LaMomba - Connecting Brands and Blogs

This is a new site I wanted to share with all my fellow bloggers!

Here is their Mission from their home page:

"LaMomba aims to illuminate brand directories and blog connections through our Connectory. The simple, quick-look style is saving both brands and bloggers thousands of hours that had previously been spent searching hundreds of sites in the blogosphere for just the right match. LaMomba is as easy as sign-in, seek-out, search over. Our goal is to save you time, money, energy and resources. LaMomba's Connectory will be your one portal, your blog-a-dex, your yellow-pages, your connection."

You can sign up for free on their site till 9-10-11... tomorrow!

It's super quick to sign up.  Go HERE to sign up and please let them know that Nicole from Some Call It Natural sent ya!

~Nicole~

My Exciting News!

This is not new news, but I just realized that I haven’t told you all yet…

I am on The Old Schoolhouse (TOS) Crew review team

AND the Timberdoodle review team!

What does that mean for you guys?


Simply put, it means you get to hear about A LOT of super cool products!  Don’t worry if you don’t homeschool, not all of them are just for homeschoolers.  In fact, my first couple of reviews will be perfect for any family with kids!

Now, if you don’t have kids… you don’t have to worry either… not all of my posts will be reviews!

Okay, that’s pretty much the gist of it… I just wanted to share!  I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to be on both of these review teams!

You Might Be A Mommy Blogger If…

Some of the following apply to me, and some of them I have observed in other bloggers.  It’s between my computer and me which ones are which.

You might be a mommy blogger if…

• When you make a great meal (or even a good meal), you are disappointed after the meal, because you didn’t take pictures of it and therefore, can’t blog about it.
• Your child sees you take a picture of something random and says, “Why are you taking a picture of that?  You gonna blog about it?”
• You can’t distinguish between what it too much information and what is private.
• When you don’t blog for a few days, you feel the need to apologize to your readers as if their life would not go on without reading your thoughts.
• When you see something on the news or just when out and about that is funny, sad, maddening, etc, you feel the need to blog about it, because of course your readers will want to know how you feel about the matter.(This goes along with the previous point)
• You blogged about your pregnancy before all your family and friends even knew about it.
• You know a whole other language that you didn’t know existed before blogging.  This foreign language includes, but is not limited to, GFC, SEO, IRL, PR, and Linky…. oh, did I not mention this foreign language was mostly made up of abbreviations?

More from my blog friends:

• You make your best meals when you know you will be blogging about them. (Thanks Tamara!)
• Your 3 year old asks how many 'hits' you got on your blog that day. (Thanks Maria!)
• Another one from Maria - When your child gets computer time, he opens up a word doc and pretends to be typing a blog post!
• Your friends cut you off each time you try to tell a story with "I know, I read it on your blog" Thanks Beth!  I totally meant to add that one and forgot!  Glad you thought of it.
• You had to start a blog for your kiddos so they could be like you. (Thanks Crunchy Beach Mama!)
• When your kids get dressed and are all cute, they ask you to take a picture of them for your blog! (Thanks Jayme!)

 If any of these sound familiar to you, it may be wise to seek professional help.

Lovable Labels BlogHer’ 11 Getaway Contest

Job Specifications for Position in Local Household

Position Title: Mom, Mommy, Mother, Momma, or Mooooooommmmmmmmmy! (This is not a complete list.  Please consult your own language for your title)

Qualifications/Knowledge: This topic has the potential for being controversial, but ultimately, no knowledge is absolutely necessary.  All that is really required is an X chromosome, although literacy is a plus.

Skills/Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide unconditional love for the duration of position.
• Tolerant of public humiliation, but take solace in the fact you will be able to return the favor in the teenage years.
• Must answer the same question repeatedly within a 5 minute period.
• Teach child(ren) the dangers of the world without making them wimps.
• Must fully brainwash child(ren) into thinking like you.
• Must allow child to express themselves.  Good example: Let child dress in different shoes and go to the grocery store.  Bad example: Let child scream at the top of their lungs in grocery store.
• Must be willing to watch the same movie/t.v. show over and over.
• Must listen to unsolicited advice from family, friends, and strangers.
• Sunny disposition is preferred.
• Be able to be puked on without puking on child.
• Change feces filled diapers.  So filled, in fact, that the feces goes up the child’s back and down the child’s legs.
• Speaking of feces, you will need to be well versed in how to clean it off of clothes/cribs/bathtubs/floors/walls/car upholstery, and any other object within the child’s reach when/if the child decides to use said feces as finger paint.
• You will be on call 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year.  This includes overnight travel.  If you cannot commit to this, you need not apply.
• This is not always a well liked position.  You will have eyes rolled at you, be yelled at, walked away from in mid-sentence, and, in general, ignored.  
• Must take responsibility for how child(ren) in your care contribute (or not) to society and must not blame outside sources for failure.
• Must be proficient in (or willing to learn) assembling/repairing any and all child’s toys, gadgets, games, etc. (or marry someone who is willing to be responsible for this area of the child’s upbringing).
• Must not care what the Jones’ are doing with their children and/or allow that to influence what you do with yours.
• Must do your own research when it comes to the health of your child(ren) and not assume what the Jones’ are doing is the best (or worst) thing for a child.
• Must organize multiple tasks per child/per week/per day.
• Must get child to events at a reasonable time in relation to the beginning time of said event.  Child must not be the first nor the last person to be dropped off/picked up.  If an event is from 6-8pm.  It would be acceptable to drop off child at 6:08 and pick up child at 8:05.  In general, you are safe as long as you are within a 15 minute window you can stay within without being rude to the event coordinator.
• Must be willing to have other job titles other than those labeled above in ‘Position Title’.  They will include, but are not limited to: Housekeeper, Dry Cleaner, Household Manager, Personal Assistant, Teacher (this may be either a full time or part time decision and that decision is one that will be left up to your discretion), Doctor/nurse, Boo Boo fixer, Chef, Personal Shopper, Booger Picker, Social Coordinator, Hairdresser, Lifestyle Coach, and Spiritual Advisor.

Work Experience: Prior experience would certainly be helpful, but the irony is that prior experience is not available.  On the job training will be provided on a self taught basis.

Compensation/Benefits: You get paid nothing in the monetary sense, BUT you will get all the hugs and kisses that you earn/deserve and some that you don’t earn/deserve.  This will continue until child is in his/her teenage years at which point you will only receive the ones you earn/deserve and sometimes (a lot of times) you won’t even receive those.  You will also need to pay a lump sum when child is 18 in the hopes they will receive a college education and get a good job so that he/she can then take care of you in the unfortunate case that you can no longer do it on your own.  Then, when you die, it is customary (although not required) that you leave the child(ren) any additional money/possessions that you have not already given them.

Note: This will be a long term position.  You will need to be able to commit to at least 18 years.

It is also important to note that many women do not perform the duties listed above.  If you witness such inaction, please refer to what is stated in ‘Qualifications/Knowledge’.

This post was written for the Lovable Labels Blog Her' 11 Contest.

Fellow Blogger Shout Out

Maria from Life, Loss, and Other Things Worth Mentioning thought that my blog was worth mentioning!

I thought it was so sweet I thought I would mention her on my blog! :)

She has a beautiful blog and I'm sure you will like it.  Please tell her I said "Hi"!

My First 5 Question Friday!

Every week My Little Life does her 5 Question Friday and it always looks fun, but of course, I always forget to do it!

Well, not this week!

Here are my answers to her Five Question Friday for this week:
1. How close to your childhood dreams is your life now?

Pretty close.  I always knew I wanted to be a chiropractor.  Actually, when I was really little, I wanted to be a ‘Becky’.  That was the name of my dad’s (who is also a chiropractor) front desk receptionist.  I wanted to be just like her.  Anyway, I grew out of that quickly and decided I wanted to be a chiropractor.  I never grew out of that!  I did plan on practicing with my kids in the office and have this dream scenario, but instead I am staying home with them and homeschooling them.  For now, that is definitely the better scenario!

2. What is one must have item for the summer?
That’s an easy one…. I live in the South.  We have been in the mid to upper 90’s this week…  so I have to have AIR CONDITIONING!!!!

3. Do you have your kids stay up on school stuff during summer vacation? (Or, if you don't have kiddos, did your parents make you keep up on school stuff during summer?)

Yes, we school during the summer.  I’ve never had any complaints about it either, until this summer.  My 9 year old is complaining.  Maybe we will change our schedule around so we can take off next summer, but this summer…. school is on!

4. Do you can or freeze fresh produce?
Freeze…when I can remember.  I want to start canning though, and even bought a kit.  Anyone have any tips for me?

5. Do you get ready for the day first thing in the morning?
Not if I can help it!  I am a much nicer person if I can wake up slowly.  I’m working on changing that part of me.

Hope you enjoyed learning more about me!  If I can remember to, I am going to start doing this every week!  Yay!

P.S. I didn’t make up these questions.  My Little Life supplied them and I answered them.

Five Fabulous Bloggers!

Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous!

I thought that coming up with 5 bloggers I wanted to write about for this post would be hard… I was right!  Trying to pick only 5 is really a chore…. I have come across so many blogs that I have really enjoyed and not to mention ‘met’ quite a few bloggers that are just super sweet!

Alas, I could only pick 5 so okay, here are my top 5… in no particular order

If you want to check them out, just click on the picture above my accolades to them.




I met Colleen of Dr. Mom Online on Facebook.  She and I found each other because we are both chiropractors.  As it turns out, that’s not all we have in common.  She also homeschool's her kiddos like I do and we have similar ideas on what healthy eating looks like.  I love her blog, not just because we are a lot alike, but because she talks about lots of things in ways that maybe I haven’t thought of.  If you need some help in making your home a healthier one, definitely check out her blog!




The next one is Katie at Kitchen Stewardship.  Simply put, I look up to Katie.  She tries to eat healthy and posts some yummy recipes.  She has lots of fun ‘how to’ posts.  She makes her own household cleaners.  We all can learn a lot from her!  I have never met her, but I stalk her quite often!

Next up is Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler.  Don’t stop reading if you don’t homeschool your kids!  She has created a K4 program you can do with your little one before they enter school (or just to do at home as a supplement).  She also has lots of recipes on her blog (can you tell I like finding new recipes??).

I love Carol and Stacy’s blog, Intentional Conscious Parenting, because it resonates with the way I want to parent and how I hope I am parenting.  It is all about being gentle and using the correct, positive words with your children so they can grow into wonderful adults!  They are sweet women with a wonderful blog!  Through their blog I have found out about some great kids’ books that I hadn’t already heard about!

Coming to Harriet’s Table

Alright, the last one is my friend Sasha’s blog, Coming To Harriet’s Table.  I am partly adding her to this list because I love her writing, and partly because she hasn’t posted since March (maybe this will motivate her to write more)!  She is an awesome writer!  Harriet is her grandmother and she posts about how she has shaped her life, as well as about her super funny kids and family life.  The comedy in her writing is great.  You have to check out her blog to know what I’m talking about.

Okay, those are my top 5 Fabulous Bloggers.  Now, run along and go check them all out and tell them I said “Hi!'”.


Don't forget to enter the 50 Fabulous Wishes contest for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous. I was selected for this Tropicana Trop50 sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I received compensation to use and facilitate my post.

Wildflowers & Whimsy: Ruthie's Romper Giveaway!!

Check out this cute Romper that Wildflowers and Whimsy is giving away on her blog! So. Stinkin'. Cute!

Click on the picture above to go and enter.



Disclaimer:  You have to have a blog to enter this giveaway.

Blogger or Wordpress??

Warning to my readers: This post is pretty much just for my fellow bloggers.  I promise I won’t do this kind of post often, so please don’t be mad at me.

                                                          
                                                                      
So… there is a discussion among some of my blog friends about which is better, blogger or wordpress. 

Some say you get a better google pr, faster, with wordpress.  If you are on my site reading this, you know that I have a blogspot blog.  Do I need to switch?

If I want a higher pr is wordpress the way to go?  Does wordpress have some sort of system that gets you in the search engines better?  How many visits per month does it take to change your google pr?

All of a sudden I feel really uneducated when it comes to all this.

Anyone have any opinions about it?  Do you use wordpress?  Blogger?  Something else"? 

Sell me on the one you love!

Blog Hop Thursday!

Having fun with a blog hop!  Just a fun way to find more blogs.  Enjoy!

Have fun!  Let me know if you find some that you love!