MargieInTheMorning's Blog

Are your kids driving you crazy, don't know what to do or where to turn to bring back the sanity in your home?  Have your teens turned against you?  Are you in need of some outside professional intervention?  If this sounds like you and your family we want to help.  Certified Parenting Coach Mary Jo Corcoran is willing to get your family back on track with an in home visit, she'll observe and then offer suggests.  Of course, we will want to be rolling with our camera to watch the transformation.  If this sounds like something your up to, I'd love to hear your story.  Let me know here in the blogs and you can also e-mail me with your contact information at margieellisor@fox2ktvi.com.

First off a Happy Mother's Day in advance to all you Moms out there.  I hope you all have a chance to sit back and relax on Sunday and reflect on God's little or perhaps now big blessings in your life.  Okay, with that said, here's the deal, I need to know your favorite Mother's Day gift or if you feel so inclined you can also share your worst gift.  Thursday morning I will share some of your e-mails on air during our stl moms segment.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing what has made you smile on Mommy's Day.

With gas prices souring, are you still taking a summer vacation?  We're trying to find out how many of you plan to travel this summer and if so where are you going?  Are you staying close to home, driving, flying?  If you're staying here, I would like to know what places are unique and perhaps best kept secrets in Missouri or Illinois, that is until we tell everybody about them!  Thanks for your help.

This picture of Jennifer Love Hewitt hit newstands with a headline declaring: "We know what you ate this summer...everything." Friday morning on our stlmoms.com segment we'll be talking about Hollywood celebrities and body image. The stats are startling, 42% of 1st through 3rd graders want to be thinner, these are precious six, seven and eight year olds. We'll compare the celebrities to the average American woman. Jennifer Love Hewitt came out saying "don't call me fat" I'm a size 2, but was more disturbed about what these words said to teens and even younger girls. What do you think? I'd love to share some of your comments on the air Friday morning.

Holiday greetings from the "three ring circus" otherwise known as my home!  Everyone is doing great and we are so blessed and giving many thanks for the addition of baby Jordan to our family.  Thanks again to all of you for your well wishes!  I hope you can tune into Fox 2 News In The Morning on Monday, as the "often imitated but never duplicated" Mr. Tim Ezell catches up with me and all that's been going on over the past several weeks.  We'll be live, as I share with you some pictures from my personal photo album, including the moments before and after Jordan's birth, some holiday memories, and my favorite quick and easy holiday treat that looks like you spent hours in the kitchen.  Plus we'll tell you when I'll be returning to the anchor desk and getting some much needed rest! LOL!  It should be a fun filled morning with Tim and my three children on live television. You never know what might happen!  We'll see you starting at 7am on Monday morning. 

Calling all Parents,

I'm a total hormonal mess as it is, expecting baby three and all and now I need to drop my three year old son off at preschool for the first time.  He's never been left with anyone other than family members and while we've met his teachers and he's seen the classroom and we're thrilled for him, I'm afraid I will begin sobbing and make a total scene.  Even some of the manly men here at FOX 2 have confessed to me in private that they bawled when they dropped their child off for the first time at school.  Any advice and experiences you would like to share to make me feel better feel free.  I'll let you know how it goes.   Thanks for your support!