I am so late in sharing my last Stitch Fix box, I feel like I owe you all an apology about it!! I know I was all excited and raving after my last box that I wanted to be sure to share them all as they came in. My second box arrived and I was feeling very puffy at the time so it wasn't a great day for me to try on clothes, do you know those days? Well I still LOVED my box and I am so excited ...
The In Between
Back to School with Hanna Andersson (plus a coupon)
Disclosure: I was provided with a gift card to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own. Well I promised you all that I was spending the week sharing our favorite picks for Back to School and I wasn't kidding. Today brings us to one of my favorite children's stores ever...Hanna Andersson. I first fell in love with Hanna Andersson when I discovered their pajamas for my son Derek when he ...
Summertime Fun and Doing Good
Disclosure: I’m a Social Influencer for Social Good for Johnson & Johnson. I have not been compensated for this post and all opinions are my own Summertime is such a fun time of year. Everyone is out and about. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. Kids are running, biking, swimming, scooting and laughter from my backyard seeps through the windows. Summertime is my favorite time of ...
Ways to Give Back on #GivingTuesday
During a time of year that is filled with gifting why not give at least one gift to help make the world a better place. In the midst of shopping for Barbies and Trandsformers I truly love the reminder that during the "Season of Giving" we must give back as well. I just adore the concept of Giving Tuesday. As someone that spent yesterday reaping the benefits of Cyber Monday, today, on ...
Charitable Brands and People I am Thankful For
Almost 4 years ago I started volunteering for the Preeclampsia Foundation as a Walk Coordinator for the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia Philadelphia/South Jersey. I don't think I realized how much it would change my life. I found that once you start on a path like volunteering for a cause that is so near and dear to your heart, it becomes a part of you. This year I was honored to have been ...
STOP SKIPPING THANKSGIVING!! Be Thankful with #TanksofThanks
Disclosure: I was provided with Teddy Tanks but decided to do this post and project myself. This post contains affiliate links As soon as Halloween ended it seems Christmas began. It went from witches and pumpkins to Santa and his elves. The other night I was in the mall with my family when Derek, my 6 year old, yelled loudly "STOP SKIPPING THANKSGIVING!" I was so proud of my boy because I ...
Are You Ready for an Emergency?
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Milkman. A while back when my husband was out for the night there was a tornado warning. I was home with the kids and our dog Finnegan. We don’t have a basement, no downstairs tub to hide in and honestly I had no idea what to do if something happened. How would I get both kids and Finnegan out the door? Would out the door be the right place to even go in ...
2-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy: #GetReady with Save The Children
It's hard for me to believe but today is the 2-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s U.S. landfall. Two years ago my children and I hunkered down for the night in our dining room. I brought mattresses, blankets, pillows and lots of stuffed animals downstairs and we all “camped out”. I tried hard to not scare them and make it like we were having a fun camp out. All the while I was petrified for ...
Schedule Your Mammography!!
I am sure you already know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My friend Kat wrote a guest post on my blog calling October "Pink-tober" because the pink washing of America can be a bit overbearing at times. However, the core goals and ideas of Breast Cancer Awareness Month are still just as important as when it was first proclaimed. Today I am going to tell it to you straight…below ...
Friday’s Fresh Picks: Cute AND Comfortable Shoes?!
This Friday's Fresh Picks comes to you from the lobby of an event at work!! I am sitting here with my feet up and THROBBING and my co-workers friends and I decided we needed to pick CUTE and COMFORTABLE shoes! Is there such a thing?? OR are cute and comfortable shoes just wishful thinking or an urban myth? Well in the hope that there is such a reality as cute and comfortable I have rounded up ...
International Day of The Girl #DayOfTheGirl #GirlHero
Imagine not knowing when your birthday was. How about thinking that in the eyes of your government you literally do not exist. How would you feel if there was no record of you, at all? In a world so consumed with numbers and percentages how would you feel knowing that you were not counted? Every year 51 million children under the age of 5 aren't registered at birth. When you are denied ...
Social Good Summit #2030NOW
Two weeks ago I packed up my laptop, cell phone, tape recorder and every charger I could find and headed to New York. Since Johnson & Johnson named me as one of their Social Influencers for Social Good they generously arranged for me to attend the Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y. I headed to the Summit alone and was a bit nervous and unsure what to expect from the day or the crowd ...