When we dropped cable more than a year ago, we did it because we planned to stream our television content (and watch a lot of over-the-air programming). We have two laptops, two smartphones, a Kindle, a Nexus 7, a Roku and an Internet-enabled Playstation 3, many of which run at the same time. So we decided to upgrade our Internet package to give us a faster connection and a stronger router. We had a technician come to the house, re-wire {Read More}

I am SO excited about a new project that my dear friend just launched to support the Florida blogging community. While I’d love to take credit for even a small piece, this is all her hard work — and I honestly think it’s something that other states need to copy. (I’ll also shout out my friends at Healthy Living Blogs — they have a fabulous directory that is easy to search, so check it out!) At FLBlogCon.com, you’ll find lots {Read More}

No news is no news…today marks 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant and despite *lots* of activity from the BabyBug, I have not had any signs of real labor. Wish me luck!!! I feel like an unofficial ambassador for MailChimp, since I’m pretty sure I have convinced at least a half-dozen people to try the email service over the last year or so. I use it for #Fitblog, we use it for Growing Bolder and Lucas now uses it for {Read More}

Today’s tool is one that is near and dear to my heart because it’s the brain child of a buddy of mine, and a start-up that is making BIG news in Central Florida! Doccaster is an online community designed to make it easier to share documents like PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets and more. It’s especially for events (notice that it’s the official document and discussion tool for the Central Florida Blogger and Social Media Conference, for which I am on {Read More}

It’s New Tool Tuesday! And I’m pretty excited about this one because it’s already saved me money. Boo YA. These days, my online wish lists are made up of baby items. Because these kids are freaking EXPENSIVE, as it turns out. I’ve had two amazing baby showers that have helped tremendously, but there are still a few items on my must-get list. I’ve done a few things already to help save on my purchases: I joined Amazon Prime, and I {Read More}