Part 2 of my Ford BlogHer experience: …in which I report back about my experience as one of 60 bloggers who spent about seven hours touring Ford’s Chicago Assembly plant and listening to Ford employees’ presentations about their company. ————————————————- When I walked into the hotel conference room to join the other bloggers for breakfast, [...]
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Then I Saw the Lincoln MKT
Posted in cars, design, entertainment, reviews, technology, tagged automobiles, autos, best crossover cars for families, bloggers with Ford, BlogHer09, cars, crossover vehicles, Ford, Ford cars, Ford in Chicago, Ford Ride & Drive, Lincoln MKT, women and Ford on July 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
What Do You Consider a Quality Automobile?
Posted in cars, entertainment, reviews, tagged automobiles, autos, car quality, cars, Ford, Ford BlogHer, Ford BlogHer event, Ford in Chicago, Ford Ride & Drive, quality car, the quality I want in a car, what is quality in a car, women and cars on July 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Part 1 (of 2) reports relating to the Ford BlogHer** event ______________________________________ Ever since my dad gave a speech to hundreds of people about women drivers* years before I could legally drive, I have been determined to be a good driver. For many years, I was a bit too caught up in the notion and [...]
Stylish Teens and Gossip Girl
Posted in books, culture, design, entertainment, life, parenting, personal, thoughts, tagged adolescence, clothing for teen girls, Gossip Girl, Lily van der Woodsen, materialistic teens, parenting teen girls, Stacy London, teen dramas, teens girls and their moms, The Clique books, What Not to Wear on July 8, 2009 |
Parents often warn other parents to be prepared for those dreaded teen years: “Just write off about five years of their lives.” “During those years, they think you know nothing. Then, in college, miraculously, you’re once again brilliant and they ask you how to do everything from folding laundry to paying rent.” “Oh, they’ll tell [...]
RIP Michael
Posted in life, tagged Brooke Shields, Gone Too Soon, Michael Jackson memorial, MJ memorial, We Are the World on July 6, 2009 |
I’ve always liked the song, We are the World, and it’s particularly poignant now. Heal the World is nice, too. If we each choose to think about the lyrics in those songs and try to apply the principles to our daily lives, the world will be a better place. How nice would it be to [...]
Congratulations, Roger! 15th Grand Slam Title!
Posted in tennis on July 5, 2009 |
What a match! Roger Federer eeked out a victory against our American, Andy Roddick, in five sets at Wimbledon today. It was his sixth Wimbledon win and 15th Grand Slam title, topping the record 14 held by Pete Sampras. Congratulations, Roger!! Read all about the match by clicking here.
Happy Independence Day!
Posted in culture, holidays, tagged fourth of July, holidays, independence day on July 4, 2009 |
To all my American pals, happy Fourth of July!
Check Out My Review Blog
Posted in entertainment, reviews, tagged great gadgets, product reviews, review blogs, soapbox mom on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you like reading my product reviews and hearing about many of the chic, wonderful goods I try to find to make your life more beautiful or fun, you’ll love my extension of SoapboxMom. As of July 7, we will post reviews on a separate site which we’re calling SoapboxMom Reviews. You’ll find most of [...]
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Posted in children, entertainment, life, parenting, personal, thoughts, tagged compliments by kids, great kid comments, kids can change your mood, kids say the darndest things, Sarah Connor on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today was one of those days. I started out in a cranky, irritable mood. Low tolerance for sibling bickering. Annoyed by aggressive drivers. Hyper critical of tv pundits. Then, when I dropped off the kids at their tennis lesson, I decided to zip over to Starbucks instead of watching their practice (as I normally would). [...]
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