Primero:

This little old blog has been nominated for “BEST personal/ family style blog in all of OC”.  Now, I am up against some of the best of the best blogs here in el OC.  It’s the first category.  It would be awesome if you can vote for me.

Also, my Disneyland blog “Disneylandia al Dia” was nominated for “Best Disneyland Blog”.  This is fantastic since it’s the ONLY Spanish-only blog on the whole list.   Please VOTE for Disneylandia al Dia! (:

Segundo:

Latism announced the finalists for the first Annual LATISM California Awards! I was nominated for “Best Ca Latina Tweep”.  WOW, imagine my suprize when I kept seeing the tweets with my name (@thoughtsofamomy) included on the list.  I didn’t even know I was nominated.  It would give me great pleasure if you would vote for me under the “Best Ca Latina Tweep”

That’s it for now.  I think.   Thank you for all for your support here at Thoughts of a Mommy!

Gente, since I thought I was shopping for her, I was making it easier for her to sort the fruta.  I put 10 oranges per bag….

I have 4 bags.  Yup, 40 naranjas.

Same with the darn peaches.

And you can save the “Oh, well you can make homemade Oj, or peaches make a great jam” type comments.

por fa.

Besides all the hype of BlogHer, I can see why it’s the “Go-to” conference of the year.

Through out the year, you connect with different bloggers.  It can be through either your blogs,  twitter, or even Facebook.   This conference give you the opportunity of meeting your online amigas, IRL.

My mind was set to meet some bloggers I hadn’t met before.  But let me tell you that once you get there, a whole whirlwind of  events happen, and I never got the chance!

One of my main highlights of the conference was the Latinas in Social Media panel that was held by Latism.  Not that I’m biased or anything like that, but compared to other panels, this had to of been the most well organized, thought-out, put together panel there was.  The engaging audience was so interested on what these fine bloggers had to say.

The chicas did a fantastic job at letting the audience know about Latina bloggers.  I felt mucho orgullo to be in the room and see these amigas in their finest hour.

Thank you very much Latism for the sponsorship.  It was a pleasure meeting Elianne and Ana and the rest of the bloggers whom I connected with.

Nos vemos en San Diego!!!!

Founder of Palomaya- Lorena Musselman

“Palomaya was founded to inspire, nurture and celebrate the fusion of the Latino and American cultures, and to share the gifts that I have been fortunate enough to receive along the way – Freedom, Strength and Love.”- Lorena

Que piensan when you hear Freedom, Strength, and love?  Do you think of your self?  If you are Latina, do these words describe how you live your vida?

I am going through several struggles with my familia and some personal issues.  I think of my youth, and I didn’t have the freedom I wanted to have.  I find strength in my faith, although, right now spiritually… I am struggling. Love… my one true passion.  Love.

Sorry if I sound like a downer, but reading through the Palomaya site,  it made me think alot.  I started this post off feeling really low.  Since then, I’ve read history behind Palomaya, and it made me change the way I was seeing life right now.

Like this for example:

“In being free, strong and overflowing with love, Palomaya finds the needs of those around us difficult to stomach. Yet they are even harder to ignore. Whether great or small, near or far, the Palomaya family knows that we can make a difference.”- Palomaya

How true is that, no?

Freedom: My blog.  My readers… you!

Strength: My kids.  My friends.  My God.

Love: My hubby. My familia.

My Thoughts:

It may sound dorky, getting Freedom, Strength, Love from a clothing line, but what’s behind the clothing line, is what  impacted me the most.

Gracias Palomaya. From one Latina to another… “Te deseo lo mejor”

Check out their site.  Pretty cute stuff… you know, for “us” trendy Latinas!

**Disclaimer** I received a t-shirt for my personal use.  I got nada but, positive vibes from this post.  (:

The AM:

Get up, Iron, take the kids to school.

Get home, eat breakfast clean up a little, check the emails, go pick up the preschooler.

The PM

Get home feed the kids lunch, check email again.

Go pick up the pre-teen. Come back home and clean up again.

Start dinner, clean up again, homework, check email, clean up again.

Welcome hubby home, serve dinner, eat dinner, clean up again.

Bathe the little ones, tuck them into bed, and finally I sit on my nachas, open up my laptop cuz it’s…

LATISM time.

I look forward to Thursday nights all week long.  Every Thursday on Twitter (use the hashtag #latism),  I log on, and party with the many LatinosInSocialMedia. I heart this group.  Not only have I found a pretty cool way to spend my time (other than watching la tele) I have made great friends on there.  You will always find the ever so gorgeous host @ergeekgoddess there tweeting away with anyone who joins the fiesta.  If I can’t participate, I always try to sneak a peek at the paranda.  There are your regular party goers and almost every Thursdays, we get someone new. This is such and awesome group to join.  If you are Latino (or not) I invite you to come a join us for laughs, chats, music and lots of great friendships.  Each week they talk about something new.  Topics range from Finances to any issues that any Latino(a) may face.  Last week was in celebration for El Dia del Niño. Yesterdays party was all about the sad situation over in Arizona.

A little cachito about Latism:

We are the largest organization of Social Media profesionals of Hispanic origin.  Our members are bloggers, twitters, social network group leaders, e-commerce owners,  marketers and more.  Join the first LATISM Heritage Tour and directly connect with the Social Media influencers of the Hispanic community.  Whether you are a Latino in Social Media or a company that targets the Hispanic Market, this organization will bring you to the next level of connection. -Latism.org

Nos vemos el proximo Jueves en Twitter!!!! See ya next  Thursday over at Twitter!!!