Apple Doesn't Think Of Mom Bloggers

My Macbook Pro is just too darn big! We recently got back from vacation a week ago, and during that vacation, I was hosting an online conference, completing school work, and writing blog posts. I brought my Macbook Pro, my only laptop, with me to get some work done. While in the car traveling, there was a time where a session during the online conference called me to moderate it from the car. I pulled out my gigantic 17 in Macbook Pro and got to work. I was getting crumbs on it, bumping the arm rest left and right, and overall it was disastrous. Even when we got to hotels, it was way to stressful to pull it out and set it up to get any work done. Most of the time, I used my iPhone to do any blogging and updating. My mother has also has an iPad, but when I used it, I felt the same way with the Macbook Pro, it was still too big, and more time consuming to type anything.

Also, I've been doing a lot of traveling back and forth from my apartment to my moms house. Granted, the trip isn't anything more than 2 miles, but I have to lug the laptop with me to get some things done that aren't covered by the iPhone.

So currently I am at my mothers house using a Dell Inspiron Mini that they have. 10 inches. I am in love. Granted, I am an Apple fan all the way, but this small laptop makes it so ideal with two small kids. I'm able to just pick up this laptop, run up stairs, throw it in my purse, and get work done virtually anywhere.

I know Apple's solution is the iPad, but like I said before, it's still too big and too fragile. They also have the Macbook Air that is 11 inches, but most netbooks are 10 or 9 inches, which again makes the Macbook Air too big. With 2 little ones, something that fragile around while blogging, being it is so thin, also wouldn't work with my nerves, and my pocket book.

I will never part with my Macbook Pro, but I may need to rent this thing from my parents more often than not. Or of course, I could buy my own :)

Private School Debacle, WWYD?

There isn't much going on lately. I've just been trying to find my rhythm and deciding on what to do next. I've been doing some extensive research on how to go about creating another Social Online Conference. I've also been looking into schools for Truly, as she starts Kindergarten next fall. She will be going to private school and a have about a year to figure out how I could possibly afford that.

It's not only the cute little uniforms that appeal to me (but aren't they!). I am fully aware that it is the family who influences the child the most, but a place where she has to go, everyday for the next 13 years, for 8 hours a day, will not be a public school if I have a choice.

Public schools have changed immensely since I was in school. I personally feel like the government does not see education in the public school system as a priority. They have fired amazing teachers left and right and cut down on school programs that enriched childrens' days.

I also am a christian. Now, I'm not going to go parading down the street and try to convert people left and right. I know what I believe in, and if you'd like to hear about it, I'd be more than happy to tell you. If not, I'll still be your best friend. That being said, my closest friend is Muslim, and I think the gay community is awesome. I feel this way because of my upbringing in the christian faith and my security in what I believe in. I think that that kind of security in your own beliefs is being lost in public schools. They are being taught to frown upon religion so early in their lives, that there is no religious foundation whatsoever. No matter what kind of religion. Everyone knows that this country was founded "under God", so why try and take that out of the Pledge and change history?

That being said, I want my daughter to go to a christian private school. Not a catholic private school. I am not catholic, and boy does it confuse me :) But again, I'm open.

I want my daughter to be confident in her religion first and formost, then she can make whatever decisions she wants in life.

It's also not just the religious aspect that appeals to me, but the programs as well. They take time to develop your child's educational skills. Music, Art, Sports, Literature, Math, not one aspect is sacrificed for another.

That being said, what are your thoughts on private schools?

Bottles Are For Babies

This is what I've been trying to tell my youngest lately. "Bottles are for babies, you're a big girl"

Addy is 14 months old. She was a formula baby. Truly was a boobie baby. Both are perfect. I didn't feel "closer" to my breast fed baby than with my formula baby. I also don't think they felt, smelled, or looked any different either as most people say. As far as the breast fed baby being healthier, I've taken Truly to the doctor plenty more times than Addy when she was that age.

The only difference was Truly was a boobie baby for quite some time. Not to feed her of course, but to comfort as most moms say. She weaned herself because I got pregnant and she eventually just didn't want the hassle of getting around mommys belly.

Addy though, she's a different story. I've been working the last month getting her off the bottle. Just like Truly, she doesn't use her bottle when she's hungry, but just to comfort her. Addy is also a blankie baby and thumb sucker baby. She's always found ways to comfort herself when she got upset or someone upset her.

I've tried hiding her bottles and hiding her formula. She will settle for juice in her sippy cup, or some rice milk in her cup, but in her bottle, she specifically wants formula.

Like I said though, I've hid them in her baby bag that we never use anymore.

This morning, I round the corner and see this:

My 14 month old went into her baby bag and attempted to make her very own bottle. She sat there for about 10 minutes opening her bottle, then the water bottle, then the formula can.

She was so tired as it was time for her nap, but she wouldn't give up. This continued for another 15 minutes. She was determined.

I gave in, made her a bottle, and put her down for her nap. That persistance and hard work deserved a happy ending.

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San Antonio Juice in The City Deal: Tazas Coffee House

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Mama Got A Tattoo at LA Ink

Ever since I turned 18 I've wanted a tattoo. My mother always told me no and I listened. Yesterday while in Hollywood, my sister turned 18 and she wanted a tattoo. My sister has been planning this for a while and my mom gave in. So my sister and I stumbled into Kat Von D's studio, High Voltage Tattoos and got, well, tattoos! :)

My sister got 3 butterflies on her back symbolizing the three of us as sisters. I got just one tattoo, a Mothers Heart on my wrist. Now I really have to make it as a blogger, as I can never get a regular office job again ;)












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Kids First In n Out Burgers

The view we have in Arizona. Plus Truly's alphabet stickers decorating the van window. Plenty of "v's" huh?











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1st Stop: New Mexico

It is day 1 of our roadtrip. We drove 8 hours and decided to stop in New Mexico from Texas. We aren't in a hurry so thought we should just take our time. Right now we are 6 people crammed into 1 hotel room. That's with a 4 year old and a 1 year old. It definitely takes me back to road tripping as a child. For 2 weeks we'll be on the road, going to Disneyland, San Diego, and Las Vegas. It's also my sisters 18th birthday this weeks and my birthday next week. So it's going to be a lot of fun. I'll be updating this blog with some pictures and posts from my phone so stay tuned :)

What Did I Get Myself Into

Yes, right there in the middle is my 4 year old with a wooden bo at her Karate class. I don't know why anyone would give my daughter a weapon that resembles so many things in our household, but there's no turning back now.

Excuse me while I bubble wrap my china, lamps, and the 1 year old.

As well as dust off that time out chair in the corner.

Juice in The City Deal : Rome's Pizza

Our family loves pizza. Which is a real shame since mama bear is trying to go Vegan, but I know that the rest of the family can never turn down an awesome pizza from Rome's Pizza.


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