To celebrate the Fourth of July and to encourage togetherness, Starbucks is giving away coffee! This is part of their #Indivisible campaign that is asking everyone to come together in spite of party or affiliations. Just go in July 4th and receive a free 12 ounce hot brewed coffee! They as if you tweet that you use the hash tag #indivisible amplify our collective voices.
Here is the first one of my KSEE 24 spots that I have posted!!! Check out my tips for enjoying fireworks with your kids!!!
Amazon has a free Wiggles music album! Just ask for it and you get it for free!!! This is great for dancing around the house, pool time or road trips with the kids.
Can you believe that the year is already half over? I can’t! How is it that I am so behind? With that sentiment let us at least get a jump on our meals!!!
Monday: Bacon Wrapped Tri tip, roasted potatoes, broccoli
Tuesday: shrimp and spinach in noodles with a garlic white wine butter sauce
Wednesday: Bacon, eggs, Gluten Free pancakes
Thursday: baked chicken, rice and broccoli
Friday: Leftovers
Fireworks and the 4th of July are a big deal here in the NerdFamily!  TNT/Daredevil is one of our favorite brands. Every year we get the $10 off $50 coupon every year!
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This past weekend I went to the Type A Parent Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference was phenomenal but as a side note so was all the food I had at the local restaurants! I had no idea the food would be so good!
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This past weekend I went to the Type A Parent Conference for the first time. I had heard such great things about previous Type A conferences that it was a must do for me. While I was expecting a wonderful conference, I had no idea what I was getting!
There were so many awesome sessions that taught me so much (and so many I didn’t have time to go to)! Lynnette Radio taught a great session on Goggle+. Melanie Nelson blew my mind on maximizing my Facebook pages. There was some awesome knowledge that was passed on! Knowledge that calls for action! In some cases that pushed me to considering action that left me emotional. To the point that in the Speaking Engagement class it left me on the brink of tears. But that wasn’t the most powerful part for me….
In the days and weeks before leaving for Type A I have felt like I am in a hard place in some of my “real life” relationships at home. So when I walked into this environment of understanding and acceptance, I was overwhelmed. I was a little emotionally overwhlemed to be in an environment where people just get me. Not that we are all the same by no means! But an environment where differences are cherished and the fact that we, as bloggers(or what it is that makes us odd bloggers), often seem on the outside looking binds us together.
I have never quite gotten over being a loser in grade school so I was nervous about how I would be accepted beyond my friends like Anne and Robyn. I mean, granted I had met quite a few people at other conference before but I was sure they wouldn’t remember me or care to talk to me. But as I met new people and reconnected with people I met before (or talked to on Twitter) I was more and more at ease. And I have to emphasize that it isn’t because we are all the same! We are all from different religions, geek levels, political views, the whole gamut. It seems like acceptance was based on merely being nice! And while you just need to be nice, they all seem to value your weird and quirky interests even if they don’t share them! Imagine!
It was so hard to leave all my new friends, partially because they are so great but also because I am left with a frustrating conudrum. I don’t understand why. Why do these twitter/conferences friend that I have just met make me feel so accepted yet the people in my day to day life just don’t seem to get me? They think I have weird interests and that I am weird, nice but weird, able to do things but weird, really just kind of odd.
Oh well, BlogHer is in a month. And as soon as Type A Parent Conference passes are on sale for 2013 I will be buying 1. And until then I will continue to live on Twitter and with my virtual friends…
Fireworks and the 4th of July are a big deal here in the NerdFamily! TNT/Daredevil is one of our favorite brands. Every year we get the $10 off $50 coupon every year! All you need to do it go to the page and fill out your info. Then next year you will probably get one in the mail!
You can get the coupon for stands or for the supercenters so there is a coupon for everywhere!!!
Also, you don’t need to worry about the groups you are buying for losing money. The $10 comes completely from TNT and not from the organization selling!
Grab a coupon and then grab some fireworks! Be safe and have a great 4th!
This past weekend I went to the Type A Parent Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference was phenomenal but as a side note so was all the food I had at the local restaurants! I had no idea the food would be so good!
The first night I went to King’s Kitchen on Trade. It was good but not phenomenal like a couple of other places I went. I had to get the sweet tea, of course, for first night in town;). I also got the steak with green beans, potato salad with dill and the cheese grits with bacon. I also had some cinnamon ice cream that was really good.
The next night we went to Aria on Tryon. I got the most heavenly prok chop on a bed of truffle polenta with fava beans, peas, brussel sprout leaves and pork belly in the most yummy pan sauce. I didn’t lick the plate but I thought about it;).
The third night I went to Harvest Moon Grille. I had seen this on a tv show before so I was stoked to try it! It is a farm to table restaurant with a heavy emphasis on pork!!! And we all know how much I love pork;). So I got their local peach salad, pork chop and crustless bacon cheese cake. It was all really yummy!!!
I also admit that all the food may taste just a little yummier because I was eating it with some really great people who were a ton of fun! But on the whole Charlotte rocked the food scene!
Now I gotta get off the computer because I am hungry!