I was blogging along minding my own business when I tried to add my own blog to Bloglines. I searched, selected, click on feed icon, found feed, and gasped when I saw that my post was from June 3???? What???? Have I mentioned before that I am #notatechie? I have the kind of technical...
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Today is a day I am thankful for my husband. He doesn’t really understand what I do, but he supports me. He doesn’t blink at the boxes coming in to our house. He doesn’t ask why none of the boxes contain a paycheck. He helps my #notechie self create business cards. On his day off,...
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I have a checkered past with Black Friday. I love it and hate it at the same time. The love is the deals. The hate is getting up early and braving the DC Metro traffic and the crowds! Did I mention how crowded the stores are? Crowded as in you have to wait in a...
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At the beginning of January, I saw an ad for Mom Advocates needed to promote a new social network for tweens/teens. I responded ASAP. With a kid, a preteen, and a teen, we have gone through many sites and networks over the years. The first foray in to computers? Games like Reader Rabbit Toddler and JumpStart...
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So, if you’re a regular on this blog you will notice that the last 10 posts have been reviews or giveaways or both. That’s how I’m rolling this week and last week. And, probably the following week. I’m celebrating the Anniversary of this blog. My Bloggieversary! Is this even a word? Not sure, but...
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To attend Tonight’s #community Sitewarming party go to www.resourcefulmommy.comto RSVP. The party starts at 9 p.m. I’m giving away the latest wii Littlest Pet Shop game — not due out until next week. The winner will have one copy hit of the presses! I’m not entirely sure when I attended my first Sitewarming party on twitter....
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Three weeks ago I wasn’t sure I was going to Asheville. I had my registration squared away, but travel and hotel seemed an insurmountable obstacle. Enter my good friend, Janine. Janine reached out to me and asked me to travel down with her and Linda and stay with them at the hotel. This was just the incentive...
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I started writing for TypeAMom almost a year ago. In fact here’s one of my first articles on homework. Almost a year later I am now the Preteens Editor at TypeAMom. I write from the experience of surviving one preteen and gearing up to get another one through this stage. Parenting! It’s a fight to...
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You’ve got to check out my sidebar. JuiceBoxJungle has a brand new widget that lets you, among other things, send an ecard to a friend right from this blog (click around and check it out). They also have a cool new sponsor, Paper Culture, a modern, eco-friendly premium stationary company that will actually address,...
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On the boat ride on Lake Minnetonka, I found myself talking to Julie. She was not a blogger. Not a PR person. Not a General Mills employee. This person was — the graphic reporter. I did a double take. What did she mean by that graphic reporter I wondered? Was she like a court reporter? Would she...
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