Yearly Archives: 2011

FREE 24 Hour Fitness Pass (7-day)

My husband and I used one of these free week long passes to a 24-hour Fitness by our house last year and loved it!  Their circuit training equipment and classes are fabulous. Anyway, it’s free – no catches – so if you’ve been wondering if you’d like a membership to 24-hour fitness, then now is…

Weight Loss Weigh In – #NSnation

My weight loss weigh in for 12/19 to 12/25. **Add your post to the linky below… Christmas & Weight Loss With the Christmas holidays and my weigh-in day being Sunday, I didn’t get around to writing my weekly weight loss post until just today.  However, I did weigh myself Christmas morning before heading downstairs to…

Extreme Makeover – Cubicle Contest

This post brought to you by Contest Factory. All opinions are 100% mine. This time of year, office coworkers often get a little more light hearted and have fun joking with each other.  Maybe you have a white elephant party and try to come up with the funniest gag gifts, maybe you have a velvet…

10% Off Custom Printing – Plus Opportunity to Win

This post brought to you by bigDOTprint. All opinions are 100% mine. bigDOTprint is an international boutique printer in Los Angeles, California.  They are environmentally friendly and provide high quality, quick, affordable printing and binding services.   Now, I know that most of you have either already mailed your Holiday cards or have decided not to…

FREE Photo Calendar ~ Enjoy it all year.

I bought this last year when it was free from Vistaprint and loved having it.  I will definitely be getting another this year.   I put a picture of each kid for the photo of their birthday month, so all month long we are looking at their smiling faces.  Right now it’s Jaeda (10), January…

How to Write a Winning Proposal to Get the Work

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I was recently listening to a company’s rhetoric and was struck by how phony they all sound.  I’ve also felt this way when reading proposals, even proposals I’ve written.  Phrases like: rigorous in our problem solving live the fundamentals of quality service procedurally compliant utilize (in general I have issues with this word) embracing performance…

Weight Loss Weigh In ~ #NSnation

My weight loss weigh in for 12/12 to 12/18 **Add your post to the linky below, a new one will be posted each week so come back and join in!  I had a great weight loss week.  One where I followed the Nutrisystem  plan more closely – although not to the tee.  I did have happy…

Monetizing Your Blog ~ Changes in MIM for 2012

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If you’ve been a long time reader, you may have seen some changes in Mom in Management throughout 2011.  Primarily there have been a lot more sponsored posts and giveaways than in 2010. On the one hand I’ve appreciated that these sponsored posts have helped our bottom line during a fairly tight financial period –…

Slim Fast Solutions for Battling the Bulge

As you know, I struggle with my weight.  I’ll go along and do alright, but then something will come along like Thanksgiving or a birthday or happy hour or that time of the month and I’ll gain weight. Somewhere along the way I’ve allowed those occasional few pound weight gains to add up to 70…