Behind the Scenes of an Upcoming Blog Post


Photo-A-Day #2619

I got home from work today with a brutal pounding headache. I had one most of the night at work and am out of my stash of Advil, Tylenol, Generic Pain Reliever. So it wasn’t until I got home that I could take some. I got home and Allison was getting ready for the Strut Your Mutt event where she would be setting up her table and tent and her Barefoot Books display. Well, those books needed to get from the house to the car plus the tent, table and a chair, and the two kids. I got out of the car kissed everyone and began loading up. Table, four boxes of books, tent and chair loaded. All the while my adorable and excitable little girl wants me to play with her. I finally had to stop and explain to her what a headache was. Continue reading Behind the Scenes of an Upcoming Blog Post

Southard Communications Christmas in June Media Preview

Crappy BirthdayThis past week when I was at Blog World Expo I was able to slip out on Wednesday to check out a bunch of fun toys at the Southard Communications Christmas in June Media Preview. Since last year’s toy event in New York I’ve been lucky to be on a media list and so get some fun invites to go to New York for these sort of previews. Unfortunately, I don’t live in New York so I can hardly ever go. So I was happy that I was going to be in the area at the same time as this event.

The preview was in a suite in a building in New York. When I went in I was met by a representative from Southard Communications. She took me to each of the tables and explained the toys, who makes them, what they did and so on. There were a few that I liked and some that didn’t do much for me overall so I’ll give you a rundown of what I saw and what I thought. Continue reading Southard Communications Christmas in June Media Preview