TJ had his first ride in the back of a police car tonight. It was my second. And that’s only part of the story. Picture this: It’s time to drive TJ to his grandma’s house, which is about 2 miles away. I decide that I don’t need to change out of my ugliest pair of […]
6 Holiday Gift Ideas for Slightly Broken Women
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This year, I decided to break my 2016 holiday gift guide into two parts: kids and adults. The adults are going first, because sometimes mama’s gotta take care of herself. Here are some gift ideas for my fellow slightly broken women to give each other or to give as hints to those who will be […]
The Naked and Fearless Way to Business Success – Type-A Conference East 2016
Missy Ward isn’t talking to us today about affiliate marketing, but about her personal journey in the business world. She tells us that she’s actually an introvert, which I wouldn’t have guessed before, but listening to her now, I can tell. The brain of a parent with a successful child: keep their expectations high maintain […]
Caught Doing Good! Young Women Pay the Bill for Strangers at IHOP
While enjoying lunch with my mom and company at the IHOP in Clifton Park, NY today – March 22, 2016 – we were one of three tables remaining when the pair of older women sitting in the far corner were getting ready to pay their bill and leave. To their surprise and delight, their server […]
Headline Writing That Will Get You Noticed and Adored with David Griner #TypeACon 2015
David Griner was kind enough to agree to fill in a session slot for a speaker team that had to cancel at the last minute for personal reasons. He’s talking to us about headline writing, which I think I’m pretty good at, but I’m nowhere near as good as he is. This is, um PG-13. […]
Rocking Periscope with Amiyrah Martin
Though Amiyrah Martin tried to get me to play around with Periscope a few weeks ago, I told her I was waiting for this session so I knew how to do it the right way! So I’m here to learn how to ROCK PERISCOPE and share some tips with you. Amiyrah’s Periscope channel was started in […]
Our Nightmare with the NYS Health Exchanges
I would like to start out by stating that I am very grateful that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare was passed and that the Supreme Court upheld it as constitutional. It has helped millions of Americans obtain health insurance coverage, including some dear friends of mine. The part about insurance companies no longer […]
Welcome, Autumn! A Look Back at the Summer That Wasn’t
On this, the first day of fall, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the summer that wasn’t. It’s not a topic that would have occurred to me on my own. For full disclosure, the prompt was suggested to me along with an offer of a complimentary summer bouquet from ProFlowers, which I […]
How to Take Advantage of Ancestry.com’s Free Record Collection Promos
Every so often, Ancestry.com will run special promotions where they offer free access to select historical record collections. At the time of this writing, they are currently running the promo for record collections from the Original 13 Colonies for Independence Day weekend, but the advice below will serve as well for any other free access […]
Halestorm Rocks | Fandom Friday
After more than a decade of loving mainly all-male bands, I was introduced to Halestorm a few years ago. I’d never really been the hard rock/heavy metal type, but I connected almost immediately with the band fronted by charismatic Lzzy Hale. Halestorm, which is made up of Lzzy, her brother Arejay Hale, Joe Hottinger, and […]
