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More of Me

October 8, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

Yes! There’s more of me. (And I’m not just talking about the more of me that took out a dress last week.) Here’s where I’ve been busy not cleaning, running errands, returning phone calls…

Filed Under: Belly & Baby, Disney Baby, featured Tagged With: BlogHer, costume, decorating, Disney Baby, Halloween, Project Underblog, Shine Parenting Guru

15 Things I Learned This Week (And Last), Vol 74

August 12, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 4 Comments

Wow, it’s been a whirlwind couple weeks with tons of exciting news on the blogging front. Not only did I head to New York for 4 days of blogging madness, the post I wrote about my experience there was featured on the BlogHer home page. (Even if it was at 2pm on a Friday afternoon, […]

Filed Under: Everyday Lessons, featured Tagged With: blogging, BlogHer, boys, ChatterBlock, Circle of Moms, Olympics

10 Things I Learned at BlogHer

August 9, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

So, if you hadn’t heard, I went to BlogHer ’12 in NYC last week. I got upgraded to first class on my flight out there (thanks to Lenny’s god-like status), I had more toothpaste and coupons thrust upon me than I knew what to do with, and I got to spend time with some of […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: BlogHer, conferences, inspiration, New York

In Support of the Sisterhood of Motherhood

August 6, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 22 Comments

I went to BlogHer again this year thinking maybe I’d learn how to get a piece published in a magazine. Or how to find a way to make money (rather than lose it) doing what I love. Or just see some of my favorite people who sustain me in my writing efforts. But I didn’t […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: blogging, BlogHer, conferences, confidence, friendship, motherhood, sisterhood, support

Blogging Madness

August 5, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

So, as you might have heard, I’ve been in New York at BlogHer ’12 for the past four days. (More to come on that, of course.) I had big plans to write on the plane, but a lousy internet connection one way and a crazy sleepy mama the other way left me blogless. Don’t get […]

Filed Under: Belly & Baby Tagged With: BlogHer, conference, confidence, diapers, Disney Baby, lullabies, music, self-respect, sign language

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