Living

<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge)   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 'Dirty Little Secrets' for moms Good Moms: Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile, mothers and authors of the best-selling "I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids," released in April 2007, made a name for themselves when they diagnosed the craziness of modern motherhood and offered real solutions and stories drawn from interviews with mothers across the country. Their recently released follow-up, "Dirty Little Secrets From Otherwise Perfect Moms" ($12.95) aims to help mothers step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood. Read more about the women -- and discover a really cool independent Web site -- at Mommy Track'd: The Working Mother's Guide To Managed Chaos, www.mommytrackd.com. Sarah Jackson, Herald Writer

1. Early morning gunfire wounds 2 in Everett 2. Father guilty of manslaughter in girl's death 3. ZZ Top fans get Everett buzzing 4. Crash devastating for toddler 5. Snohomish County budget passes, with a caveat 6. Fall 2009 Wesco All-League Teams 7. Laundry fire sparks concerns over smoke detectors 8. Two people injured in Highway 9 collision 9. Northrop: Boeing's 767 ‘no longer commercially viable' 10. Lynnwood police seek hit-and-run driver 2 - Top 10 Stories Most Talked about 3 - Top 10 Stories Most Emailed

• Holiday Lightings & Santa Sightings • Ruling in the pool • Archbishop Murphy takes title • A season of performing arts • Budget numbers have official fuming • Wildcats move on to 2A semifinals • Holiday Bazaars & Fairs Calendar • Edmonds’ Westgate Chapel serves up hospitality for holiday • Mavericks fall • Boeing will build, flight test and deliver 787s in South Carolina to spe ... • Snohomish County EDC promoting job growth in key industry clusters • $4 million grant to advance brain tumor research has Everett links • Providence medical center construction tops off its 12-story steel frame ... • Tulalip affordable housing project to be financed by KeyBank, Raymond Ja ... • Arlington's Lak of Ink has a growing following for Luke Kooyman's creati ... • Bank of the Northwest formed • Cascade Bank earns $1.6 million