This Full House Archive

Tag: blogher 2011

  • I Left My (insert body part, here)
    In San Diego

      Toasting a safe arrival into San Diego with my dear friend, Headless Mom!

    I had the extreme privilege of attending BlogHer 2011 (thank you, Kmart!) and honestly, even after pulling all-nighters in a New York City hospital, saving BlogHers with Busy Mom, I don’t remember being THIS tired, last year.

    Then again, biking around in Coronado with Melisa, Sue and Michelle can be very, very EXHAUSTING oh and absolutely HILARIOUS (trust me, I was there!) but, I’ll let Melisa blog about it, once she stops laughing, I mean!

    UPDATED TO ADD:  Which, she did, right here.

    Left to right:  Me (Michelle, in back) Christina (Headless Mom in back) Jenn (Busy Mom in back) Melisa and  Carmen (don’t her arms look great?!?)

    It’s REAL hard work, you know, keeping up with the cardigans (dang, but it was chilly) and my Clever Girls Party sistahs.

    After all, seeing as this is my 5th BlogHer, I feel it safe to say that networking is, you know, REAL hard work!

    Seriously, being this gosh-darned cute AND huggable, every time (MamaLatina Tips, not me, DER!)

    Courtesy of Elizabeth @Table4Five

    Attending sessions, learning from other bloggers and celebrating each other’s accomplishments, like, that of the awesomeness of my dear friends, Jenn and Busy Mom (pictured above) speaking on the Old School Blogger Panel, is what we blogger-types do best.

    Also, meeting bloggers I admire (like Elizabeth Peterson and the amazing Liz Strauss) for the first time at really cool events, like here, attending the Pan Am dinner with Busy Mom.

    Getting all decked out for the absolutely awesome harbor cruise, courtesy of Dove Ice Cream (thanks for sending me this before pic, Melisa!) and checking off yet another once in a lifetime moment, thanks to writing in my silly little blog.

    Aaaaaand, oh how we danced and laughed whenever one of us got photo-bombed by BusyMom (I did and it was AWESOME!) these are the BlogHer moments I love best.

    Getting caught talking with my hands (again!) and spilling my drink all over Backpacking Dad, not so much.

    [covers face with hands, hangs head in shame]

    Thank goodness no one else at CheeseburgHER seems to have noticed, or even cared, that he smelled of appletini (heh!) 

    At least, I don’t think they did, seeing as I was too busy throwing my back out on the dance floor…YO!

    Oh, and I seemed to have left my ass on Coronado.

    Can’t WAIT to see what happens, next year!

    © 2003 – 2011 This Full House

  • Haven’t Slept in Days, I Blame Harry Potter

    I was emailing, back and forth, with a friend, early today, when I noticed something funny.

    Not like, in, ha ha, funny (I need at least 2 cups of coffee for that to happen) but, more like, hey, wait a minute, that sentence didn’t read like that…in my head…anyway.

    Which is when I realized something.

    Not ONLY do I talk in my sleep (you lucky BlogHer roomies, you!) but, I think real fast, when I write, too.

    However, I’m not sure if it’s because my mind is used to racing…ALL THE TIME… or, if my fingers just can’t keep up and, um, what are we talking about, again?

    OH YEAH…I remember now…Harry Potter.

    Actually, I was really looking forward to Harry Potter 2 and my 15yo’s best friend (since the 2nd grade) was moving to Florida, with his family, the next day, so, I was more than happy to give them once last chance to, you know, hang out.

    Standing in line, for an hour, with a couple of 12yo boys (my son tagged along with his bff, however, this was a last minute thing, so the 15yo’s had separate tickets, were seated within 5 minutes AND our theater just happened to be the last one to empty out right before midnight, go figure) insisting that, YES, of course I will remember to buy them popcorn, once the movie started (liar, liar) not so much.

    So, of course, I had to tweet about it and lucky my friend @melisalw was, you know, still awake.

    We FINALLY took our seats (4th row, center, my neck still hurts) at a minute passed midnight and, for the next couple of hours, I literally could NOT take my eyes off the screen and the boys didn’t seem to mind the fact that, you know, I forgot ALL about the popcorn.

    The movie was THAT good and, well, 2 out of 4 of my kids can now add “Watched the sun come up,” to their, “What I did for summer vacation,” list.

    Right next to “host a playdate with a brand new friend,” and “have a Hula hoop contest,” oh and “travel into New York City” to see whose spit lands the closest to Jersey (fyi: 12 yo boys seem to really excel at this, just so you know!)

    The fact that…YES!…we did all this (and more) at the SAME time, within a 48 hour period, is very relevant to the reasoning behind the title of this post (I think, maybe, I dunno, I forget) BUT, it IS the quickest and simplest excuse to why I most probably will be talking with my hands, too, at BlogHer, next month, and my obvious penchant for writing perhaps the longest paragraphs, in blogging history, really.

    Aaaaand, like my busted flip flops and the blisters on my mangled feet, I’m sticking to it (you’re welcome!) where’s the coffee?

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