Comments for Hug n Hold, and Smart Mommy Blog http://change-eze.com/blog The busy life of a mom inventor Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on The Tv spot went well by Thalia Poulos http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-tv-spot-went-well/#comment-3414 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:03:33 +0000 http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-tv-spot-went-well/#comment-3414 Hi Tonya: A friend gave me your blog -- Mary Ann Downing. Very cool. I'm an inventor living in Carlsbad, CA, and started a small group called Women Inventors Network. Would love to meet you one morning for coffee as schedules and location permit. Please email me when you get a spare moment. I've begun attending San Diego Inventors Forum, which I really appreciate. It meets in the evening, though, and that's tough for many people. So exciting about being on Fox!!! Best to you. Sincerely, Thalia Poulos of Efthalia Designs Hi Tonya:

A friend gave me your blog — Mary Ann Downing. Very cool. I’m an inventor living in Carlsbad, CA, and started a small group called Women Inventors Network. Would love to meet you one morning for coffee as schedules and location permit. Please email me when you get a spare moment. I’ve begun attending San Diego Inventors Forum, which I really appreciate. It meets in the evening, though, and that’s tough for many people.

So exciting about being on Fox!!!

Best to you. Sincerely, Thalia Poulos of Efthalia Designs

]]> Comment on Going to be on tv by Mary the Pool Safety Mom http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/07/26/going-to-be-on-tv/#comment-3375 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:03:33 +0000 http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/07/26/going-to-be-on-tv/#comment-3375 Hi Tonya, Hi, good luck with your news spot. Smile, be prepared and talk to "us Moms" about the cool stuff that we'd love to know about! If you need a Safety Turtle for your demo, call me I have one. I'm the "Pool Safety Mom" and a rep for the Safety Turtle folks-Terrapin. I'm part of the San Diego SafeKids Drowning Task Force (we've shown the Safety Turtle on 2 news spots, most recently KUSI early news last week)(keep it in the news, it's a great product and works!), and part of the drowning prevention message includes layers of protection. As you mention the Safety Turtle (would you like to borrow one?) please remember to mention that Drowning is Preventable with the ABCs- Adult supervison and alarms (knowing where your kids are- because drowning is silent), B for Barriers and layers of protection especially isolation, 4 sided fencing or safety covers to keep kids out of the water, and C for Classes, like CPR and water safety and SWIMming skills. If I can help, call me! Mary Ann Downing, 858-603-2260 also contact Women's Inventor- Thalia at thaliapoulos@roadrunner.com cell 760-519-9975 Hi Tonya, Hi, good luck with your news spot. Smile, be prepared and talk to “us Moms” about the cool stuff that we’d love to know about! If you need a Safety Turtle for your demo, call me I have one. I’m the “Pool Safety Mom” and a rep for the Safety Turtle folks-Terrapin. I’m part of the San Diego SafeKids Drowning Task Force (we’ve shown the Safety Turtle on 2 news spots, most recently KUSI early news last week)(keep it in the news, it’s a great product and works!), and part of the drowning prevention message includes layers of protection. As you mention the Safety Turtle (would you like to borrow one?) please remember to mention that Drowning is Preventable with the ABCs- Adult supervison and alarms (knowing where your kids are- because drowning is silent), B for Barriers and layers of protection especially isolation, 4 sided fencing or safety covers to keep kids out of the water, and C for Classes, like CPR and water safety and SWIMming skills.

If I can help, call me! Mary Ann Downing, 858-603-2260

also contact Women’s Inventor- Thalia at thaliapoulos@roadrunner.com cell 760-519-9975

]]> Comment on Inventing resources by Laura http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/03/28/inventing-resources/#comment-3000 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:30:29 +0000 http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/03/28/inventing-resources/#comment-3000 I was reading your blog, and I wanted to share a contest with you that might be of interest to your readers as well as yourself. Whirlpool brand has recently kicked-off the fourth annual Mother of Invention Grant Program. In the past three years, Whirlpool brand has recognized and helped more than 15 moms turn their innovative ideas into reality. The Whirlpool brand Mother of Invention Grant Program provides seed money and expert guidance to moms to turn their invention, business or service ideas into full-fledged businesses. Contest winners receive: - A $20,000 grant for the grand prize winner -$24,000 in grant money for the four runners-up - Appliance prizes -Invitation to business boot camp where winners will receive guidance from Whirlpool and industry experts This year, we are greening the program by adding a new category focused on moms who create an environmentally friendly product/service or use natural/recycled materials to create their invention. More information and entry forms can be found at www.whirlpool.com/moms. Entries are accepted through July 31, 2008. Best, Laura I was reading your blog, and I wanted to share a contest with you that might be of interest to your readers as well as yourself.

Whirlpool brand has recently kicked-off the fourth annual Mother of Invention Grant Program. In the past three years, Whirlpool brand has recognized and helped more than 15 moms turn their innovative ideas into reality.

The Whirlpool brand Mother of Invention Grant Program provides seed money and expert guidance to moms to turn their invention, business or service ideas into full-fledged businesses. Contest winners receive:

- A $20,000 grant for the grand prize winner
-$24,000 in grant money for the four runners-up

- Appliance prizes

-Invitation to business boot camp where winners will receive guidance from Whirlpool and industry experts

This year, we are greening the program by adding a new category focused on moms who create an environmentally friendly product/service or use natural/recycled materials to create their invention.

More information and entry forms can be found at www.whirlpool.com/moms. Entries are accepted through July 31, 2008.

Best,
Laura

]]> Comment on Inventing resources by Dee http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/03/28/inventing-resources/#comment-1140 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:09:54 +0000 http://change-eze.com/blog/2008/03/28/inventing-resources/#comment-1140 Hello! Just found your blog while searching through mom inventor websites. Thank you for sharing some of your insights. If you'd like to pass on some more of your wisdom and struggles, please send me an e-mail! Thanks! Hello! Just found your blog while searching through mom inventor websites. Thank you for sharing some of your insights. If you’d like to pass on some more of your wisdom and struggles, please send me an e-mail! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Went to a casting call for an inventor tv show by amy http://change-eze.com/blog/2007/02/25/went-to-a-casting-call-for-an-inventor-tv-show/#comment-427 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:42:40 +0000 http://change-eze.com/blog/2007/02/25/went-to-a-casting-call-for-an-inventor-tv-show/#comment-427 Hi Tonya, I am 32 (as of 4 days ago) I have 4 kids with the oldest being 6 years. I recently quit working when my youngest was born. Since that moment my head has been swirling with inventions. I really have no idea where to start. I get discouraged when I see that my idea has already been thought of, but I don't want to give up so easy. Right now I have an idea and I have sold my husband on it, he is my "idea filter." Well, he is really excited about this idea but I don't know where to go from here. It is in the very rough...very very very rough stages now. I am trying to construct it using items around the house. Do you have any step by step process you could share with me? For example, do I make it myself, then try it out, then what? I've read your blog and appreciate you being so real. Thanks for listening and if you could offer any help I would appreciate it. Hi Tonya,
I am 32 (as of 4 days ago) I have 4 kids with the oldest being 6 years. I recently quit working when my youngest was born. Since that moment my head has been swirling with inventions. I really have no idea where to start. I get discouraged when I see that my idea has already been thought of, but I don’t want to give up so easy. Right now I have an idea and I have sold my husband on it, he is my “idea filter.” Well, he is really excited about this idea but I don’t know where to go from here. It is in the very rough…very very very rough stages now. I am trying to construct it using items around the house. Do you have any step by step process you could share with me? For example, do I make it myself, then try it out, then what? I’ve read your blog and appreciate you being so real. Thanks for listening and if you could offer any help I would appreciate it.

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