Thank you so much to everyone who has commented on the previous post. Even though the comments I was referring to weren’t aimed at me personally, we are a community. I can’t just stand by and let other bloggers be called ugly names because they are invited to go to events and have products sent to them by P.R. firms in exchange for reviews. There IS NO CONSPIRACY, I promise. And that’s the end of that.

So, in the interest of remembering that this is MY blog, I’m going to write something about something with some links, and maybe get something for it, and you can choose to read it, and if you do, maybe you’ll click one of the links because they sound interesting and won’t that be peachy? Yes!

So. Katherine Heigl. The lovely lass from Grey’s Anatomy. I’m picturing her on the set of the show, sixteen hours a day, wearing her scrubs costume and thinking to herself “geez, why can’t this be, you know, pretty? If nurses and doctors have to wear these as clothing, why can’t they express some individual personality?” Of course, I have no idea if she actually thought that, but, you know, I’m taking some artistic license here. So ANYWAY, Ms. Heigl has created her very own line of, you guessed it, scrubs, for the website Scrubs and Beyond.

This one has lace insets at the neck and sleeves, isn’t it pretty? I had NO IDEA that scrubs were something that got the designer treatment, so I was so surprised to also find BABY PHAT scrubs on the site!

Remember Dickies jeans? There’s a line of dickies scrubs, in classic red, black, navy and white. The pants look really comfortable!

You know the Cherokee brand that is carried at Target, right? Well, you guessed it, there is also a line of cherokee medical scrubs, and most of the pieces don’t look at all like medical wear. I mean, if you saw a top, with this description-
* Sweetheart neckline.
* Mock-wrap styling.
* 2 side pockets.
* Lace trim at hem.
and it looked like this:

would you think hey, that looks like it comes from the cherokee medical scrubs line? Well, I wouldn’t!

So there you go. Everything you wanted to know about Katherine Heigl’s line of scrubs for Scrubs and Beyond, plus more. Because I like learning new things and sharing them with you. I’m a giver

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There was once a time, long, long ago, when if someone asked me that question, I would have looked at my watch. I always wore a watch, from about freshman year of High School until about the mid-90s. Watches were like jewelry-remember the Swatch? Girls had multiple Swatches to coordinate with their outfits. My Mother always wore a slim watch with a gold band and face, and so that’s what I wore too.

I can’t remember the last time I noticed someone wearing a watch. Nowadays when you ask someone what time it is, they pull out their cell phone, right? Well, Bluedial.com would like to introduce you to their line of beautiful Seiko Watches, and wouldn’t it be cool in a kind of retro way to start wearing a watch again? I like this one from their selection:

Bluedial has over 20,000 watches in stock, and sizing and 2nd day shipping is free, with next day shipping only $5.95. Their watches are guaranteed authentic from manufacturers like Seiko, Citizen, Movado, Bulova, and more. And they are BizRate.com certified as well, so you can buy from them with confidence.

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My husband has been in Salt Lake City, Utah since Tuesday. I’ve been trying to maintain some semblance of order in the house (and failing pretty badly), keep the boys on track with homework, keep up with laundry and dishes and shopping, keep Kaitlyn from driving me insane with her Terrible Twos Tidal Wave of Whining and Crying…

It’s been tough.

Chris will be home tomorrow, and meanwhile, I feel the urge to completely clean the whole house so I can say “see? I had no problem keeping up with everything while you were gone!” Which would be a total lie. He’s the picker-upper, I’m the piler. It doesn’t change.

I do have good news though, I’ve started my own online store! I was contacted by an ecommerce site called Zlio about starting a cooking-related store to go along with MomCooks. The very nice people at Zlio are still working with me on the fine details, but I can show you this widget:

(yes, I know the bottom link is in French, it’s a French company, and I’m waiting to hear from the Tech team)

Cool, huh? What’s great about Zlio is that one, anyone can open a shop in a very short time. You choose a URL, a name for your shop, and a template, and then you populate your store with products from merchants like Bed, Bath and Beyond, Barnes and Noble, even eBay. The actual purchasing and shipping is handled by the merchant, and then you make a commission. Whatever it is you are interested in-anime, skateboards, toys-you can create a shop.

Best part? Well, I’m going to be honest. This is commission sales. So if you use my referral code to open your own Zlio shop, I earn a commission on your sales, AND on the sales of people you refer who open a shop, and so on and so on. Yes, it’s a little multi-level markety, BUT, there’s no pressure to meet a certain quota. If you open a shop using my referral code, I’ll be happy to write up a post about your shop and help send you some traffic. Then you can do the same for anyone who uses your referral code, and so forth. We can all help each other become eCommerce store owners! SWEET!

So that’s what’s going on with me. Oh, and there’s a Blog Blast going on over at The Parent Bloggers Network, too. Here’s how to participate:

Tell us how you’re saving, sharing, and simplifying.

We’ve got two $50 gift cards to giggle and two $50 gift cards to Patagonia, so we’ll choose four winners at random.

All right! Me and my fried brain are going to go see what’s in the fridge for lunch, so everyone have a great day!

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So now that I’m raising funds to go to BlogHer, I’m also thinking ahead to having something to hand out while I am there. I already have a business card made, but it’s also fun to have some small gift to hand out to people. When I saw this deal from VistaPrint, I thought it would be fun to hand out a small magnet to people along with my business card.

VistaPrint has a bunch of different kinds of magnets, including save the date magnets, larger magnets with a small calendar printed on them, and large and small personal magnets. I used the logo from my product review blog because I want to promote it while I am at BlogHer, and after resizing it exactly to fit VistaPrint’s specifications, it ended up like this:

It costs extra to use a custom uploaded image as opposed to one of VistaPrint’s designs, but if you find something on the site that you like, you can get 25 small magnets for free by using coupon code Blog25FreeMag when you check out. And once you upload an image once (which costs $4.99 for the hosting), you can then use that same image for free for other items, like notepads, business cards, stamps, postcards, and address labels. And VistaPrint is always running specials on free or deeply discounted items, too. It’s my favorite site for custom printing!

So if you come to BlogHer this summer, make sure to ask me for a magnet. And then you can have my daughter’s eyes gazing down at you from your refrigerator door forever

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Valentine’s Day is one of those “holidays” that doesn’t really mean anything to me. I know how much my husband loves me, and although flowers are pretty, I don’t need to have them. I like chocolates, but I certainly don’t need those, either.

I do like pink roses; I had them in my wedding bouquet. But our budget is so tight, I’d rather spend the $20 that a dozen roses costs on something more practical like food.

What about you? Is Valentine’s Day a big deal for you? Are you expecting any valentines day gifts?

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