Happy Healthy Hip Happy Hour

Here's the agenda for the Party tonight:

Doors open at The Airport Lounge at 8pm. If you've paid in advance or have been provided with a ticket by a sponsoring company, your name will be on the First Class boarding list. You will need to fill out the information on the boarding pass to receive your drink and food tickets and to be entered into the drawing to win some of the great prizes being given away during the raffle.

With your drink tickets, you will be entitled to choose FREE drinks* from the Happy Healthy Hip Happy Hour menu and you'll be entitled to half price appetizers with your food ticket.

The drawing will begin at 9pm and we will start by giving away the smaller items before getting into the bigger items so be sure to stick around for that! Additional raffle tickets may be purchased for just $10 each. Each raffle ticket purchase will also provide you with 2 additional drink tickets...not bad, right? Everyone will walk away with a Goodie Bag so be sure to pick yours up on the way out.

TICKETS ARE LIMITED so purchase yours BEFORE 6pm!

*Please drink responsibly and designate a driver.

Parenting Party Sponsor - SAN DIEGO BARGAIN MAMA

I was lucky enough to be invited to a women's networking event a few months back and was introduced to many great business owners from San Diego. Stacey, behind San Diego Bargain Mama, was one of the nicest, most resourceful people I had a chance to meet.

Actually, I didn't meet her there. I heard about her and read about her company while at this event and sent her a quick email afterwards (if I remember correctly). We threw a few more emails back and forth before finally talking on the phone and meeting in person to discuss how we could work together. Stacey is a working mom (aren't we all?) who truly believes in the strength of commUNITY. She created the San Diego Bargain Mama newsletter to help San Diego moms find bargains and has managed to not only make a name for herself, but to also reach an on line commUNITY of local moms who are also dedicated to their children and families.

As a sponsor of the upcoming Parenting Party, San Diego Bargain Mama has generously provided the following prizes to be given away during the event:

• Chelsea Premium Outlets tote bag, coupon booklet vouchers, and $25 gift certificate ($40 total value)
• Three children’s books ($20 value)
• Goodie Bag ($35 plus value) that includes: Two bottles of AVO Juice Body Splash, valuable coupons, Gift certificate for 50 digital camera prints from Snapfish, Gift Certificates to Baskin-Robbins, and other goodies!

There are more great prizes to be given away Thursday. Don't miss out on the opportunity to enjoy a night out, meet new friends and walk away with some fabulous prizes.

Investing in your family makes everyone a winner!

I Slept With a White Guy Last Night

It's all very innocent...trust me.

It began as soon as my son started to talk - and recognize colors. You see, according to him, people's "colors" change as often as their clothes - literally. Of course if he knows the person by name, he'll refer to them that way. This color description he created is for those he doesn't know, or for times when he can't remember a person's name.

The first time he used this type of terminology to refer to someone was after a holiday spent with my family. There were quite a few people he had been introduced to and it was pretty overwhelming. Afterwards, I asked him if he had fun playing with his cousins and he remembered their names and talked about them for several days afterwards.

Then one day, he asked me who the "white guy" was. I was floored when he said it and asked him to repeat the question. After several questions - of my own - I realized that he was referring to one of my relatives who just so happened to be wearing a white sweatshirt during the family gathering.

Last night, two years after this initial conversation, he insisted that I sleep with his "white guy" last night since he was sleeping with the "green guy."

The guys he was referring to were his new BIONICLE® Lego sets that we purchased yesterday. They were on sale - Buy One, Get One Free. I couldn't resist the opportunity to take advantage of such a bargain.

I smile when people look at my son and I strangely after overhearing our public discussions about "black guys" and "white guys" in particular. They have no idea that people's skin colors do not even phase him.

I'm concerned about who he'll share this information with.

But, I won't deny it. I slept with a white guy last night.