(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit ohamanda.com) Oh, how I wish everyone would make their blog updates available via email.  I don’t know when my preference started leaning this way, but I love the convenience of getting blog feeds in my inbox, and I am *much* more likely to read them there than in [...]

As I look forward to next month’s 2nd Type A Mom Conference, I realize how much has changed for me since I attended last year.  I have definitely matured, both as a person and a blogger.  I have different hopes and more realistic expectations from this year’s conference, and I’m more comfortable than ever in [...]

(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit ohamanda.com) I have never owned an iAnything, so when I won an iTouch at the BlogHer’10 Conference, I was excited, but still among the unconverted.  Honestly, I even left the thing in its box until I got home.  But once the seal was broken…oh…I was in deep.  The [...]

(Submitted this pic to a contest Hilton New York was having on “Favorite BlogHer Moments,” and I won an iTouch.  Thank you, Elmo!) Tweet This Post

It may be a bit melodramatic to say social media has ruined me as a reader, but it sure has affected me. For one thing, I find I have less patience to sit and read a text of any length.  I’ve become accustomed to 140 characters – or 440 if I’m on Facebook – or [...]

When Meagan Francis (of TheHappiestMom.com and more) put out the call on Twitter to any BlogHer attendees who might also be Broadway and Stephen Sondheim fans, it took me approximately 2.2 seconds to respond with a ME!ME!ME!  There was no reasonable way to hide my excitement at what she might have up her sleeve, and when [...]

‘Tis the season to find hundreds of BlogHer wrap-up posts, many infused with great emotion and detail.  But because I’m so exhausted from the weekend and can hardly tell which end is up, I decided to share my judgements in a brief, short-is-sweet format. The location:  NYC?!  Awesome! The hotel:  fabulous location, comfy beds, great service. [...]

(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit ohamanda.com) I never thought I’d have the chance to explore New York City, so when I won the Mabel’s Labels BlogHer ’10 contest and knew I’d be heading to the Big Apple, I started wondering what to expect.  I thought I would be overwhelmed, thought I might feel [...]

Trying to describe BlogHer is like trying to describe the color blue.  To some people, blue is fresh, like air.  To others, it’s cool like water.  To some people, it’s sad.  To others, it’s calm. The point is, everyone will have their own “take” on trying to describe something which is, in essence, indescribable. That’s [...]

Oh, the irony. I leave tomorrow for a huge blogging conference, and I’m having a terrible time gathering my thoughts into a coherent blog post!  Let’s hope I’m articulate enough in real life that the people who choose to come check out my blog will forgive the apparent mumbo jumbo. But really, my brain is addelpated. [...]