Tote and Tee SiteWarming Party Panel!

Friday, November 21st at 9:00 p.m.(EST) some of the most successful work at home ladies will be joining together on Twitter to share tips and have fun! As always, there are great Goody Bag prizes to win. Please visit Tote and Tee for rules and to enter! Because we have the opportunity to learn from…

Classy Mommy Site Warming Wrap-Up!

Last Tuesday night we came together on Twitter to Site Warm Colleen Padilla’s fabulous site, Classy Mommy, and when we weren’t busy breaking Twitter (!), we were exchanging wonderful tips and hearing from an amazing expert panel. The pace was frenetic, the energy was high, and the results were incredible. Here are the best practices…

Family Eden Site Warming Prizes! UPDA...

Everyone likes to win stuff. In order to celebrate the launch of the fabulous new social networking site, Family Eden, we are giving away the following prizes! Read the rules, enter, win. It’s as easy as that. Good luck! 1. Mighty Miracle Mist – Good Behavior in a Bottle! – from Helpful Hallie’s – value…

Meet the Family Eden Site Warming Pan...

Tomorrow night we will be Site Warming a social networking site, so why not Tweet with some genius panelists who are using Social Media effectively in their own lives? Let’s meet this extraordinary panel: Kelby Carr, @typeamom: Kelby is not only the mother of three beautiful children, but she is also a search engine genius,…

Welcome to Family Eden

Friday, November 14th we will be Site Warming Family Eden on Twitter at 9pm EST. Before you join us to speak with amazing panelists and win great prizes, take a moment and learn about this amazing site! Welcome to Family Eden. From your very first glimpse of this site, you know that it is unlike…

Top Five Gifts of 2008: Unique and In...

This summer our neighborhood was incredibly fortunate. Our county parks system chose to renovate our neighborhood playground providing our children with a summer filled with fun and excitement. One of the best features of the new equipment was a pretend store window where children bought and sold mulch, made grassy milkshakes, and ate imaginary ice…

Top Five Gifts of 2008: Nostalgia

Nostalgia – a longing for things from the past. As a woman who has in the past two years dealt with entering my thirties, realizing I will never have another baby, and watching my baby girl become a pre-schooler on her way to kindergarten next year, I’ve felt the bittersweet pangs of longing for my…

Mark Your Calendars for 3 Site Warmin...

On October 17th, for one hour on a Friday night, Tweeps got together on Twitter to ask questions, share best practices, and energize each other with exciting new ideas and advice. In the process friendships were made, lessons were learned, and nearly $2,000 in prizes were given away! It was truly Social Media at its…

How to Make a Count-Down Calendar

From the time my children were born, I dreamed of all of the places I would take them one day: New York City at Christmas, the beach to see the ocean for the first time, and at the top of the list – DisneyWorld. This winter we are making that journey to the Happiest Place…

Subliminal Parenting

Recently my two year old son has begun casting judgment on everything – the shows he is allowed to watch, the food that I cook for him to eat, even the outfits that I dress him in each morning. But nothing prepared me for the day that I placed a bowl of cereal in front…

Announcing Site Warming Twitter Parti...

It’s the classic story: Girl meets Twitter, Girl starts a Blog, Girl decides to have a Twitter Party for her Blog and a business is born! Okay, so it’s not a classic story, but it’s mine.When I began planning the Resourceful Mommy Site Warming Party, I had no idea how big the event would become…

A Resourceful Mommy Field Trip

Although most of my writing lives right here, on Resourceful Mommy, I also write for Blissfully Domestic’s Family Bliss channel and am the Suburban Mom Editor for Type-A Mom. If you haven’t been to these sites lately (or ever!), then now is the time. Join me for an RM field trip around the web as…

Post Party: Site Warming Party Follow-Up

The party is over, and everyone has gone home. The prizes have been awarded. Our hashtag #RMLP (yeah!) is no longer on the Twitter radar screen. But it was a good evening, we all met some incredible people, and the best part…we learned so much!For those of you – like me – who were in…

Goody Bag for Bookies

I’m going to confess right now that the prize I’m giving away tonight that really makes my heart skip a beat (or two or three) is the Cherry Blossom Market collection from Playskool. But I’m well aware that not everyone reading this has a 4 year old daughter interested in spending hours pretending to sell…

Baby, Oh, Baby – Check Out Thes...

NEWSFLASH: Baby clothing is not cheap. Cute baby clothing is especially not cheap. Cute, well-made baby clothing with little perks (fun for dress up, made from organic cotton, whimsical yet timeless, tagless!) is often very expensive. But I’d like to introduce you to a few generous companies who offer all of this and more at…

Ain’t No Party Like an RM Party...

(Photo Credit: Seite-3 on Flickr.Com) Okay, so it will eventually. All good things must come to an end. But the Resourceful Mommy party will be rocking from 9 pm EST until at least 10 pm EST on Twitter this Friday, October 17th. Hop on your laptop and toss your GPS. Here are the only directions…

Now THAT’S a Goody Bag!

Sure, Resourceful Mommy, I’ll enter your contest….but what exactly do you have in those Goody Bags? Well, Virginia, you’ve never seen a Goody Bag like this. Let’s quickly run the rules, and then let’s take a look at the loot. 1. The Resourceful Mommy Site Warming Party will take place Friday, October 17th from 9…

Contest Update: Buttons, Buttons, Get...

I’m happy to announce a new and exciting way to enter Resourceful Mommy’s Site-Warming Party Goody Bag Contest! Grab the HTML code and be one of the first sites to proudly display the new Resourceful Mommy button, and you’ve earned yourself 5 entries in the contest! 1. Grab the Code! 2. Place It On Your…

Sitewarming Party: Don’t Forget...

The Party and Contest are Officially Over. Thank You SO Much to Everyone Who Participated! You’re invited to the Resourceful Mommy Sitewarming Party! Now that my site finally looks the way I envisioned and works the way it should, I’m hosting a site-warming to celebrate the official launching of my site.And like any good party,…

Burn, Baby, Burn: Finally, Announcing...

When I created this site two short months ago, I knew that once I had all of my blogging ducks in a row, I’d want to do something fun to let everyone know. Hence – The Sitewarming Party. Housewarmings are a great way to invite friends into your new space and let them shower you…

Time to Be Resourceful

When I created this website I chose the name Resourceful Mommy because I fully intended the content to be useful, clever, helpful – maybe even a little enjoyable. But lately I’ve been so overwhelmed with keeping track of my own “to-do” list that I’ve been of no help to anyone else. Today that is going…