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In December, Mr. Bear and I got the opportunity to try out the new Windows 8 HTC by Verizon. When it came in the mail, I could not wait to try it. I opened the box and found this beautiful blue phone. I powered it on and was immediately excited by how fast it is! It has all the bells and whistles that we love and couldn’t wait to try the new ( Read more... )

We got back from our trip to BlogHer and our Tour d’East Coast two weeks ago now. It was an exciting adventure and like any fabulous vacation, I am glad to be home, sweet home, savoring the memories. The BlogHer conference was a letdown this year; I am very disappointed to say. It was disorganized. It was chaotic. It was crowded. It was ( Read more... )

A little less than two years ago, I went to a pre-BlogHer meet-up with other local San Diego bloggers. I was nervous about going to the meet-up. I was nervous about my first time at BlogHer. I had been blogging for more than five years at that point and had few meet-ups with friends I had met online. For me, meeting people from online “ ( Read more... )

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It seems like forever since I posted here. I have a confession to make-December is not my favorite month. It is a month of obligations, busyness, buying gifts, trying to fit it all in, and failing miserably at balance. Do not get me wrong, I love Christmas. We have a five year old, full of wide-eye wonder and excitement; I love me some ( Read more... )

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We had previously shut the texting off, because we did not get it and frankly, we had no interest in getting it. I mean what’s to get? It seemed more difficult and more time consuming to text than it was to call and say, “On my way, see you in a minute.”

In December, Mr. Bear and I upgraded our extremely dumb phones for some swanky new and ( Read more... )

Since 2005, I have been a member of the Blogher community. Through Blogher Blogher, I have "met" some amazing bloggers. Every year, Blogher has a conference, where the network of women (and men, too, I suppose) bloggers can come together and talk about blogging. There have been five conferences in the past and each of the five have sold out. ( Read more... )

I was awarded a bloggy award from one of my newest bloggy friends, Mandy of I Am Java Mama. We met through the NaBloMoPo and I have really been enjoying her blog! She takes beautiful pictures and has committed herself to the 365 Project (a photo everyday for 365 days).


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Social networking websites, like Twitter and Facebook killed the blogging community. It is not difficult to find these sentiments, as they are prevalent throughout the blogging community. The once tight-knit, active communities of bloggers have splintered into Facebook fan pages, tweets, or short 140 character posts ( Read more... )