Rachel Mosteller is a freelance writer living in the Houston area with her husband and two small children. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Redbook, Ladies’ Home Journal, Wondertime, Spirituality & Health, Web MD and Yoga Journal, amongst others.

She likes cupcakes, analogies, poorly made crafts, movies starring Matt Damon and margaritas.

You can visit her blog at www.thesimplefamily.com or see her professional work at www.rmosteller.com.

Blog Entries by Rachel Mosteller

Raising Mini-Addicts

Posted July 3, 2008 | 04:05 PM (EST)


Four years ago, almost to the week, I gave birth to my first child, a daughter. Eighteen short months later, her little brother joined us and I found myself with two small eyes watching everything I did.

(No, really, they do. Don't believe me? Try to shave your bikini...

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Cutting The Celebrity Gossip Chord

Posted June 27, 2008 | 03:54 PM (EST)


Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. I sat down to put on my shoes and checked my (several times) daily dose of People.com. There it...

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What's Your Fix?

Posted June 20, 2008 | 12:15 PM (EST)


My husband and I have a friend who is smart, attractive, funny and very successful at his job. He is also addicted to World of Warcraft, spending seven or eight hours hunched over his computer, engulfed in his own little world. He can easily talk WOW for long...

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Life, Unplugged: On The Virtues Of Disconnecting

Posted June 10, 2008 | 01:06 PM (EST)


What do the writer Ariel Meadow Stallings, Shutdown Day 2008 and the term "Internet Sabbath" have in common? They all want you to turn off your computer...for one day.

Great, right? You turn off your computer and, as many a mommyblogger who lose their Internet connection for a day can...

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