Nestle Family Prize Pack Giveaway {GIVEAWAY CLOSED}

::GIVEAWAY CLOSED::  Congrats to Kathy Pease!

As you all probably know, I love and support Nestle Family and their products, and today I am pleased to share an awesome giveaway with you all!

Before I get to our giveaway, I want to tell you about the Holiday Memories Photo Contest that Nestle Family is holding on their website.  You can enter to win a $500 gift card as well as other prizes!  There will be five grand prize winners who will receive a $500 gift card and then 45 winners of $50 gift cards.  No bad, eh?  The deadline is January 4th, 2010, so head on over there right now to enter!  ENTER HERE.

Also, make sure you check out www.nestlefamily.com for tons of recipes, ideas, and more information on Nestle Family and its brands. [Read more...]

LA Times Article on Mom Bloggers = Not Original

A few weeks after I returned from the “controversial” Nestle Healthy, Happy Family Event, I was contacted by Stacy Katz of Katz Media Consulting about a potential interview by the LA Times on “Twitter terrorism”.  After speaking on the phone with Ms. Katz, she expressed that a reporter, P.J. Huffstutter, from the LA Times was writing a piece on Twitter bullying, and she wanted to speak to me about the backlash I experienced on Twitter regarding the Nestle event.  Although the term “Twitter terrorism” was a bit dramatic in my opinion, I did believe a piece on adult Twitter bullying was a newsworthy article, and wanted to be a part of it.

The conference call between Ms. Katz, Ms. Huffstutter, and myself occurred on Monday, October 25th.  At the beginning of the call, Ms. Huffstutter expressed that the article had transformed into a piece regarding food corporation sponsored events involving mom bloggers.  Uh, okay?  Throughout the interview, I was asked very little about my “Twitter terrorism” experience with Nestle, but instead about which hotel I stayed, swag I received, and where I ate for dinner.  It was obvious where this interview was headed, but I still answered each question honestly in hopes that my side would be expressed in the article.

Here is the finished article. [Read more...]