For the orders going out today..BONUS - your box is a piece of art!Posted: February 21, 2008 at 12:45 pm | byFiled under: Adventures in Mommahood Well, as a mom and entrepenuer my roles often collide. B just learned to help me crinkle tissue to pack the boxes going out today -yeah! AND while I turned to print shipping labels..learned to color on the boxes as well! So to those of you wonderful customers that ordered today..Consider it a special box :) It actually cracked me up because he was so proud of himself so I thought I would share it with the world. Who knows..it might be art one of these days! Thank you to all of my customers for being so amazing and fun to work with. Warmest Wishes, Erin Shlumpadinkas UNITE - then fix it!Posted: February 21, 2008 at 11:51 am | byFiled under: Cool Product Reviews, Adventures in Mommahood Ok, I admit I am an occasional Oprah watcher. I never seem to be caught up on my Tivo so I watch out for the shows I JUST HAVE TO SEE. Yesterdays was IT! The Shlumpadinka transformation show. I have somewhere along the way become a shlumpadinka! OMG! Take this quiz and see if you have too. Do you categorize your sweats as “around the house, going out and dress? - OMG I DO how embarrassing! In fact, I am wearing my dress sweats now..I have to look good at the gym right? Do you wear clothes with elastic waist bands? - not actually so bad at this..actually, that is a lie..since my sweats have become my fav item. Can your jeans actually be categorized as “acid washed”? - uh oh. AND they are either too short or too long. Ugh! I need to find a perfect pair of jeans. If you answered any of these questions make a vow with me RIGHT NOW to fix it. Start by checking out Oprah’s tips on de-shlumpifying. http://www.oprah.com/beauty/fashion/slide/20080220/fashion_20080220_103.jhtmlThen go do something about it. My favorite part was that everything featured did not cost very much money. There were a few spendy items but most were very reasonable..AND the list was not that long. Just a few basics to tie your look together. So, since shopping is a bit challenging with my son I am going to make a date to do something about this while my MIL is here visiting or perhaps when I am in Fl next month. Plus it will be fun to have a little shopping excursion with someone other than B
Valentines Day - Adventure #4387 in our homePosted: February 15, 2008 at 6:23 pm | byFiled under: Adventures in Mommahood I am convinced that you can still have Valentines Day without pulling out the glue stick, child safe scissors, and construction paper. Of course, if you looked through all of the parenting magazines we are bombarded with (yes..I know YOU get them too!) it would be hard to believe such a statement! I mean WHAT IS LIFE without hand constructed placemats and cupcakes made in the shape of hearts. Umm..a lot less stressful! NOW don’t get me wrong. I am not immune from all of this craziness. That first paragraph was actually something pretty close to what we heard in MOPS this week (while making a Valentines craft..go figure) In fact I do actually like it as long as I don’t let myself get too worked up about it and forget to have fun. Trust me..I was right at the edge yesterday when I tried all day to get the perfect picture of Briggs decked out in his best Valentines outfit. Actually, there were 2 outfits. The first - his “all day” outfit was a red plaid shirt with a tshirt over it that said “Grandma’s Valentine” Perfect to send out as an ecard to his grandparents! The second outfit..now try to keep it together as you read this..was a yellow bumble bee costume (get it!? we call him B). I could just picture the card to all of our friends and family that with the caption “Bee Mine”! I had it planned..I had all my props laid out the day before. Cookies, 2 balloons, a box of chocolate. I was going to use his red PBK Anywhere Chair as the back drop. I could hear the grandparents collectively swoon when they opened their emails. THEN REALITY SET IN
Briggs ate the cookie (so did the dog)-without a bib so I was now down 1 prop and the shirt was covered in schmootz. Hmm..ok well at least lets get a shot..I figured i could always write a funny caption to explain what happened. Grandparents love that stuff anyway. BUT THEN REALITY SET IN AGAIN B didn’t want to sit in the chair. He wanted to hold the camera that was in my hands and cried when I didn’t let him. Again, I kept snapping out of sheer desperation. I was starting to sweat now. Never a quitter I kept on. I put B in the Bee costume.. He actually didn’t mind the polyester contraption too much..until I put the hood on. I am not sure if it was the fact that he was overheated in 2 min flat..or that deep down he knew that his girlfriend 16 years from now would google him and find this picture. Either way, he was not posing. I snapped what I could..vowing to try again later. Wishing that I could at least have gotten a picture of him walking with the stinger on the back waving back and forth but alas..this is life. It was getting late, I was a wreck of now frizzy hair and schmeared makeup and had to be ready in 15 min for an actual date with my husband (heaven btw). I cried uncle. At least we have the memories. Oh well.. There is always St. Patricks Day Sock off..props being eatin, this photo shoot is not looking promising I am so outta here MOM!!! Seriously?! You have me in a BEE COSTUME Yes, those are incredibly dorky dilly boppers on my head..and I am proud to wear them! ‘It’s a Boy!’ Ring by Rocks to Buy BabyPosted: February 7, 2008 at 1:03 pm | byFiled under: Cool Product Reviews This is not your Mommas Momma ring!
Jewelry that honors your life as a momma AND has a fashionable edge to it – what’s not to love!? I have her blue enamel “It’s a Boy” Ring and get so many compliments! The ring looks fabulous and makes the perfect accessory. I plan on giving them to all of my friends as shower gifts! Amanda Jaron has been designing amazing jewelry for over 10 years. Her costume jewelry designs have been featured by big names in the fashion world including Givenchy, Tommy Hilfigher, Jones New Yorkin Jones & Co., Nine West in Nine & Co., BeComing for JCP, and MARK for Avon. Some of her Corporate clients include, Aveeno, Johnson & Johnson & Neutrogena..first for fashion house Givenchy and later under her own label – Ajaron designs. She then launched her Rocks to Buy Baby line after the birth of her twins. Amanda also designs a line of bracelets and pacifier charms that are to die for! Channel your Haute Momma side and pick one up for yourself at www.rockstobuybaby.com
Erin Chief Momma (0)commentsThe SuperBowl is a Beautiful ThingPosted: February 4, 2008 at 11:30 am | byFiled under: About Me Anyone who has known me for longer than 3 years knows just how shocking of a statement this is for me to make! Football!? “I don’t watch football and I certainly don’t understand the rule of the ridiculous game!” was my retort any time anyone asked if I had seen the game. In fact, when the Steelers won 3 years ago and I said “Ohh, that is nice..I mean..someone has to win right?!” my husband pretty much freaked But that changed when I got pregnant. We were laying low at home a lot more than usual and I figured that if I could just give it one season to try and figure out the game that my husband would not only be in heaven but it might be a good way for our family to spend time together. And - it - WORKED! I was hooked (well, maybe it took a few games to learn what the heck was going on) but THEN I was hooked. It wasn’t just the game. It was the sitting on the couch together, routing for something together. I love the screaming and the cheering. I love the whole culture of it all. So SuperBowl is the culmination of an entire season’s cheering and nail biting moments and yesterday’s game was no disappointment. The 4th quarter had us hootin and hollerin so loud I am sure the neighbors heard us 4 doors down..that is if they had not been making so much noise themselves! But now it is over (except the Pro Bowl of course) and I have to admit that I am a bit sad to see it end. No more Sundays in front of the TV as life starts up again for both weekend days. We will have errands to run and other commitments that for months have been pushed aside. I take solace in knowing that next fall it will all begin again..our favorite family season..football. Erin |
