playdate (hooray!) with my daughter tomorrow day of songs, tickles and laughs perhaps banana bread in the oven to the park, swing and climb back home for snack and naps more play and then sweet dreams date night with DH – perfect day Wondering what’s up? Check out Melissa’s meme at Making Things Up, then write … Continued
Author Archives: Melany Gallant
Promises are promises
I know I’m kind of late to the party but I’m going to see the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie tomorrow night. I’m going to go see it with my husband. On a real date. Something I haven’t done all that often since becoming a mother. I used to tweet and blog about the Twilight … Continued
six word fridays: you (aka me)
Family-focused… Geeky Girl… Bookworm… Unabashedly so. —————— Wondering what’s up? Check out Melissa’s meme at Making Things Up, then write your own six word masterpiece!
Oh blog…
Oh blog, how I’ve neglected you of late. It’s been a funny few months running after my little one and getting ready for the back-to-work grind. But I’m here. And I promise to write here more often. Honest. And while I haven’t been paying much attention to you of late, I have been blogging professionally … Continued
A mother is…
…a role I cherish. Sure the hours are long, vacations are rare, and there seems to be a never-ending need to wipe away tears and poop. But all that aside, being a mom is so much fun. In being a mom, I get to see the world again for the first time. Sharing moments with … Continued
SMBOttawa 15 with Sam Ladner
The next Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa is scheduled for Wednesday, April 28th! Guest speaker Sam Ladner, a sociologist specializing in technology and organizations, will share insights on several sociological frameworks for understanding social media behavior and phenomena. Ladner will also share the design framework and conclusions from a recent study on women’s social media … Continued
Millennium Trilogy a knock-your-socks-off read
I recently finished books one and two of the “Millennium Trilogy” by Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. I’m so stoked about this storyline that the release date for the final book in the series – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest – can’t … Continued
Lights out for Earth Hour
Tonight at 8:30 p.m. (local time), make a point to switch off for Earth Hour 2010. Earth Hour began in 2007 and is now a global event. It challenges every individual, business and community throughout the world to switch off their lights, TVs, computers, etc. for one hour, one day a year in support of our … Continued
be productive: eat your frog!
Although I’m an avid reader I haven’t read anything from Mark Twain. Perhaps that is why I’ve never heard the expression “eat your frog”. Over on FastCompany, Gina Trapani reports on how to work smart. Her advice is to “eat your frog” or, do your worst task first: Twain famously said, if you eat a … Continued
We’re obsessed with social media
**update – I have removed the link to Wente’s article so as not to feed the trolls.** In light of this whole Margaret Wente blowup, I felt the urge to blog today. (Honestly, she must have wrote that opinion piece just to get a reaction. Right? I mean c’mon…she can’t be serious.) Anyway… Blogging wasn’t … Continued