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Verastic

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Have You Heard About PINCHme?

PINCHme - Verastic

In case you have not noticed, there is a product-sampling phenomenon that's sweeping the nation!  Most of them are paid subscriptions, but the one I want to tell you about today is PINCHme because it works a little differently. Disclaimer: I received my PINCHme box, and although everything looks interesting, I am yet to try any of them (just received the box two days ago), so I cannot really tell you how great the items are. Like I said earlier, PINCHme works a little differently because Read More

Mommy Needs Some Love, Too

Garnier Whole Blends Hydrating Mask in Coconut Water & Vanilla Milk Extracts

Before I had Ada Verastic, I heard too many stories about moms spending all their time and energy on their children and letting themselves go. I did not think I would be one of those moms. Ada Verastic is now five months old, and I still don't think that I have let myself go. However, having a baby girl has shifted my focus and excitement from me to her. I'll explain. When Ada Verastic first made her debut, I was not as obsessed as I am now with dressing her up, but that might have been because Read More

XFINITY Can Make You A Super Mom

XFINITY X1

Last week, I drove to Washington D.C. for the XFINITY Moms event hosted by Comcast. Six months ago, I was not a mommy yet, so I probably would not have been invited to this event. Long before I had Ada Verastic, Igwe and I used to talk about technology and how things are so different with babies/children these days. Would the new children be flying cars, instead of driving them? We'd wonder. Igwe often makes fun of the fact that when he was growing up, he was too broke to even have a real ball Read More

I Want To Live For Myself, Too!

I Want To Live For Myself, Too!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association. All opinions are 100% mine. I told you in a previous post how my baby, Ada Verastic has evolved my why. Having her lit up a special kind of fire in me to want to do better. She makes me feel like all my life before her, I was not living. When she wakes up crying and I go in to pick her up, she flashes me the biggest, brightest smile (with glassy eyes) before I even reach out to pick her up. It's like she becomes Read More

Motherhood Has Evolved My Why

Motherhood Has Evolved My Why

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association. All opinions are 100% mine. As you know, I attended a couple of blog conferences last year, and in both of them, one very important question was asked: why? Why do we do the things we do? Why do we want to do the things we want to do? Why do we want to succeed with what we're doing? As writers, as bloggers, as speakers, as entrepreneurs, as designers, and of course, as moms. What is our Why? During both of Read More

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