You know when you meet someone and you click? You talk in person or on the phone, connect online, in e-mail, or on twitter. Whatever way you connect you instantly know that you and this person click. I had this…
Category: Musings on Me
Trekaroo Thursday: Spending the Weekend on a College Campus
My daughter spent her first night on a college campus as a 10-year-old. No, she wasn’t a student. Her volleyball team participated in a 3-day tournament over Memorial Day Weekend. Going away to college at aged 10?! We talked about…
Unilever Showcases Brands @BlogHer
The Unilever Penthouse at #BlogHer was fun. “Fun” really is an inadequate word to describe the awesomeness of the event…hair, makeup, reflexology, food sampling, crafting, and more was on tap at the Unilever event. I wasn’t sure how Unilever would…
Play Tennis with Chris Evert: @BeSimplySmart Contest #BlogHer
The #BlogHer Hood Simply Smart Milk event with Chris Evert was the right mix of brand product placement and fun event with a celebrity. Chris Evert spoke to the bloggers and a reporter for 30-40 minutes about everything from fitness…
Musings from Me on #BlogHer and Blogging Friendships
I have attended a few blogging conferences and events this past year and a half. At conferences/events, I tend to hang by myself for part of the time then join in with groups at other times. I move from group…
Toys, Toys, and More Toys at My #OpenSky Store
With three children at home, we have toys. More toys than we know what to do with. Toys come in to our house as gifts from grandparents…from birthday parties…and just because. Toys go out of the house, too. I don’t…
The Sound of Quiet: New to my #OpenSky Store
As a new homeowner living in the middle of nowhere I was astounded by the quiet. As I stood on the driveway our first night in our new house, I could hear nothing…literally nothing. No cars. No traffic. No horns.…
TypeAMom Is a Go! #typeamom
This time last year I was a bumbling, dithering, wishy washy mess. I had a ticket to TypeAMom. I had recently started writing for TypeAMom on Preteens. After hearing about the conference I very much wanted to go. At the…
Explaining Social Media and Blogging to an IRL Friend Online
A friend of mine. We met a few years ago…at a church playgroup. My friend needed some information about blogging for a business. I wrote a lengthy reply to her. I am wordy hear me roar. My reply made me…
Oh to Be a Blogging Mom with Little Kids
My tween and teen give me PLENTY to blog about. The arguments. The hissy fits. The temper tantrums. The pouty lips. The rolled eyes. But… …I can barely blog about any of it. You see my girls read my blog.…
