Archive for November, 2008:
happy thanksgiving
November 27th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by S. Elie
I am thankful for so many things this year. I’m thankful my family is happy and healthy. I am thankful that Honda Accords are built the way they are. I am thankful we have jobs and a roof to live under. I am thankful that we had the chance to spend Thanksgiving with some good friends and I’m also thankful that Bizzie Boy is eating and apparently prefers table food.
A special thanks to everyone that reads and comments on my blog. I’m so happy to have met you all.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
wordless wednesday - bizzie boy at it again
November 26th, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by S. Elie
reading: the new rules of marketing and pr
November 26th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by S. Elie
I have always been fascinated with new media and new technologies but never had a chance to explore them in most of my positions. Often the companies I worked for were behind in the times and didn’t have the resources or equipment to utilize the latest technology.
Now that I have started blogging I have become more interested addicted to social networking. After participating in Jessica Knows 15 days I decided to pick up David Scott’s latest book, The New Rules of Marketing & PR. I bought it last week and plan to start reading it over the holiday weekend.
That is if twitter, facebook, and blogging don’t get in the way.
The funny thing is I majored in Public Relations in college, but things have drastically changed since then. I’ll let you know what I think of the book in a later post.
If you want to read it yourself, Amazon.com has The New Rules of Marketing & PR
mompreneur interview: divine mama
November 25th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by S. Elie
Mompreneur: Quinn Curtis
Company: Divine Mama, LLC
Website: createdbymom.com
CreatedByMom.com is an online boutique that sells created by mom products. Our motto is “put your money where your mama is,” because consumers know that behind every product is a mom & her family. All our mom-vendors enjoy a 20% off inner-store discount, helping them support the other moms’ products at CreatedByMom.com.
What inspired you start your business?
We bought my Grandma’s home & all decided to remodel it to make her a main-level (no stairs) mother-in-law apartment to live in while giving us some room for our family to grow, also. The remodel turned out beautifully, but the contractor told us at the end (right after closing on a second mortgage to cover some of the debt) that our project had gone over $100,000 over budget & we were stuck with the bills left on our credit cards. Since I had recently given birth to our 3rd baby (3rd under 3 years old), I had to find some way to bring in money while staying at home to help get us out of our financial crisis. We’re still trying to work through our financial crisis to keep our home, which has gotten increasingly difficult as the whole nation is struggling financially also. However, our family is optimistic that things will turn around & we’ll be able to keep our house. Meanwhile, CreatedByMom.com may not only help our family is these trying times, but is also blessing all the other moms selling their products.
does princess = diva too?
November 24th, 2008 / No Comments » / by S. Elie
Me: Did you go on time out today
Ms Bizzie: Princess: Yes
Me: Why
Ms. Bizzie: Charlie and I both did because we weren’t listening
Me: You need to listen to your teacher
Ms. Bizzie: I don’t want to
Later that evening…
Me: Pick your crumbs off the floor and throw them in the trash
Ms. Bizzie: Why?
Me: Because It’s dirty; go throw it in the trash
Ms. Bizzie: Whatever.
So my little Bizzie Princess is turning into a little diva. Her new blog name is Ms. Bizzie! This is just a snippets of our dinner conversation today.
five little mice sittin’ in a tree
November 24th, 2008 / 3 Comments » / by S. Elie
With Christmas just around the corner, I am stuck trying to decide if we should get a Christmas tree this year. My husband and I have lived together for 9 years and have only had a Christmas for two of them. Pathetic I know. But I have a good excuse; we are almost always out of town for the Holiday.
I still can’t get last year’s tree adventure out of my mind.
Last year we decided it was time to get a tree we were staying home this year because I was expecting our son any day. Plus our daughter was getting older and I just knew she would have fun decorating the tree and watching the lights. So we went to the Tree Farm and let her pick out the tree. She was so excited. I was excited and so was my husband.
So we get the tree home safely and up the stairs and then the drama starts. I bet you are wondering what happened? Okay, nobody fell down the stairs and no one got hurt. Well…
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bizzie mompreneur interviews
November 22nd, 2008 / No Comments » / by S. Elie
Getting an i-interview just got easy at bizziemommy.com! I just created a form on Google Docs, did I mention how much I love Google right now. If not I will tell you soon I promise. FOCUS
I wanted to let everyone know that thanks to Google Docs being i-interviewed at bizziemommy.com just got easier. So if you are interested in being featured and showcasing your product or service for FREE please go to our new Bizzie Mommy I-interview form, fill out the questions and email me @ 411 (at) bizziemommy (dot) com any photos you would like to include in the post. It’s that easy. Did I mention, free?
I look forward to getting to know some more great bizzie mompreneurs.
why we need dance classess
November 22nd, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by S. Elie
Last weekend I took Bizzie Princess to her very first ballet class and in December I plan on signing her up for a 10:00 am Saturday ballet class. And here’s why…
Oh the velocaraptor sounds you hear in the background are coming from my son, hmm maybe he’s ready for singing classes!
thankful friday
November 21st, 2008 / 4 Comments » / by S. Elie
This week I received some great products to review, I received a steady flow of sells at my baby boutique, I received a really cool bag from flash bags (look for the review next week), and I met a bunch of new people on twitter. I had a great talk with Michele @ integratedmother.com. I was invited to contribute on a really cool community blog and have some other opportunities in the works. It’s been a good week.
That is not why I’m calling today Thankful Friday. As most of my twitter friends know my father was in a car accident during the week. Today is the first day I saw the pictures of his car. I mean sure he described the accident which was scary in itself. But seeing the actual images of the accident made it really hit home.
kaizen my new philosophy on life
November 20th, 2008 / 4 Comments » / by S. Elie
I have been beating myself up lately, upset that I have to work full-time, pissed that my business ventures haven’t taken off fast enough to replace my income, frustrated that I spend most of my time on the computer. Most days I am rushing my kids to bed so I can get some work done. Before you give me the worst mother of year award, I already feel like that.
It’s all for a greater good I tell myself. I’m doing it for them I repeat over and over again in my head. I Sknow that I am missing out on something.
I remind myself that it takes more time than I am allowing be a successful entrepreneur. But still it makes me upset and I often through myself pity parties. Why isn’t anything going the way I want it to?
The feeling comes and goes, like today’s stock market, I have bad days and I have good days. Today, well I’m somewhere in the middle.
That is until I read an article on Smashing Magazine, completely unrelated to what I was feeling but it applies and I’ll explain how.
