tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24043391933149895412024-02-20T10:12:06.169-05:00Hip Mommy ChickCreated for woman that don't limit themselves to being just mommy. Blogging about being a hip mommy from the MD/DC area. I'm a Stay at Home Mom, Trying to Stay Sane while Working from Home. It's easy to lose ourselves in the label of mom. Sometimes we just need to vent and be the person we were before the kids. A Hip Mommy Chick is the woman that works, lives, plays and maintains the essence of the woman that she has always been. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377606326834720565noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404339193314989541.post-42740991895009147672014-09-10T22:24:00.001-04:002014-09-10T22:29:03.327-04:00Zingo Word Builder {Product Review} <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your kids won't even know they're learning while playing this simple yet ingenious word building game. We love to play games together as a family and I'm all for including some education in the mix. Why not? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The makers at ThinkFun switched up the traditional Bingo game and made it even better. My girls actually really like playing this game and so do I. This version of the game is an awesome word building exercise and it's perfect for ages 5 and up, though my 4 year old plays with us so she can learn along the way as well.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Comes with 6 double sided cards, 72 tiles and the Zinger</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The concept is so simple it makes one say, "why didn't I think of that". After </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shaming myself I get over it and I'm just plum happy that at least someone thought of it. The initial reaction to the game is one of, this may be a little fun...ok. Then when you start to play, it's just as addictive as a bingo game at the local fair without having to smooth talk the announcer. I felt like an old woman yelling for more chips. It's easy enough to have fun at and challenging enough to exercise you and your little ones brains.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Build Reading Skills, Three letters at a Time</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the perfect confidence builder for early readers! Ideal for players who are just learning to put letters together to form words, great for teaching spelling and vocabulary. With two levels of play, it's designed to engage and support both beginner and more experienced readers. Just slide the Zinger and claim your tiles to fill your Zingo card with three letter words. My girls and I to make the game a little tougher and the stakes a little higher, play with 2 or 3 cards at time. I tell you, they have a promising bingo future ahead of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We like to play Zingo anytime of the day but, I found that playing it at bedtime is a good way to wind down and the added benefit of the last thing being on their minds is learning, forming words and spelling. Even if they are dreaming about something else, the brain building is subconciously on their mind. We are eager to try out the whole line of <a href="http://www.thinkfun.com/results?search=all"><b><span style="color: magenta;">ThinkFun Zingo</span></b></a> games. You should go out and get yours today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ozeri, is a specialty manufacturer of digital lifestyle products for the modern home. A company that began as a supplier to destination club markets includes luxury products for the home.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The span of products range from bathroom scales, kitchen appliances, entertaining pieces (wine bottle openers) to pedometers. The product that I am reviewing today is the <b><span style="color: magenta;">Ozeri WeightMaster Bathroom Scale</span></b>. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Out with the Old, In with the New</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a while since I've had a scale, I just stopped purchasing them. They were all too bulky and never really fit in. The old scales that I've had, all ended up malfunctioning and were never consistent on accuracy. Thinking back it seemed like after the first use the damn things would never really go back to zero. The Ozeri scale is digital and eliminates the propensity to be off balance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sleek design of the Ozeri scale looks great in any bathroom with the color choice of black or white. The white goes well with my bathroom and it doesn't get in the way too much. The door glides right over and it doesn't move around thanks to the no-slip grips on the bottom. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ability to set personal profiles for each of our family of 5 is a cool feature and it's easy enough for my 4 year old to use. You just set your height and weight and the scale keeps track of your bmi and gain or loss with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">color indicators of green and red. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had to reccommend a scale it would be one that's attractive, modern, and functional. This scale weighs in high on all of those features and the price point of about $40 is not too bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; line-height: 18px;">with BMI and Weight Differential Detection was designed and engineered in the USA to provide a comprehensive yet simple weight management solution to measure and track your weight. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Featuring BMI Measurement and Auto Recognition Technology, the Ozeri WeightMaster weighs up to 400 lbs and displays your BMI (Body Mass Index), a measure of your body fat based on your height and weight. Immediately after displaying your weight and BMI, the scale's Weight Differential Detection displays your "net weight change" from your last weigh-in (L1), the average of your last 3 weigh-ins (L3), and last 7 weigh-ins (L7). </span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; line-height: 18px;">By measuring your weight once a day, the Ozeri WeightMaster empowers you to see how your current weight changes day to day, from the last 3 days, and over the previous week. </span></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">For users who would rather just focus on their weight trend without worrying so much about the actual numbers, the WeightMaster features Color Alert Technology, which displays your weight change in a GREEN illumination for weight loss and RED for weight gain, providing a visual form of intuitive feedback. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">With built-in intelligence, the WeightMaster requires no complicated syncing and spares you the data connection failures common to more expensive wireless and Bluetooth alternatives. Precision engineered and durably made, WeightMaster auto-calibrates with StepOn technology and auto-powers off to preserve battery life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to be an avid reader. I would go to the book store and walk around reading the back of covers that interested me and discover the mind escape of my desire. I don't know about everybody else but, I know that since I became a mom I can't leisurely read as much as I want or need to. When I saw this opportunity, I was eager to jump at a chance to read a book for fun and force myself to take time for myself. I wasn't disappointed when I started to read the book, I felt like I knew what was going to happen. Then it got to a climax and I was hit with a surprise that left me wondering why it ended.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Short but Sweet</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book was the perfect short story. It wasn't too long but, long enough to make me want to know more and look forward to a sequel. Phillip Frey, an accomplished theatrical actor and writer was able to bring to life characters, that for me had a celestial quality that hit to the heart of who I believe us all to be. I believe that we all are the greatest creator and judge of our life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hym and Hur are mates for eternity and play a risky game with death literally. Playing pranks on humanity that leaves them wishing they never mingled with the devil. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are looking for a short but, fun read this book is for you. You can pick up this comedic short story at </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0073IWJBU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazon.com</span></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.phillipfrey.com/">Phillip Frey's website</a>. Tell me how you like it.</span></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love making sweet treats with my girls but, I want it to be easy because I really don't have the time to slave over a hot oven for a simple treat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tasty treats from </span><b style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lilsugar.com/Kid-Friendly--Bake-Desserts-18695654?slide=44">Pop Sugar</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of the pop sickles look delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hear Ye Hear Ye, Hip Hop is NOT Dead!!!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't done my music pick in a minute. Friends of mine know that music is such a HUGE part of my life. I like to say that I Create Under the Influence of music, C.U.I. Every Hip Mommy Chick/parent needs some good music to listen to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Music that they can also feel good about listening to it with their children, very important. Music that has consciousness and isn't filled with derogatory laced lyrics, ya know...feel good music. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>House of God on a Daily</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm proud to introduce you to Sun Ray and Tsaphkiel of HOG Daily, which stands for House of God Daily out of New Orleans. I was asked to review one song but, their music, lifestyle and what they are doing needs more than just a review. Their <b><a href="http://hogdaily.com/OURSTORY"><span style="color: black;">story</span></a> </b>needs to be told. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pick and song, I'm honored to be the first to introduce to the world is called, <b><a href="https://ia902505.us.archive.org/20/items/LOADEDREADYTOFLY/LOADED%20%5bREADY%20TO%20FLY%5d.mp3">Loaded</a></b>. It's a play on the word and the way it's put, is simply the way we all should be. The song has such a 90's feel, that brings the listener a ton of Summer time nostalgia. I can see this being a cookout jam, the up tempo beat has the cow bell right in the pocket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most people are used to New Orleans being the home of rap music from the Lil' Wayne's and Masta P's, these artists birthed the Bling era of rap music. When I say rap music, you know what I mean. I'm not knocking either of those men, because I respect an aspect of every one's hustle. Masta P is the king of hustle and Lil' Wayne is...Lil' Wayne. I remember back in the day when Lil Wayne was getting his rhymes ghost written by a Philly artist named Gillie Da Kid, probably still has ghostwriters, anyway I digress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The video below is of Sun Ray and Tsapkiel (Ghazi Gamali) explaining where music started for them.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Part 1</b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here for Parts <a href="http://youtu.be/k6rMvFGf35I"><b><span style="color: black;">2</span></b></a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/Zsavk53mcWM"><b><span style="color: black;">3</span></b></a></span><br />
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</b></span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>God Hop</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The NOLA is now proving to be the new home of hip hop, real hip hop. Just about every serious hip hop head has heard of Jay Electronica, with his level of God Hop. Well, now you have the yet unknown </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">storytellers Sun Ray and Tsaphkiel of, H.O.G Daily. They have revived the soul of Hip Hop and are on a mission to get back to the essence of Hip Hop with a meaning. In case you missed it at the beginning. I'm pleased to announce that Hip Hop is not dead, it has been resurrected through the House of God. I come from a time when hip hop had a message and a meaning. From what I'm hearing we <b>need</b> this music. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">It's Bigger Than Hip Hop</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's unfortunate that the industry doesn't check for the likes of a Yasin Bey (Mos Def), Talib Kweli, Common or HOG Daily. They're considered too conscious to sell, I call bullshit. Jay Z said it best with his verse on Moment of Clarity that says, "If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli. Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense but, I did 5 mill'- I ain't rhyme like Common since." That's deep on so many levels. </span><br />
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</span></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">That New New</span></b><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's refreshing and exciting just to hear Sun Ray and Tsapkiel rhyme and make beats to live to. This is that new new, music to liberate you. I think folks are starting to get tired of the same negativity that a lot of hip hop music has in it. We need a balance, such as we need balance in life. I can't even listen to the radio with my little girls, out of fear of them hearing something about, a ho@ not being loyal or it being nothing to cut that b**ch off. How did this become acceptable in the first place? </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your don't have <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hogdaily"><b><span style="color: black;">SoundCloud</span></b></a>, get it right now. These guys are the reason I have it today. I've had plenty of people send me music through SoundCloud but, until them I never really got on it. They brought me the good news and I'm here to spread the word. Enjoy, share this and tell me what you think <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hipmommychicks"><b>@hipmommychicks</b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These men are into so many wonderful things beyond the music. Check them out: <a href="http://hogdaily.com/">HOG Daily</a></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">The Hip Mommy Chick that is living "The Whole Shebang". I love this!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377606326834720565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404339193314989541.post-73080185187100603482014-07-10T22:06:00.002-04:002014-07-11T00:41:10.731-04:00PoshTheSocialite: EVENT ALERT: Hip Hop Royalty to Perform at J Dilla Tribute Concert & Fundraiser (VIDEO)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>DC Loves Dilla</b></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every year folks come out to celebrate the life and music of producer J Dilla. The hip hop great passed away in 2006 and every since then, his life and work have been celebrated in an annual tribute. This year is no different in the <b><i>9th annual </i></b><i><b>DC Loves Dilla Tribute Concert and Fundraiser</b></i>. He helped form one of my favorite groups Slum Village and has worked with artists such as a Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, MF Doom, The Roots, The Pharcyde, Common, Busta Rhymes, and De La Soul.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Thursday July 17th, fans across the globe will gather together and at the Howard Theatre, located at 620 T St. NW. Show starts at 8 and you are sure to be in for a treat. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more details click the link below from my girl, PoshTheSocialte.</span><br>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">The Hip Mommy Chick that is living "The Whole Shebang". I love this!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377606326834720565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404339193314989541.post-78535039624749087112014-07-09T05:30:00.000-04:002014-07-09T18:18:00.271-04:00Women in Business Wednesday; Walmart Will Label Products Owned by Women<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Move over ‘Certified Organic’ and ‘Fair Trade’, products on shelves in <a href="http://www.walmart.com/" style="-webkit-transition: 0.8s; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ec1c23; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.8s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> will have to make room for one more label: Women-Owned. From September 2014, consumers will be able to clearly identify which products come from female-owned or led companies and make their shopping decisions accordingly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As part of their promise to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">source $20 billion worth of goods from women owned companies</strong> in the US by 2016, Walmart have taken the step to clearly label the relevant products with a colourful ‘Women Owned’ logo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea is part of Walmart’s <a href="http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/womens-economic-empowerment/" style="-webkit-transition: 0.8s; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ec1c23; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.8s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Women's Economic Empowerment">Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative</a>, which launched in 2011 and <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aims to promote female-led business all over the world</strong>. The new symbol will appear on products which have been certified by the <a href="http://www.wbenc.org/" style="-webkit-transition: 0.8s; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ec1c23; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.8s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="WBENC">Women’s Business Enterprise National Council</a> (WBENC), which gives the seal of approval to companies who wish to carry the logo if they meet certain criteria in regards to female representation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pamela Prince-Eason, the CEO of the certification organisation WBENC believes “there is a strong business case for having the logo on products.” In fact, a recent study commissioned by Walmart found that “<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">90 percent of female customers in the U.S. would go out of their way to purchase products from women</strong>, believing they would offer higher quality.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Women-owned businesses contribute more than <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$1.3 trillion dollars to the U.S. economy and employ 7.7 million people</strong> across the country. Walmart hopes that the logo, which resembles a ring of women with their arms around each other, “can inspire female consumers to act on a sense of solidarity.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Potty training can be a tough job for every parent. I've spoke with moms that have potty trained their babies from a newborn (yep, newborn) and others that have their toddler in diapers into the early pre-school ages. Both have their own reasonable success and reasons for their method of potty training. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been common practice in several countries that just don't use/cant' afford disposable diapers. Over the years diaper advancements have made life easier and people lazier. I'm not knocking it, because I benefit from the advancements and have used them myself. However, there is another way and this info graphic gives some pretty interesting stats on the straight poop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being a mom involves being on you’re A-game 100% of the time. However, when illness strikes, this isn’t </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">always possible. It’s therefore imperative that we seek help when we need it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Too often people choose to mind their own business and do nothing when they see a "domestic dispute". Thankfully these folks didn't stand for this abuse on their streets and took matters into their own hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Someone was filming from what appers to be a window above and a baby in the background. This man is beating this woman in the street, as if it is ok. He even ran off a passrby that tried to intervene. Before you know it, a crowd gathers around and starts the beat down. I don't even know what happened to the jerk. He ran into the ground like a rat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For over a decade we fought for a program that would help women do business with the world's largest consumer: the federal government. Now it is time to call upon Congress to ensure the success of women contractors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since its implementation in February of 2011, the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program has faced challenges that prevent it from reaching its full potential. Last year, WIPP successfully sought the removal of dollar caps that hampered the program. Now we are seeking sole-source authority within the program to make it even more effective, and on par with other small business contracting programs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sole-source authority would allow contracting officers to directly award a contract to a women-owned small business through the WOSB program. For contracts awarded under sole-source authority, this would remove the enormous barrier of identifying multiple women-owned businesses to award a contract. All other small business contracting programs have this ability, so making this change is about fairness and parity, as much as it is about improving the program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's official Ciara's a Hip Mommy Chick! It's reported by the <a href="http://pagesix.com/2014/05/19/ciara-gives-birth-to-baby-boy/"><span style="color: magenta;">New York Post</span></a>, that the performer Ciara gave birth to her new Taurus bundle of joy on Monday morning in Los Angeles. This is the first baby for Ciara, her fiance Future has three children from previous relationships. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ciara nor Future have yet to comment publicly on the birth of their son together. As of today, there is no report of the baby's name. I wonder if it will be a more traditional name or if the pair will decide to get Hollywood with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To think just the other day May 18th (my birthday), <a href="http://youtu.be/ltP5mdJkhDs"><span style="color: magenta;">Ciara</span></a> was recorded crip walking in a parking garage to Biggie Smalls. I guess she danced the baby to birth, in true Ciara fashion. As all of us mommies know, we'll do anything to help get that baby out at the end of our pregnancies. I guess I should've tried crip walking, lol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nonetheless, Congratulations are in order for the new parents. I wish them all the best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case you missed it. She made it a bit of habit of dancing her way to the delivery room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's a Mompreneur? She's your stain fighting, referee of justice, time out giving super hero. It's the woman that stops working outside the home and stays at home to take care of her children. It's the woman that strives to make her ideas a reality, while nursing her newborn baby. It's the woman that has to take a break from working on her business to entertain her four year old. Or, maybe it's the mom that got laid off, and it turned into a blessing in disguise. In my instance, I'm typing up a blog post and building a castle made of blocks with my 4 year old. It just is what it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whichever it may be, a mompreneur is a woman that turned her skills, talent, hobby or ideas into a business while staying at home with their children. You are the CEO of your life. You've turned your hobby into a money maker or your thinking about doing it. Living, loving and creating to the fullest. Always trying to stay balanced, while making it look easy. We all know it's not that easy</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Grind is Real</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your day may start off getting the kids up and ready for school, making breakfast, checking and replying to e-mails on your phone, promoting your brand, and washing the dishes. This is just the morning. You grab your cup of coffee, head to your home office (most likely) and sit down to do all the things you have on your to do list (in your head sometimes). You let your child watch way too much t.v. sometimes and feel like crap about it. Sometimes you just get caught up in what your trying to accomplish and it happens. Then you get on social media for business purposes and to network and, the line gets blurred. You find yourself getting caught up in the Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram web. You click on one link, then another and before you know it; let your precious time slip away from you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People may see you posting pics and updating your <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HipMommyChicks"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>status</b></span></a> and think that's all you do. It's a part of what you and as mundane as it seems, essential to branding yourself. They don't see that, it's back to work and then it's lunch time. Time to prepare lunch for your little one and maybe grab a bite for yourself, my drive is what feeds me at times. All this while creating your product/service model, preparing your administrative papers, cleaning out the toy bins or securing legal documents. You may be the owner, operator, marketing director, social media guru, promoter and anything else you can think of. That's okay in the beginning, because your working towards a goal. The goal is to be able to work from home, not have to pay childcare and still generate enough money to be able to save, buy that much needed car, pay a couple of utility bills or even buy some new shoes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Make Money Doing What You Love</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I say all this to say that there are more and more women turning their dreams into reality. The numbers on women in business are very impressive. The <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.nwbc.gov/research/launching-women-owned-businesses-high-growth-trajectory"><b><span style="color: magenta;">stats</span></b></a> </span>indicate that women </span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">consistently have been launching businesses at nearly twice the rate of men for the last 25 years</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you find yourself being the go to person for throwing parties, there may be an event planning future for you. If you find that all your friends turn to you for beauty advice, there may be an independent beauty consultant business in your prospects. You may love wine and know a lot about it, you may need to be a wine consultant on the weekends. I for the last 10 years have been the person that my friends and family have come to for business advice. Be it how to get incorporated, licensing, applying for an EIN number, building a website and online presence or raising funds. This has turned into a growing business of web design and marketing consulting for myself. The possibilities</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are limitless, the key is to find that something that you love and make it a business. So get out there and follow your dream no matter how long it takes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's that time again, it's Women in Business Wednesday. Today's topic is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_(money)">Grants</a> for starting your small business. Grants are like free money for your business. You have to apply for and qualify for this money. However, if you are awarded the grant, it's yours to keep and you have no obligation to pay back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many small business owners don't know that private companies that are not owned or operated by the government, offer grants as well.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The grant that I'm about to feature today is for women looking to start a small business that's from home or online based. It's award value is $500 to $1000. Sometimes this is just enough to help you get started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have decided to highlight the <b>Amber Grant</b> for women starting a small business. </span><a href="http://womensnet.net/get-an-amber-grant/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>WomenNet.net</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> started The Amber Foundation Grant in 1998, to honor the memory of a young woman who died at the age of 19. Hurry the application cut-off for this grant is April 30th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://womensnet.net/get-an-amber-grant/"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>here</b></span></a> for more information on how to apply for this grant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mother's Day, graduations, and proms are right around the corner and I know your looking for gift ideas already. You can send the same ol' bouquet of flowers from one of the run of the mill flower guys. Wouldn't getting your loved one <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ch3%3E%3Ca%20href=%22http://The-Bouqscom.7eer.net/c/90252/75024/1913%22%3EWhy%20send%20some%20boring%20bouquet%20when%20you%20can%20send%20a%20Bouq!%3C/a%3E%3C/h3%3E%3Cimg%20height=%221%22%20width=%221%22%20src=%22http://The-Bouqscom.7eer.net/i/90252/75024/1913%22%20border=%220%22%20/%3E">flowers</a> that were picked from the side of a volcano be more exciting. It's definitely a conversation piece for the most discerning of individuals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://The-Bouqscom.7eer.net/c/90252/73731/1913%22%20%3E%20[include%20text%20here%20(optional)]%20%20%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20height=%221%22%20width=%221%22%20src=%22http://The-Bouqscom.7eer.net/i/90252/73731/1913%22%20border=%220%22%20/%3E"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>The Bouqs</b></span></a> is no run of the mill flower delivery company. They are the new flower guys on the block and they have nothing to prove, but they do a good job of proving that not all flowers are same. These awesome guys over at the Bouqs <span style="background-color: #f5f3e7;"><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">have figured out a great system that gets you fresher flowers with vivid colors and the richest fragrance.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f5f3e7;"><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> that it really is so easy to order. You don't have to worry about any extra fees tacked on to the end of your order. They are a flat price. Not too bad, when it comes to flowers that have to get cleared through customs to get to you. The very fact that they are sent to you within 2-4 days after picking ensures fresher flowers, that seemed to grow over the days.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f5f3e7;"><span style="color: #262526;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The flowers are cut on the day you order and deliver straight from the farm so you get the freshest bouq possible! This means delivery just 2-4 days after cut, vs 10-14 elsewhere. Get this, they deliver their Volcano stems from the equator,10,000 feet above sea level, which means one thing: sun. And more sun means more color. These Bouqs are fed by pure volcanic snow melt and mineral-rich, ph-balanced soil. And they also have California cut flowers that come straight from eco-friendly farms on the coast! Bloomin' sweet surf! Isn't that perfect for Earth Day. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262526; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Let the John, the Founder of The Bouqs explain it to you a little better in this video. These flower guys are definitely going places. They have already been featured by Forbes, Oprah, WSJ, Maxim, and the list goes on and on. </span></div>
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Talking to my daughter's school counselor the other day got me thinking. It got me thinking about the basics and the power of Networking. To set the picture for you, I'll be presenting for career day at my two daughters school. </span></div>
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She hadn't replied yet after a couple weeks had passed. I had already spoke with my daughters teacher and we were looking to hear back from the counselor. I caught her that day in the school office and I asked her about whether she got my email and her thoughts on it. I actually got her name confused with another member of the staff and she politely corrected me. She told me that yes she had got my email. Thought it was a great idea, yet had not had a chance to reply. I didn't give her a hard time (after all, I flubbed on her name), but of course I wanted a response to my email out of courtesy. I told her that I understood, then moved on to my questions at hand. She joked that she should have made a better first impression, because one day she may need a job from me and that she hadn't had a good start. Turns out to be a very good point.</span></div>
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We talked a little more about what Damon and I would present. She loved it so much and ended up asking if I would be interested in being somewhat of a resident career day presenter depending on how well things went. I gladly obliged and I went on to further explain to her what I do as a marketing consultant/coach, web designer, and blogger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She expressed that she wish she had the guts to go out in her own and be her own boss. I told her she did, and that if she thought about it we all have the entrepreneurial spirit within us. I gave her the example of moving up in your career as being the same as an entrepreneur. In the spirit that you are always selling yourself and your talent to get ahead in the workplace or with clients. Be it an increase in pay, a promotion, a potential client or a new job. You're only as valuable as your ability to express your assets effectively.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which leads me to... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When networking in person, via email, or on social media with an individual or a business. Remember that just about everyone has a busy schedule, but be courteous and always try to reply within a timely manner. Even if you're not interested, reply quickly and inform the other party. You never know if there could be a productive connection in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The counselor wasn't trying to ignore my email, I seriously don't think so. She just failed to get back to me in a timely manner. I've been guilty of this myself a time or two in the past. Just like the counselor joked about the bad first impression and the job. She's correct and her acknowledging that helped to lighten the situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You never know who and how a connection may pan out to be. That person just may be that someone that's instrumental in the progress of your career or business. Not everyone is understanding that you don't reply and their perception of you has now been compromised. You can always fix this is you know how, but why even do it in the first place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• <b>Always get your contact name correct and try to know their background.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't make the same mistake I made. Which was purely a slip of tongue by the way, and nonetheless incorrect. Don't get your connections name confused if you can help it. Granted both names start with the same beginning letters, still that's no excuse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This detail may seem trivial or as something that may not need to be focused on. Once again, depending on the situation the party involved may perceive you as less professional and not focused. You may even come of as disingenuous and one minded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don't have the background story, you don't have all the tools needed tho connect. If possible try to look up your connection online. This away you have something tho build on with that individual our business. Know to grow. It's all about building a relationship/rapport. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• <b>Always close the deal and get your story across.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After getting the names and background out of the way. Now it's time to get to the business at hand. What makes you, you? Be sure to clearly get your story across, while listening intently to the other persons responses. I call this closing the deal for a number of reasons. Here are three:</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The whole point of connecting with someone is to get your story across.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3.</b> Your reason for contacting them was to get some goal accomplished </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and successfully add them to your network if possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You either want to end with your answer questioned, get key information, lead this individual somewhere or leave room for a follow up down the line and build a pipeline. Either way, you want to close the deal. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So get out there and network til your hearts content and make it count.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more posts like this and to join the conversation. Visit my Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/HipMommyChicks"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Hip Mommy Chicks</span></b></a> or follow me on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hipmommychicks"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>@hipmommychicks</b></span></a> for valuable tips and advice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may also like this article from <i><a href="http://www.thenextwomen.com/">The Next Women Business Magazine</a></i></span></div>
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I know for some, the very fact that it's labeled "Vegan" is enough to stay away from even entertaining these recipes as a whole meal. I just ask that you keep an open mind and consider the incorporation of vegan in your diet. Think of it as a lifestyle adjustment that tastes great and is good for you. Even if it's, initially </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> one day out of the week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been an on and off Vegan for the last 5 years or so. With the most amount of on being in the last 2 and a half years (on and off). I wouldn't label myself as a Vegan, just a sometimes Vegan that eats pretty healthy the rest of the time. It has worked well for me, and as we all know moderation is the key with anything. With Spring being here and Summer around the corner, lighter dishes just make sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out these delicious </span><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/easy-vegan-recipes?s=mobile" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Vegan</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> dishes, that are ready in under 30 minutes. All of these delicious recipes in a compilation of several great food bloggers from the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/easy-vegan-recipes"><b><span style="color: magenta;">BuzzFeed</span></b></a> website. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such an ingenious, lazy parent idea. This is so easy and so quick. It's almost 8:10 in the morning, while getting the girls ready for school and preparing to cook breakfast I realized when I opened the fridge that I needed some breakfast food. I saw that we had Cinnamon Rolls, but these tasty buns are normally left for the weekend when we have more time. I just didn't have time to preheat the oven ( 15 mins.), wait for the rolls to cook about another 15 minutes and get the girls off to school in time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day my husband showed me a picture of this and I jumped on it. All you have to do is heat up your waffle press, spray with cooking spray. When ready place 4, or however many you want to on it and wait. When I first placed them on the waffle iron, I pressed them down </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the lid</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to flatten them. They rise as they cook, you can continue to press it down again or not. It was wonderfully easy. The girls were able to eat them with their hands, without too much a mess. They whipped up in less than 5 minutes and we made to school on time. You know you want to try this tomorrow :-) Let me know if you do at <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>@hipmommychicks</b></span></a> </span>or leave a comment below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's Women Owned Business Wednesday, I'm an advocate for entrepreneurship, especially when it comes to women. I've always been that person and have always been an entrepreneur. I strongly believe, that even when gainfully employed, the entrepreneur spirit is needed in all of us to succeed. You are always selling yourself and your abilities in order to get ahead in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weeks Women Owned Business Wednesday (WOBW) focus, is an event that is for empowering the women that owns a small business and is interested in contracting with the government. I found out about this event through a Meetup Group that I just joined called <a href="http://www.meetup.com/EntrepreneurinHighHeels/" style="color: magenta; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Entrepreneur in High Heels</a>. Yours truly will be in attendance for this great networking opportunity.<span style="color: magenta; font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Receive updates on current Procurement Policy and the WOSB Program</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring is here and the warm weather brings the sexy dresses out. The dress is from <a href="http://www.rainbowshops.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Rainbow</span></b></a>, I got it online for $17.99. The wedge sandals are from <a href="http://www.justfab.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">JustFab</span></b></a> and I got them for FREE, yep free. After a certain amount of purchases, that I don't know off hand you get a free pair of shoes. I just had to pay the shipping. Not bad right. I know</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was looking for a way to keep this dress kind of "casual" and not too over the top. I tried it on with a number of heels and everything just seemed too dressy. I think these brown strappy wedges compliment this Cleopatra bodycon dress perfectly. The whole look was under $25. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm all about looking good on a budget.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More and more women are becoming the respective leaders in business. A quintessential powerhouse of sorts. Women are employing more people than the major corporations put together. Yet, women are still behind when it comes to legislative public policy and pay rates alike. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.nwbc.gov/research/economic-impact-women-owned-businesses-united-states#.UzniiiHYvBQ.blogger" target="_blank">article</a> below, lead by the National Women's Business Council displays the economic impact of women owned businesses in the Unites States. Reading it led me to thinking about a past conversation my husband and I had. The women have the money, and the know how but, somehow lack the power structure for real change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you look at the gender and economic gap over the decades. You will see that it is and has always been men that get the positions of leadership. Why is this? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My philosophy is that not enough women "stick" together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I mean by this is, across the board be it race or gender you find that people will usually support their own kind. If a man is running for office against a woman. Men will always vote for the man even if he is not as qualified or unproven. They do this because men stick together, especially against a woman (are you kidding me). It's the survival of the fittest at all cost right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We even find this in racially motivated situations. If an African American man runs for office against a White woman with equal qualifications and a positive targeted agenda. The African American men and women are going to come out in droves to support that man. However, when women have a chance to vote for another woman, no matter the race. The vote will most definitely be divided. It's like this if it's a White male against a White female as well.</span><br />
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<b style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We Don't Even Believe It Ourselves</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love that quote but, women can't seem to stick together long enough to think about the enormous gain they and all would benefit from a woman in a position of power. Tell me if I'm wrong. I mean, what does this tell everyone. That not even we believe that we are capable of leading. If we don't believe, then who will. Now, of course we don't want some radical woman with a distorted and tainted agenda to lead, so forget about that for a moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just think about the bigger picture and what that would mean for the world over. Could you imagine if we put our stereotypes, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">self inflicted at times</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and gender classifications aside and stuck together just as the men do? I think that more women are "against" their own female species. Oh what we could do. If women said to themselves I will vote for this woman just because men would do it. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The whole world would change. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We would start to see more women in positions of leadership by being appointed and by popular vote </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">over time. T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he greatest evolution of politics that would be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have three daughters and I want them to not just think they can be anything in this world but, know it to be true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, just how many days into the summer break will our children have to attend school. The Maryland Board of Education recently decided to allow school districts to request waivers for up to five days of instruction that were lost due to the wonderful winter weather this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know in my school district of Prince George's County, there were 7 days used and the county only had 4 days built into the system. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">County officials have not requested a waiver, but plan to do so. As it stands now, the last day of school will be the 16th of June. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Maryland school districts are required to be in session 180 days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some Virginia schools were in the double digits with days missed. Prince William county schools cut their recess time from 15 to 10 minutes and sparked some controversy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DC schools only budget for 1 snow day and have had 5, while officials are still finalizing plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So, what do you think should be done? Should some holidays be sacrificed, recess time cut, extra minutes added to the end of the day?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Thursday, the Maryland State Superintendent Lillian Lowery agreed to waive 2 instructional days, and not the 4 that were originally requested by CEO Kevin Maxwell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original request was denied and a revised request was submitted, resulting in the 2 days being the final negotiation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last day of school for Prince George's County will be June 13.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talk to me man, we can get right to the proceedings this evening. Can I talk to y'all for a minute? Lemme talk to y'all for a minute. I'm listening to Scarface, Jay Z and Beanie Sigel, Guess Who's Bizack as I right this post. All my hip hop heads will know that verse I just quoted, if not it still stands true. I've been quiet for a while and I need to talk to you. I have to take it back to the old faithful sometimes. That's what I had to do for the last few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me explain the title, I had a bit of a life hiatus and went on vacation mode (from the blog) for a hot minute. In that time I had some serious contemplation about my life and my immediate career plans. I revisited going back to corporate america (banking) I know exciting right, and was presented with a pretty good opportunity that really had me thinking it was perfect timing. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean, the moment I entertained the thought I got a FB message from an old colleague that wanted me to think about becoming apart of his Business Banking team. It ended up not being for me after all, and I'm thankful I didn't get back into it honestly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I'm Relapsing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This led me to evaluating, equating, estimating and entertaining my possibilities. I decided that it was time for me to start living a life that I want on purpose. That's what my blog and the Hip Mommy Chick Movement is supposed to be all about. We all get caught up sometimes and lose sight of what is right for us as women and mothers. It's the ol' mommy guilt thing all over again. I for the last 10 years have been responsible for 3 other human beings. I include the almost year (40 weeks) that I was pregnant. My oldest daughter is now 9 and I have a soon to be 7 and 4 year old. My life is truly busy to say the least and through it all I got caught in a "funk" of sorts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not going to bore you with the same old hype of "this is my year" and all that. However, I feel a spark that has been ignited in my desire to get back to what I was doing before I got married, "settled down", and had a family. I was a thriving, young, successfully struggling entrepreneur. I was on the Philly soul music scene literally and it was such a great time in music, my career and my life. I was young, dumb and twenty one and my business partner and I at the time were pretty instrumental in providing a platform for up and coming artists, musicians, and entertainers. We were the first to have Raheem DeVaughn and his former band Urban Ave 31 perform in Philadelphia and so many super talented performers. Our parties made a lasting impression on guests and the "who's who" of Philadelphia came out to party with us on a regular basis. The pulse of "neo soul" was beating in Philly and we were right in the center of it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, while I was away from the blog I started my consulting business MTM Solutions, took a few courses and restructured some things. The website, that I'm currently building for MTM will be up soon. I have a couple of clients and projects that I'm working on and can't wait to jump back into the swing of things again. Thank you for coming back to hear what I have to say. I appreciate your visiting with me. It's time for me to get back to my old ways and thrive once again. I'm bizaaaaaaack!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dermagist</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How many times have you heard it? This is the best so far. Well, all can I say is that <a href="http://www.dermagist.com/shop/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Dermagist</span></b></a> has proven to be the best acne system I have used. I have been fortunate to get some great products to review. I have only worked with brands that I have researched and see being beneficial to myself or other women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so glad I took a chance with this one. I say took a chance, because as someone that has suffered with acne and scarring for a long time. I am very hesitant to try new products on my face out of fear of a breakout. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>No More Breakouts!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been using the Clarifying System for Acne for about 6 weeks now. I wanted to really USE the system and see if there were any differences or breakouts at varying points of my life. Like, if I would breakout during my cycle, high stress times, hot weather or even if I forgot to wash my face and slept with my makeup on. Don't judge me, we've all done it at some point in our lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes I like to act like I don't have any kids when my girls go to visit their grands and I'll party all night like a rock star and fall asleep with my makeup on. I'll tell you No Breakouts! Dermagist in conjunction with Hip Mommy Chick is giving away the very same system that you see pictured above to a lucky winner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway back to this system and the company that touts the message of Miracle Cosmeceuticals for Beautiful Skin. According to the company website, t<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.59375px;">he scars fading system for acne-prone skin, targets the improvement of bumps, holes, and uneven texture of acne-caused scars, while soothing discoloration, redness and bruising with Collaxyl®, Rosa Mosqueta, Glycolic Acid, Acai Berry, Niacinamide, Asafetida and Resveratrol. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.59375px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21.59375px;">I have found an overall improvement of my skin. The bumps, holes, and uneven texture of my acne-caused skin have virtually disappeared. I usually have the kind of skin that will have a break out, then scar, then break out again without having a chance to heal the scars without breaking out again. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;">Such a vicious cycle that I have been coping with. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;">All the while using my acne system that I have used on and off for the last 10 years or so. I never "wanted" to try something new, end up with worse skin and waste my money. On the other hand always wanted to find the "miracle cure". For those who suffer from acne you know the words are hard to describe how it makes you feel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21.59375px;">My skin is looking younger and the scars from years ago have faded to almost invisible. Never has my skin been so clear and I couldn't be happier. I have a system that works for me and my <a href="http://hipmommychick.blogspot.com/2013/04/garnier-bb-cream-review.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">BB Cream</span></b></a> to top it off. As you look at my skin in the before picture above (luckily I just had a big breakout, that looked worse on camera btw). Any who, you can see the wonderful progression of the skin on my right cheek over the last 6 weeks. My whole face is now the picture of healthy skin. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;">So now that I was sent this system for free I have to make the switch over to Dermagist, even though it's a bit more expensive than my now proven inferior acne system. Valued at $119.00 for the 45 day, one-time purchase. There are two other plans to help you save money.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;"> A 30 day money back guarantee as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.59375px;">I really like the fact that the ingredients are natural, no Benzoyl Peroxide, but they are strong enough to tackle tough acne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.59375px;">It's one less thing I have to worry about while getting ready. Not a big fan of a lot of makeup in the first place. With my skin clear I don't have to try and conceal pimples or scars with foundation, which would break me out at times. I can apply my BB Cream that I'm a huge fan of, put on some blush/powder, shadow, mascara and go. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.59375px;">I also like that the <a href="http://www.dermagist.com/shop/acne-clarifying-cream.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Clarifying</span></b></a> and <a href="http://www.dermagist.com/shop/acne-scars-fading-cream.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Acne Scar Fading</span></b></a> creams don't just soak right into your skin like a moisturizer. You have to actually gently massage it into your skin for about 20 seconds to fully absorb. This helps me to really focus on the area without quickly rubbing and moving on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.59375px;">Here's a list of the ingredients in the creams: <b>Clarifying Cream</b>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.59375px;">Resveratrol, Vitamin C, Niacinamide, Provitamin B5, Chamomile, Aloe, and Shea Butter. <b>Acne Scars Fading Cream</b>,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.59375px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.59375px;">Collaxyl®, Acai Berry, Panthenol, Rosa Mosqueta, Niacinamide, and Asafetida root</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The wonderful folk over at <b><a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/" target="_blank">11:11</a>, Jamila Tazewell</b> make hand make art for your pocket. This passport holder is made of a super soft, <span style="background-color: white;">durable and waterproof </span><span style="background-color: white;">combination of sewn laminated 100 % recycled paper and clear vinyl</span> and such a beautiful design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent the passport holders and this is one of those finds that I'm glad came me way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooo in love with my passport holder. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am proud to announce this uber unique passport holder as a <b>Hip Mommy Must Have</b>.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Definitely <span style="color: magenta;">"Chick-a-lic-ious"</span> for the woman that is getting their travel on.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later this year, my family is going to be traveling abroad and this makes the perfect accessory for my bag. It screams I'm cute, I'm hip, don't you wish you had me!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Know someone that travels and want to get them the perfect gift. You have just found that one of a kind gift in this. Makes a great conversation piece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11:11 is a woman owned small business based out of California. They sell <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/passport-holders" target="_blank">passport holders</a>, <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/checkbook-covers" target="_blank">checkbooks holders</a>, <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/cardholders" target="_blank">card holders</a>, <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/planners" target="_blank">notebooks</a>, <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/tri-fold-wallets" target="_blank">wallets</a> and <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/collections/condom-cases" target="_blank">condom cases</a>. I have to mention that 11:11 the time has always been prevalent in my life, and when I got contacted by them I felt like it was meant to be. <a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/pages/what-is-11-11" target="_blank">Here</a> is where the name for the company came from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out their </span><a href="http://www.eleveneleven.net/pages/about" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">About Us Page</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and follow them on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/1111enterprises" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and you will find some other vintage inspired gems that are sure to please anyone that has discerning taste. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~Hip Mommy Chick </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narjah~</span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">The Hip Mommy Chick that is living "The Whole Shebang". I love this!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377606326834720565noreply@blogger.com0