New Year, New Theme

Okay, it’s not the New Year YET, but I was in the mood to make a fresh start today.  This is the “Pixel Happy” child theme for the Genesis Framework by StudioPress. I tried replacing the entire header with a custom-made one, but it didn’t end up in the right place. You’d think after 5 1/2 years of blogging I would have figured out how to replace a header by now, you know?

Anyway, I know the sidebars need work but I’ve been staring at this blog for like 3 hours off and on and I need a break from it, so I’m going to stop tweaking and step away for a little while.

Edited to add: Looky, I made a header.

Help me break in this new theme by leaving me a comment about something! Anything! A link to a blog post, a link to a Flickr photo, a link to a tweet.  Whatever strikes your fancy!

Why it’s been so long since I posted here

My dear MomReviews readers, I haven’t forgotten about you!  I wanted to let all of you know about a situation that involved my blog Table for Five and will now drastically impact this blog.  My blog name was stolen and since I didn’t have it trademarked, I had no real recourse.

I tried emailing the author of the blog (which is called “Table for Five Reviews and Giveaways” but no, I won’t link to it), thinking maybe she didn’t realize there was already a blog called Table for Five. I politely suggested she change the name of her blog so that her readers wouldn’t confuse her blog with mine.

She said no.  SHE SAID NO.  Her email reply to me was that it was “too late” to change her blog and her new Facebook page and she wasn’t going to change it. Period.

Alrighty then. You can read the whole story here if you’d like – http://table4five.net/2010/04/30/dear-readers-of-my-blog-table-for-five-i-have-to-tell-you-something/

You might not have known that I was also posting reviews and giveaways on my blog Table for Five, but no more. All reviews and giveaways that I agree to do will now be posted here exclusively.  The PR firms that I work with know that I have this blog, they know that it might be called MomReviews but they are getting the author of Table for Five as well. My reputation proceeds me, which is why I’m not really that worried about that other blog.

While I’ve been dealing with all of this, I’ve been saying no to new projects.  Now that I’ve made the final decision, I need to put together a calendar and schedule out what I’m going to post and when. I get anywhere from 10-20 requests a day, but I’m thinking two reviews and one giveaway a day should be plenty. To keep my ads above the fold as required, I’ll have to move the giveaway list further down, so please scroll down to that when you click over from your reader.

So that’s what’s been going on here.  Thanks for reading, and as always, feel free to leave your comments!

Lands’ End Harbour Island Twitter Event

 

 Lands’ End, the Island of the Bahamas, and iexplore.com are hosting a Twitter Event this Wednesday from 7:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m. CST. Lands’ End is sponsoring a contest with a Grand Prize of a trip for four to the pink-sand beaches of Harbour Island! 25 additional winners will win a $100 Lands’ End gift card and tote!

To enter, go the The Hub and choose one of three ways to submit an entry – by first playing a letter unscrambling game, voting in a poll, or taking a quiz. A new window will pop up; don’t forget to click the “Enter” link at the bottom right of the new window.

DETAILS:

Lands’ End Harbour Island Twitter Event
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. CST
Location: #landsend

Join the fun and follow:
@LEprMichele, @LEprMolly, @LEprLibby, @VisitTheBahamas,
@iexplore and @iexplore_Amanda

Follow me @MomReviews too!  See you there!