Thank you all for the birthday wishes earlier this week. I truly felt the love😍! I HAD to post this photo from one of my favorite birthdays 15 years ago! Sheesh…time flies. My dear pal Miss Budig threw me the best surprise party ever! I was cranky, it was raining, I didn’t feel well and wanted to stay home. But my mood quickly changed. This is the moment when I turned the corner and saw a ton of my favorite co-workers, dearest friends and family standing there. Look at the shock on my face and how proud she is! 🤣🤣I cried like a fool. Best surprise ever. #specialfriends #birthdaysurprise #priceless
Happy happy birthday to you, my dear, beautiful, talented and hilarious friend Rebecca! Remember this mock @soapdigest cover @maralevinsky made for us?!! 🤣🤣It is pure genius! We are babies here! Feels like yesterday. This was the beginning of a truly special friendship. ❤️❤️#birthdaygirl #mypal #supercouple #snatch #loveher
So is #oldheadshotday really a thing? Who the hell made that up?! There is a day for everything now. I’ll play. Here is my first headshot taken a million years ago when I was barely 20 in Florida by the amazing ( and super fun) @scottsingerphotography! Got the #felicity thing goin. I had no idea what I was doing. Thank God For Scott. #oldheadshotday #springchicken #blackandwhitephotography
Happy 1st day of March! It always makes me feel like we are that much closer to winter ending! I am taking out and trying on all of my sundresses like this sweet one …. in complete denial that I will be freezing my balls off next week. Yes balls. #march #winteralmostover #bringonspring #sundress #nyc #frizzyhairdontcare
Holy heat in NYC. July is here! And so is my kid and her hats! Like mother like daughter. 😬Photo courtesy of @mattjamesphotostudio .❤️#july #summerhat #summerinthecity #luckysfamousburgers
After a fun day in #southhampton Miss Priss is knocked out. I looked in the back seat and saw Wills asleep in my hat! Have no idea when she put it on. 🤣😍 My little lady. Thank you @afrischtak! ❤️#misspriss #knockedout #funday
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mommies, grandmothers, stepmothers and mother figures out there. This is me and my Willow, my mommy and my grandma. Four generations. This was a special time when my grandma first met my child. I don’t even remember taking this photo. I was in that new mommy state of exhaustion and delirious bliss when my kid was feeding from my boob every 2 hours. 😳 Motherhood have proven to be the most exhausting yet most rewarding, spectacular job I have ever had. Thank you to my amazing mommy for putting up with me. And Grandma- boy do I miss you. ❤️❤️#mothersday #fourgenerations #delirious #bliss
My current mood today about me still wearing my winter coat in spring!! Channeling my inner #paisan here! Eyyyyyy what the hell?! Basta already! No more coats! It is time to shed our clothes! Willow to me–“Mommy why are you punching the air?!” 🤣🇮🇹 #thatsmygirl #italianhands #bringonspring
Ah #fbf to one of my favorite #emmyawards in Vegas with my handsome #valentine. This was the year I wore my back-up dress because the hotel burned a hole in my first choice. Yup. 😱 Oh and I was secretly relieved I didn’t win because I was scared I would have to give a speech with no underwear! #truth 😝 It was an adventure! #daytimeemmys #vegas #versace #nounderwear #whathappensinvegasstaysinvegas 😬
Oh you know.. I am just hanging out wearing this fabulous @malanbreton coat. Nothing to see here. A few hours before this I looked like a frizz ball with puffy red eyes and a tired face. Thanks to @carlosdavisfashion and @barryhollywood for helping a momma out. Love shooting with those two. I do look like I am up to something. Perhaps I am about to flash someone. 😬#mysterious #jacket #flasher #photoshoot #brightlights #hairandmakeup #fuzzball
Little Miss Priss sitting in the tree. Legs for days. We love this tree behind my Mom’s house in Florida. I grew up playing on this same tree as a kid. ❤️😍#misspriss #treeclimbing #florida #memories #mygirl
#flashbackfriday to right before I grew boobs– courtesy of Willow’s birth. 🤣🤘 #robertocavalli dress -check! Fan blowing hair- check! Body of a 12 year old boy- check! 🤗Another fun shoot with @barryhollywood and @carlosdavisfashion. That dress was everything. #fbf #cavalli #fashion #animalprint #photoshoot #perky
In honor of the #daytimeemmys being this weekend I am throwing back to when me and my dear friend and fellow nominee😬 @terriivens attended for AMC in 2003. That night we went to support the show. Who knew that 15 years later we would both be nominated for other things. Such a fun surprise! So grateful. Congrats on your first nom @terriivens! I unfortunately can’t be there this weekend. Sending you and everyone good vibes! If you win I will have Willow tape me doing the worm for you. 🤗❤️#tbt #daytimeemmys #nominees #honored #tainteddreams #theworm 🐛
Happy Friday! Ya know..I’m just givin a little hip action while trying on some of my fun summer dresses. I’m into brown these days…! 😬Willow is off to my left making fun of my pose and “spaghetti hair”. She has a point. Why do I always make that asshole face when I look in the mirror? I am the worst at #selfies. 😏😬 #selfietime #finallyfriday #bringonsummer #summerdress #frizzyhairdontcare
Throwing it back to the night before my wedding with my beautiful and nutty sisters! Yes…. we totally look like an 80’s metal hair band here! 🤣🤘We are lunatics. And that is a shitload of curly hair…! 😲 #tbt #sisters #nutty #hairband #heavymetal #naturallycurly #curlygirls #fun #whitesnake #defleppard #poison
Throwing it back to when I wore a nightgown to @legolandcalifornia. For real. Miss Willow was 2 here and had a meltdown right before this. I spilled shit (not literally) on my dress- so wore my night gown. Yup. We were off to a rough start. I was also sweating my ass off in this photo. But after that we had an amazing time at their new water park. Remember @blu_pr? What I love is that Willow is now 8 and can’t wait to go back. 😍#familymemories #legoland #toddlers #nightgown #mommylife #tbt
Ahh throwing it back to when I walked into the subway station and saw this on the wall! It was a giant poster! Back when #soapnet and the networks had soap ads and billboards all over the city. Such a fun time! I was in good company in this photo. 😊Some of my favs. @natalia.livingston @delosreyeskamar #peterreckell ❤️❤️I felt like a douche stopping to look at it though. 😏🤣#daytimetv #respect #goodcompany #subwaystation #nyc #billboard #specialtimes #throwbackthursday
Throwing it back to when I had springs on my head and I had to hold my little blue ball. 🤣 Remember #olanmills? 😬Willow to me-“Mommy you look like such a cute little boy!” 😆 #throwbackthursday #curlsfordays #agirlandherball
Oh thank you sweet people! ❤️☺️This was a pleasant surprise! I am so proud of our cast and crew and so happy for the show! We all worked really hard and everyone deserves to be recognized. Repost from @tainted_dreams_the_series using @RepostRegramApp – Congrats to @aaminshew on her 2018 #DaytimeEmmys BEST LEAD ACTRESS in a Digital Drama Series nom & @blangiardosonia & the whole #TaintedDreams team for being nominated for a 3rd BEST DAYTIME DIGITAL DRAMA Series Emmy. Thx to the whole #TD fam for making it all possible.
When you start your day shooting with the ever so fun @figurescapes, before you get all glammed up and provocative– this is what you get… major bed head and dancing by the window. 😬 Or perhaps I am smelling my armpit. ( I could use a wax!) 😝 #bedhead #messycurls #twiggyarms #dancing #ballerina #bodyshots #notforkids #hubbyapproved #mommyhasfuntoo
Oh lord… lookie what I found! Yeah that’s me. Wearing a wig. And some funky makeup. In a kitchen. What in the hell am I doing here being so dramatic?! 🤣 I think we were going for the cleopatra look. Or the housewife/dominatrix look. First I will whip you up a soufflé. Then I will whip you. 😳 When Willow saw this she said “Ewww. Mommy you look like a creepy robot!” Well played Willow. 😝 #tbt #wig #cleopatra #dominatrix #souffle #creepyrobot
Unbeknownst to me-someone got a hold of Mommy’s phone and had a grand time doing a photo shoot of crazy characters! 🤣 This one is my favorite. Bahahahaha! The old man with pigtails! I can’t take it! This kid makes me laugh more than any human.😂👴🏻 Silly Willow. ❤️ #funnykid #neveradullmoment #oldmanwithpigtails
I love the @bronxzoo . But more than anything I love the #gorillas! Willow and her cousin Seamus are specifically enjoying this one. His name is Ernie. ❤️❤️ #bronxzoo #cousins #gorillas #ernie
Right outside our window! #happypride! #pridenyc #loveislove ❤️#pride🌈 (my singing is really top notch!)…
