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Meet a Blogger Featuring The Mama Mary Show

August 27, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Life

Welcome to “Meet A Blogger” where I play 20 Questions with a blogger each and every week. It’s “This or That” style…I ask, you answer. Wanna be featured? Just fill this out! http://tinyurl.com/2etmcay

Let’s get this party started! Give a nice big Aloha to…

Name: Mary Burt-Godwin

Site Name: The Mama Mary Show

Url: www.mamamaryshow.com

Twitter name: @MamaMaryShow

Facebook Page: http://tinyurl.com/3xudon9

20 Questions…This or that

1. Morning or night person? Night. I am wicked in the morning, particularly before my coffee.

2. Lefty or righty? right

3. Bikini or one piece? Bikini (though I should probably start thinking about a one piece considering I still haven’t lost my “baby weight” and my youngest is 2!

4. Beach or Mountain? Beach. I like the occasional hike but if I’m surrounded by mountains for too long (like on my vacation to Denver a few years ago) I begin feeling claustrophobic and need to find a beach, stat.

5. Lipstick or lip gloss? Gloss. I’m a bit of a gloss-whore. I have approximately 14 of them in my purse at all times. Nothing like a new gloss to brighten my day. My fave drugstore brands are Bonnie Bell and Lippin Large by NYC (love that one cause it kinda tingles) and my fave department store brands are  Benefit and Nars (Nars is like buttah, seriously).

6. Real Housewives of Orange County or New York? As much as I love reality TV, I am embarrassed to say that I have never seen any of the Real Housewives shows. I know, I know, total blasphemy from a self-proclaimed Trashy-TV Junkie. I’m afraid if I start watching one, I’ll never stop. Kind of like my crack habit.

7. Sweet or salty? Salty. I’ll devour a bag of chips over a bag of M & M’s any time, any day. In fact, I’m gonna dive into my bag of Trader Joes pita chips now that I’ve just salivated all over my computer thinking about this question.

8. Disneyland or Disney World? Disneyland. Only because I’ve never been to Disney World.

9. Cat or Dog: Dog. Cats and I do not get along.

10. Justin Beiber or Justin Timberlake? I HEART JT 4EVER!!!

11. Lady Gaga or Madonna? Madonna, no question. I love LG’s music but she does not do it for me like Madge. Madonna is on my list, if you know what I mean.

12. Minivan or SUV? SUV. Someone once called my SUV a van and I shot daggers at him with my eyes.

13. People Magazine or Newsweek? People. I love me some People Magazine.

14. Red or white wine? Start with a glass or two of white (chardonnay) then move to red (almost any red).

15. Coke or Pepsi? COKE! And yes, I can tell a difference.

16. Mac or PC Mac? When I worked for the event planning firm before having kids I was a PC gal, because that’s what I had at the office. But my DH is a Mac guy and has converted me since I’ve been a WAHM mom. My MacBook Pro and my iPhone are my lovers.

17. Blog or vlog? BOTH!!! There are some thoughts/stories/material that are better in writing, yet other times I feel I can get my point across better with a little dramatic interpretation on camera.

18. Blogher or Type-A? Well I just got back from BlogHer ‘10 so I guess my answer is BlogHer (also because I’ve never heard of Type-A, except when someone is describing my personality).

19. Blogger or Wordpress? Wordpress. I started with Wordpress back in Oct 2008, switched to Squarspace in March ‘09 and then just recently switched back to Wordpress. It’s all the rage I hear…

20. Facebook or Twitter? FB for friends, Twitter for friends, bloggers, celebs, businesses, and real estate agents in Alaska.  I love them both, but honestly I am on Twitter 24/7 and only check FB once a day.

Have anything in common with Mary? Leave a comment!

Also be sure to catch Mary’s Monday Momsense videos every week, they are pretty funny! Thanks Mary!

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Hula Shake {linky love} Penguin Edition

August 23, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Cool Finds, Hawaii, Life

photo from GoVisitHawaii

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend. We ended ours with a walk through the Hyatt in Kaanapali. That’s the fun thing about living in a vacation destination town…all the cool hotels (and pools!). The Hyatt is a beautiful place to visit even if you are staying elsewhere while on island. They have flamingos, cranes, parrots and the coolest of all…PENGUINS! It’s pretty awesome, penguins in Hawaii…it’ll blow your child’s mind! It’s a must do (and free!)!

Now it’s your turn…What’s shakin?!

Leave a link, click on a link, keep the hula shake shakin’!

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Back to school…

August 22, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Life

We survived the first week of being back to school. And I survived being a mom of a Kindergartner.

I’ll admit it, I cried when Cameron waved goodbye and walked to his class. It was harder than I even imagined. I was so happy and so sad. And just so incredibly confused as to how, in seemingly a blink of an eye my baby turned into a Kid…with a capital “K”.

A Kid in Kindergarten. A Kid in Elementary school. There’s only two more “school’s” to go…Junior High, High school (which are all actually within his school now so he’s at his high school already!)…and then it’s College and on with life, marriage, kids. Yes, I see my life flashing before my eyes.

Slow down, Sarah.

With the sadness of realizing reality also came a new found LOVE. I don’t know if it’s right to feel this way, or wrong or just plain crazy, but I LOVE this phase in my life. Am I crazy that I am loving the packing of lunches, the drop off and pick up line, asking “what did you do today honey?!” Reading any papers sent home and signing off that I did. I am totally digging this kind of mommy-ing!

I loved being a mom to a 6-12 month year old. I always share how that was one of was one of my favorite times of mommyhood. The baby coos, you play peekaboo, they sit up and chill with you, then crawl. Then they start to walk and run and you play chase. I loved this time.

Then 1.5/2 rolled around and well he started to talk more and get more “personality” and speak his mind and run faster and rebel and kick and scream and not use his words. And well, there were times I did think “I am so not cut out for this!”

Then came 3/4 and he headed off to Preschool. This was fun. New friends were met, best friends were made and I still got to have him home twice a week (to drive me crazy!). I ventured back into the work at home mom world and found that the balance wasn’t easy. It wasn’t impossible either but easy, it was not.

But now is the time when my kids go out into the world, discover new (and sometimes scary) things, and I try to steer them towards good things, away from bad and listen and help when asked. Yes, it’s the beginning of the rest of our lives. And I am actually excited.

With Leah in school three full days a week and Cameron in school daily. That leaves time for me to be Super Mom and Super Sarah. I get to rock he morning routine, then rock the work at home scene. I get to have clear cut distinctions between “Mom” and “Work.” It’s nice.

Life right now is pretty damn great. This new chapter is turning out to be one of my favorites.

Next week is class picture taking time and I am over the moon!

(I think I am most definitely reliving my life through Cameron…But it’s much more fun this time around!)

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Kenmore and “Me” Time

August 21, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Cool Finds, Life

Group shot courtesy of Kim Moldofsky.

(The following is my “behind the scenes” take on my recent trip to the Kenmore Blogging Summit. I always wonder how these blogging trips go and I’m sure others do too…so here you go!)

When I received the invite from Kenmore to attend the Kenmore Style National Blogger Summit and participate in a focus group, I was floored!  Being a homeowner of a fixer upper I am super duper interested in all things that have to do with house and home. And appliances, well they are like the icing on the cake (and isn’t the icing THE BEST part of any cake?! YES!)! So to fly to Chicago (which has fast become one of my favorite cities) and to chat it up with the folks at the classic Americana brand, Kenmore, well, sign me up!

I’ll be honest. As the date approached I was worried with what to wear? Would the other bloggers like me? Would I fit into this “mommy blogging” travel/focus group thing?  And I’ll be really really honest..when I saw the list of bloggers attending, I did start to think “Is this going to be like that movie ‘Dinner for Schmucks?’ Oh God, am I Jessica Gottlieb’s schmuck?!” I soon threw that idea out of my head and channeled my inner more confidant Sarah…the one on my right shoulder. She won out and I was soon excited, jazzed and very much looking forward to connecting with these bloggers and the folks at Kenmore.

After a long, and non-sleep producing, red-eye flight from Maui, I arrived at The Wit, our hotel for the weekend.  Once checked in, any and all doubts went out the window, as I gazed through it to my view of Lake Michigan through the tall Chicago buildings.

That night called for cocktails on The Wit’s swanky bar, The Roof. After sitting at the reserved table all by lonesome and asking on twitter if this was indeed a joke, I soon saw Stephanie from Adventures in Babywearing and Meagan from The Happiest Mom.

With some chick chat (and a yummy cherry alcoholic concoction), my heart settled down. I was not a schmuck. I was indeed part of this mommy blogging group and it was fantastic! Food, drinks, good conversation…my first night left me with even more excitement for the next day when we would travel to Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates.

Friday morning we were whisked away in a bus about an hour outside of Chicago to the Sears headquarters. If you’ve grown up in the States no doubt you have been to Sears, bought a Kenmore appliance or just simply know this iconic Americana brand. Here I was, little ol’ Ohana Mama all the way from Hawaii entering the mecca of appliances!

Once all settled in we previewed Kenmore’s all new products.  Yes, Kenmore has completely redone ALL of their appliances. We learned of the thought, research and design that went into this major overhaul and finally got to touch, see, (heck smell) the appliances. I was impressed with the giant French Door refrigerator and was blown away by Kenmore’s Elite Washer and Dryer. This bad boy can actually talk over the phone to give you a diagnosis!  Yes, people, the Kenmore Elite washing machine “talks” on the phone! We saw it all. From washing machines, to refrigerators, to stoves, to dishwashers to smaller appliances, even A/C units (is it sad that I was waaaay into the A/C unit? It’s hot here year round folks. Hot.).

We were then treated to a lunch and a cooking demonstration by Sears’ own Chef Billy Parisi. And finally we were divided into two groups, with half of us off to discuss washing machines and laundry and the other half off to talk about refrigerators…two major staples in any busy home! The Kenmore family really wanted to get our point of view, wanted to learn about our needs and wants, likes and dislikes and listened to our suggestions.

The Summit ended with a cooking show live at the Kenmore Studios in downtown Chicago. It was Mommy Bloggers vs Foodie Bloggers and while the mommy bloggers kicked major bootie, the foodies won..I mean come on…it’s in their name. But good try ladies, you did us proud!

The Kenmore Blogging Summit was only my second blogging trip and while it started with some jitters, insecurities and what-ifs, it ended with a renewed respect for Kenmore, some new blogging friends and new RSS feeds in my reader. Thanks to the awesome Kenmore folks!

Disclosure: Kenmore took care of us, shared really cool information and appliances with us and then paid us for our time in the focus groups. They also put us up in the hottest (as in cool) hotel in Chicago…they know how we roll… or at least how we’d like to roll when we don’t have kids in tow!  Kenmore also paid for my twelve hour flight, one lay over and hours and hours of “me” time.

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