Last Thursday morning, I heard Kaitlyn cough. Just a quick, dry cough, so I didn't worry about it. Then she came and sat on my lap and her nose was running. And she coughed that dry cough again. You see where this is going, right? Friday night my throat felt sore. I took two Tylenol and went to bed. Yesterday I woke up with a dry, wheezy cough, a runny nose, plugged-up ears, and a sore throat. There was some swearing. I'm supposed to fly to Orlando on Thursday for IZEAFest. My plane ticket is paid for, I booked a car service to pick me and my roommate up from the airport, and I paid my roommate for my half of the room charge ahead of time. I've been looking forward to this trip for months. Some of the biggest names in blogging are going to be there, plus a bunch of the people I've known since my PayPerPost days but have never met. There's a trip to Busch Gardens, to Icebar, to SEAWORLD. But I have to be responsible here. If there's even a chance that I could … [Read more...]
IZEAFest Winners
I'm so excited to have my four winners of the free passes to IZEAFest! I used Random.org to randomize the total number of comments four times, and these are the four people who win free passes: Commenter #10, Adrienne from Adrienne's House, who I met at BlogHer in July. Glad we'll be hanging out again! Commenter #4, Quatro Mama from 4tunate, who has QUADRUPLETS, people. I've been a reader of her blog for I think a year now, popping over from time to time to see the latest photo of her four handsome boys. I'm glad she's getting this chance to get away and hang out with grownups! lol Commenter #24, 1stopmom whom I haven't met, but she's a stay at home Mom of four so I'm sure we'll have plenty of stories to swap! Commenter #22, Patrick O' Keefe, who tweeted the giveaway link every single day, therefore greatly increasing his chances to win. Thanks, Patrick! For those of you who were not chosen, I hope you do find a way to come to the conference anyway. It … [Read more...]
IZEAFest Conference Free Pass Giveaway- 4 Winners
This giveaway is closed. How would YOU like a free pass to the IZEAFest Conference taking place at SeaWorld Orlando in October? One of the perks of my position as an IZEA Insider is getting to give away 4 free passes to THE Social Media Conference of the year. IZEFest takes place on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at SeaWorld. The free pass you can win includes a special event on Thursday, October 1st, Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens, and another special event on Sunday, October 4th, Blogger Takeover Day at SeaWorld! That's right, win one of the four free passes I'm giving away, and you'll get a trip to Busch Gardens, a two day conference, AND a ticket to SeaWorld! Plus you get to participate in IZEAHunt, a scavenger hunt like no other, AND you get to meet ME and my fellow IZEA Insiders!. Pretty freaking awesome. The Keynote Speakers for the conference are Ted Murphy, CEO of IZEA, and Aaron Brazell, who owns the social … [Read more...]
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