tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:08:25 +0000http://www.christiecrowder.com/christiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)Blogger219125Health/Self-Helpchristiecgc@gmail.comnochristiecrowderhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-576040403128554889Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:13:00 +00002009-11-08T13:13:45.556-05:00Sunday ConfessionalsGratitude AttitudeFaithBlog BuddiesMommy HullabalooImage credit: Timhaiti on Flickr "Kids say the darndest things...", "Out of the mouth of babes..." There are scads of quotes and cliche's about the unexpected things that filter through a child's brain and trickles...sometimes pours out of their little mouths. Granted upon occasion, you wish the flood gates would stay locked tight (especially in public settings) but every once in a while, a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/lHJieqLYhm8/sunday-confessional-unexpected-prayer.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)8http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/11/sunday-confessional-unexpected-prayer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-5787319020649369753Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +00002009-11-05T13:30:51.988-05:00I'm Just Sayin'The ChatterBox ReviewsI Just Gotta Tell Ya I'm just going to put it out there that I am salty about not getting to go to Las Vegas last month for SITScation or BlogWorld Expo.  There I said it.  I got the pouty lips and I am stomping my feet too.  T I S N F! (that is so not fair)   It's not just that I got to miss not one but TWO kick-ass conferences and the chance to once again hob-knob with my favorite bloggy buddies, it was that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/WjUEOqwTS6k/leaving-las-vegas-but-not-by-choice.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)4http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/11/leaving-las-vegas-but-not-by-choice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-113653134254997041Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-11-04T05:00:06.687-05:00Wordful WednesdayNaNoWriMoLife's WorkWriting and BloggingSupportIt would appear that the novel aliens are back and actually having a bit of mercy on me this time.  They are realizing that I am a mother and businesswoman so they cannot take all of my brain to devote to my newest novel.  So they took about half of it and injected it with a completely new story!  All of those unfinished pieces of stories I have floating around, will remained unfinished for the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/hZ8aEB9lS6g/wordful-wednesday-nanowrimo-update-week.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)4http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/11/wordful-wednesday-nanowrimo-update-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-5863626542781267216Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-11-01T05:00:06.362-05:00Sunday ConfessionalsLife's WorkWriting and Blogging Image credit: poomkamol on flickr You may vaguely remember that last year at this time...this month in fact... my brain was abducted by aliens and replaced with some sort of mechanical device that did nothing for thirty days but write a complete, 300+ page, 90K+ word, romance novel. Oh yeah, that novel...it's all coming back to you now, right? What have I done with it? Messed with it for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/Az8Rs81-6Nw/sunday-confessional-beam-me-up.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)5http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/11/sunday-confessional-beam-me-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-2529270794492029388Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-10-30T05:00:06.944-04:00I'm Just Sayin'Mommy Hullabaloo Image credit: spunkyjunk on Flickr I absolutely HATE Halloween. Yes, I am using the word HATE here. HATE! HATE Halloween...with a passion it would seem.  I dread it's existence every single year.  This year it's on a weekend which means a whole special brand of freaks will come out at night!  In fact, if it wasn't for my birthday being in October, I'd go into hiding for the entire month as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/q3nL17wF--E/toasting-halloween-with-glass-of-hater.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)13http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/toasting-halloween-with-glass-of-hater.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-2536207280187260007Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:48:00 +00002009-10-29T15:54:40.948-04:00Thought Provoking ThursdayLife's WorkAuthentically InspiredInspirationCoach Inspire Thyself Image credit: Studio M (Mishari Alreshald) on Flickr Don't wanna wait til tomorrow, Why put it off another day? One more walk through problems, Built up, and stand in our way ,ah One step ahead, one step behind me Now you gotta run to get even Make future plans, don't dream about yesterday, hey C'mon turn, turn this thing around Right now, hey It's your tomorrow Right now, C'mon,it'shttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/6uzvh184Qlw/thought-provoking-thursday-poop-or-get.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)4http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/thought-provoking-thursday-poop-or-get.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-9040538418903650222Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-10-27T05:00:08.795-04:00I'm Just Sayin'Gratitude Attitude Image credit: Luxury Reema on Flickr Today is my birthday.  I am 37.  T H I R T Y - S E V E N.  Geez, that's weird to say...thirty-seven.   Not because I am angry about turning 37.   I am not in denial about my age like other women who refuse to admit they are a day over 29.  I am as happy today to turn 37 as I was when I turned 18, 21, or 25.  Moreover I am not at all sinking into despairhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/VDDQMZJ5S0A/37.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)20http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/37.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-8161747718131624933Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:06:00 +00002009-10-23T13:06:34.802-04:00Fat Pants FridaysMamavationFuneral For My Fat Pants Image credit: gotcha78 on flickr My house is being haunted by the ghost of the Fat Pants. I thought by changing my obsessive thoughts and behavior, adjusting my eating habits (yes, Joan of All Trades, I do eat, just not as much and more importantly not as much junk) and the presence of the Total Gym in my home would be a sufficient enough exorcism.   Apparently, it's not. The Fat Pants have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/GohIwibC_RI/ghost-of-fat-pants-past.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)10http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/ghost-of-fat-pants-past.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-8666636674765157587Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:12:00 +00002009-10-19T13:12:45.653-04:00I'm Just Sayin'ReviewsThe ChatterBox Reviews There was no coffee in the house. To wake up to no coffee in the house is a very very very bad thing around here. My day cannot begin...wait...let me rephrase...I am not a fully functional human being without my morning coffee. Those of you who follow me on twitter can tell by my very first tweet if I have had coffee or not. It is essential to how the rest of my day will go. It is essentialhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/5uDk0VFNlsQ/desperate-measures-yield-unexpected.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)9http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/desperate-measures-yield-unexpected.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-7003440190852484273Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +00002009-10-17T20:05:07.964-04:00I'm Just Sayin'VlogsThe ChatterBox ReviewsMamavationFuneral For My Fat Pants This is my goal dress. It has been taunting me for about six years. Yes, I have had a dress with the tag on it hanging in my closet for six years. It's a good thing I am into "classics". This picture does not to this dress justice...it's kinda hot. It was a present that was purchased with the best intentions but not an accurate account of my true size at the time. Year after year I look athttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/B3xKLEwS0Lo/goal-dress.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)9http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/goal-dress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-7359798731136871457Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:54:00 +00002009-10-15T20:54:16.778-04:00I'm Just Sayin'Thought Provoking ThursdayConferences Image credit: paul goyette on flicker For what was supposed to just be a social media conference, Blogalicious sure did do a number on my spirit! It's seems that I am not the only one...there are some fantastic posts recapping this event and most of them have very little to do with "social media"...then again...maybe it does.  I'll just let you marinate on that for a bit while I get back to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/t-CHGXagTgE/thought-provoking-thursday-lets-hear-it.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)4http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/thought-provoking-thursday-lets-hear-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-3507581673832627110Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:59:00 +00002009-10-13T07:59:09.117-04:00Monday MavensGratitude AttitudeBlog BuddiesConferencesSupport By now you probably have read many a blog post about the fabulocity of the Blogalicious Conference. If not, you can get an audio version by listening to yesterday's ChatterBox Show or Chicks Who Chat.  Or you can get your quick 140 character fix by checking the #Blogalicious09 twitter stream.  It was nothing short of AWESOME! Since you have plenty of places to get your fill of how magnificent http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/GzoJEMVqzcM/monday-mavens-turned-tuesday-treasures.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)18http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/monday-mavens-turned-tuesday-treasures.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-2753682831610276250Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-10-09T05:00:02.745-04:00I'm Just Sayin'ReviewsThe ChatterBox ReviewsFat Pants FridaysFuneral For My Fat PantsApparently my "Conspiracy Goblin" is in retaliation mode.  He's a little miffed that he can't screw with my technology anymore thanks to my MacBook so he's decided to screw with my fitness plans.  Yes, he's decided to take up the mantle since I've eradicated the Fat Pants.  Since he can't screw up my radio show anymore, he's decided to screw up my plans to stay fit! As you may have heard on my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/1FetNqS1AB4/chatterbox-vs-conspiracy-goblin-total.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)5http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/chatterbox-vs-conspiracy-goblin-total.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-8416756109112851921Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:08:00 +00002009-10-08T05:08:00.227-04:00I'm Just Sayin'So I am finally getting around to this post...undoubtedly due to the entity named in the title.  The bane of my existence. The creature that has obviously taken up residence in my home...my life...and who is on a seek and destroy mission.  The Conspiracy Goblin.   I often envision he looks like the little gremlin-guy in the foot fungus commercial.  You may often hear (or read) me scream "It's a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/Ky4kkNmsiBg/living-with-conspiracy-goblin.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)12http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/living-with-conspiracy-goblin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-7565872096963620060Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:04:00 +00002009-10-04T11:04:17.426-04:00Blog BuddiesConferencesSix Word SaturdayTypeA Built Lasting Blog-Buddy Bonds! @RealLifeSarah @NYCsinglemom, Me, @littletechgirl, @AskWifey, @ReneeJRoss @KeepItClassyJen Me, @scrappinmichele, @banteringblonde, @AskWifey (and a couple of Blue Drinks help too!) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/AFwhckNHyeY/six-word-saturersunday-bffs-irl.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)14http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/six-word-saturersunday-bffs-irl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-5643169970930887661Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:19:00 +00002009-10-02T20:19:42.862-04:00Fat Pants FridaysCoach Inspire ThyselfMamavationFuneral For My Fat PantsSupport It's awfully quiet here on Fat Pants Friday, isn't it.  No taunting from my nemesis.  No plotting and scheming.  The long table where once sat my Fat Pants at the head and flanked on each side by Chick Fil A, McDonald's, and other saboteurs is now empty.  They are gone.  Are they all dead?  No, not exactly...but they are in exile...banished (to an extent)...and not at all welcome in this space.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/64qXya4SNCI/fat-pants-friday-death-by-mamavation.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)14http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/10/fat-pants-friday-death-by-mamavation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-3081220890403847801Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-09-29T07:00:03.743-04:00ContestsMonday Morning AnnouncementsConferencesI Just Gotta Tell YaI am well aware that it is Tuesday...Monday just sort of got away from me a bit. I have a lot to catch you up on so here we go... I've Crossed Over to the Dark Side Yes, my friends, I am now a MAC...no longer a PC. I have officially been converted and I have a shiny new MacBook to replace the crappy laptop. I know I said that I could not afford it and that I would probably never be able to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/s71g8wPhEc8/monday-morning-announcements-playing.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)8http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/monday-morning-announcements-playing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-4628515066955615198Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:45:00 +00002009-09-27T16:45:36.761-04:00I'm Just Sayin'Sunday ConfessionalsMommy Hullabaloo Image credit: circle k on Flickr Why do I refuse to embrace the fact that once you decide to have children you also decide that you will never ever ever be able to rest again...ever. Why? Because they just won't let you. It's like it hurts them to let you lay down for a minute. You keep a kid from having a much needed nap and they are hell on wheels. Apparently, you never really grow out of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/_S9S4P-ezog/sunday-confessional-back-to-lifeback-to.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)5http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/sunday-confessional-back-to-lifeback-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-6947842639697765640Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +00002009-09-24T10:58:15.511-04:00Blog BuddiesConferencesLife's Work Well gang I don my "blogrolling" hat and I'm off again to another conference. This time, I'm headed to the Type A Mom Conference in Asheville, NC courtesy of my friends Mami2Mommy and Mocha Manual.  I am really excited about this conference.  Not that I wasn't excited for BlogHer...you know I was excited about that one.  But this time, I think I will be able to connect with more of the ladies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/wcPA1PSCu58/gonna-be-little-type-for-weekend.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)6http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/gonna-be-little-type-for-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-3871298972574297866Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-09-21T06:00:03.046-04:00Monday Morning AnnouncementsRadio Show I am so pleased to announce that the remarkable "Style-Diva" herself, Susie Coelho of HGTV's "Outter Spaces" will be my guest on The ChatterBox Show today! I am beyond excited! Because Susie is a West-Coaster with a busy schedule, the show will be at a special time... Susie Coelho in The ChatterBox  Monday September 21 at 1:00 PM EST Tune in as Susie dishes her style secrets for indoor and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/uklz-wQFE38/monday-morning-announcements-celebrity.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)6http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/monday-morning-announcements-celebrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-509036335771840087Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-09-20T06:00:02.213-04:00Sunday ConfessionalsThe ChatterBox ReviewsMommy HullabalooI have found my mommy-soulmate and her name is Frankie Heck.  She takes "by-any-means-necessary-parenting" to new heights with masterful precision.  She is my idol.  Never have I had someone make the mishaps of raising a family and the divine imperfections of being a mom look like poetry in motion.  I love this woman! Frankie is the mom in the new show, "The Middle" starting September 30th on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/GOD09rex9eg/sunday-confessional-my-new-motherhood.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)5http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/sunday-confessional-my-new-motherhood.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-698843185195587973Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:30:00 +00002009-09-18T08:30:06.892-04:00Life's WorkEmbracing Chaos It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, With out a blog post to read through. (Y'all old-skool hip hoppers feel me!) I am so Tina Fey right now it is not even funny! That's why I felt compelled to resurrect this picture that was my very first Wordless Wednesday. Minus the baby, I am this picture in the flesh! Which is why you have not seen a post from me since Sunday. I have eventhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/1gCPn1Uy78I/pardon-my-stress.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)9http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/pardon-my-stress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-3215308242756813052Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:49:00 +00002009-09-13T16:37:59.833-04:00I'm Just Sayin'Sunday ConfessionalsBlog BuddiesConferencesLife's WorkSupportLet me start off by saying that my Sunday Confessionals posts are specifically designed for me to rant about something that has been bugging the crap out of me.  Most of the time, they will not be warm and fuzzy feel-good posts.  I am airing my own dirty laundry and/or getting something off my chest.  If I happen to strike a nerve (or cuss) understand my intent is not to offend.  I'm just lettinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/mYLp0BSW27k/sunday-confessionals-whos-afraid-of-big.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)13http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/sunday-confessionals-whos-afraid-of-big.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-6019051113859665520Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:28:00 +00002009-09-11T08:31:14.612-04:00I'm Just Sayin'ContestsThe ChatterBox ReviewsI really thought I was alone in my bizarre cleaning habits. Turns out, not so much...there are a bunch of you out there that have a "by any means necessary" approach to getting your chores done.  Hey...as long as it gets done, right?  I'm with you!  Well apparently it has not gone unnoticed by the folks at Kenmore!  They have a contest going on for you to display your Crazy Cleaning Confessions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/zGSM5ZOU-YY/contest-kenmores-crazy-cleaners.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)2http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/contest-kenmores-crazy-cleaners.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747140348523625378.post-7269929548097489749Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-09-09T06:00:04.584-04:00ContestsConferencesSupportI Just Gotta Tell Ya As one of Disney's "Magical Mocha Moms", I am pleased to announce Steve Harvey's Disney Dreamers Academy is now accepting nominations through October 2, 2009. This is a spectacular program! Please see the excerpt from the press release below and feel free to pass along to "a high school student that could use some encouragement in their lives or a push of excitement toward their goals." http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/christiecrowder/~3/4ALWs-nvx-8/disney-dreamers-academy-now-accepting.htmlchristiecgc@gmail.com (Christie-The ChatterBox)1http://www.christiecrowder.com/2009/09/disney-dreamers-academy-now-accepting.htmlen-usnonadult