Midwest Moms Media Brands & Bloggers Summit — I’m Going! #BBSummit11

This Friday I am heading on down to Chicago…ALONE to attend the Midwest Moms Media Brands & Bloggers Summit thanks to the amazing team at Clever Girls Collective for sponsoring me!

I am super excited about this opportunity and can’t wait to attend since it will be my first blog conference. I am also really excited to finally meet some of the amazing bloggers that I have been chatting, reading and tweeting with for the past two years. I am looking forward to meeting a lot of new people and doing some serious networking. (Here’s hoping my pregnant body will survive the day!)

I can’t wait to learn all kinds of new things, meet new people and take a way A LOT from this experience!!! All of the sessions interest me and I feel they will teach me a lot. I am really excited to get some help in how to properly pitch a brand and learn to build new relationships.

Right now I on a conference high a cannot wait to take it all in!

If you’re heading to Chicago this weekend for the Brands & Bloggers Summit please leave me a comment and let me know. If you want to learn more about the Clever Girls Collective and all of the amazing opportunities they have to offer, feel free to ask me here or in person at the conference.

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Bedside Manner, GET SOME!

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When I wrote about my trip to the ER last week, I may have mentioned something about having survived the most traumatic pelvic exam in my life but I also managed to leave out the fact that the doctor who was treating me had ZERO bedside manner.

As I laid on that bed, experiencing the worst moment of my life, you would think this doctor would be a little more sympathetic in what I was going through.

Nope.

Not.

At.

All.

He didn’t care that I was emotional.
He didn’t care that I was in pain.
He didn’t care that I had tears running down my cheeks.

All he cared about was getting in and out of my room as fast as he could.

Never have I been in contact with a doctor like this.
He was rude and cold.

Do they not teach you in med school how to be sympathetic or that bedside manner or lack there of does affect your patients?

Dude, seriously if you are going to be a doctor learn to have some bedside manner!

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ArtisticLetters Review

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I have wanted to get our last name spelled out in artistic letters since my mother gave my sister her family’s last name for Christmas a few years ago. Since purchasing my camera last year, I have tried to be creative and photograph different objects that resemble letters but haven’t quite gotten the hang of it yet.

Thanks to Jodi Gerber of ArtisticLetters, I have finally been able to get just what I wanted!

It is just perfect and EXACTLY what I have been looking for!

Here are a few examples of other things you can create.

Photographer Jodi Gerber of ArtisticLetters has created an entire catalog of black & white letter images throughout the past 3 years – all by taking photos of objects in nature that resembled letters of the alphabet. She recently decided to offer her ENTIRE catalog of 250+ letter images to the public on CD or Download so that anyone could create their own designs! It’s a truly original way to make artwork for your home – or even for scrapbooking, greeting cards, and digital designs consisting of wedding invitations, baby’s birth, etc.). Endless possibilities for whatever the mind can imagine!
Jodi teamed up with me and is offering my readers Exclusive Discounted Pricing of up to $6 Off! Please visit her website www.BuyAlphabetPhotos.com and browse the images, testimonials, and ideas.
Then check out the Exclusive Pricing and Freebie by clicking on this link:

EXCLUSIVE PRICING & FREEBIES! EXPIRES JUNE 25

This link is only accessible here for my readers – you won’t be able to find it on her website!
FREEBIE ALERT: Jodi also offered my readers a Freebie alphabet set (with purchase) as a Bonus! And here’s the great part – you get to choose a Damask set from 6 different galleries! More info is available on the special link above.
The exclusive pricing and freebie offer expires Saturday, June 25 at midnight so be sure you take advantage of this great deal while it lasts.

You can also visit Jodi’s Facebook page and click “Like” to find more info, freebies, giveaways, and receive future promotions.

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Rocko’s Modern Life – Season 1 on DVD 6/21

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If you have children who were born in the 90’s you probably have heard of Rocko’s Modern Life. My oldest, Zack, was born in 1999 however he was fortunate enough to experience Rocko is all of his glory thanks to it’s being aired on Nickelodeon. Rocko’s Modern Life centers around the adventures of Rocko, a wallaby and his life in the city of O-Town.

Now, this wonderful series is being made available on a 2 disc dvd set by Shout Factory! The set features all 26 wild and wacky adventures.

My children have enjoyed watching the entire first season of Rocko’s Modern Life over the last week have even pointed out that they recognize some of the people doing the character voice-overs from other popular Nickelodeon shows. The hit series boasts an all-star voice cast – Carlos Alazraqui (CatDog, Reno 911), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants, Transformers animated series), Charlie Adler (The Super Hero Squad Show, Transformers), and Doug Lawrence (SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo).

Enjoy the clips of Rocko’s Modern Life!

I'm Knocked Up

Misdiagnosed

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The last 30 or so hours of my life have been an emotional roller coaster.
Yesterday at 3 pm, we had an ultrasound to check in on baby and make sure all is well in the womb.
Things couldn’t have been more perfect.
Our little one was happily flapping around those cute little arm buds and had a strong heartbeat.

By midnight, I was bleeding everywhere and being taken via an ambulance to the hospital.

Immediately I thought it was a chemical pregnancy.

Once in the ER I had a pelvic exam (which was BEYOND traumatizing but more on that story later).
The doctor told me that there was a lot of blood loss and my cervix was slightly dilated and told me I was having a miscarriage and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

By 3 am they were sending me on my way home heartbroken and shattered to await the inevitable passing of the fetus that would happen over the next few days.

By 8 am when I woke up, the bleeding had stopped.
There was absolutely NO sign that anything was wrong.

As directed, I called my OB’s office when they opened at 9 am and spoke with the nurse explaining what had happened and what I was told to do.

After two more phone calls from the office and still no blood in sight, it was decided that I would come in at 2:30 for another ultrasound to see what was going on.

The results…..

WERE AWESOME!!!

There was our adorable little Ellie squirming and waving those little arm buds around just as it had been doing 24 hours before.

I met with the doctor who did a follow up pelvic exam and there was zero sign of miscarriage, my cervix was NOT dilated!

We still don’t know what caused all of the bleeding or what exactly happened.
What we do know is that baby is doing great and we couldn’t be happier!

Not only did we get to see the little Ellie, but we got to hear the heartbeat too! Beating strong at 175!

After experiencing all of this, I have to admit I turned to Dr. Google this morning only to discover a whole world of women online who were misdiagnosed as having a miscarriage as well and thanks to their stories I held on to the hope that our little Ellie would be okay all day and was relieved to find out everything is perfect!

World, meet Ellie.
Ellie, meet the World!