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Six Summer Songs and a Sundress

Hello Friends,

do you want to make the 1st Monday of the summer better?

Then do what I do, think of your favorite summer songs, you know the ones that you just have to hear every year no matter how old it is…the ones you only listen to when it’s hot outside or when you’re on vacation?

Okay, now download, stream or pull them up on Pandora, turn up the volume, then sing along loudly in your office or cubicle – sike…don’t get fired…or carted off to Bellevue,  just sing quietly and chair dance!

This is the list with link to my six favorite summer songs.

Sundress – C.o.C.o Brown & The Phat Cat Players

Summertime – Will Smith

Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters

Celebration – Kool & The Gang

Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter

Heatwave – Martha & The Vandellas

Summer songs and summer wear seem to go hand-in hand, hence my #1 jam, so when it’s hot all day everyday, I prefer a sundress.  This is one of my favorites thrifted from GW Boutique.

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Infinity Scarf – Target (clearance)

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Sandals – Ross

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It’s getting HOT out here!

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Have a fantabulous day – Smooches!

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Top Blogger of The Week – Sverve

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This was such an honor and a great way to start the weekend!

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Follow me to Sverve – Where Mom Bloggers Connect with Businesses for Money Earning Opportunities

Sverve connects female social media influencers and businesses for win-win partnerships. Finding and working with the right partner can lead to countless valuable collaborations. Their mission is to bring transparency to the industry, help talented content creators come out of the shadows and into the influencer spotlight, and make it easy and affordable for businesses to find and work with them.

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Car Shopping – Kia

Last Sunday, hubby and I went looking at cars (here) to replace our son’s 2002 Hyundai Elantra.  We only looked at used vehicles so today my son and I went to Martin Kia to look at new ones.  He was interested in the Kia Rio so we walked through the lot peering inside, checking the prices and reviewing the safety records.

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I guess the dealers inside sensed we weren’t looking to make a purchase because no one came out to greet us until we were about to leave.  The internet has really changed the way people purchase their cars so the dealers can give you more time to browse and are in less of a rush to make a sale.

From the exterior the 2013 Rio 5 Door was the perfect size, the interior features were standard and included driver, passenger, front side and side curtain airbags, with 4* NHTSA safety rating.  The estimated gas mileage of 28 city/36 highway wasn’t great but considering my son doesn’t travel far it was acceptable.

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Same features in the Rio 4 Door

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Saturday we will visit a Hyundai dealership to check out the new Elantra, make a comparison and hopefully an opportunity to take test drive.

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Mom Bloggers – Get Sverved!

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Sverve is a new social media site designed to connect influential mom bloggers with major corporate brands and new readers.  It’s like “LinkedIn for mom bloggers.”   Sverve is set up a la Pinterest style that gives you access to other mom bloggers AND companies that are looking to hire bloggers.

If you’re like me, a mom blogger and active in social media here are 3 easy breezy steps to take that will gain you more influence and upgrade your status in the blogosphere:

Sign up for Sverve and connect your Facebook or Twitter account.
Look around and follow some of the other influential moms – like me
Share Sverve with your other mom friends.

You can also make $ with Sverve:

  • Add up to 5 areas of influence on your profile

  • Ask your followers to endorse you

  • Share quality information on the Sverve platform i.e. blog posts and tips

  • Share frequently

Your Influence Score will be based on the real endorsements that you get as well as the type of content you create.  Your score increases the more people like, favorite and share your tips,  you will have to share a lot and connect with other mom bloggers for this to happen.   As you get more endorsements your number starts to raise and the higher the number (and your spot on the leaderboard) the more likely you are to be hired if you meet the job requirements.

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Sverve’s Mission

“We love sharing quality content and we love connecting people. That’s why we created SVERVE. Our mission is to change the way social media aficionados and bloggers are recognized. We want to bring transparency to the industry and help bring talented content creators out of the shadows and into the influencer spotlight where brands and marketers can find them.”

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Have a great weekend – Smooches!

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