Shame, as we all know, is a negative emotion. And negativity is bad, right? So I'm going to stop feeling ashamed of my deep love for the following. . .
Degrassi; The Next Generation. Sure, I was old enough to watch the original (which I did regularly) but that doesn't mean it's shameful to love the one aimed at today's teenagers, right? And yesterday's. The show's been around for 13 years now. I haven't kept up the past couple of seasons, but that'll just make it more exciting when I force my kids to watch it with me in a few years. Besides, if Vulture talks about it, it can't be that uncool.
Lamebook. Where everyone is just making fun of stuff that idiot-type people put on Facebook. It's probably bad to be so entertained by something so mean, but I can't help it.
Planet Hiltron. I originally discovered Danny Evans from the compilation of his celebrity makeunder photos on Loffee. You might say I'm obsessed with them.
Thredup. Basically, you can go here and buy barely used (trust me, they are STRICT) clothes for kids and women. Some of the stuff still has tags, even. You can also mail in barely used clothes and shoes and get paid (or buy stuff in bigger sizes, which is what I do). Lovebug put it this way, "I used to not really like it when you bought me shirts before, but now you get me cool ones." If you use my link, you get $10 off your first order!
XOJane. If you ever read Jane magazine, then you can sort of imagine the web site. Some of the articles are really interesting and even well thought out, but their titles can be such link bait.
Saltines. I have actually dreamt about saltines with butter on them, which is what I used to eat whenever I was sick as a kid. Or sometimes when I wasn't sick. Okay, and I occasionally ate them for dinner when I had my first apartment in college. Oh my god, I want one right now.
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7/12/2013
11/19/2012
Get Your Girl On
Yesterday I got to take Ironflower to an awesome event sponsored by Kidzvuz, the safe online community for tweens. It was called "FashionTweenstas" and it was for tween girls (which they counted as 7+, how is is possible that I have a tween?) and their moms to "get your girl on".
As you know, I don't review a lot of stuff on this blog. I don't go to very many blogger events and I don't do many giveaways or anything like that. Mostly I vent on my blog. But. This event was for girls into fashion, and trust me when I say that Ironflower is very into fashion. Plus, one of the brands that was going to be there was The Children's Place, which is a brand I happen to already love. So we went. And we loved it.
As you know, I don't review a lot of stuff on this blog. I don't go to very many blogger events and I don't do many giveaways or anything like that. Mostly I vent on my blog. But. This event was for girls into fashion, and trust me when I say that Ironflower is very into fashion. Plus, one of the brands that was going to be there was The Children's Place, which is a brand I happen to already love. So we went. And we loved it.
The girls got to dress and accessorize the mannequins with Children's Place clothes.
Ironflower did that activity like four times.
The first thing we did after signing in was get a glitter tattoo. Well, Ironflower got one. I didn't. Though I kind of wanted to. But other little girls were waiting, so I do not have a glitter flower on my arm right now. I wonder if the artist from Glitter Tattoo New York would make a house call to New Jersey? She was very sweet.
Ironflower got a dolphin.
We also spent a lot of time with the Fashion Angels stuff. There was a table for doing crafts like decorating with funky tapes and drawing fashionable outfits. They also had someone using their Hair Chox products, which are temporary dyes that kids can use on their hair. Ironflower and I were both in love.
Apparently I am a tween girl at heart.
Cool, huh?
Fashion Angels also brought in this wonderful hair stylist. She gave the girls wonderful hair styles and pronounced all of us much easier to deal with than the models she usually works with. The only problem was that every girl wanted an awesome hairdo, so some of us spent a lot of time waiting in line so our girls could get one. Next time I will remember to wear comfortable shoes and to bring my business cards. I did get to meet Jennifer from Mommy Day By Day, Kristen from Barista Kids, Beth from Life in the Bat Cave and Sherry from Babypop, they definitely made the line a lot more bearable.
Deciding upon the hairdo.
Ironflower checked out Microsoft's Surface tablets, Just Dance 4 for xBox and ate way too many cake pops at the Audible.com table while I waited in line. I did get a chance to talk to the people at Audible and I will be talking more about that when the reading blog launches. Which will be before Christmas. Somehow.
Anyway, in addition to a glitter tattoo, hair streaks and a hair do, Ironflower also tried this slightly glittery lotion from Sparklehearts. They make hair and body products without nasty cancer-causing chemicals like parabens. Their stuff smelled great without being overpowering. Again, I want.
If I'm not careful, I'm going to start liking One Direction or Justin Bieber. <shudders>
I will probably post about the day again, because I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff. And I have a lot more pictures. But just let me say this, if you ever get invited to an event sponsored by KidzVuz? GO.
3/15/2008
It Sounded Like A Good Idea. . .
I am a wimp.
I started a work at home job this week, doing some research and writing for a website-to-be. It's only 15 hours a week, so it's not like it's THAT taxing. Recently I also signed up to be an assistant organizer for our ENORMOUS playgroup and that inspired me to host a playdate. Which I did on Friday. After obsessively cleaning the first floor on Thursday. I also got the bright idea a few weeks back that we should get up early this morning for a trip on the Easter Bunny train. And right now I seriously feel like I haven't slept in a week.
The only reason I'm not vegging on the couch right now is that I promised the kids that they could watch Lazytown. And Sportacus creeps me out.
Anyway, I feel like such a wimp.
The playdate was fun. The kids were great about sharing their toys and being friendly. The bunny train was basically fun. Although Lovebug cried when approached by all the costumed characters (Easter Bunny, Snoopy, Sylvester and Tweety) and peed so much that it leaked onto my skirt (don't be impressed by the skirt wearing, all my real pants were dirty). Luckily I brought extra pants for him. And then Ironflower needed the potty, which was so revolting and dirty I almost threw up all over it. Then I used a Wet One to disinfect myself and got nauseous all over again (apparently NewBaby doesn't like the smell of Wet Ones). But my parents came too and took us out for a lovely lunch after.
But I feel like I just ran a marathon.
(I've been doing my "energy moves" every morning too - the ones that I got from Health magazine that seemed to be helping. Until today.)
Hubby and my mother contend that I can't be feeling so rotten from the pregnancy already. But I think it had better be the pregnancy, otherwise I've developed mono or something. Any thoughts?
(Some of you are probably thinking, "Dude, this is your THIRD pregnancy, don't you know?" Uh, no. With Ironflower, the feelings of crappiness held off until week 8. And with Lovebug I had no symptoms until he started kicking. )
I started a work at home job this week, doing some research and writing for a website-to-be. It's only 15 hours a week, so it's not like it's THAT taxing. Recently I also signed up to be an assistant organizer for our ENORMOUS playgroup and that inspired me to host a playdate. Which I did on Friday. After obsessively cleaning the first floor on Thursday. I also got the bright idea a few weeks back that we should get up early this morning for a trip on the Easter Bunny train. And right now I seriously feel like I haven't slept in a week.
The only reason I'm not vegging on the couch right now is that I promised the kids that they could watch Lazytown. And Sportacus creeps me out.
Anyway, I feel like such a wimp.
The playdate was fun. The kids were great about sharing their toys and being friendly. The bunny train was basically fun. Although Lovebug cried when approached by all the costumed characters (Easter Bunny, Snoopy, Sylvester and Tweety) and peed so much that it leaked onto my skirt (don't be impressed by the skirt wearing, all my real pants were dirty). Luckily I brought extra pants for him. And then Ironflower needed the potty, which was so revolting and dirty I almost threw up all over it. Then I used a Wet One to disinfect myself and got nauseous all over again (apparently NewBaby doesn't like the smell of Wet Ones). But my parents came too and took us out for a lovely lunch after.
But I feel like I just ran a marathon.
(I've been doing my "energy moves" every morning too - the ones that I got from Health magazine that seemed to be helping. Until today.)
Hubby and my mother contend that I can't be feeling so rotten from the pregnancy already. But I think it had better be the pregnancy, otherwise I've developed mono or something. Any thoughts?
(Some of you are probably thinking, "Dude, this is your THIRD pregnancy, don't you know?" Uh, no. With Ironflower, the feelings of crappiness held off until week 8. And with Lovebug I had no symptoms until he started kicking. )
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