January 2010

How to Promote Your Blog

During the beginning of the month, we discussed “Your Blog and You”. In said post, we noted how your blog is an extension of you, your ideas and/or products. Once you are confident that your blog represents you, it is time to market your blog. There are many ways to market your blog, both online and [...]

UPrinting Postcard Giveaway

  Since I’m writing several posts during the month of January on how to monetize your blog, I’m delighted that  UPrinting.com is sponsoring a Postcard giveaway on Latina On a Mission! During this Latinalicious giveaway, UPrinting.com is offering the following: 100 Postcards to one (1) lucky winner Size:  4×6 Paper:  14pt Cardstock Gloss Printing: Full color on both sides      Winner pays [...]

UPrinting Business Card Giveaway – ENDS Jan. 20

~GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED~ Due to computer difficulties (my laptop crashed), I was not able to post this giveaway sooner. This giveaway ends on January 20, 2010 at 5 p.m. EST. ********************   To give the New Year a fresh start, UPrinting.com is offering one lucky readers 1 set of 250 Business Cards. Uprinting business cards are offered in a [...]

How Big is Your Chin & Other Weird Questions Answered HERE

I was going to do a serious post today but while gathering the information (Ok Ok I was surfing!) I came across an unusual article regarding women and their chin size. Doctors in the United States and Canada have discovered that you can determine a woman’s fidelity by the size of her chin! Seems that [...]

The Spy Next Door Movie Review

This past weekend, I was given the chance to see a pre-screening of “The Spy Next Door” with my sons, Karl, of  Teen On Da Rise and, Andrew, of Andrew’s Voice. We had mixed reviews. I separated each of our reactions below. ******************** Andrew loved it! He created a vlog of his reaction on Andrew’s Voice, feel free to check [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Press!

My boys and I recently found a new health food restaurant that even they enjoyed! Its called Press. They make freshly Pressed bread at the location. They have four choices: whole wheat, rosemary, sun dried tomato and  white.    After you make your selection, they press the bread right in front of you! You are than given a HUGE [...]

Karissa, You Will Be Missed

  As someone who is very active in social media, I’ve made many “friends”. Although I haven’t met many of them in ”real life” we’ve been active in each other’s lives. We’ve read each other’s blogs and enjoyed banter over Twitter or Facebook. The connections have been real, just as real as the connections I’ve made at my workplace, in my neighborhood, or [...]

Week 3 of Disney Video Game Giveaways: The Princess and The Frog

Latina On a Mission is having a weekly Disney video game giveaway during the month of January! This week we’re giving away The Princess and The Frog Nintendo DS Game! My boys and I received these games at a Disney event we attended in 2009. We were able to test out several games and take a [...]

Special K is Giving You $10 Off a Jean Purchase

I recently saw this deal when I went shopping at CVS. To say I was super excited is an understatement, because as I wrote in my previous post I’m updating my wardrobe with a few new pairs of jeans.  If you send in 5 tokens, found on specially marked boxes of Special K cereal, along with [...]

Is it Chic or just plain Cheap?

With all the New Year’s sales going on, now is the best time to snag some Latinalicious shoes. I found the *FERGALICIOUS Women’s Rockout, on sale for $49.99 at Kohls! Can you imagine these with a pair of skinny jeans or a mini skirt and black legging, very CHIC! Click HERE to view.   *affiliate