I left my phone in my friend’s car Monday night. The circumstances are still a bit hazy aren’t important. Upon discovering this Tuesday morning and after the twitching subsided, I actually enjoyed being without my phone for two days. Honestly. Because I have a laptop. Yes, I was fine until the electricity went out for…
Last night Lucas finally went to sleep somewhere between 8:00 and 8:30, after multiple pleads visits from both Mom and Dad to “settle down”. I love this time of the day, the hours that we reclaim our house and get to enjoy the peace, the calm after the storm, if you will; a real conversation,…
I’m honored to have Monique, better known on Twitter as SurferWife here today with a tender letter to her dearly departed Grandma Honey. After reading this, be sure to visit Monique’s blog, A Day in the Life of a Surferwife and search for “celebrity encounter”. You’ll be glad you did! Dear Grandma Honey, Just those…
We remembered. We avoided eye contact at first. We got dressed and put on make-up. We went to brunch and toasted with champagne. We enjoyed a little retail therapy and indulged in sweet treats. Both helped for a little while. We received dozens of beautiful flowers and at least a 100 of other tokens of…
Tim AKA @sogeshirts is one of the nicest, most supportive people I have met on Twitter. He retweets just about every tweet I post about a new piece I have on Letters For Lucas and owns a clothing shop called Soge Shirts. He is responsible for this awesome tank top I wore during BlogHer ’11:…
If you don’t know who Jessica of My Time As Mom is, you must be living under a rock. It truly is as simple as that. First of all, she has a wonderful blog, is ALWAYS! on Twitter, is a Social Media Specialist for Eli Rose and co-founder of Vlog Talk, a weekly vlog meme….
I was assigned my first e-mail address as a Freshman at the University of Arizona. It was 1991. Professors were suppose to connect with their students regarding classes and assignments via electronic mail, but no one had a computer in those days. Students and faculty alike were meant to use the computer lab in a…
Letters For Lucas is two years old today! I can’t believe I’ve been at this for two years. There have been two redesigns, 682 posts, 12 guest posts, two blog conferences, many communities joined, countless photos shared, lots of self promoting tweets, tons of supportive retweets and some of the greatest friends made. Over the…
I’ve been blogging for almost two years and in that time I’ve learned a couple of things about how to be a good blogger. There is a method to this madness, an unspoken etiquette that bloggers follow and some very important dos and don’ts. For those of you feeling super ambitious, follow these tips and…
It wasn’t about the swag, the parties, the sessions, or even the networking. Even though the swag was nice, the parties a lot of fun (especially Dance Party USA at Sparklecorn), the sessions I attended (Essential Writing and Editing Skills, Essential Blog Content Development Workshop, How to Pitch Freelance Editorial Work and Malcolm Gladwell is…
