Archive for February, 2008
February 29, 2008· Filed under Casual Friday
Happy Leap Day Friday! Wow! Today only comes once every four years, so I am officially deeming today as a bonus day.
Let’s just say, that your fairy godmother granted you a totally free day today - no work, no family commitments, no appointments and no limits. What would you do? Oh, and money is no object. But you have to back by midnight…
How would you spend your day?
PS - if you need some Leap Year activities for the kids while you have your imaginary dream day, check out the Leap Year coloring page and more at Printables4Kids.com.
February 27, 2008· Filed under Reflections
TLC debuts a new reality show next week, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom, that takes a stay at home mom and gives her the opportunity to pursue the career she left behind for one week. After watching the trailer of the show, I am left with a great deal of skepticism.
First of all, I really don’t like the idea that the show uses deception as part of its premise. The Moms “go to the spa” while the husbands care for the kids during their week away. I would think if you are paying people to be on the show, you might as well tell the family in advance so that the kids are not so traumatized and the family trust is not compromised. I am sure that because it is TV, this is just the drama they want to stir up.
Second of all, do we really need another piece of the media fueling the debate on stay at home moms vs working moms? Hello, whether you choose to be a stay at home mom, work from home mom, or a mom with a job outside of the home is YOUR decision. What ever works for you is good.
I also don’t like the tag line of “Do they have what it takes to have it ALL?” The connotation is that unless you are a career woman and a mom, you are failing in some aspect of your life. That is a bunch of bunk.
TLC is one of my favorite networks and home to shows that I think really empower us as individuals, like What Not to Wear, Trading Spaces, Take Home Chef and such, but The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom just doesn’t seem to have the same sense of empowerment. I guess I’ll have to watch an entire episode before I can really judge it, but I’m not holding out much hope.
I’d love to hear your take on this show. Do you think it will be good? Or is it just a grasp for straws from an over saturated TV environment?
February 25, 2008· Filed under Monday Motivation
Another Monday sits here staring me in the face asking the money question of the day - “What are you going to accomplish today?” Luckily I am prepared with a response! “I am going to divide and conquer.”
Anytime I am faced with a huge to-do list or a very big project I tend to get overwhelmed and that often leads to procrastination - I just don’t know where to start. Over the years I have learned to divide these big tasks into smaller tasks, making them more manageable and the results more measurable.
Today:
- Write out post ideas for week
- Work on case study post for Essential Keystrokes
- Go through inbox and prioritize maintenance tasks
- Do time sensitive site updates for clients
This Week:
How about you? What are your goals for today or the week? I have found that making my plan and holding myself accountable for it is the best way to start off my week. Join Wendy at eMoms at Home, WAH(web)Mommy, From the Park Bench and me by posting your own Monday Motivation post.
February 24, 2008· Filed under Blogging
THE blogging conference of the year will be held May 2-4, 2008 in Chicago, and will be hosted by Liz Strauss of Successful Blog and a team of really knowledgeable bloggers. The SOBCon team is running a contest and the prize is the registration fee plus hotel stay.
As of yesterday, I am in 5th place. I really would like to go for FREE and you can help me do it. All you have to do is visit the SOBCon site through one of my links at my other site, Essential Keystrokes. You don’t have to do anything else.
Now, if you are serious about blogging as a business or an extension of your business, this conference is for you. I wrote a list of 10 Reasons Why You Should Go to SOBCon, just in case you need a little more incentive.
February 23, 2008· Filed under Contests
I recently ran this same giveaway at my Doll Diaries site and the response was so positive the sponsor has asked me to run it again, but on Casual Keystrokes this time.
If you have a Barbie girl or a Hot Wheels crazy boy, they will love this one!! Firebrand Media is sponsoring a give away four subscriptions to these fun magazines for kids - two subscriptions to the Barbie magazine will be given out and two for the Hot Wheels magazine.
Barbie magazine is a quarterly magazine for girls filled with stories and letters for real girls, cool activities, quizzes, puzzles, posters, and fun fashion trends.
Hot Wheels magazine is for boys with a high powered imagination! It also comes out 4 times a year and is jam packed with cool graphics, activities, contests, ideas and fun!
So, how do you enter??? Easy!! Just leave a comment on THIS post letting me know whether you would prefer a Barbie magazine subscription or a Hot Wheels one. You have to pick one or the other. One entry per person please. If you are a blogger, you can earn an extra entry by posting about the giveaway on your site!
Deadline for entries will be Sunday, March 9, 2008.
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