Some changes at Rio Grande Valley Moms Blog

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This has been a big month for Kristina and I with the launch of this blog. It is a labor of love and has been in the works since January. We are thrilled with the response to it. We are overwhelmed, in more ways than one! We are also exhausted. E-X-H-A-U-S-T-E-D!

September came before we knew it and with it came lots and lots of goodies for you! And the way we thought we would structure it was to do one giveaway per day. Easy peasy. But what we didn’t take into account was how much time it would take us to schedule and organize and announce and email all the blogs posts, giveaways, winners and sponsors.

I haven’t see my pillow until well after 1:00 am most nights. I’ve started “napping” at 9 when the kids go to bed. I’m seeing my husband through the glass doors of my studio and all I want to do is sit with him and watch some trashy Bravo show. Heck, I’m so desperate to spend some time with him I’ll even take watching his “guy” shows!

And afraid as I am to fail and disappoint our readers, I am more afraid to fail and disappoint my family. So after my “nap” tonight, I woke up resolved to make a change. No more evenings and no more weekends. We are taking them back and giving them to our family.

The first big change is how we do the giveaways. We will still be doing one a day. But we will have them each run for more than 24 hours, most likely a few days so that we are not having to set up individual posts and winners and announcements and emails. This should save us a couple nights work and will cut down on the number of emails we are sending out and replying to on a daily basis. We’re hoping this system works better for us and that it is more efficient for our winners and our sponsors. We’re also hoping that it will allow more people to enter the giveaways as we have had a few people who missed some giveaways they were really hoping to enter.

So please excuse this poorly written midnight post. I see that Big Guy sitting on the couch there and my fingers are giddy with excitement to wrap up here so I can snuggle up in there! Just wanted to let you know there would be some changes but we still had ooddles of goodies for you as promised. (We also still have them rolling in believe it or not!) But for now, Kristina and I are signing off until Monday morning. We’re off to the beach to enjoy some sand, some ice cold drinks, and lots and lots of family time!

Warm (sandy) regards,

Vannessa and Kristina

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