Episode 7 is a Kelly show! Yes, my lovely friend Kelly Gordon of LoveWellBlog.com is back in the co-host seat. In non-recorded-non-podcast conversations with Kelly, we spend a lot of time giggling and a not small amount of time being serious. That’s the way today’s show is - plenty to laugh about before we answer some somewhat tough listener questions.  SHOW NOTES (available at SortaAwesomeMegan.tumblr.com): 1) Periscope and some of Megan’s favorites on there:Jon AcuffAmanda MusethatblondegirlmandieMashableWorld Vision USA 2) Kelly’s flowers! 3) All about the ENTP 4) Spirit-Led Parenting: From Fear to Freedom in Baby’s First Year 5) Robin Plemmons 6) Madeline L’Engle’s Walking on Water Find Kelly on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Feedback on today’s show? Sign up for the show’s mailing list at tinyletter.com/SortaAwesome or leave a comment below (click the date link). Find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! 

Our Hollywood Housewife is in New York City this week, so while she’s there, we talk about the TriBeCa film festival, the Oklahoma City bombing and memorial, and what it’s like to choose a school in Los Angeles. Plus, a few ideas on what to do with all those Instagram pics! 1) Oklahoma City Bombing 2) Former President Clinton’s visit to OKC 3) OKC Memorial Marathon & The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum 4) TriBeCa film festival 5) Angry Sky, The Birth of Big Air, Being Evel   6) Laura’s IG streamHollywood Housewife posts on chatbooks & artifact uprisingmintedpostagram 7) Hollywood Housewife: how to listen to podcasts 101 8) Hollywood Housewife: finding a preschool in los angeles Find Laura on her blog, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Feedback on today’s show? Sign up for the show’s mailing list at tinyletter.com/SortaAwesome or leave a comment below (click the date link). Find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!

Today is a special edition of Sorta Awesome! If you are reading the show’s description on iTunes or in an app, you’ll want to click on over to http://sortaawesomemegan.tumblr.com/ to access all the links. Many of you may know that the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle sale launches today. Erin Odom (of thehumbledhomemaker.com) is one of the co-founders of Ultimate Bundles, and I wanted to invite her on the show to talk shop … er … to talk home, I suppose. Shortly after my twins turned a year old, Erin shared an incredibly simple piece of advice for managing the home with little ones underfoot, but that simple secret absolutely saved my sanity for many months to come. Erin and I talk about that advice she gave me, and then we talk about how the bundle business grew into what it has become today. Finally, she explains what all you can expect to find in the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2015.    SHOW NOTES: 1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, Marie Kondo 2. Dear Mom Who Can’t Afford Organic Food Controlling the Spin Within Find Erin on her blog, Facebook, and Instagram! As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more about Progger on their website and at BandCamp. Feedback on today’s show? Sign up for the show’s mailing list at tinyletter.com/SortaAwesome or leave a comment below (click the date link). Find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!

Episode 4 is a Rebekah show! In this episode, we chase a bunny far down a trail talking all about our favorite podcasts. Then, when a listener asks a question about best books for toddlers, Rebekah brings us some actual expert advice. Click here to listen to Ep. 04! SHOW NOTES: We have a TON of links this week, so I’m keeping the commentary brief: Afterbuzz’s TV’s The Bachelor After ShowRob Has a PodcastLOST Rewatch PodcastThe PopcastSome of Megan’s current favoritesRewatchHow to Do EverythingStart-UpFirst Day Back (See the full list here) Some of Rebekah’s current favoritesThis American Life Longest Shortest TimeSpilled MilkHow They BlogInspired to Action Books for Toddlers Anything Sandra Boynton (we especially love Moo Ba La La La and Dinosaurs to Go)Dr. Seuss collectionPete the Cat: I love my white shoes (video), Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy ButtonsLlama Llama booksRed TruckMaisy Find Rebekah on her blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more about Progger on their website and at BandCamp. Feedback on today’s show? Leave a comment below (click the date link) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! 

You’ll be happy to know this is the first episode in which I get to prove I really am only sorta awesome - not fully awesome. In the opening minute of the show, I mistakenly refer to this as episode two of the show, even though it is, in reality, episode three. Viva la sorta! That doesn’t dampen my excitement about this episode at all, however, because I am so thrilled to introduce you to the third regular co-host of this incredibly awesome team! Kelly Gordon of Love Well is one of my long-time blogging friends, and she is all kinds of awesome. I am so thrilled that she said yes to joining me in this project. Today, I manage to stretch Kelly’s five minute life story into ten minutes (at least!) because I cannot stop asking her questions about her life, particularly about the years she worked as a local news producer. She shares about the challenges of solo parenting along with the one thing she is always talking about, a topic that I got quite a kick out of. All of that and - as always - we share our Awesome of the Week! Click here to listen to Ep. 03! Show notes: 1) What my first blog looked like when Kelly and I became friends. (Oh, 2007. Bless your heart.) 2) Kelly and I are both ENFPs married to INTJs - a Myers-Briggs match that is a lot of things but never boring! (Don’t know your MB type? We talk about it a lot around here. The 16personalities.com test is my current favorite of the online version of the tests.) 3) Here, let Ariel illustrate why this episode is almost an hour long! 4) I’ll happily confess to being a BIG fan of Stitch Fix! Click here to check it out for yourself if you haven’t already!  I kept trying to get a good picture of my new top but it never happened. You can find better examples than my clumsy description  here and here. 5) Kelly, for this gift of inspiration, we thank thee! Chipotle-Glazed Meatloaf with Sweet Potatoes. And yes. Yes! I HATE CILANTRO. Don’t try to change me. It’s genetic. 6) Finally, if Miss Pretty doesn’t just look like the loveliest archetype of a California girl, then I don’t even know what: Find Kelly on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more about Progger on their website and at BandCamp. Feedback on today’s show? Leave a comment below (click on the date) or find me on Facebook or Instagram!

I am SO STOKED for this episode of Sorta Awesome! In it, I get to introduce you to one of my closest friends and most favorite people on the planet - Laura Tremaine of Hollywood Housewife. She’s walked red carpets home and abroad, traveled with humanitarian organizations to Sri Lanka and Haiti, and her beautiful home has been featured on Design Mom and on the show Tanked. And now, she’s in your ears as a regular on Sorta Awesome!  Today, we talk about just how long we’ve known each other, share the awesome happenings in our lives (Laura’s is astronomically more exciting), and she owns up to the one thing she is always talking about! PS - there were a few audio issues on my end in this episode, a few moments of echo here and there. Hopefully it’s not too distracting. Thanks for bearing with me as I get the hang of this!   SHOW NOTES:1) Hollywood Housewife: everyone can wear red lipstick 2) Pictures from Laura’s trip. (read more here and here) 3) Shauna Niequist’s Savor (affiliate link) 4) The full story of Laura’s move to LA and how she met and fell in love with her husband 5) Gorilla Flicks, on Twitter Find Laura on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more about Progger on their website and at BandCamp. Feedback on today’s show? Leave a comment below (click the Notes link) or find me on Facebook or Instagram!

I'm Meg Tietz, and THIS is Sorta Awesome!

Hey all! In this episode of Sorta Awesome, I’m introducing you to my dear friend and show co-host Rebekah Hoffer of Simply Rebekah. We had such a great time recording this episode! In it, you’ll get an overview of Rebekah’s life story (including the very fun, very unusual way she met her husband) as well as hear about what is challenging her right now and what topic she is always talking about. Rebekah is just one of my very favorite people and I know you are going to love her as much as I do! Download Episode 01 here SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 01: 1) Your goofy co-hosts: 2) Voxer - we LOVE it! 3) In Your Eyes, Amazon 4) Rebekah’s love story Infamous dorm room window: 5) Rhett and Link, Good Mythical MorningWill it donut?Will it pizza? As always - Progger! Thank you to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut. Find more of Progger’s incredible music on their website, at BandCamp, and on Facebook and Twitter! So glad to have you along this week! Coming up next, you’ll me my very long time friend Laura of Hollywood Housewife whom I have also somehow managed to talk into co-hosting with me. See you back then!