Heather Christena Schmidt

I like my dogs. My kids? Not so much.

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Am I Destined To Live In the Ghetto?

September 22, 2015 by Heather Christena Schmidt

I ask myself often: do I live in the ghetto? No, not really. I live in the suburbs. But as time has gone on, and we’ve moved from one nice area that turned out to be not-so-nice, to another, I’ve come to realize something: the suburbs may be synonymous with the ghetto. We moved on June 1st to a condo owned by my husband’s family. It was purchased for him and his brother, and as a general investment, when the […]

Categories: California Lifestyle, Uncategorized • Tags: behavior, being safe, city, city life, comedy, community, drama, ghetto, gossip, humor, life, life lessons, lifestyle, morality, satire, social commentary, Suburbia, suburbs

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Has the Blogosphere Become High School All Over Again?

March 24, 2013 by Heather Christena Schmidt

Short answer: YES. Long answer: I wrote a blog about six months ago called “Are Bloggers Becoming Mean Girls?” In it I argued against the notion that bloggers are cliquey. I had seen some bloggers complaining about how they couldn’t seem to “break in” to the mom blog, and other blog community, cliques, and for this they felt a great injustice. In the post, I started by saying: In high school, I hated the cliques. Now when I think of […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: blogging, blogging etiquette, blogosphere, blogs, comedy blog, etiquette, gossip, high school, humor blog, life, lifestyle, Mom Blogs, random commentary, random post, social commentary, write, writers, writing

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Four Holiday Mantras

November 4, 2011 by Heather Christena Schmidt

Well, faithful blog followers, it looks like it’s going to be a long holiday season. Hunker down – just yesterday I saw some idiot had put up and already lit his Christmas lights, including a large Santa face on his roof. Everywhere you go, you are already inundated with holiday ads, holiday music, holiday sales – so get in the spirit because they are coming whether you like it or not. If you are like me, your response to “whether […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: charity, enmeshed family systems, Facebook Depression, family, family drama, family gossip, family support, family systems theory, gossip, holiday depression, holiday lessons, Holidays, homeless people, homelessness, ice sculptures, life, life lessons, mantras, morality, santa, santa claus, support, thanksgiving