Archive for November, 2008
November 29th, 2008
HP Magic Giveaway
I bet a lot of you have already heard about the amazing HP Magic Bloggers Giveaway by now. 50 Blogs are participating (at different times) and the prize package being given away by each blog is AMAZING!! It includes 4 computers and a wireless printer, plus a few other things – WOW! What work at home mom couldn’t use a new computer or two?! I would love the HP mini personally!
This week the contest is being run on 3 blogs:
I’m entering to win and I hope you all do too! And if you are lucky enough to win, think about the spirit of the contest. Some of the blogs are requiring you to share the prize and some aren’t. But wouldn’t it be a great way to celebrate the true meaning of the holiday season? To share this fabulous gift with someone deserving or maybe your favorite charity? If I win I’m thinking of giving part of the prize to a local women’s shelter, if it is something they could use. I’m sure they could!
Good luck! I’m sure you’ll see further posts from me about these amazing giveaways as the other blogs announce their contests!
November 28th, 2008
It is NOT December Next Week
I know it’s not exactly a surprise – you know, that December is just around the corner. My oldest is having his birthday party this weekend and um, yeah, his birthday is in December so obviously I should be well aware how quickly the month of November is ending! But it really has just flown by!
I need to really get organized and use December in a productive way. On a personal level I need to get my house really organized and cleaned up, finish my holiday baking, quit eating my holiday baking, lol and otherwise prepare for the holidays. Oh and take an afternoon off of working at home to go to the school Christmas concert! Should be fun – my big boy informs me he is going to be a baker who is a good hip shaker. Not sure what kind of performance it will be, lol!
And as for my business – well things are definitely slowly moving along and I *might* even have a new client as of next week (fingers crossed!) So I need to use December to do some serious business planning for 2009, set some lofty goals and *ick* organize my stuff for taxtime! I’ve tried to keep everything together and recorded, but I definitely need to tidy the records and print off some of the info for my accountant. And maybe read that book on using my QuickBooks software!! I like non-fiction books, I love reading about marketing my business and growing my business, and I really, really love reading fiction, but accounting books? Not so much.
It’s going to be a busy month isn’t it? I think I’ll have to make a point of posting the lofty goals I dream up on my blog sometime in December – make me more accountable hopefully!
November 26th, 2008
BlogHer Business Conference
Well I was excited to see they’ve opened registration for BlogHer 09 now. I was pretty shocked at the price for the business day of the conference though. Early bird pricing for the regular conference on Friday and Saturday is $99 per day. Even after the early bird pricing is over it’s only $149 per day and that includes admission, meals and cocktail parties. Sounds fun right?!!
The Business Conference is technically a separate event and is held from noon to 5 pm on Thursday. It costs $540 for the one day!!!! I’m not so sure now if I’ll go to that day, even though I really wanted to. It is a business expense, but I think for now I’ll just pay for the regular conference and hold off on paying for the business day. If I could make some decent money over the next few months that will help me decide too! Business is moving along, slowly but surely, but I don’t believe in incurring debt for the business, especially not to attend one day of a conference!
I’d love to hear from any other WAHM’s who have attended BlogHer business in the past, or who are planning to attend this year. What did you get out of it? What are you hoping to get out of it? Mostly networking or will there be speakers who make the fee understandable/worthwhile? I see upon a closer look that the business portion is kept much smaller, which seems good, but I’m still a little hesitant. I’ll update y’all when I make a final choice.
