• The moment it all changed…when was it? What happened to make your life pivot and head in another direction?
• The invisible people. We see them every day…the man picking up litter on his morning walk, the old woman all dressed up to buy groceries for herself and her cat. Notice them and write about what you imagine their life might be like. Bonus if you actually talk to them!
• What would your older self have to say to you if she saw how you spend your time? Would you be wasting time on bathrooms, only to find that you should have been dancing? Write about a visit from your older self, through her eyes.
• Undivorced is a new relationship state that makes no sense to me. What are your thoughts?
• How do you feel about the immigration issues we have in the US?
• I’m addicted to Facebook/blogging/Twitter….
• If my husband and I had looked for each other online instead of meeting in school/being set up/working together….
• Have you ever considered throwing in the towel on your marriage?
• If you could have one “do-over” in life, what would it be?
• Tell your first child’s birth story.
• Who’s on your “laminated list”? (From “Friends” – who are the celebrities that you and your husband agree you are allowed to sleep with and it doesn’t count as cheating.) You don’t have to agree with the idea, but who would the celebrities be.
• My Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments
• My Top 10 Most Proud Moments
• Was there a moment in your life where two roads diverged and you wonder what would have happened if you’d taken the other? Write a “what if” post…
• What did people tease you about when you were a kid?
• Which celebrity do you despise the most and why?
• What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? (good excuse for really awesome pictures)
• What is something you swore you’d never do and changed your mind?
• How do you deal with disappointment?
• Are we saying what we really mean in the blog world or are we all just being too nice?
• Do you have recurring dreams? Explain.
• Do you write about everything or is some stuff protected from publication on your blog? Where do you draw the line?
• Tell about your most disappointing job interview.
• What is the nastiest thing someone has ever said to you in real life or via Internet comment?
• whats on your mind while nursing in the early hours of the morning?
• tips for the picky eating toddler
• are you a daily list person, if so, what things never get crossed off?
• does your “online” voice differ from your “offline”
• if you could do it all again, would you?
• what brings out the inner child in you?
• jack and jill ran up that hill too you know…40 things to do before 40?
• top 10 baby must haves for a first time mom
• if your children could describe you with one word, what would you like it to be?
• how does your coffee order at Starbucks mirror your personality?
• Why the ’80′s were a blur
• My kid said “What????”
• Most embarrassing thing my child ever repeated or told
• The funniest thing about Mr. Clean Magic Erasers
• You should have listened to me…..
• What I could never say to your face
• Why my dog is better than yours
• Secret Indulgance – shoes shoes shoes baby!
• I’ll do that if you’ll do this:
• Why I need a vacation from my kids & Hubby
• Old habits die hard.
• Drug testing welfare recipients.
• If you were President of the United States of America.
• Letter in a bottle. Who would you send it to, why?
• What do you do with “me” time?
• If you could magically instill one piece of wisdome in your child(ren) what would it be?
• What makes a best friend?
• When did you realize you were all growed up?
• If you were on an island and could have a lifetime supply of ONE food what would it be?
• If you could bottle one moment in time what would it be?
• If you were a tree, which tree would you be? Seriously.
• If I caught you hiding in your closet, what situation put you there? Crying? Sneaking a snack without kids asking for some? Twitter?
• Where do you fall in the birth order of your family? First, middle, baby? Do you think that affected who you are today?
• Do you empathize with the child who is your birth order mate? e.g. Mama who was the “baby” with her “baby.”
• Do you hate your middle name? Why? What were your parents thinking?
• If you took your husband’s last name when you married, are you sorry? Why? If you didn’t take it, why? Did you receive flack for it?
• What comes to mind when I say Democrat? Republican? (oh, yeah. I went there.)
• Talk me into moving to your state.
• Mountains or beach? Why?
• Go ahead and confess it, how crappy/no biggie does it feel to have someone “unfollow?”
• Would you ever have plastic surgery?
• Tell us about one of your tattoos and what it means.
• What is your weirdest quirk about housework?
• Explain a regret.
• What is your favorite school supply?
• If you were on a classic tv show, which one would you be on?
• Write about a time you were caught dancing when you didn’t think anyone was watching.
• How did you meet your spouse?
• In-laws – love em or hate em?
• What is the most daring thing you have ever done?
• A childhood memory that shaped who you are as a parent.
• Things to do on a rainy day.
• How you have controlled your temper when you really didn’t want to.
• A recipe fail… It happens
• Your favorite pair of shoes and why.
• Which super power wouldn’t you pick and why.
• The time you spit your drink all over someone, you were laughing so hard.
• Your worst interview
• Financial outlook before and after kids, did it change/how.
• The one thing you use oust in your house.
• If I had a moment with the likes of Britney Spears, Lyndsay Lohan (insert other celebrity in need of a serious talking to), this is what I would tell her…
• How to look good naked
• Marathon mania – why I will/won’t be joining the latest craze
• You can earn over $1 million to play one tennis tournament, but as little as $60k a year to be a nurse. Why is the world all screwed up? Why do we value sportstars so much?
• My thoughts on voluntary Euthanasia
• The essential guide to creating a ‘wow’ party
• Things my children have taught me about me
• 6 uses for the common safety pin
• Why laughter really is the best medicine
• Competitive parenting: were you battle ready?
• Best ways to get kids to clean up their toys (with a humorous/tongue-in-cheek twist).
• How father’s parent differently than mothers.
• Tactics for dealing with sibling rivalry.
• Tips to pack a healthy, yet fun, school lunch for kids.
• Your lowest parenting moment.
• The moment you realized that you were a good mother/father.
• Your favorite way to relax.
• If you won $100,000, what would you do with the money?
• 10 things you want your kids to know about you as a person (not as a parent).
• Your family’s very favorite recipe, the one the kids request over and over again.
• Who really wears the pants in your family?
• One of my irrational phobias is…
• Do you peek in other people’s medicine cabinets? (AKA, are you nosy?)
• If you could be a fictitious mom (from TV, books, etc), who would you be?
• What makes you jealous?
• What words are off limits in your house?
• What do you want for your kids that’s different from what you had growing up?
• What’s your claim to fame? (real or imaginary)
• Is honesty the best policy? Will you always be honest with your kids?
• Five creative things that are perpetually on your to-do list.
• Do you have bucket list?
• Do you have a goal for your blog?
• Are you a helicopter parent?
• Write a letter to yourself from your children.
• Tell the story of how you met your SO
• What is your favorite childhood memory?
• Write a letter to someone, and tell them everything you really want to say (of course if they read your blog, this might be a no-go)
• What did you want to be when you grew up?
• What moment made you most proud of yourself?
• Do you have a favorite sibling?
• My Dysfunctional Oscar Awards Acceptance Speech
• Five things I’d tell my younger and more stupid self NOT to do.
• The blog I don’t write but wish I did.
• And the Award for “Most Annoying Person I’ve Ever Met” Goes To….
• Why it would be a BAD idea for me to have taken that job as a….
• YES, I did this on purpose….
• Why my life would be better with a soundtrack, laughtrack, live studio audience, MC or set of gameshow contestants.
• Here’s who would play me in the movie…
• In a past and more exciting life, I was a….
• Dear People In Charge: I need you to fix….
• Something nobody knows that you’ve always wanted to say out loud
• Someone you admire and why
• The best day of your life so far
• Pretend your husband is making a random announcement on your blog
• Before you got married, you said you would never…
• Your most peaceful memory
• Where you want to be in 20 years
• The nicest thing someone you did not know ever told you
• Does aging scare you?
• Describe what happiness means to you in 100 words
• What did turning 18 mean to you?
• Ask your mom about your birth story and than write about it for your children…
• First memory as a child
• Amazingly embarrassing moment
• Oops… I put my foot in my mouth…
• Your aaahhh moment of the day
• The elephant in the room…
• I can’t stand looking at it for one more minute!
• I am not a perfect mom… let me tell you why
• _ (i.e. cookie dough in my case) is my nemesis because….
• The things I miss about being a kid
• The thing I love most about having brothers and sisters is…
• Favorite holiday and why
• A time that something happened and your reaction was completely different than you would’ve expected it to be
• Write a letter to the household chore you hate the most
• A memory, good or bad, that will forever be frozen in your mind
• Write the apology that you owe someone, but never gave to them
• What do you love the most about yourself?
• What habits/traits do you hope you don’t pass on to your children?
• Describe the day you found out you were pregnant with your first child; your thoughts and feelings.
• What did you swear you would “never” do as a parent, and then (of course) did?
• What is the ideal spacing between siblings and why?
• Are boys or girls easier to raise? Why?
• Ideal guests for a dinner party – between 3 and 6 guests – and why.
• Mom vs. Me – How to carve out time for yourself while being the best parent possible
• Are “soulmates” real or a social construct?
• Do parents inevitably have a “favorite” child? Why or why not?
• Homeschooling – freakish or forward-thinking?
• Gifted kids – Do you have them? Who decides?
• Would you rather be super attractive or super intelligent? Defend your position.
• My heroes are…
• What does the phrase “using life well” mean to you.
• The moment I realized I was a grownup…
• Describe a time you rediscovered something that you have seen your whole life.
• Who am I to become?
• Would you be friends with you?
• What kind of make-over would like… physical, mental, etc?
• If you could have one skill, what would it be?
• Describe a friendship that fell apart and why.
• If you could do it all over again, would you? What would you change or do differently?
• What do you wish you knew about your spouse before you got married?
• Write about a time that something you said came out completely wrong. What did you really mean to say?
• How does time and experience changed your perspective on something?
• Sometimes the smallest things make the biggest impacts on our life. Is there someone or something made an impact and they may not even know it?
• We all try to put our best foot forward when we blog. What would your readers be surprised about if they met you in real life?
• Is there a song that you love but completely misinterpreted the lyrics to or had no clue what they were talking about?
• What is the most awkward conversation you have ever had.
• I lied… and don’t feel about it.
• I feel guilty, but I still do it.
• What was the best prank you ever played or that was played on you?
• Why I started Blogging?
• Dream destination?
• Favorite book and why?
• My family!
• Create a healthy entrée
• Create a unique, fun and healthy smoothie
• Your biggest weakness? (Challenge yourself to stop your weakness for a week)
• Try drinking more water, and stop soda for a week.
• Share a special story from your childhood
• Try making a recipe from Julia Childs book, “Mastering the art of French cooking”
• Where do you want to retire and why?
• Make a recipe from a magazine each week for a month and blog & photograph it.
• Write about a conversation that needs to be had with one of your parents.
• If you could re-plan your wedding, what would you do differently now?
• Write about a time when you gossiped about someone or something and you got in trouble for it.
• Describe your biggest pet peeve and how you fall victim to it everyday.
• What’s the craziest/funniest/silliest/scariest Halloween costume you’d love to wear but are afraid to.
• What holiday do you despise and why?
• When was the last time you stole something and what was it?
• Write about a movie that sadly relates to your life.
• Discuss the person/people who inspires you on a daily basis.
• Exercise….friend or foe
• Mothers and Daughters…the evolving relationship
• The most inventive punishment that you ever doled out to your child.
• 7 things to do this weekend that do not take an excessive amount of planning
• Doing nothing….why is this so hard?
• Scrapbooking as a hobby; making it a social event…
• When one child has a health issue…how do you maintain balance and still attend properly to the remaining children.
• Children and planned activities….when is it appropriate….when is enough, enough!
• Kids are missing out on the relaxed childhood days that I experienced…..why is this?
• Sweetest thing my child did today
• Ten most guilty pleasures
• My biggest pet peeve
• Write about a conversation you recently overheard
• When I feel frustrated I….
• A moment in my life I would like to re-live
• Are you where you thought you would be in life?
• The most embarrassing thing your child has done to you?
• How to get the mojo back into your relationship.
• I am not crazy, I swear!
• Why is that in my purse?
• My favorite thing that I use in the bathroom
• My favorite kitchen utencil to use.
• Looking at my children, I can see…..
• This is what I do every morning when I get ready
• Let me tell you why (this TV anchor) gets on my nerves!
• What I miss about be without children
• I love (name a sport)!
• I have always wanted to be…
• What my children missing that I had when I was growing up.
• Toothfairy traditions at your house
• What does milk mean to you?
• If your jewelry in your jewelry box could talk, what would it say?
• If the books on our nightstand could talk, what would they say?
• Name 10 creative ways to pass the time in the carpool lane.
• If you were responsible for writing fortunes in fortune cookies, what would they say?
• If you were the #1 street namer for a neighborhood, what names would you come up with?
• You may say you just want your kids to be happy and you dont’ care what they decide to do for a career. Is that really true?
• What did you like “playing” as a child?
• What did you want to be as a child? Are you?
• What ladies in the workforce would you like to honor? Which ones would you honor that many people do not think about…like the ladies who stock the salad bars, the Wal-Mart greeters, etc.?
• What gets you out of bed in the mornings?
• What do you enjoy most about your life?
• Money vs. Happiness: Which is most important to you?
• Share a favorite dish you love cooking with your children.
• How soon should we begin teaching our children about God?
• Why have you chosen not to teach your children abut God?
• As parents, should we be more honest about how it really feels to raise children, from the greatest moments to our all time lows?
• Have we as moms and dads allowed society to shape our view of what kind of parents we should be?
• What are you teaching your children that you learned from your parents?
• How do you feel about Grandparents’ rights to have a relationship with their grandchildren, even if they have to haul you in court for it?
• Do you have any ghostly encounters?
• What was the best marital advice you were given?
• Do you have a soundtrack of your life? If so what’s the song?
• Do you believe in black magic?
• If you could do a do-over of a fraction of time in your life what would that be?
• If you got a book deal, what would write about?
• List your 5 teen crush on celebrities
• Online dating. Have you done it? How do you feel about it?
• If you got a movie deal about your life based on your blog. Who would be the leading lady and why?
• Letting go…how do get through it
• If you could start your life over what would you change?
• One word that describes you and why.
• Best parenting advice for a difficult child.
• Most embarrassing parenting moment.
• Do you have to love your family because they’re family?
• The truth about depression.
• Honest confessions about motherhood.
• Most guilty indulgence.
• Men should have periods too.
• Age I most want to be.

Part 2 (snagged from same place)

• the best Valentine’s gift you’ve given/received
• a book that you go back to again and again and why
• what you most hope your kids learn from you (and what you most hope they don’t)
• I save money the most by….
• 10 quick ways to pocket some cash…
• What is your earliest memory?
• I admire…
• I’m jealous of…
• I never thought I would be with someone who….
• I love the smell of…
• I’m the kind of person who…
• My favorite question to ask a stranger at a party is…
• Instead of asking me what I do for work, I wish people would ask me…
• People are always surprised when I tell them..
• I just want to be alone when…
• A coming of age story from your own life
• How college was different from what you expected
• How high school was different from what you expected
• You daily beauty routine (or lack thereof)