BowlHer at Blogher: Come and Get Your Badge!

by whitetrashmom on July 2, 2009

in news

The fabulous Susan Getgood asked if I had a badge for the BOWLHER party that is only weeks away!  I created this little 125×125 badge for my blog AND because Susan asked for one.

If you want to grab a badge for your blog, please help spread the word! The official Bowlher website is http://www.bowlher.com/

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WhiteTrashMom is an Official Hostess of BowlHer, one of the smokin’ hot parties at Blogher09! Because nothing says classy like a bowling alley.

BowlHer was created by a group of wild&crazy highly professional people: One2One Network (Barbara Jones, Paula Bruno, Amber Maduell and Arianne Segerman), Collective Bias (formerly MARS USA–John Andrews, Amy Stillman, Ethan Goodman, Rebecca Elkins and their newest member, Lucretia Pruitt) and GNO (Jyl Johnson Pattee from Mom It Forward).

I’m extremely honored to be in the company of the fine ladies listed below.

BowlHer ‘09 Hostesses

Anne-Marie Nichols
ThisMamaCooks.com
@amnichols

Beth Rosen
TheMidlifeWife.com
@bethrosen

Beth Davis
ThePlusSizeMommy.com
@plussizemommy

Corvida Raven
SheGeeks.net
@shegeeks

Debba Haupert
Girlfriendology.com
@girlfriendology

Erika Lehman
ChicShopperChick.com
@erikalehmann

Gwen Bell
GwenBell.com
@gwenbell

Jennifer James
MomBloggersClub.com
@mombloggersclub

Kim Janocko
CraftyMamaof4.com
@craftymamaof4

Kim Orlando
TravelingMom.com
@travelingmoms

Kristen Chase & Liz Gumbinner
CoolMomPicks.com
@coolmompicks

Michelle Lamar (yours truly)
WhiteTrashMom.com
@michellelamar

Stefania Pomponi Butler
CityMama.com
@citymama

Wendy Piersall
Sparkplugging.com
@emom

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BowlHer Details

The party is open to everyone at BlogHer! It’s going to be a blast and will be a great way to end the weekend!

When: Saturday, July 25, 2009
Time:
8pm-12 am
Where:
Lucky Strike Bowling Lanes
322 E. Illinois St (Only 1 block from the Sheraton – map-  http://tr.im/qd3K )
http://bowlluckystrike.com

RSVP for the party via the EventBrite registration link below.

http://bowlher.eventbrite.com/ link

Have you signed up yet? I just looked and I noticed that my friend Destiny (also known as Erin, QueenofSpain) has signed up.  I was also happy to note that Liz from ThisFullHouse has her bowling shoes on!  ACowboysWife and Ciaran (@momfluential) are coming—-so you know with all these women (and many more) signed up to come—-the bowling alley is gonna RAWK.

What are you still doing here? Go and sign up!


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I may have mentioned that Wichita, Kansas is one of the coolest places on the planet.

Guy Kawasaki has realized that Wichita is one of the coolest places on earth!  Wichita Kansas was selected as one of the cities to follow on Alltop.com, the best of the web!

I’ve blogged about the world famous Wichita Research Institute of Blog Fun before.  As you know,  I founded this research think tank with fellow mom bloggers and former Wichita residents Pundit Mom and ParentopiaDevra.

Some of you have mocked my claim that Wichita is the center of the universe . That’s why I wanted to blog about a recent example of the Six-Degrees-of-Separation between all cool things, people and my hometown.  Dig if you will, one of the many reasons all coolness is touched by Wichita.

CarolinaPad.com

CarolinaPad creates THE coolest office and school supplies.  CarolinaPad products are a must-buy on the school supply list—if you have a daughter or if you covet unique office/school supplies.  These products are so hip, they have been featured on the TV show Greek, Oprah and a slew of other shows.  Can you say, OMG?  Finally, the CarolinaPad products have received the golden seal of coolness for all tween and teen girls: Miley Cyrus and Carrie Underwood use them!

I have personally spent a small fortune on CarolinaPad products over the years for myself and my daughters.  I should seriously look into becoming a stockholder.  My daughters and their friends love all of the brands and products from this company—–and I love ‘em too.

What does this have to do with Wichita?

Guess who is one of the senior designers at CarolinaPad?  My dear friend Cathy Law---who was born in Hutchinson KS—which is pretty much Wichita and then spent part of her formative years in and around Wichita.  I just found out a few days ago that my friend Cathy was working at CarolinaPad.

This case study of CarolinaPad is just one of MANY examples of how everything cool is related, somehow to Wichita. It’s simply a fact, people. You need to embrace it.

PS-You can visit the CarolinaPad online store to check out their fab stuff or check out their main website, CarolinaPad.com, to find their cool stuff in stores near you.

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This is What Five Pounds of Fat Looks Like

by whitetrashmom on June 29, 2009

in Jenny Craig

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This is a picture of what five pounds of fat looks like.  I am happy to say that I’ve lost TWO of these gross globs of fat on the JennyCraig program.

I’ve lost 10 pounds so far and I’m really motivated to stick with it. You can read about my progress with JennyCraig on my other blog, LaptopRoadTrip.com.

Here are some of my updates:

Ten Pounds Lost!

Get Movin’ and Eat More

Progress, Not Perfection

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talladeganights

One of our favorite summer movies is Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.  I wrote about this movie when it came out but the best movie blog on Planet Earth, Pajiba, has a list of all the best one liners from this award winning movie.

Best One Liners from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

“Help me, Jesus! Help me, Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft to get the fire off me!”

“I can’t control my heart rate, I’ve got a cougar on me!”

“Dear Lord Baby Jesus, I want to thank you for this wonderful meal, my two beautiful son’s, Walker and Texas Ranger, and my Red-Hot Smokin’ Wife, Carley.”

“Chip, I’m gonna come at you like a spider monkey!”

“I hope you both have sons! And they have no legs! Then you can feel my pain, and my hurt!”

“DON’T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME RICKY BOBBY”

“I’m gonna scissorkick you in the back of the head!”

“SHAKE AND BAKE!”

“If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

“I wanna go fast.”

“Drive it like you stole it.”

“If you don’t chew Big Red, then f**k you!”

“If we wanted wussy kids, we would have named them ‘Dr. Quinn’ and ‘Medicine Woman.’”

“Hakuna Matata, Bitches”.

“Nope, from now on it’s, Magic man…and El Diablo.”

“This sticker is inconvenient and dangerous, but I do like Fig Newtons.”

“I sent my application in to The Real World, and I’m pretty much putting all of my eggs in to that basket, the MTV basket.”

“If my MTV career doesn’t work out, I was thinking I’d start selling crack. I would be like a laid back crack dealer, though. Nothing too formal. I’d just be like ‘Hey boys, how’s it going? Want some crack?’”

Here is the link to the excellent review on Pajiba.com by Justin. If you want to laugh hard, read his review of Talladega Nights.

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Weird Websites: More Weird Links for the Weekend!

by whitetrashmom on June 27, 2009

in funny

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One of my God given talents is the ability to find weird websites.  I published  my list of weird and wonderful website links for you a few weeks ago. After I published my list, the sick & twisted loyal readers of this fine blog suggested some new websites to add to the list.

The Blog of Unnessary Quotation Marks

This is Why You’re Fat

Fanny Pack Antics

Postcards from Yo Momma (OMG, how could I have missed this website?)

Apostrophe Abuse

Must See Weird and Wonderful Websites

If you haven’t checked out these websites, you have to right now!  The links below were added to my list this summer and I want to make sure you see them, if you haven’t already.  Warning: These websites are highly addictive.

PassiveAggressiveNotes

Awkward Family Photos

Craftastrophe

PS-Shout out to my friend Rodney! The photo in this post is from IHateClowns.com, a website for people (like me and my friend Lori) who hate clowns. My favorite shirt says Can’t Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me.

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cheetos

Getting arrested for throwing Cheetos at your significant other?  THAT, my friends, is totally Whiskey Tango.

Authorities in  Shelbyville, Tennesee reported a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a ‘verbal altercation.’ Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault.

Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, both posted bond of $2,500.

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