Come Join The Mommy Reality Challenge
Three blogger friends are setting out to change the way the world views the reality of motherhood. Today, we are proud and positively ecstatic to announce the launch of the #mommyreality Blogging Challenge!
Meet The Mommy Reality Team:
Our Mission:
We want to provide an honest glimpse at what being a mom is all about and capture the real unedited moments on our blogs and social media accounts to spread the word. Lets remind ourselves and each other that Pinterest projects fail, milk spills, bathtub grout builds, and sometimes the kiddos have Kraft Mac and Cheese for dinner.
We don't want you to worry about your pictures being posed or perfect or that your posts are making you sound a certain way. The object of this challenge is to capture the imperfect in our lives. You will be trying to connect to your blog readers by capturing and sharing real, honest and unstaged family moments.
Our Vision:
We want to inspire both our fellow mommy bloggers and our blog readers. We want to spread the word that there is no perfect mom. That we all struggle every day to do the best for our kids and that life is full of little accidents, messes, mistakes, and mishaps and that’s what makes it interesting! We are sick of going it alone and want to join forces with other real moms out there!
The Anatomy Of A Viral Post
About a week ago I was invited to attend a mini Bloggy Boot Camp put on by the SITS Girls and Invisalign. Last week here on the blog I covered 5 important points that every blogger should know.Holly (Quirky Momma) from The Kids Activity Blog was also a featured speaker at the Boot Camp. Holly is amazing and her story is inspiring. She grew her social media presence to the hundreds of thousands in just a few short months.
Holly instructed us on the important elements needed to create a viral post and I would like to share this information with you.
Dealing With Milestones
This week we are heading into some BIG milestones for our family, a kindergarten graduation and a graduation from elementary school.First let's talk about my kindergartener, Rebekah. I cannot believe that an entire school year has passed, It seems like just yesterday that I dropped her off for her first day of school.
Man-day Post: Happy Mother's Day!
It's time for another installment of Man-day from Jensguy.I'm going to keep this post short, because I have quite a few things going on today.
Labels:
mothers,
mothers day
Five Things I Learned At Bloggy Boot Camp Every Blogger Should Know
This last Sunday evening I was invited to attend a Bloggy Boot Camp sponsored by the SITS Girls and Invisalign. I have never been to one of these before and was ready and excited to learn as much as I could.
There was a lot covered in a very short period of time and I took a lot of notes. In order to share the information in the most concise manner, I will focus on five points. There is much more to cover, but this will start the conversation rolling.
Sometimes Being A Mother Stinks
Yes, yes you did just read that right.
Man-day Post: Is the Jungle Book Racist?
It's time for another installment of Man-day by Jensguy.
Yahoo entertainment reporter Amanda Bell writes an article talking about the upcoming live action remake of "The Jungle Book," full of a-list stars, which is exciting because then they can remove all of the racism from the movie.
The Easiest and Best Sopapillas You Will Ever Make
I have already covered that my mother is from Chihuahua Mexico and my family has a long standing tradition of fabulous Mexican food. Mexico is a very big country with many regions and each region has it's signature dishes which vary in both ingredients and cooking styles.
Labels:
Cinco de Mayo,
easy sopapilla recipe,
Rhodes rolls
Disney Infinity Just Got A Whole Lot More Awesome
Last week I discussed with you the Disney Infinity gaming system. Yesterday Disney just announced a new addition coming this fall, and it includes Marvel characters:
Hey, recognize these guys? Just like a mirror. Nailed It!
So back to the Infinity release, it looks like the Black Widow will soon be teaming up with Elsa from Frozen on the JENerally Informed living room television.
How to MakeYour Own Sugar Body Scrub
As we are getting ready to head into summer, at least here in my neck of the woods, my skin is feeling dry and rough. On a recent trip to the mall to pick up some sugar scrub to counteract this problem, I had the epiphany that I could make this myself. Now we all know that not all of my DIY projects turn out exactly as planned, but this one is easy, fabulous and I highly recommend it to everyone.
Jen Nails It Southern Pinterest Challenge
A few weeks back I introduced a new Jen Nails It Pinterest Challenge, wherein I was going Southern.I, the little Hispanic girl, was going to try and make fried chicken and the whole enchilada. Um, make that grits casserole?
Here was the recipe and picture I snagged from Pinterest.
I also decided to make this cheesy grits caserole.
As the coup d'etat I pulled in this recipe for collared greens.
Man-day Post: Red Pill Mommy Blogging
It's time for this week's edition of Man-day by Jensguy.*Note from Jen- This is a pretty amazing post. Most bloggers won't share this info with you, but my husband wants to make sure every Mommy Blogger is rewarded for their hard work.
So what if I were to tell you that much of what you thought you knew about building a blog wasn't so. What if developing your content while slowly but surely building a community of readers wasn't the way to gain advertisers and sponsorships? What if there was a system where you were immediately judged and either dismissed entirely or let into the "Cool Kids Club?"
I certainly didn't like the sound of something like that and was very invested in the natural way of blog building where your social networking was the driver to the content of your blog. I wouldn't blame you if you dismissed these ideas as rubbish and continued on as you have. I felt that way even a couple of weeks ago. For that we can offer the Blue Pill.
Take the Blue Pill and you will go on as normal, which isn't a bad place to be.
Now if you wish to take the Red Pill. . .
Review: The Disney Infinity Game System
For Christmas this year the JENerally Informed children were surprised with a Disney Infinity game system. The hubs and I did our research before buying and all of us have been really happy with it. The gist is that the game allows you to purchase finely crafted figurines that enter the actual game when placed on a pedestal. By themselves, the figurines are awesome, but the fact they are actually playable video game characters, makes the whole concept just special.
My First VoxBox: Sargento Ultra Thin Cheese
About a month ago I signed up with Influenster and was pleasantly surprised when I received an email saying that they had selected me to receive The Sargento Ultra Thin Cheese VoxBox. Woo- hoo I LOVE cheese!I have been to Europe twice and also lived there for a semester for school. I am a cheese connoisseur and take my cheese very seriously. I can make whole meals off just cheese and bread.
Here's a picture of the VoxBox.
Labels:
Influenster,
Reviews,
Sargento Ultra Thin Cheese,
VoxBox
Word Is Getting Out About My Blogging
So last week one evening around 7:30 p.m. my doorbell rang. I was a little slow getting down there, but when my husband answered the door no one was there, just a single stapled together craft idea sitting on my doorstop from another blog.
No note, nothing. Hmm, this is very curious. Well alrighty then, is it a challenge or a desire to help inspire a new blogger? I suspect the person had internet access in order to print it, but didn't perhaps want to be identified. This could have been A LOT worse. Oh well, I 'm up for trying anything!
Anyway, how hard can this be and peeps are like 10 cents now that Easter is over and I have most of the other stuff hanging out in my cupboards.
Here we go:
Man-day Post:The Tweets, They Are A-Changin'
It's time for this week's edition of Man- day from Jensguy.
Jennifer has allowed me a second week in a row of tech blogging. If you find the content useful, please let us know in the comments section. If you would rather me to go back to baseball blogging, let us know about that as well. :)
If you haven't already heard, Twitter is revamping its user interface. Going from:
to
Future Farmers Of America & Easter
What might the FFA and Easter have in common?Well, this is the weekend where I change out my glittery sandals for work boots and gloves in order to help rope in our crazy little bunny Lance A-Lop for the County Fair. The biggest event of the year for 4H and the FFA. This year the County Fair just happens to take place over Easter weekend. I guess it's kind of fitting since we have a bunny.
Here's my girl last year placing in the finals for showmanship. We were so proud of her.
Labels:
4H,
Easter,
FFA,
redneck woman,
scary bunny pics
The 10 Greatest Mullets of the 80's and 90's
No Hockey Players. Professionals aren't allowed in these Olympics.
The mullet must be a trademark image and not just a one time movie role thing.
Boys only. I will hand out the Aquanet Awards to the girls at a later date.
John Stamos is disqualified, because he knows what he did.
Also, no Billy Ray Cyrus, because. . .Miley. Once that gets resolved, he can rejoin the list.
And here we go:
Three Important Do's & Dont's For "Mommy" Bloggers
A few years ago I started blogging about the children's book my sister and I wrote together, The Practically Perfect Princess. I have watched and learned quite a bit over the years and wanted to share some helpful blogging tips that I have picked up.
1. Do not ruin a good blog hop or post, by being spammy. No one likes the comment, "Just popping in for the hop. Follow me here." This is rude and is the conversation equivalent of saying, "Well enough about you and whatever you were sharing. Let's talk about me now." I do not like when people do that and I know I am not alone in this sentiment. Do not be this person. It's kind of like:
I'm happy for you and all, and I'm going to let you finish your post,
but my blog is the best of ALL TIME!
How to Turn Your Princess Into A Mermaid
My little Rebekah has been begging
for a mermaid tail for quite a long time. I found a super cute mermaid tail
idea and wanted to share my simple tutorial for turning your Princess into a mermaid!
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