Author Archives: Kristen Daukas

About Kristen Daukas

Kristen Daukas and her husband are the parents of three teen and tween daughters. She faces the same challenges as every parent - how to stay sane while raising teens in an era of technology, mean girls, college prep and PMS. Her main goal is to get them out the door as functioning adults who remember their childhood as a happy if not crazy time. During the day, she is a partner at Atlantic Social Media Group - a Social Media Marketing Agency and is always looking for the next fun, tech toy to play with.

Five on Friday – 80′s Music

Happy Memorial Day weekend, friends! We made it! It’s almost summer! Now if the weather here in NC would get “normal” we’d all be happy. Thought I would start a fun new thing on Fridays called “Five on Friday” where I randomly pick a topic and list 5 that are my favorite or that I think are significant. Since this is brand spanking new, feel free to help me out and and leave a topic that I should cover in the comment section! Up first.. a favorite topic of mine – 80′s Music! These are listed in no particular order because there’s NO WAY I can pick my all time favorite.. it’s hard enough just listing 5! Sister Christian – Night Ranger This may sound crazy, but this has always been my “good luck” song. Every time I hear it, something good happens. It reminds me of my first job … read more

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My Kind of Boot Camp – Bloggy Boot Camp Recap and Link-Up!

I hear all you girls talking about getting up at 5am to go to Boot Camp and every now and then I think to myself  “Kristen – you should get yourself to Boot Camp”. So I finally did it! Except it was MY kind of boot camp. The kind where I sat in a room full of like minded people (women) working out our blog concepts instead of our biceps and the only curls going on were the ones on my head and the ones on our faces from smiling so much. THIS is Bloggy Boot Camp, y’all! Remember back at the beginning of the year when I set my goals for this year? One of them was to go to a couple of conferences so when I saw that the SITS Girls were bringing their traveling roadshow to Charlotte, I was like HELL YEAH!*, I’m going! So I bought … read more

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Making Your Own Envelopes with Kreate-a-Lope

Admit it. There has been some point in your life where you have NEEDED to make an envelope. It happened to me last week when I turned the girls loose on signing cards for their Grandmothers for Mother’s Day and the Queen Mum’s birthday. They were all excited over signing the cards and then they stuff them in the envelope and start going to town on decorating the envelopes. Totally adorable, right? Until you realize that you have to address the envelope and send it out via US Postal Service. And now you have no suitable way to mail it. And dangit! why don’t you ever grab extra envelopes when you’re at the store? That’s where Kreate-a-Lope comes in. The folks that invented this sent me a couple of their envelope making kits to try out and see how easy it is to make your own envelopes and I love … read more

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Simply Sydney – A Journey of 12 Years

It’s May 14th. Just another day to many, but for us it’s a day of celebration. It’s Sydney’s 12th birthday! I hope you’ll help us party! I’m sure we’ll celebrate with some cake… Maybe we’ll get dressed up and hit the town… Maybe we’ll ride some rides.. Or a day at the spa? There will be stories told.. And, since it’s a birthday, a nap isn’t entirely out of the question.. But, no matter what we choose to do, it will all center around celebrating the life and birth of this amazing girl named Sydney… She’s passionate, strong, smart and funny. She’ll be the one who strikes, crusades and fights for the rights of human kind. She may discover the cure for something or dig deep and find a lost, ancient village. She could have her own comedy show or win the Next Food Network Star. Her determination knows no … read more

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How Men Sign Cards

Okay.. we all know that men and women are different. It’s the whole Mars and Venus thing. But nothing brings that home quite like asking your husband to sign a card for the holidays. Every time it’s the same.. I give him cards to sign for the family.. I always sneak a peek at what he writes… And every time it looks like this: They do exactly what we ask them to do. Sign the card. I’m honestly surprised I get a “Love, ” out of it. I bet if they had their way, they’d just sign their name. Or even better – first initial, last name. You give me a card and I’m going to write out a couple of sentences of sentiment. At the very least, I want the recipient to know that I did more than just sign my name and lick an envelope. We, as women, … read more

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