At 5:30am on June 6th I began my journey to the
beautiful traffic-filled Washington, DC. I was so excited to get to my hotel and have dinner {or dessert} with my new friend,
Dee. Not that I expect you to remember but, June 6th was the day that Tropical Storm Andrea blew in to town. With her came rain, rain, more rain, and traffic.
{my thoughts on DC traffic}
My ten hour drive became fourteen. Seriously though...I'm not complaining! I was at
Disney On The Road with
Maria Bailey and a hundred other women whom I couldn't wait to meet! {I never got to have that dessert with Dee. Instead, I enjoyed a Caesar salad from room service. After fourteen hours on the road all I wanted to do was hit the hay. Thankfully, she understood. You're awesome, Dee!}
{Room service goodness...in black and white because Caesar salad isn't very pretty in a dark hotel room.}
The next morning I woke up refreshed and ready to take on the day. This would be my third time attending a conference for bloggers but, my first as an attendee. {The two years I went to BlissDom I was a staff member.}
After getting checked-in it was time to mingle while we waited for the doors to open.
Once inside, breakfast was served. If you know me, you know I don't eat any of what is on my plate. LOL Well, I did eat a few bites of the hashbrown casserole. I was SO happy their were bagels and cream cheese on the tables, along with other pastries and muffins.
This was also on the table. I refrained for a couple of hours...and then HAD to dig in!!!
After the conference was over I went over and introduced myself to
Amy from Resourceful Mommy. I've been reading her blog for years. {It's always so nice to put a real face with the words you've seen on your computer screen for so long.}
Remember I said Maria was our host. I thanked her for inviting me. We got to chatting and I discovered she grew up just minutes from me. It is truly a small world after all! {see what I did there?? Disney conference, Disney reference.}
I met a few other amazing bloggers too...Stephanie of
Stephanie Says, Heather of
SugarNSpice-Life, Mindi of
Simply Stavish, and Lisa of
The Domestic Life Stylist. Each of them with their own blogging niche and personality. I had such a great day hanging out with and getting to know these girls!!!
I still haven't even shared with you the super great keynote speaker we had. Jennifer Labit of
Cotton Babies, founder of Bum Genius. I would really like to save that for another post though. She was filled with inspiration and insight and information. And, if I can get Hubs on board, she totally talked me in to cloth diapering.
I can't express enough gratitude or show how flattered I was to be invited to this Disney Social Media Moms Conference. Thank you, Maria Bailey and Disney for the opportunity!
Also, thank you
Blissful Media Group for sending me as a writer/curator for
Blissfully Domestic. Being a part of this
blissful family is such an honor. Muah!
