When I got my first house, it was 1998. My husband and I were still very young. We had no children, and we did not have a ton of money to spend on a house. However, even then I knew what I liked and I knew that I wanted space. We chose a house that… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Events
Women Driving Excellence at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show
I spent a LOT of time at the Chicago Auto Show this year. I do love the shiny cars. I love learning about the tech, and I love the new car smell. Going on media days is awesome because all of the cars are not covered in people. It is much easier to check them… Continue Reading
Balanced Living with Coca-Cola Workshop Recap
I was compensated for my participation in Coca-Cola’s Balanced Living Workshop, but my thoughts and views are my own. I just spent an awesome couple of days with Coca-Cola talking about Balanced Living. I was not quite sure exactly what I would get out of it. Coca-Cola and balanced living? Hmmm… It was better… Continue Reading
The Coca-Cola Balanced Living Workshop Teaches Better Living
I was compensated for my participation in Coca-Cola’s Balanced Living Workshop, but my thoughts and views are my own. As a very busy mother to two sets of twins, I sometimes find it very hard to balance healthy eating, exercise, work, and kids.† In my two sets of twins, one in each set is picky.… Continue Reading
Motorola Photon Q First Impressions & Chicago Wine, Cheese, & Tech Event
This Thursday I am hosting a fun event with Motorola to show off and celebrate the recent release of their Motorola Photon Q Smartphone on the Sprint Network. I received the phone a few days ago to try out and I am pretty impressed. It has been a long time since I used a smartphone… Continue Reading
It’s Vegas Baby!!! (Blogalicious 2012)
I am currently in Las Vegas, NV for Blogalicious. I will be speaking on a panel, “Storytelling through Photos & Videos” here on Saturday morning. It is only my second visit to Vegas, but already I like it more than my first one! When I came before it was January for CES. While it was… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Summer Family Safety Live Event Recap + Springboard Winner
On Thursday, July 26 I hosted another fun event with T-Mobile. About 25 bloggers, social media addicts and smartphone lovers gathered at the Burbank, IL store to learn about mobile family safety. But, it was not all business. We also had a ton of fun. We ate well, played some games, mingled and made new… Continue Reading
The Future of the Digital Workplace Recap
Continuing the story of my travel whoas…. at the end of the last episode, A Blogger on a Plane… For Way Too Long, I was driving to Madison, WI from the Milwaukee, WI airport after a long day and night of travel. It was about a 90 mile drive. I finally made it to the… Continue Reading
A Blogger on a Plane… for Way Too Long!
Beware… this appears to be the longest post I have ever written! But if you like the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles… read on! I mentioned in my E3 post that I had travel woes when returning from E3 in Los Angeles. Around the same time that I found out that I was going to… Continue Reading
Still Recovering From E3 – Last Recap
Let’s talk about more E3 goodness. About 3 weeks later I am still recovering from the travel madness that was E3. Don’t get me wrong, the E3 conference was fantastic! The madness came after, but we will get to that later. First, let me recap what I loved about E3. I already told you about… Continue Reading
Join the AMD Tech Moms Tonight For a Summer Vacation Twitter Party
Summer is officially here!! Sure the weather has been awesome for while, but it was still not *summer*. The start of summer for me was marked by my kids FINALLY being out of school. They got out on Friday, June 15 and I think that I was more excited than they were. LOL! Now that… Continue Reading
Day 1 of E3 = Conquered. I Even Stalked Snoop Dogg!
Wow. Yesterday was a whirlwind. Leticia and I left our hotel at about 10:00 am and did not return until after 10:30 pm. It was a long, fabulous day. We took a shuttle to the Los Angeles Convention Center which took a while. I must say… there are not many places that I go where… Continue Reading
I’m Headed to the E3 Expo with AMD
Yesterday afternoon I arrived in beautiful, busy Los Angeles, CA after what seemed like 3 days of travel. LOL! I actually drove from my home in the Chicago area up to Milwaukee, WI. I left my car there and flew to LA by way of Denver, CO. I have to go back to Milwaukee because… Continue Reading
Join Me for the Intel What About Me Twitter Party
Have you ever wondered how your social media presence is viewed by others? If asked what you tweet about, do you actually know? How about your Facebook statuses? Are they consistently about the same thing? If you were able to analyze it… you may just be surprised. Intel’s What About Me tool does just that.… Continue Reading
Treat.com Dinner Recap + Giveaway Winner
Before I talk about the awesome dinner, let me announce the winner of the 1 year Treat.com VIP account. This enables you to send 100 cards w/ stamps (domestic only). The winner is Jill Lear. Congrats Jill! I will be in touch. As previously mentioned on Tuesday night I hosted 9 other awesome Chicago area… Continue Reading
My Ideal *Treat* For Mother’s Day + Quick Giveaway from Treat.com
Tonight I am hosting a dinner for myself and 9 blogger friends here in Chicago to celebrate Mother’s Day. The dinner is brought to us courtesy of Treat.com and my friends at Flavor 180. Why? Because moms deserve to be treated of course! What would be your ideal treat for Mother’s Day? On the news… Continue Reading
The GM Renaissance Center in Detroit Michigan
Earlier this month I went to Detroit for NAIAS (North American International Auto Show). This was my second year, although this year I was with GM. I have nothing but great things to say about GM and their social media efforts. I could go on and on, but I won’t. The most fascinating part of… Continue Reading
Gaming Anyone? Playstation Family is Ready to Game in 2012!
Sony Playstation has joined the ranks of some other companies and launched a mom blogger program designed to bring more awareness to the good versus bad benefits of gaming for families. I am a big advocate of the newer games. Games used to be bad, bad, bad. We sat on the couch for hours and ended up… Continue Reading
What Did We Do For Fun??
I think all the time about how when I was my kids age I had no game system until I got my Atari 2600! I had no computer until the arrival of the Commodore 64. We had to play with real toys!! Legos, dolls, jump rope, trucks, and Star Wars toys! Those were the things… Continue Reading
Meet the Ladies of SweetHack!
Girls in Tech. Girls in Programming. Girls in Social Media. Girls in Hacking? ABSOLUTELY!! Ok, ok… not real hacking. Sweet Hack is all about us ladies getting together and brainstorming while working together to build a tool. There will be developers, programmers, web developers, bloggers, and more! Full Description: entrprnr is partnering with #MsTech to bring you SweetHack,… Continue Reading
Microsoft + Bump Club & Beyond Panel – Top 5 Gadgets for Mom
Hopefully before you read this, you will read my Tail of the Bad Car Karma post to get the background on why I am writing this post. Although I probably would have written it anyway. As a busy mother, we have to deal with keeping schedules, running a household, working, and entertaining kids. We are… Continue Reading
The Tale of the Bad Car Karma
Sigh… it all started on Saturday, September 10. The kids and I were due down at the Kenmore Live Studios for them to shoot a promo video for the new line of Kenmore kids products called My First Kenmore. The video was going to air during my BlogaDelicious event on Friday, September 16th. We live… Continue Reading
Moms Know Tech: Bump Club & Beyond Panel
If you are in the Chicago area, I invite you to come out to the Microsoft Store in Oakbrook this Saturday, September 17th to check out the Bumb Club & Beyond event. I’m speaking on a panel called Moms Know Tech. We will be sharing tips on gadgets, organization, family safety and more! It is… Continue Reading
Tech Companies Make an Impression at BlogHer 2011
As you know, earlier this month I attended BlogHer 2011 in beautiful San Diego, CA. One of the things that I noticed there is that tech companies had a strong presence again this year. I am not surprised at all. It is suspected. After all, we know that women play a huge part in household… Continue Reading
Type-A Parent Conference Session Recap
Why did it take me so long to write this? Because I have been crazy busy!!! Between coming back from Type-A, jumping right back into planning for ChiTown Mom’s Nite Out, and all other things going on, I have not had the energy to write much. I started this post as soon as I got… Continue Reading
Honey, I’m Home….
I got home from Type-A Parent Conference late Sunday night. Surprisingly, I was not all that exhausted. Although, sitting around and trying to talk with my honey and watch Falling Skies resulted in my falling asleep on the couch. And last night, I was determined to get some work done after the kids were in… Continue Reading
Coming to Type-A Parent? Come Find Me and Say Hi!
I am heading down to Asheville, NC in the morning for the Type-A Parent Conference. I’ll be driving a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan courtesy of Dodge who is a sponsor of the conference with my driving buddy Alicia. At first when they said that they were sending a Grand Caravan, I said “I don’t want… Continue Reading
Preparing For Your First (or 50th) Conference
On Wednesday I am heading down to beautiful Asheville, NC for the Type-A Parent (formerly Type-A Mom) conference. This technically counts as my 8th conference or blogger speaking event. Wow! And you know what? I still do not have it down. Each time I get ready to go to one I get nervous. I usually… Continue Reading
The Travel Madness has Begun
You may remember that I went to Vegas in January for CES, and then flew right away to Detroit for the Ford Green event. February – April proved to be fairly calm for travel. But, with May… the madness begins! I just got back from Gleek Retreat up in Holland, MI which is a BEAUTIFUL… Continue Reading
Calling all Chicago Area Moms and a Call for Swag!
Some of you may remember that last year I participated in Mom’s Nite Out here in the Chicago area. It was a GREAT success. Since then we have gotten many requests on when we were going to do it again. The whole thing really took on a mind of it’s own. But, I didn’t want… Continue Reading