my pretty!

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Just call me Erzsebet Katkics Hussein Thompson

The MOMocrats are pissed at radio talk show host Bill Cunningham for his recent anti-Obama rant at a McCain rally, where old school name calling tactics were employed to reduce the American political process to a new level of bullying; implying that Barack Obama is a "terrorist" because of his family name.

I happen to agree with them and that's why I'm participating in their "Just Call Me Hussein" meme, and telling our name stories.

Here's mine: