ANNOUNCEMENTS: ESSENCE MAGAZINE, NEW BUSINESS VENTURE, & A MOVE
I know that I have been very scare on my website since the birth of Baby Girl. I hope that this is understandable to most, as I have been devoting most of my time to her. (I’m so in love and I still can’t believe that I have a daughter.) I decided that it was time that I update the few readers that I have hung onto to what I have been doing lately, and give some announcements in the process.
- I have collaborated on another article for an upcoming issue of Essence magazine. Every since I was featured in Essence last year I have met some amazing people through that article. I have actually gotten in contact with quite a few readers from that article and I have made some really good friendships from then. I’m even more excited to see the people that I meet from this article. I will announce the issue that my article is in as soon as it is finalized through the editor.
I am working on a new business venture called Mom Blog Hosting. I have always loved designing websites and graphics for other people. I love helping women get started writing their own blogs and I plan on taking that a step further by offering a free hosting, as well as a paid hosting, option for moms. I haven’t even announced the website outside of Twitter, but I have already been inundated with orders and that is where I have been spending a lot of time, designing. The website is still a work in progress and as soon as I get everything up and running I will announce it here first so my readers can get a head start.- I’m also in the process of packing up and moving to another house. Seriously, this is my third move in the eighteen months since I have lived in Florida and I am ready to be settled down already. I love moving, don’t get me wrong. I think it’s the Army Brat in me that gets restless once I have been in a place for too long. But I’m starting to understand that my children love the stability of having the same room for more than a year and I plan on giving them that. This will be my last move for at least the next two years. I plan on buying my first house when I turn thirty and that is less than three years away.
- I am still adjusting to being a mother of five, with three children three and under. Wow. I even look at that sentence in amazement. I have five kids and three of them are three and under. I wasn’t playing, was I? *smiles* I love having a big family (somebody give me my own reality show) and I love being a mom of boys. Most days. Boys are so different. I grew up in a house full of boys and I am facing a different type of children with four boys. What was once the pink and girly and mostly quiet that was my upbringing has been replaced by noise, and dirt, and smells, and fighting, and the constant power struggle that is boys. They are also overly affectionate with me and I get more kisses and hugs in one day then I think I’ve gotten in my entire upbringing and I love that. I guess I should stop complaining and enjoy it because the teen years will be here before I know it and soon I will no longer be the “go to girl” but the outsider who gets on their nerves.
- I have also been preparing to go back to school. I couldn’t make it in on the August Fall classes, but I will be starting in October. (Yeah, like I needed to add anything else to my plate.) I believe that furthering my education will be the best thing for my family because hopefully my degree will allow me to get a better paying job. They deserve so many things out of life and I want to be the one to give it to them. I don’t always want to have to tell them no. So starting in October, I will be one busy mama.
Thank you to those who have sent me emails and left me comments asking me how I have been doing. I appreciate it. I really do. It means a lot to me that there are people out there who I have never physically met, but they care enough to take a few minutes out of their day to see how I am doing.
I will also be starting my daily deal postings back up next week along with a new series of articles called “Scaling Back on Your Household Bills.” I have enjoyed making this blog a little more personal and I plan on keeping it that way but incorporating my deal postings back into the mix.
Take care & much love!
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Wow, Shynea! You’ve got a whole lotta awesome goin’ on! I LOVE IT!! Congratulations to you. You’ve clearly worked hard to build your brand, and the fact that you’re making strides (because I know how challenging that can be as a mom) is just testament to your resilience and your work ethic!
Looking forward to watching your continued success, mama!
Dear Akilah,
I am still in the process of building my brand. It seems like my goals for my website changes every six months and I’m always trying to think of ways to conform to the new goals that I have set for it. Thank you so much for the congratulations. Two years ago when I started blogging publically I would have never thought I would be where I am at now. I love the companies that I have gotten the chance to work with, the events I have had the chance to take part in, and the other beautiful women I have met. Overall, being a “mommy blogger” has been a good thing for me and I can’t wait to see where my blog is at next year.
Take care,
Shynea
I feel stressed out just reading about everything that you have going on! I better step my game up! LOL
I miss you!!!
Dear K.O.,
I miss you too! I need to resurrect the social network and then find Mona so she can bring all of her funniness back. I love being busy. It’s not too stressful to me.
Me and nothing to do is NOT a good combination.
BTW, I’ll be sending you a card in the mail this week.
Take care,
Shynea
glad to see you’ve been keeping busy in good ways
Dear Nikki,
I have to stay busy or I’ll go completely insane. Too much free time on my hands is not a good thing for me.
Take care,
Shynea
You are a power woman! Your children call you blessed!! God bless you my dear! I’m so grateful to know you!
Niecy,
If anyone is grateful to know anyone, it’s me knowing you. Look at all of the positive changes that you have made in my life. You will never know how much of a blessing you have been to me. Seriously.
Take care,
Shynea
Congratulations Shynea,
I can imagine what a change it is going from all boys to a little girl but I know you will enjoy every minute it
Oh yeah enjoy all those hugs and kisses. My son is 10 and get absolutely horrified if I try to hug him out in public. But at home he says he loves hugging me, go figure. I can not wait to see you in Essence again. I am so happy that you are able to go back to school. That is a dream of mine too.
I am glad that you are starting the series cutting back. Also, are you taking classes on line? I wish you the best and may god continue to bless you and your family.
Dear Valerie,
Yes ma’am! Taking classes online is the ONLY way I would be able to go back to school. Night classes are a no-no because that is the only time I get to spend with my babies. Daytime classes are out of the question because I have to work. And even though some colleges offer weekend classes, I have to say no to those too because I need my weekends to recooperate.
Take care,
Shynea