Today started like any other day really.
Up at 4am. 6am flight to NYC. Camping out in a way too cool hotel library while I await the start of today’s launch event with other Intel Insiders. This is my second year participating in the Intel program, and like everything Intel, this space we’re in today is as amazing and cool as they are. More on all of that later.
So like every other work day, I was fretting about the effects of humidity on my blown out hair, and wading through tons of work emails noting ridiculous deadlines and a to-do list that only gets longer, when I get a random call on my cell phone from a guy named Kyle. Kyle works for a video monitoring service and he was calling to sell me a copy of the segment Manic Mommies was featured in this morning on the Today Show.
“Excuse me?” I stuttered. “We were on the Today Show? Today?”
Well, we weren’t. Not Erin and Kristin because, hello, I hope I would have known about that. But our BIG PLANS calendar was featured! Right there on the table in front of Natalie Morales. I couldn’t believe my eyes! There she was in all her glory (the calendar, I mean, not Natalie).
Our name. Our flower. Our awesome calendar that we collaborated on with Mead.
So after going all a twitter, posting the link to Facebook, and leaving a voice mail for Kristin, I calmed down and reminded myself that I am a mere mortal mom living in Rochester, NY, not some uber-hip city gal typing on her MacBook Pro from a trendy NYC loft. But it felt so good to see our calendar right there on my favorite morning show.
You can see the whole clip here. Now that my fifteen seconds of fame are over for the day, it’s back to work.
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Congratulations Erin and Kristin!!!! Hitting the big time!!! Love ya’lls calendar by the way!
Amazing! I was dying for them to open the calendar!
You two could have written that segment. Congrats!
How cool!! That’s so exciting and you deserve the good press.
Congrats!
Congrats!
I just wish I could find any of them up in Canada!
I’ve looked at all the Staples’ on Vancouver Island &
am so frustrated. Is mead sending more out?
Woo hoo!! You’ve made the big time! I really loved that idea about the wall sorting too–I’m going to order the calendar and buy some wall sorters. . .I can smell organization around the corner
AWESOME!!!! You’ve made it, ladies!!!!
Congratulations to both of you – your success is amazing and makes us all stive to do our best everyday! Dreams/passions can’t be realized without taking the frist step.
Even though I don’t have kids at home anymore I have been looking for a wall calendar (yours) but haven’t found it… yet.
Seriously… congratulations!
Hooray!
Congratulations! Your calendar got more air time than the other products, even if she didn’t call it out by name. We could all clearly see Manic Mommies on the screen!
Awesome – congrats! Coincidentally, I received my calendar today that I won. I NEVER win anything, so that was exciting enough. But, to win something so useful and EXACTLY the type of calendar I like to use, was such a great perk. It looks awesome and I can’t wait to start using it. Congrats on your successes!
I can’t believe they didn’t let you know before hand! How exciting!
Congrats!!!! Totally random because I never go to Office Depot, but I went today and stopped dead in my tracks when I walked past the display. I actually took a pic on my iPhone!
Congrats! Awesome! I will have to check them out!
OK That was AMAZINGLY cool!!!!!!! But that lady gives BAAAAADDDD advice!!! Except for the MM Calendar, of course!!!!!!!! But seriously?!? She empties her kids’ backpacks? A 5 year old is very capable of that. Give your kids responsibility lady!! Anyway. Bad advice, or not, that was soooooooo cool!!
Hey you are famous and trendy to me! Congratulations Mommies! Off to Staples.
Congrats, very cool
I think this is a sign you have arrived!
Just received mine today! Love the quote from November, 2011-wine being Mommy’s juice! I’ve heard that one before. Very cool, Erin. And you are an uber-hip city gal- just in Ra Cha Cha!!!
Too cool! Congratulations, ladies!
congrats. onward to oprah before she shuts down her operation
This is so wonderful. I loved watching it! CONGRATS to Erin and Kristin.
I have that other mom’s calender but if I can find the Manic Mommies calender in Oklahoma, that’s what I’ll be buying. Congrats ladies! You deserve this and more!