When you’re working on graphics for your business and you google something somewhat random and you see your face (and a friend) on the page. WHAT?! It’s from a post on my personal blog, which has none of the keywords that I searched for.
Category Archives: Technology
Ahhh. Home sweet WiFi!
After being in the far reaches of the U.P. with pretty much no cell service and intermittent home WiFi sure to unknown issues…this is heaven. 🙂
It’s a tech-free summer!
The kids just got their phones taken away for the whole summer…because they had them previously taken away for two weeks but decided to get them out of my dresser drawer anyway! They already had the iPad taken away as well.
Wish me luck.
They Liked me!
It’s just a tiny bit exciting when Corporate Likes your first business Tweet. Please don’t ruin it for me by telling me it’s likely all automated. 😂
My first Facebook Live mask.
I know there are other apps that do this—and I think the kids have used them with a sitter—bit this was my first attempt. The technology is cool.
Morning photo session with the bug.
I wanted to get a pic of Katie’s sassy outfit: Owen’s old shirt, some leggings, and her new favorite thrift store boots. (Plus I wanted to do more test photos with my awesome new iPhone!)
Crazy static-y hair!
Off to the bus stop! If they wear snow pants, they are allowed to go sledding at recess!
My money is following me!!!
I mean really, what are the odds? First, for a bill to get a hit at all—and then to have it show up so close to where we moved? Bizarre.
My first official selfie taken with my new phone.
And then the actual business photo…
Testing Tom’s new iPhone X
I didn’t know portrait mode was on the front camera as well!! The Kool aid is calling me…
There. NOW it’s my laptop.
It’s amazing what an app can do.Â
Left pic: zero makeup
Right pic: a few clicks of the app
That’s my goal of how I want my makeup to look!! 😂
This iOS app is called AirBrush.
Thanks, Ecobee, we know.Â
Our A/C died overnight but we didn’t really realize it until about 10am when we started moving around for the day. After a text to the landlord, it was a rush to close all the blinds and put up some curtains on the sliding door to block as much sun as possible. (It helped, but eventually got to 88° by the time they got here to fix it at 6pm.) It was actually somewhat nicer outside in the shade as there was a slight breeze. But our smart thermostat let us know what was going on:
Holy crap. Over 15k views!
And the really weird thing is seeing my face pop up (in a Sponsored post!) in other pages as I’m reading things on Facebook:
Doing homeworkÂ
Technology buddies
Getting Lippy with Jen is getting more official!
So I’m not sure why I didn’t do this sooner, but…if I am going to really try and make a go of this business, I need a real domain. So, I grabbed www.gettinglippywithjen.com which for now just redirects to my Facebook group. New business cards will come after we move and get settled and I have time to devote to them.
Business in my first two months has been amazing—if I hadn’t reinvested all my profits into more stock, I would definitely have passed my first goal of making back what I’d spent on product before becoming a distributor (I actually would have done that the first month). If I decided to quit right now and sell everything I have in stock, I’d come out way ahead for sure. So I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can keep this going and make some nice side money with it (though July will be tough with the move—and summer is apparently always bad for sales)!!
A few moments of getting along.Â
Homework time!
Then I was helping Owen with his homework and Katie took our picture.
The first thing I saw downstairs this morning.Â
I don’t love that they’re on devices but if it lets me sleep in and take a shower I’m all for it.
Katie keeping busy at my dentist appointment
It’s that time again…Katie has started ABCMouse!
So, Katie has been doing “homework” lately—we bought her a workbook like Owen gets for his Summer Slide and she has fun with that, plus she also has a few educational iPad apps that she enjoys. She saw a commercial for ABCmouse.com the other day and asked if she could have it on the iPad again.
First, huh? She remembers? It hasn’t been on the iPad for probably two years now!
Second, well, why not? Owen really enjoyed it and if she wants to do it…it certainly can’t hurt! (And in the back of my mind I keep wondering if maybe that’s one of the reasons why Katie is a touch behind as compared to Owen—even though I know I shouldn’t compare the two.)
So the thought was in my mind but on the back burner since we’ve been busy. So imagine my surprise when out of the blue I get an email from someone at ABCMouse saying my site came up as one that linked to them and—long story short—would I want to become a full-fledged official referral source. Well, sure, why not?
So Katie was EXCITED to start her “homework” and she kept asking to do it. Before I knew it, she was 14% done with the pre-k level. Hopefully her excitement continues! And hopefully I make some money off referrals!
Ahhhh. I love the feeling of a fresh cut…
Especially after my hair nightmare earlier this week. She definitely saw lots of breakage but thankfully my hairstyle hides it well.
And this is what it looks like when my hair is being dried and styled—since I have so much hair, my stylist grabs anyone else available to help. 🙂 (I had the kids with me—and they had their iPhones since we were in Occoquan—so I texted Owen to take the picture.)
And look at what we found on the walk to the salon…
And testing a new lipstick when I got home.
Apples in his eyes
Subtitled: Our imaginative boy…
Both phones were turning on so the Apple logo was on both… And he did this. 🙂
Home again, home again.
Me and Katie waiting for Tom and Owen to bring dinner to the gate in Atlanta. We weren’t able to get seats because we only had about 25 minutes until our flight started boarding.
We opted to board during the “people who may need extra time” call so we could have time to snarf our food before most people boarded. On the way down, we boarded during that time as well just because the kids were completely unfamiliar with the boarding process and we wanted it to go smoothly. On the way home we figured it had gone smoothly enough we didn’t need it so skipped it the first leg…but then decided why not on the second leg. 🙂
Everything went smoothly, and this is us walking to meet Tom with the car.
As soon as we got home, of course this happened:
A quick stop at a playground
We all went to see the Lego Batman movie and since it was nice and sunny, we stopped at a park on the way home. Unfortunately it was windy and getting chilly so we didn’t stay long and I only took one picture! 🙂
2nd Grade Scientists
I just saw these on Twitter from last Friday (1/28/17).
Our 2nd grade scientists observed first-hand how wind and water erode soil. pic.twitter.com/0lkc8h0nz6
— HalleyES Grade 2 (@HalleyESGrade2) January 28, 2017
Our scientists created a model of weathering by breaking up "rocks" the way wind, water, temperature, ice, and plants do. pic.twitter.com/IpxRGfPfKC
— HalleyES Grade 2 (@HalleyESGrade2) January 28, 2017
Look what I just saw on Twitter from last October!
Kids learn best when they're having fun! We play a globe toss game to learn the names of the continents and oceans. pic.twitter.com/s6m2BovQPR
— HalleyES Grade 2 (@HalleyESGrade2) October 28, 2016
Texts from Santa
Santa is texting the kids this year and they think it’s super cool. Owen texted back…and Santa replied!! (I had to tell him that he couldn’t expect Santa to write him back every time he texted and he said he knew—he was very busy.)
Owen was very concerned when Santa asked if he’d been a good boy: That’s a tough question. How do I answer Santa? Was I good this year? Mom, I feel like Santa is important to me.
Awwwww.
He didn’t write back for probably a half hour and it was after we’d discussed if he was god or bad. 🙂 I told him that all kids make bad decisions at times and might do some bad things, but overall he’s an amazing kid and I don’t think Santa would think he was ever a bad kid.
Charlie, an iPad is not a pillow.Â
Purple dress and purple boots!
