In this modern day and age of social media, we are constantly bombarded by photos of healthy and delicious meals prepared from scratch, carefully orchestrated educational activities for the whole family (attended by wonderfully behaved and color coordinated children), and by innovative craft projects for every holiday under the sun. Some days, Pinterest can feel more like a Perfect Mom …
Simple Southern Charm
I heard from several Mompreneurs, “You should meet Dorrie. She’s a mom in Holly Springs with a large Facebook group and working on building a new furniture business.” That certainly sounds like my kind of girl. Dorrie Buccafusca does have a very successful Facebook group for the Holly Springs community and while raising a family of five (5!) children, finds …
The Most Popular Mom In The Triangle, Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall is wife, mom and editor of WRAL Go Ask Mom. I’m sure her name sounds familiar, she is the go-to for local newsworthy events for families around the Triangle. If you are a Raleigh area Mompreneur, you probably know she features a Mompreneur every Monday on goaskmom.com. For many of us we have been on the other end …
Non-tepreneuer Turned Mompreneuer
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question every small child is asked at one point or another. When I was in the early elementary years, my answer would have been, “I want to be a bus driver so I can drive children around and make them smile!” Another answer I had later in …
SuperMoms, What’s For Dinner?
As a busy working mom of two, one of my biggest frustrations is getting a healthy dinner on the table every night. Seems these little people in my house need to be fed again and again, day after day! (Not to mention the fact that they have these OPINIONS about foods they like and dislike…sheesh.) Mastering meal planning comes and …
Our Life Coaches Chime In On Momastery’s TED Talk
Last week Glennon Doyle Milton of Momastery gave her first TED Talk, All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in the Mental Hospital. If you aren’t familiar with Glennon, mom blogger, the name of her blog is not “Mom mastery” but a play on the word Monastery. She refers to her followers as Monkees. Glennon speaks the truth of …
What You Should Know About Fair Trade
I’m Brandi and I am an Ambassador with Noonday Collection and I blog over at the fair trade fashionistas. This Saturday, May 11, is World Fair Trade Day, so I asked Vend Raleigh if I could guest post about fair trade. It’s my passion – my crazy thing. And the great news? It’s becoming more and more a “hot topic.” …
SuperMoms, Top Three Ideas for Taking Care of YOU
Moms rule. I mean, who else do you know that can juggle mopping, meal planning, grocery getting, disciplining, chauffeuring, appointment setting, booger wiping, cooking, errand running, vacuuming, kid entertaining, dishwashing, education advocating, party planning, diaper changing, laundering – WHEW! I need to take a breath! Taking care of kids, a partner, a home and a business are hard work. The …
Recovery and Giving Back
Tick, Tick, Tick… As I sat up one morning recently rocking my 17 month old son, I was reminded of my time just over a year ago when I dreaded this part of each day: sitting up, rocking, listening to the clock tick off the seconds, and longing for the birds to start chirping to let me know morning was …
Too Much to Do Today
It’s 5am and I’m looking for something. In my head, I mean…and I can’t quite get to it. Something I remembered, something I forgot, something I need to do – does this happen to you? “I have too much on my mind”, I think, “too much to do today.” This is my daily mantra. I am a woman who does …