My Life, My Waist: Diva Defined.

Serious score on this one.

Annette is an apparel company, run by Sharon Singer, that creates “the only adjustable shapewear that allows you to decide the degree of comfort.”  They were kind enough to send me two samples of their Diva Defined line–and at $50 a pop (score!)–I promised to try them on for at least 2 seconds.  Although I did not know that I was a diva, or that I needed even more defining, let’s just say that it’s been roughly 72 hours since I’ve put one on and it’s NOT coming off. Read more

Over Here, Search Engines.

Dear Search Engines,

Douglas C. Merrill told me (in his Getting Organized In The Google Era) that if I use a search term like “momtrepreneur” or “mompreneur” in a post several times, you will be much more likely to pull my momtrepreneur site up to the top of mompreneurially-minded search results.

Just wanted send you a brief note about the fact that as a momtrepreneur myself, I would momtrepreneurially appreciate your finding my momtrepreneur site that encourages momtrepreneurship for all momtrepreneurs and mompreneurs.

Momtrepreneurially yours,

The Momtrepreneur Maven.

P.S. Momtrepreneur.

Rework: A Book Of Gems.

“Another common misconception:  You need to learn from your mistakes.  What do you really learn from mistakes?  You might learn what not to do again, but how valuable is that?  You still don’t know what you should do next.” -Rework, by Jason Fried & David Heinemeir Hansson, Founders of 37Signals

OxiClean’s Max Force Huge Might Giant Power Pak Sticks!

I did it again.

I sold out to The Man and got me some free samples of OxiClean’s new Max Force Power Paks and Gel Sticks.  Why?  Because I love taking things from The Man and giving them a woman’s touch?  Because corporate giants could learn a thing or two from us momtrepreneurs?  Because I can?

No, fools.  Because I have some seriously backlogged laundry to do. Read more

Relish THIS.

There is finally an INCREDIBLE website that helps those of us with no time on our hands to cook dinner quickly and inexpensively.

http://www.relishrelish.com

I signed up and have been trying it out for a little while.  Literally EVERY meal that I’ve made and eaten so far has been super easy and absolutely delectable.  (I know, I sound like a spokesperson for the company–I swear I’m not.)

Why is it awesome?

1. Upon signing into the site, you pick your week’s worth of recipes from a menu that changes weekly.

2. You can choose the # of portions you want to cook and it will change up the portions for you.

3. It collects an Ingredients List and all the recipes into a printable pdf.

4. 5 dinners is under $85 in groceries.  Each dinner takes 30 minutes or less to make.

Seriously, it’s been too good to be true.  And since I know that most of us don’t have time to cook during the week, this helps tremendously.

Oh!  Coupon code “dinner” lets you try it free for a week.  Relish THAT.