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My work schedule has changed drastically since giving birth almost five months ago. Of course the daytime hours I have available to work have come to a near-dead halt [snort]. Before March I didn’t quite understand how limited a new mother’s workday was; now I totally understand. It’s taken some practice but I’m finally feeling a bit more like my sassy, spunky working self ;)
I think deep down I was just wasn’t as prepared as the gal next door with how little I’d truly be able to work on my business during the daytime. Maybe it’s the fact I’m still recovering from our life-changing move to California? I can’t totally put my finger on it.
But, there’s one more thing I wasn’t prepared for…
And that’s how my mind would change after giving birth. I shared a little bit about how I juggle Indie Biz and mamahood here. If you haven’t read it yet it’s a simple yet enlightening read about my day-to-day.
But, back to my mind.
Those ideas I have? Most days they slip out like vapors — disappearing before I even have time to store them in my pocket. These last few months I’ve been reminding myself daily this is OK; this is normal. However my mind and body responds to having had a baby is perfect and beautiful and absolutely alright.
It’s OK that things are different for me. It’s OK, because each day is spent with our dream baby.
And so I’ve been slowly learning how to work around those vaporing ideas. It hasn’t been easy. Sometimes I feel like chasing my dreams is a s l o w chase. The slowest chase ever. But I’m getting there :)
One tip I’ve learned to keeping things moving forward with Gussy Sews is to have my phone near me so I can type myself a quick note. Another tip is having a tablet to work on during the quite hours. It’s been very encouraging to have these two pieces of technology to help me to stay on-track with work.
^ the home screen, which has a “slide to unlock” feature — hey, cutie!
And guess what? Staples is sponsoring a giveaway today where one lucky U.S. reader from the Gussy Sews community will win a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 — just like mine shown above, yeow!
HERE ARE SOME THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE TABLET:
* It’s lightweight and comes with a stylus pen [did you know you can write with it and the tablet will translate your notes to text?]
* There are hundreds of downloadable apps — think Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, Amazon, Google+ Hangouts, Kayak, Gmail, Instagram — that make working during the day happen quickly and easily
* With a simple swipe [top to bottom, across the screen] you can access any updates with your apps — like email and Instagram — similar to how the iPhone offers you quick access to your updates
* I can easily read my favorite blogs, including discovering new blogs
* Replying to blog post comments is a breeze!
* The screen is large and everything looks so crisp
^ I can easily update the Gussy Sews shop
^ and replying to comments left on my blog is so easy!
Last week, while in Colorado for a wedding, I brought my Samsung tablet. I knew I wouldn’t have much time to work and I was curious how easy it really would be to work while in another state with just a tablet. My findings? It was so easy! I loved how handy it was to have around.
Want to win a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0? Follow the rafflecopter prompts below to enter. This giveaway is open to US residents only.
With 5 little kids, I think my day to day life is adventure enough for now! A tablet would help us stay a bit more organized:)
I am a busy mom and it would be wonderful to be able to write down what I need to do and I’d like to be able to access mail anytime.
Love it!
I would use this tablet to keep my thoughts and ideas easily remembered. I would keep an eye on my Etsy shop, and be on the look out for great new fabrics to grow…..
Right now this would be amazing w/our little girl in the NICU and our other 3 kids & Hubby we have been super busy so I can already see once School comes about it will double and I would love to have everything in one place where I could jot down all my to do’s of my soon to get even more crazy busy life. Thanks so much for the chance.
Ooooh I’m such a OCD with organisation… I have a diary and a to do list book that I carry around EVERYWHERE! I would use a tablet to be super organised! Keep up to date with my etsy, ebay, blog etc! I am currently pregnant and due in 3 weeks eeek… so reading your blog entries has certainly prepared me for what to expect in my family/work life split…so a tablet would make the transition 10 times easier!!!
How generous of you to offer us a chance to win this!
I’ve been an apple girl for a while…but i might be willing to switch it up…
Being in nursing school, this would be great as I would be able to access all of my textbooks from it and not have to carry 50 pounds of books (that might be an exaggeration…if so, not by much) around!
Trying to start a small handmade hair accessories/ bows shop for little girls. This would so help to keep me organized. Something to go to when I’m not at home and need to work on my business. This wound be so nice to have something of my own, instead of having to use my husbands laptop or pry my phone away from my daughter. ( she loves her app games)
We just got back from a family vacation in the Black Hills and this would have been perfect to entertain us during our down times!
I have a 3 year old and I’m also working on my B.S. in Elementary Education. My school has an app I can use to do my homework, make updates to my schedule and school information, and stay in touch with my teachers. I would totally love to be able to use the app, as well as carry it with me when I need it.
With working full time, I would love to have one for my Etsy biz on the side!!
I’d love to use the tablet for answers to comments and shop updates too! {I just finished that book too – so great!}
xo, Becky
If I won this tablet, I would like to take it with me everywhere. Nursing school for taking quick notes and easy access to the Internet without lugging around my laptop, to relax by the lake, where I hope to start a blog of my own, and to keep tabs on all of my appointments, clinicals for nursing school, my work schedule, and to keep my to-do lists all in one place. It would be such a big help to have a tablet to carry around with me, to keep my busy life more organized!
I would love to use the Galaxy tablet to replace my current tablet, which is dying slowly! It would be great for both personal use and to keep in touch with work.
I think you are never really prepared for the changes a new baby brings. Add in living in a new state, that makes it even harder. You are doing a great job at a hard job!
It looks like you have everything under control, Maggie. I would love using a tablet instead of my phone all the time.
Oh this would so help with organizing my little household! It would be so handy to take to work with me, too!
I also have a little one that I take care of day to day and I’m working on starting a photography business. This would be a great, portable sidekick!
As a working momma too this would be perfect to keep all my schedules organized! Thanks for this opportunity!!!
I would love to win this! An iPad is just not happening right now and I think this would be an awesome alternative!
I would love to win this! I’m a new mom as well and staying organized has been much more challenging!
This tablet would go EVERYWHERE with us! Visiting family all over the country, occupying my daughter at the doctor’s office, hanging out with me as I nurse the baby, everywhere!
And we’re already a Samsung family, I’d love to add the Note to my Galaxy phone!
This would be perfect for my college classes! I have the s3 phone which is much smaller scaled and I get headaches when writing papers on it! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m going back to work after being a SAHM for 7 years! Would love something like this to keep me organized!!
I totally hear you about ideas vaporizing. Since our son was born 7 months ago, I feel like I have to write everything down or I will completely forget. A tablet would be so helpful for keeping my to-do list organized!
This would be a valuable tool for scheduling the boys homeschool. My oldest son is studying robotics and could take his online courses using the Samsung Galaxy Note.
As a single, on the go, working momma of 1.. I would use it literally everywhere! Love following your journey, Gussy, and your product!
This would be an awesome gift in so many ways! Being able to blog and catch up on email while my daughter is at dance would be sweet!
What a great idea! I feel like I’m spinning my wheels but getting nowhere quick these days. I love scooting over to your blog each morning to hear all about your adventures. Thank you for sharing such a fun giveaway!
Thank you for giving all of us a chance to win this amazing prize! This would be sooooo helpful for me to keep track of everything for me personally and for my business!
I just want to say you are adorable and Max is adorable x2
AND
if I lived in LA I would apply for your sewing position in a heartbeat. ;)
I am trying to get my thoughts organized still…and my daughter is two years old. But it gets better, WAY better as your mind sorts itself out. I always reflect on the fact that now you have another person’s schedule/needs to manage on top of your own and that data simply overrides the former data for the first little bit.
Anyways, I would LOVE to win this tablet so I could stay on top of a few more things myself!
Looks like exactly what I need!
Would be perfect you use while at my daughters ballet practice or just jot down a quick note without having to go find paper and pen.
I my almost 2 week old son and I are getting the hang of nursing and while I’m pumping, this would be great to keep this new mom occupied!
Oh my goodness this would come in handy for me being a Mom of four!! :)
How awesome!! I would love to win!!!! :) Thank u!!
I’ll soon have 4 kids under 3 years old… My second set of twins will be born in September! This tablet would SOOOO help me to keep our household running smoothly – I could keep track of appointments, chores to do, errands to run, etc. And I could read blogs/play games while breastfeeding the new babies :)
Mt advebture is mommyhood and I’d use it to be more productive
This is so awesome! I literally feel like my brain is in my devices. I use my ipod for everything! And this would make it so much easier! Thanks for sharing your love and for letting us know how you do it!
I don’t have any big adventures planned right now, but I’m home with my 3 month old and think a tablet could make life a little easier. Fingers crossed!
I would love a tablet, I would find it most helpful in the kitchen. I use a lot of recipes online or from kindle cookbooks.
Our next adventure is to go to our son’s Army graduation. I could use this for driving directions and maps to find our way.
I’d love to have a tablet for when I travel. I hate bringing my laptop when I fly because it’s heavy and the battery is old and doesn’t hold much charge. My family is dreaming of a European vacation, and this tablet would be perfect to pack!
I would expand my world to include some more educational adventures — this would be great for taking Craftsy classes on at the sewing table!
I just launched my own massage therapy business, and having a tablet would help a lot with marketing and networking!
I just had a baby myself less then a week ago. I also have 2 very active toddlers, anything to help stay organized would be great! Thanks for the chance to win!
Would love to try a Galaxy!
My first baby gal was born just a couple days after your Maxwell. It’s been so fun “journeying along” with you as a new mama! The galaxy note sounds amazing. I just started a blog and am opening up an etsy business in a couple weeks. That thing would be so so handy!
Oooooo I’ve been wanting a tablet so bad!!!! Thanks for the review :-)
We are expecting our first baby in a few months! I would love to use this tablet wherever we go, also to help keep me organized!
Could definitely use this to keep track of all my busy mom stuff :) Kid and work schedules, dinner planning, couponing!
This would be a tremendous blessing for all the driving we do in the summer for mountain bike races. With three kids, it’s a challenge to keep them all happy in the car and this would be awesome to have along for the ride!
With my brain cells jumping ship each day, this would be a fabulous way to take
care of business and pleasure! :)
I’m just starting an Etsy business and blog, so the Galaxy Note 8.0 would be great to help me stay organized and connected on the go. I also want to give you a big thank you Gussy, because it’s through your encouraging blog posts that I was brave enough to give Etsy and blogging a try. THANK YOU!!!
As a Mom to 4 little ones (4 & under) and owning a design business & blog – being at the computer is quite difficult during daylight hours. This little gem would be FAB to have while being outside with the little ones or even just being down on the floor with them!
What a fun fun give away :)
I would take this tablet on my trip to Colorado and use it to assist with navigation, and documenting our experiences we have!
love it! would come in handy to this mom of two!
Would love to win. This tablet looks like the perfect way to get organized!
If I won this I would give it to my sister, she is workingvon trying to get her business going and has a toddler. It would be perfect for her to use on the go.
I’ve been itching for a tablet mostly to read more, this would be great!
I own a business with my husband which is always an adventure! I would love something like this to make things smoother to run all the little details:)
I’d use the tablet to help me get organzied in one place (work stuff, kids school stuff, kids activities etc)
Thanks for the chance.
I’ve heard so many amazing things about this tablet, can’t wait to possibly try it in the future.
There were a lot of things I hadn’t anticipated about motherhood. But it has been the most rewarding job of my life!
And my kids would be so excited if we owned one of these tablets!
I’d love to have something portable like this to keep track of my endless to do lists!! :)
What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win. Crazy how fast the little ones grow.
Your little boy is so adorable! I had a baby a few months ago and I have noticed how much it has changed my mind as well. This tablet would help me keep my day to day life a little more organized :)
This would be awesome for our long road trips to and from daughter’s college and oldest son’s home in the Pacific NW.
I would use it to finish up my work at my son’s baseball games… thanks for the giveaway!
I work full-time and I have been preparing to take night classes over the last few months. It would be a great tool to use for my ever-growing list of responsibilities for my job and for school. Love your blog!
I have a number of work at home jobs in order to stay home with my baby (and the one on the way). This product would rock my world.
This is a great giveaway! I could really use something like this!
Your such a cute momma. Being a parent is hard and juggling a at home handmade business is very tricky! I am glad there are gadgets out there to help out! I could really use one!
It would be great to have a new tool for my new home made biz :)
I would be helpful since im starting nursing school!! Hope i win :) thx for the chance to win.
I would love to give a new tablet a try. I have my mini for reading but this sounds like a great tool for business. And I love the size.
I am a mom , wife, nurse, teacher, and small business owner. I work mostly at home running our business and I am a new blogger. On top of that, our daughter is a competitive dancer. I am in my car most of the afternoon and evening driving her around. It is a blessed life, but I sure could use a tablet so I could work while she dances. I don’t own a laptop or a tablet and this would be such a blessing for me! I don’t do Facebook or Twitter – blogging and IG take all of my computer time -so I can’t use those entries:( But thanks for this opportunity! I am looking forward to the Gussy Club in September! Susan
Yes, yes, and yes! As a mama myself working on expanding my soap business, I love your ideas here!
I’ve been considering one of these for a while now- for the very same reasons! I have a one year old, and I think I’d be so much more productive with a tablet versus dragging my laptop out every time I need to get something done. Thank you for this opportunity!
I would love to use it as a travel journal and go to Hawaii!
I’d love to take mine on vacation and record what we did everyday! It wouldbe the perfect note-taking tool! :)
I would be able to use that tablet to update my Etsy shop and respond to emails, etc. I could even use it to update all of my social media!
I have the Samsung Galaxy SIII phone and I love it! Although it was hard to navigate after having an IPhone. The Samsung Tablet would be so wonderful to win!!
With two kids, a hubby in school and working full time, I’d use it to keep meal plans and grocery lists organized!! Burning I know, but its my life.
My husband and I Geocache alot and this tablet would be amazing to take along for find the caches!
I’d take this tablet with my on my endless adventures of carpooling kiddos around daily!! You are a daily dose of inspiration for me as I’m trying to establish my brand and get a business running with kiddos in tow! Thanks Maggie!!
It would be amazing to have this tablet! My life as a whole would be better. I can update my etsy shop, keep my family calendar under control, shop (with Gussy of course), play games ( to keep my mind sharp) and many other things to keep my life organized.
Thanks!
We are going to be homeschooling our kids so I would definitely use it when we go on trips to bring books and fun school exercises on trips and even just for reading for my kids everyday.
My mother in law and I are embarking on an adventure… we’re starting up a Montessori based preschool in the fall. It has been a lot of hard work, but we are finally almost ready. A tablet would make keeping track of payments, attendance and other such records super easy and take up way less of our limited space than a designated spot for a laptop or desktop computer.
I would take it everywhere. I am a working outside of the home mom with an almost teenager and a tweenager. Life gets cray cray. Love reading your posts!
I am just embarking on this crazy adventure of motherhood! Baby girl will be two weeks old on Sunday :) The CRAZY hormones are winding down now but I’m with you… my mind will never work the same way. Looking forward to new systems and tools to help me keep my head screwed on while I try to get back to doing the things I love… with my new love bug alongside me :)
I would LOVE to use this tablet to help the transition from work to home. I so often am scribbling on post-it notes at the office, about things to do at home and vice versa. It would also be a great thing for wedding planning :) Thanks Gussy!
i’ve loved following your journey into motherhood!
I have been thinking of taking a trip with just me and my little cutie, and I could use this to keep track of all the things we did each day to share back with my hubby :)
I think that this would be a great way to eliminate all of the paperwork in my life when it comes to lists and notes I leave for myself – everything from the grocery list to a reminder to grab my sunglasses before I leave my house!
I am presently in the “waiting” mode in my life and anxious to see what God has for me going forward. Capturing my thoughts and the things He is showing me will be easier with the tablet and a great way to chronicle my journey.
Creative ideas only work if you remember them! And sometimes it just seems like too much work to pull out the laptop and fire it up when I get home from work. This would be a great way to get some quick work done while on the go or running around the house; not being tied down!
You have always been one of my favorite blogs to follow!
The adventure I’d like to go on is to the coast with my dude and it would certainly help keep me organized with less papers that I always trek with us (directions, checklists, etc).
I have been wanting one of these for a long while. Something small yet efficient to make my everyday life easier. Thanks for the chance to win and congratulations on the baby and figuring things along the way. p.s. – I have 4 kids of my own…tough work but totally worth it.
xo
tina
oooh, I want one. I’ve been looking at it ever since you mentioned it in your Gussy meetings post.
This would help me with replying to blog comments and with baby #2 due now… Would be nice to not have to use my computer all the time!
I would love to win this tablet to store my creative sewing ideas and new product ideas! I usually have them written on napkins or pieces of scrap paper if my phone isn’t near. I just gave in and finally updated my blackberry to an Iphone 2 years ago. Lol
we’re moving to nyc this coming year, so i’d use it to keep track of everything!!
It would let me (hopefully) be productive in the down times, like when I am nursing my little one.
I love the look and size of this tablet!! I would use this tablet to plan, organize and go on adventures around our new home city with my sweet little seven month old.
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway. I hope and pray I win, I need this badly.
It would help me run my small business, with three babies I need all the help I can get!
Hoping to go on a family vacation later this year and it’d be lovely to keep friends and family in the loop on what and where we are :) Thanks for the opportunity!
The adventure I would go on is my daily adventure! I have my full-time job and two businesses on the side! My phone is great, but having a tablet with a bigger screen (and a stylus!) would help me so much more! I can just see the extra time it’d provide! :)
my daily commute…let’s pretend that counts as an adventure.
We’ve been looking for a tablet for movies/educational games for our toddler! We har a road trip coming up and this would be amazingly helpful!
Next year we start school for my oldest, so between homeschooling and driving to speech therapy appointments for my oldest, this tablet would go on many adventures with me!
This has been an awesome opportunity. Thanks for passing it along.
Love this! My LO is 4 mo old and I have a 8 & 10 YO. Maybe this would help
Me get organized while I try to reopen my shop! Thanks 😊
We want to own a farm someday & we hope to either find a piece of land with a historic, early 1900’s farmhouse or to design our own home. When the Note was first released, I really loved it, but ended up going with a smaller phone instead. Now I wish I had gotten the Note instead. I would love to use the Note to further build my blog (its purpose is to help us buy our farm) and maybe even utilize it in the process of designing our farmhouse! =)
I am a professional crafter and blogger and i’d love to take this galaxy tab with me on my first trip to CHA Anaheim this winter.
I would take it with me on my adventures with Pampered Chef. It would be handy for a business!
I would love to have a tablet to take with me on my adventures each day. What a great way to keep up with things when I am not at home!
I totally resonate with the ideas floating away. I have to write things down immediately! And balancing motherhood and business, don’t have that one figured out either!!
@shannon, forgot to say what I would do with a tablet….Write down ideas and thoughts and make my lists all in one spot! :)
I would love this tablet to take with me on my everyday adventures with my baby boy. It would help keep us organized and I would love to start blogging!
I would love thus tablet to keep up with work, family and friends while on the go with my littles!
My husband is strictly an apple guy, but reading this post is making me want, NEED this tablet! Haha, I tried taking notes at my church service with my iPad and it was so hard to type/copy etc… This would make it so much easier to actually write and then have it typed for me! Yay, I hope I win!
I’ve never used a tablet but would love to give it a shot! I have multiple ongoing to do lists and schedules, homeschool notes and stuff, lists, lists, lists! I think this would be quite handy!
We are thinking about a meet up vacation with friends.
I would love to win! This would be great to help with my blog and social media! Great giveaway!:)
i’d totally use this to help entertain my kiddos on long flights, especially our upcoming trip.
I would use it for fun and work (I work in education). I’d probably also use it to keep up with all of the fun blogs I read! Thanks for the giveaway!
my adventure? being a work-at-home mom (or mom-prenure?) – it seems to be my greatest adventure so far! there’s never a dull moment, and having a little techy helper would definitely be a bonus :)
of course, going *somewhere* on an adventure would also be lovely …..
Adventure!? This lil’ pretty would spend most of its day with me – juggling time downstairs in my sewing room (with a 10month old crawling under my sewing table and almost-3-year-old ooohing and awhhhhing over fabric) – and upstairs (playing / cleaning / making dinner?) – It would be a HUGE help for me and my “little” business!!!
This would be the perfect addition to my trip to Europe this year!
I understand momma brain, any extra tool to help is always appreciated. I would love to try this out, small and easy to hold is a major plus when trying to juggle a little one too!
Oh, this looks amazing! Makes life so much easier :)
What a great gadget!
I am a homeschooling mom of 4, and this could make learning super fun for my kiddos. Adventures galore!
i would give it to my boyfriend that way he would be able to do homework for school while on the bus going to work.
This would be a lifesaver for my day-to-day adventures – for getting some work done during those few spare minutes between appointments & errands. But for the bigger adventures that require luggage or a passport, this would rock my world!
I would take it with me on road trips! And I would use it everyday to keep our family organized!
Heading to Hawaii this December.. this could come in handy :)
I would love one so I can sit on the beach and update my shop!! Heaven!!!
I would love to try the Samsung too. It seems like it is a great tablet.
My adventure would be… to just keep up with my 2 boys, soon to be a total of 3 boys! I need help keeping our schedules organized, and with my due date at the beginning of November, I know that I could use all the help I can get in order to get through the busyness of this holiday season, lol!
With two small boys, this tablet would definitely make our end of summer day trips tons easier!!
I would love to use it for blogging as well. It must be great for writing ideas as you think of them. I always seem to forget things too.
Motherhood is always an adventure and that’s where I can see this tablet benefitting me the most. I feel like I always have a million things running through my head for family stuff, handmade biz stuff and general nonsense. Having one place to put everything would be amazing.
I would use it to organize my 5 kids and husband’s calendar. I feel like I am running every which way without order. I would hunker down and organize my thoughts too; kind of like your ‘vapors”.
Blessings,
Susan
Our family is on the cusp of moving to England for three years! I would love, love, love to bring it with to help us keep in touch with family!
My adventure would be the upcoming school year! I need it to keep me organized and also share information with my students!
My adventure would be parenting two kids with a husband that has insane, ever changing work hours. I do 99% of the parenting, and keeping everyone’s schedules straight is HARD! This would come in really handy!
What an awesome giveaway!!
I’m going to be traveling a lot, and I now this tablet would be PERFECT for my blogging career! :)
i think my adventure would be similar to yours right now! finding time to create a space for myself amongst the chaos and joy of having a family! i am an artist and would love to have a great tool to expand my reach! x thanks for hosting this comp lovely lady:)
We are just preparing our oldest to head off to school and this would be a perfect item for his backpack…honestly I’d love one, I know my daughter would absolutely love one, my middle son would probably enjoy the games…but I think it’d be a great back to school…College bound gift for my son.
I know this would be great to use in my classroom, and I need all the help with technology that I can get! I just got my husband a Samsung tablet for his birthday, and I’m a bit jealous! ;)
This would make keeping up with life and all that comes our way a little easier with schedules etc… So fun!!
I would love this tablet for on the go with my little one!
My adventure would be to take the tablet into my room, close the door and actually get to look at what “I” want to look at for hours on end. I am constantly interrupted by my 3 kiddos taking over my laptop the moment I step away from it. :)
I’d take it on the adventure of having my 3rd baby next month & helping me to stay organized & occupying my older 2 when needed!
Only U.S. followers….boo hoo
I would take my tablet to work or on one of my adventures with my kids so that I could easily jot down ideas I have for teaching or for fun things to do with the kids.
We are parents of a college senior art student and this final year is booked with art shows, exhibits, and traveling..would love to have this device to easily document it all!
I am rarely at home with my kiddos – this would be a lifesaver. (As well as entertainment during practices. )
I would love a tablet to display my photography at events and with clients. It would be so helpful!
I can’t figure out what has burned more of my brain cells…kids or Diet Coke:)
I would take it on an adventure to Florida next year for the Gymnastics Nationals Competition. I would keep track of the meet times, directions, addresses, and of course the closest beaches!
I’m a single mom trying to get a handmade business off the ground with 2 friends. My time to just sit at a computer is super limited. Would be awesome to have the tablet to use in between hockey and ballet and music classes and such!
i love the feature that lets you write and it changes it to text– so cool. great giveaway!
This would be such a valuable addition to my own business. I wouldnt be tied to my pc at events outside the home/studio. It looks like fun, too!
Everyone rants about their ipads…I’m not into ipad/iPhone, but maybe this is the one for me???
Thanks for the great giveaway! My hubby is wanting one of these. Would serve us well on a fun traveling adventure but alas we have three littles 6 and under so maybe the adventure will be for it to help me stay organized when school and sports start in the fall!!
I would take my family on a coast trip, we would use the tablet to entertain my kiddos on the drive if necessary.
I’d take my boys on an adventure to a bigger city. when they ask a historical question, I would def use this!
What a great giveaway! It’s amazing what a large role technology plays in our lives and how helpful it can be!
I would take it on my adventure to Pismo Beach, i want to go see the butterfly’s. It would help me to keep my business on track while I am gone.
We’re going on vacation next month, so we’d love to take this to take photos and browse the net and social media on the go. Imagine taking photos of the surf, and lounging on the beach browsing Facebook? Totally fun!
I know this would be great for me to use with my son. I am a stay at home mom and do things with him daily, and this would give me another avenue to teaching him and helping him learn.
I’d love to travel and use the tablet to document EVERYTHING! Where, what, and how!
Ooh I would love a tablet – I could get work done while still spending time with my family instead of holed up in my office!
best giveaway ever! Would love to win one!
Our little guys were born on the same day 😀 I would love to have this to get more done while tending to him.
What a great prize! I’d love to win one, as a mommy of 3 if I don’t write something down….it’s gone. LOL
I think this would be a great help in our homeschooling. We could use it for things at home and while we travel to different places and field trips. Looks like lots of fun!
My adventure- it would make a better mobile way to do and edit photos on the go. I’m a big photographer and carrying a laptop around with my camera bag is a hassle. With the Samsung tablet I could easily slip it into my camera bag and be off! Plus I love Samsung products! Very easy to use and navigate.
Would live to win the tablet. Cool giveaway:)
I would love to win this tablet to help keep my work life in sync so my home life doesn’t have to suffer :)
Well, we”Re off to Disney in5 days with a trip to Vegas after but hubs is only going to be with us for 3 days so it would be perfect for sky ping with him!
I would love to have a tablet! Perfect for being connected while on the go with my daughter!
My adventure is my new blog/shop! It is scary starting out, and like you, I have mama brain alot of the time (my baby boy is 2 months old!).
This is an amazing opportunity on a seemingly awesome product!
I’d love to win one!!! Be able to jot things down when I’m out!
This would be awesome to win! I could put my pictures there for viewing.
We drive from Maine to Florida once a year to visit the inlaws, DRIVING. This would surely help keep me busy and the kids entertained during the ridiculously long drive :)
This tablet would allow me to do research and get my small online business planned and organized.
I’d actually send this tablet on an adventure with my oldest stepdaughter. She will be a freshman at Mississippi College which is roughly 3 and half hours away from us. This is the first time that she will have been that far away from home for longer than a week. This is going to be her biggest adventure yet.
I heart Samsung for real!
This would be an adventure for me to use on all my adventures!! I would use it to keep track of what I do to help my 87 year old neighbor that I work for, to help me remember what needs to be remembered to tell her family and also for my adventure in crocheting :)
Super cool new tablet, i am going to check it out. Thanks for the review!
I would love one to use for work.
I would take this on our vacation in September when we drive across the country to see my dad!
I would live to have something bigger than my phone but small enough to put in my purse!
I would go on all kinds of adventures with this tablet – as many as can fit into the number of novels this baby can hold! My Kindle is dying and I really wanted to update to a Kindle Fire HD, but as soon as I saw the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, I knew I wanted that instead. I’d love to be able to say that I’d take the Galaxy Note to China and blog about the Great Wall or eating roast duck from a street vendor, but I think that we can have just as much fun reading about Scout, Jem and Boo Radley fighting for everyone’s Civil Rights or reading about Katniss Everdeen fighting for her life.
I have a 4 year old and a 9 week old, my mom lives 7 hours away and this would be easier to take a long with us than my laptop and could help keep my 4 year old entertained on the drive when we get the Chavez to go visit. It would come in handy looking up recipes and craft ideas once we got there too.
I would take my new tablet on vacation with me. I would use it to take pictures along the trip. Since the tablet can access FB, I could easily upload my pictures. I could also keep in touch ( if I choose to :) with my e-mail and FB while I was away from home! A tablet is much more convenient than hauling a laptop!
OOOH! How awesome. My adventure would be…. my life in general. LOL
I am in need of a new tablet! I love all of your stuff you make too!!! Makes me want to Sew.
Perfect for this soccer mom – wifi at the soccer fields so I can respond to emails, etc
My husband will be gone in Afghanistan for 6 months starting thisOctober. I think having a tablet like this would be helpful in our communications over that 6 months. And I may or may not think about starting a blog while he is gone. :)
This would be perfect for my new work-at-home adventure/life I’m about to be living! My son is off to school and I will have more time to work but will also find myself doing the school run and being on the road often. Having a tablet would be very handy during those occasions! :)
My adventure would be with my second grade students and we would utilize it to communicate and share work with parents, geocache, take pictures to journal our science and so much more!
My homeschooling adventure! I need something that I can have as my own for planning rather than a family use device!
This would be perfect for school. I am a teacher who needs organizing.
A tablet would be so useful to me! I’m starting to get serious about my writing, and I’m constantly on the go. It would be amazing to capture those fleeting thoughts and ideas and to actually be productive while waiting in the carpool line, or in the car while riding on a family adventure. I love that this has handwriting recognition capabilities and I’d also use it to read with. My phone is great, but the screen size is just very limiting. I think Evernote would be the first app I’d put on it. :) I’d come with me everywhere!
I win my new friend would travel with me to the grocery stoe to help me keep track of all those things I forget once I’m at the store, it’ll travel with me to photoshoots where I can keep track of client information easily.
I would use this so much. I’m a teacher, jewelry maker, and blogger. I’m always busy. I foresee it being a huge help in the classroom with all the meetings and lesson plans. I would totally use it to plan my jewelry and blog ideas. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway!
I would finally have a way to keep up with my personal and teaching blog! (without having to sit in front of the computer.) Two kids has made it next to impossible!
I would bring mine with me to Africa! My husband, daughter, and I are headed there for three months in May. Thanks for a great giveaway!
This would be awesome for its portability, for surfing pinterest, emailing, or online shopping. I would totally LOVE to win!!! :)
Going on an “Up North” vacation soon to the Northwoods of Wisconsin. I would love to bring this along!
Well I will be doing a lot of traveling this fall and have been wanting a tablet to take with me instead of hauling my huge laptop everywhere! Thank you for the giveaway, Maggie.
I would go on an adventure with my little sister doing something that she wanted to do. leaving it up to a three year olds imagination.
I’m going to a convention for work in a couple of weeks and this will be a handy way to keep track of the kiddos while I am gone :)
I would love to win one of these so that I could keep up with my favorite blog and keep an eye on my own blog. It would also be great to have to keep my kids busy on long trips with games and such. Thanks for the chance to win!!
I would use it on our road trip to Montana at the end of the month. it would also help me keep my etsy page up to date since my home computer is hit and miss when it wants to work!
As a French teacher, I’d love to take this tablet with me when I travel to France so that I can take gorgeous pics and videos of the culture, people, food, architecture, and send the pics to my students!
We are taking our kids to Disneyland for the first time this year and it would be so great to have a tool like this to document the adventure.
I’d love to have this! It would be soooo much more convenient than dragging my laptop all over the house, and more convenient still to look up project ideas on the go!
I am starting a new business on Etsy and I would love to have this table to use towards my shop, Im also a homeschool momma so this would be awesome to use when Im running around with my kiddos!
Just want you to know that I love your blog and find you to be very inspirational. My hubby and I were also blessed with our first little one this year about 2 months before your little man…..I’m also a working from home mom and it was def an adjustment but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love being able to see my little man everyday and watching him grow and learn. #stayblessed #keepuptheawesomework :)
I have been looking at these. I love my samsung phone. I blog and read on it all the time but really need a bigger screen without it being ginormous.
Oh boy do I know the feeling of ideas turning to vapor! I would use this all the time to keep track of all that I need to do.
I would use this tablet to help my students go on adventures and learn new skills with education and communication apps.
I would love to use a tablet on the go. My daughter has therapy at least once a week so the tablet would help keep up with my shop and also pass the time.
I would use this in my everyday life at work to share with my patients and to capture the awesome moments with have in occupational therapy at the nursing home!
I would love to win this tablet. I think it would come handy in everyday routines but it would be fun to use a tablet on a road trip or when visiting family and friends who live in another state. A tablet would be useful since I could go on the internet and find places to go or things to do while on my road trip or in a different place than where I live. It will also be useful for taking and posting pics on Insta and Facebook. Hope I win!
I’m a writer and a mom…this would be the PERFECT write as I go (or sit after school waiting for pick up!) tool. As you’ve noticed, note taking is essential!
I would use it on our vacation to see my grand-daughter for the first time. I would use it to store the pictures of them. I would use it daily! Thank you for the chance!
With both kiddies in school this year, this would be a delight to have while waiting in to pick up my munchkins from school, because they don’t get out at the same time!
This would come in very useful to me!
I love to read… and love to try new recipes ‘always an adventure’
I could do both with this baby!
I am starting a new walk as well. No longer able to work away from home I am hoping to sew my way into a new lifestyle. This tablet would Rock my world to help organize my adventure! By the way there is NO way its been 5 months already!!! Jackie
I would take this tablet with me on a cross country roadtrip family vacation! Man I would <3 to have this! :)
I would love to have this! Praying I win!!!!
If I had this tablet I’d be able to take it with us on grocery trips with my toddler. I’d also be able to us it to transfer photos from my dslr when we are at play dates and I want to share right away. I’m a full time mommy on the go and this would help us so much when I can’t provide my full attention!
Awesome! I need a tablet…the laptop is too bulky to tote around:)
I’d take it with me sewing so I always have my PDF patterns. I’m also in the midst of downsizing so I’d use it for books too.
I would love to take this to our disneyland adventure next spring! There are so many vacation planning apps!
What is it about those thoughts that they come in so fast and leave just as quickly? I too have the same problem, but mine has been going on 8 years now ?(wanna guess how old my little kiddo is?) What a great opportunity to win a wonderful piece of technology!
I would take with me on our trip to sea world that way I can keep up with family and friends while on the road and keep my 2 and 4 year old busy
How awesome is this!? I have a Samsung phone and I love it. A tablet would be so amazing!
I would take this tablet on the many adventures of my mommyhood with four little ones! From the park to the beach, to a bubble bath and pinning! Thank you for hosting :)
I would take this everywhere! One daughter does art and one does dance so this would be a welcome distraction when waiting!! :)
My life with my 3 year old and 1 and a half year old is adventure enough! This would also help me with my Etsy shop and blog on a daily basis.
I would love it to people my work on there..would love one…
I recently started an etsy shop, but I am always on the go. I would love to be able to type up my listings on the go and be able to check all the blogs I love to read. Also to be able to promote my shop which I have yet to find time to do at home, would be great. The time I spend at home I could dedicate to being creative with my jewelry making!
I would take this on many fishing trips with my hub & sons!
I’ve been looking at this tablet. I really like the stylus portion where it translates what you write into text. That alone would be amazing! I constantly have notepads lying around to write ideas, thoughts, and lists on. All in one place would be great!
@Tiffani Bennethum, I’m getting ready to head to Chicago and would love to take this along and share my experience of staying in a hostel and experiencing the local culture!
It would be super helpful to be able to work away from home without having to pack up my laptop! Thank you for doing this giveaway. :)
I would take this with me hiking with the kids. We could identify leaves and bugs.
I could use it in my weight loss adventure to help with work out, food logs, etc.
I’ll be spending lots of time in the car this coming school year, both driving and waiting for my field hockey player who will be commuting 25 minutes to her charter school. This would be a blast to have!
I would keep it with me, so I could stay in touch with my daughter who is moving to Nashville to pursue her music career after graduating next week from University of Florida. I didn’t think it would be so hard as she has been away at school 4 hours away, but now it will be 14 hours.
I would take it on a weekend trip in a few weeks. I would also use it to help me keep organized for my son’s wedding in 4 weeks!
It would be great to take traveling instead of packing my laptop.
This would be amazing to have for vacations!! Could also use it at night before bed to catch up on my blog reading list :)
Love hearing how this tablet works for you. I love my galaxy phone, I could see myself adoring this!
I would love to tell you about super great adventures we will be having, but honestly we are starting our new home school year, and this would be SUCH a blessing to have! The only adventures we will be taking are in science, history, & reading!
I would use this to sync my and my husband’s life, so he can always know my schedule, as I have the Galaxy Note II phone. Thus would be a perfect addition to our technological life making care floor or children so much easier.
I would take his every time I travel to see my inlaws in Virginia. I’d love to get some chocolate work done!
I would use it for organizing – the blogs I love to read, the volunteer work commitments I make – the children’s messages I sometimes do for church…I would organize my pictures – and I would FINALLY start a consistent, interesting (I hope) blog of my own!
I’d use it the same way — trying to juggle kids and a business is hard. It would be nice to have something bigger than my phone with better portability than my laptop.
I would love to have a tablet to get my own handmade business in order!
I would use it for grocery lists, errands to the fabric store, office supply store. Plus have games and things for my grandchildren and be able to read my Bible in church.
Ah – an adventure. We have a family vacation planned – the first for just our family – this fall. It sure to be an adventure in all ways. I’ll still need to access my home business and take care of things even while I’m away. How convenient would this tab be for that? Fingers crossed!
We have four kids everyday is an adventure. We love taking them.out to explore the city. It.would be wonderful to have something that we.can take on.our many adventure.
I’m a busy wife,mom,hairstylist and a serious crafter! Lord knows I’ll never get to make half of the stuff I have pinned on my pinterest boards but hey they are there when I get the time ;) I love love love sewing/painting and projects on the side.I would love to have this to take to hairshows / craftshows for Ideas and note taking or while my daughters doing dance and to out of town buisness meetings that my hubby goes to all the time. Everyday can be an adventure at my house lol !
I would love to take this on family trips and staying connected with my family out of state!
It would be awesome to have something to use instead of my desktop when I am in another room with my son. Would also be great for writing on the go! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
I would love to use this to simplify our church ministry registration process. It would be awesome to check in families digitally verse on paper. Every month we distribute hygiene items to struggling families…this would be a blessing to me to contine blessing others…
That looks cool. I would love one of those for, well, doing anything and everything!
I am a star-gazer, always been. As a child, I found comfort and security in knowing that the constellations above my head will not change their shape no matter what continent I looked at them (I am a military child and my family moved frequently as I was growing up). Now, as an adult, I’d love to take a weekend off my duties as a mom and a wife and spend a couple of nights enjoying stargazing somewhere in the woods of West Virginia. This tablet will become my star encyclopedia, compass and a journal!
Love!! Would be perfect for kids to use! Fingers crossed!
I would to win this so I have a tablet that fits in my purse! My phone is great but sometimes it isn’t always easy to use.
I would LOVE to win a tablet! :)
I am a student, mom to two boys and trying to start a wahm business. This would be a huge help!
We’re getting ready to go on a Florida vacation which will be my 4 year old’s first plane ride! Would love to bring this with us…would be so helpful!!
You are so talented and I love learning how you make home and business work! This would be a great way to simplify things and having the tablet has multiple uses….awesome!
Everyday is an adventure! Mine would be with me everywhere I go!
I would love to win this. I have been eyeing it for a while in the stores just haven’t felt like spending the money.
The tablet looks awesome! I think I would use it to find some amazing end-of-summer recipes to cook…or to search for ideas to decorate my home…or to dream about my dream vacation…hmmm…
I would use this tablet for keeping track of day to day activities, grocery shopping, cooking, and as occasional entertainment for my son!
What a killer giveaway! I would loooove to win the tablet.
My husband and I are just about to be licensed foster/adopt parents and this tablet with help us keep track of all the meetings and appointments we will have. It looks so user friendly and efficient to use that it would be such a dream to have!
Super excited! Life simplified! Email, social media, all those recipes on pinterest! Oh, and all those plane rides, yes please!
Wow what an awesome giveaway! I love reading about you and your family
@Terri Burson, forgot to mention the adventure part. Well I’d do plenty of research on my tablet and find plenty of deals but my ideal adventure is a family cruise. Wanna go on one SO bad!
You may have me convinced to check out this new tablet, if I don’t win it first! I still have a first gen ipad, and I’m out of “software” updates and frustrated! Glad to see you’re making Motherhood extra savvy with technology!
I would love this tablet!! With 3 kids 4 and under, our adventures mostly include trips to Target! This would be great for helping me keep organized!
A tablet would let me throw out the huge planner in my purse. I love your hair, btw
Great-sounding device. I’d love to win to help stay on top of my life now that I’m also home with a new little one!
I would love to win this tablet since my son is starting kindergarten and we will be involved with his schools PTA. It would help to organize schedules and keep me connected on the go.
I would love to be able to take this on a vacation but also use it to better organize my time and life and document family get togethers. Thank you for the chance to win!
Wow, what a great giveaway! With baby #3 due in a few weeks, the mommy brain is in full effect and this would be a great help!
I’m still using my old heavy laptop,,,,would love to win :)
Thanks for a great giveaway and the chance to win.
Would love to have one, especially when school starts up again!
You’re truly a wonderful wife & mom and are an inspiration
So many options for this little tablet and I! More videos of the kiddos doing their everyday silliness to send to the grands, more photos to share, more emails responded to…possibilities are endless. How many dentist and doctors appointments could I work through while waiting for the Littles? Oh yes, possibilities endless :)
I mean, come on with this amazing give a way! Fellow new momma as well (well, this is my third but still have a new guy again) and feel you that the amount of time during the “day” is just too limited! Thanks for the chance!
I would take mine with me most places but the adventure would lie in the tablet, we could play games (learning ones and fun ones or both and reading. I love to get lost in a book and my daughter is finally enjoying me reading her books which just awesome. I could take it with me outside and read to my daughter under a shady tree. :)
I sooooo want.!
What a wonderful giveaway! This would be so handy with all 3 boys in school this year with marching band and myself at work a lot!
I love the Samsung galaxy products!! They truly help manage and balance life as a working mother.
I’d take it with me on adventure of a lifetime, called MOTHERHOOD :)))
i would so love to win this. thanks.
I work tutoring underprivileged and ESL students in English/reading, and I would love a tablet to tote with me in my “reading bag”. It would be so easy to keep track of my students’ progress and needs plus all of the stats/data I need handy for my meetings.
I would love to win!! This momma needs something she can call her own!!
I want to go to the Cayman Islands
I want to take the kids to Disney and this would be an amazing help to plan and carry out the dream!
Ah the modern mother’s tools! Work, blogging, emails, reading, meal planning.. the ultimate multi-tasking!
I would go on a blogging adventure. ;) I have a two month old and he certainly takes all my time currently. With the tablet I could go anywhere in the house so I could blog during naptime wherever that may be that particular day. ;)
What a great giveaway! With three kiddos and me a home school Mama, this would be very useful! I totally understand how life changes and the “mommy brain”, but I’ve found that things have leveled out with time. I love your shop and your products are creative and charming.
Looks like a great way to get organized! Thanks for the great giveaway!! :)
Love to read so this would be an awesome e-reader :) and a blog reader reader lol
I also have a little one (8 months old) and also am at stay at home mom running my own business. I’m struggling to make it all work and think this would help me use the time I have. Thanks for the opportunity!
I’m working hard to get my photography business off the ground and see myself really getting some good use out of this!!! Thank you for the opportunity!
I love my Samsung Galaxy SIII phone and use it often to keep up with my Etsy shops and reply to customers when I’m out and about with my 4 kiddos. It would be great to have a Note because the larger screen would make staying connected easier when I am away from my PC.
Would love to win!!
We are currently relocating to a new duty station in Southern California, so the Galaxy Note would be a big help in the job hunting process for me…in finding jobs, applying, and getting my calendar organized with deadlines and interviews.
Yowzers!! This would be incredible to win!! I have a desktop computer…and an old smartphone! I could use this for sure.
I actually just opened up a fabric store in my town (Hartford, WI), called Esa’s…this would come in handy as ever at work!!!
Thanks for the chance to join!
Lisa
I would win this for my brother, who has special needs. He loves to play with mine and just recently his gameboy broke. I don’t want to give over my ipad because I use it more then for games so winning a new table would be great!
My hubby has had an Ipad for a long time and I just haven’t had an interest in apple products but this really gets me excited! This could really help me organize my at-home business, my 4 kids busy lives, homeschool and my salon client appointments! I need a technology upgrade! Thank you!
This would make my life SO much easier!
My kiddo and I both could use this so much, I could use it for blogging and he could use it for speech therapy apps! I am a techie at heart but, not at pocketbook, wink, wink. Thanks for this great opportunity! And Gussy/Maggie I am ***IN LOVE*** with my new bag I just got from you!
This would make running errands and being away from home so much easier, it’s crazy how much your life depends on technology. Great giveaway, thanks!
I would love to have the galaxy tablet! This could really help me get organized and update products in my micro mommy business! Thank you for the fantastic giveaway and opportunity!
How EXCITING!!! I’m a scrapbooker and follow a TON of blogs for inspiration and this would make that sooooo much easier for me! Thanks for the chance to win. :)
– April W
I would luv, luv, to win this. Thanks for the chance!
What an amazing giveaway!
I would like to try some new apps as well as use a tablet for blogging and emails.
Looks fabulous !! I have wanted a tablet forever !! Thanks for the opportunity
amazing giveaway from an amazing shop/blog
This would be perfect for trips to the fabric/craft stores! What a luxury to not be chasing a million pieces of paper with my notes on them! lol I have a 2 year old nephew who loves to play games, so this would be a perfect “toy” for both of us!
Thx for chance to win! It would be great help with my crazy life :)
Isn’t technology amazing?! How cool is that tablet, would love to win!
Just a note to say that you do a wonderful job on your blog! Thanks for a chance to win a wonderful tablet!
I’d love one!
Such a good giveaway!! Would love to have one of these!
I would use it to plan a getaway for my husband and I. He is deployed right now and I would really love to go on an adventure with him when he gets home.
This tablet would go on quite an adventure with me this year! I am about to start my very first year of teaching on the central coast of CA! It is going to be quite an adventure and this tablet would help a TON! From scheduling, to educational apps for the kids, this would be awesome!
Going back to school after spending a semester serving the Lord in Kenya, Africa this tablet would be put to such great use for personal, academic, and help plan my wedding!!
What an awesome giveaway!!!! So dying to have one of these!
oh goodness… i’d use this so so much! probably the most for photo editing (i do most of my work on my iPod Touch right now, so a bigger screen would be a plus!) and Etsy shop maintenance and such. :)
I’m just 3 months away from adventuring into mommy hood myself and I have often thought that a tablet would be a great (and portable) help in staying organized! Not to mention my last two phones have been Samsung and I love their running systems!
It’s been nearly 2 1/2 years since I gave birth to my youngest (and final) and my mind still hasn’t gone back to normal. Good luck! Things always seem to fall into place.
I am a SAHM to 2 year old triplets and have recently launched my own business. Having the tablet would allow me to keep in contact with customers while on playdates or at the playground with my kiddies.
Besides being a mother of 3 wonderful boys one of which is only 4 months, I am also a kindergarten teacher. I could really use this tablet to help keep my schedule, plan meals,
find ideas for my class, the list could go on and on.
It would be so amazing to win this!!! I have an old slow desktop computer that over heats and freezes all the time and a smart phone that is on its last straw! I’m also a shop owner (nothing as amazing and popular as you or your gorgeous items) but this would assist me so much! Hope I win! Muah!
What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for this opportunity! I’d love to have this Note! As a busy mommy of a 5 year old and soon to be newborn in Jan, anything to keep my life easier would be awesome!
I have been hearing a lot about these lately! They look amazing!
Well, the first vacation I would take it on would be a Barney jump around the house for winning such an awesome/generous giveaway!! I am small business owner and a momma of 2… My life needs more organization, and this would be just the ticket!!! Thanks for the opportunity. LOVE your blog and quirky personality/.
I totally understand the mommy brain, as I too have recently entered motherhood. I would use the tablet to keep me connected with the world….in my daily adventures with my son : ) especially since we live so far away from family!
I’m thinking college searches and campus tour searches for my oldest who is a senior!
I would love this to help me out with my sewing projects. I’m a semi beginner and have a hard time reading and understanding patterns, but pictures and tutorials I can totally get.
My husband and I travel quite a bit and I think it would be awesome to have this, in addition to my phone, to read, and check social media ;)
Life itself is enough of an adventure, isn’t it? I’d love to have this for vacation, not to mention I’m supposed to be giving homeschool a shot in a few weeks with my first. Talk about a blessing! Lesson plans and meal plans are going to be tough, it would be great to be able to pull things together on the go!
Lists, vacation planning, entertainment, the list of reasons I would live to win could go on and on!
I’m currently coming up with a blog and this would be helpful to use as a tool.
Working from with 3 kids is pretty hectic. This would be a fun way to keep up with the 2 oldests busy schedules.
I have technology envy! Lol This would be so cool!
My “adventure” would actually be seeing how incredibly excited my son would be when I gave this to him. He’d have to share it with the family, but this has been on his wishlist for about forever now!
This tablet would so help me get back to doing eBay again and getting some things sold that are taking up space.
I’d love the opportunity to win this fabulous item! I’m a new momma myself and would use it to become more productive and organized while juggling a new baby, work and church activities I’m involved in.
As a homeschooling mother of 4, I really need something like this to keep me organized and on top on things.
Oooooh la la. I would love tablet.
Great giveaway! I just had a baby a week ago and this would be so much easier to use and manage our family then dragging out the laptop! And would keep me up to date on Pinterest! ;)
I would love this tablet for work and play! <3 Pick me me me!
I’d love to be able to take this tablet with me everywhere, so I can get back into baking and maybe even putting my grocery list on it while I’m at the store! who knows, I have lots of ideas of what it might help me do, even take an online course or something that I’ve been dreaming of!
I would love to win this. Then I wouldn’t have to fight for computer time.
I am a nursing student so working 20+ hrs a week and juggling classes I need to stay on track with studies, due dates, meetinga, etc. The tablet would be perfect to get me organized and help me remember. It’d be handy to have at clinicals too to jot vitals and notes about the patient ib until I had time to chart later on.
Oh my goodness! I totally understand what you said about daytime work hours. My son is 3 and we’ve just gotten back to a semi-normal routine with work. I would love a tablet to take to the playground or gymnastics class. That’s an extra hour of work for me!
Love finding things that make life as a mom a little easier!
I’ve been looking into buying the Samsung note! It would be so cool to win it though.
I am also a new mom and working 50 hours a week and this tablet would allow me to do some of my work on the go so I can spend more time with my little one!
Thanks for the chance to enter!
I would love to win this tablet! It would go everywhere with me! It would help keeps organized while documenting my life with my family and friends and experiences along the way! So hoping to win!!!!!!
Oh the adventures. Well, last year I gave birth to twin boys and they were 14 weeks early. So I have had plenty adventure there but I really think the tablet would help be venture back into my small crafting business and help keep me organized with that. I love creating just need help keeping ideas together and supplies organized!! My boys are my world and they take up most of my day other than my full time job but its worth it to go home to their smiling faces. Between doctors visits and therapy mommy is busy! My one little guy got really sick and had a brain bleed so he has spastic quadriplegia which is a form of CP. A tablet would also be great for them to use with the great learning apps out there. :) Thank you for this opportunity!! Now just keeping our fingers crossed!
I would love to win this tablet! I spend most nights snuggled with my guy, squinting at a web page or Netflix movie on my iPhone. A tablet would be awesome for when I don’t feel like pulling my bulky laptop out. :)
I would absolutely love this. I’ve been wanting to buy one; it would help with being a working mom!
My husband and I drive a truck and this tablet would make documenting all of the exciting places we get to go so much easier!
I am wanting to start my own shop, so a tablet would be a great tool to use to keep everything organized and up to date!
So I would take this on the adventures of homeschooling. This is my first year homeschooling my soon to be 8yr old. There is some stuff that we have to do on the internet and this would be great to take on the go with us so we are not stuck at home every single day. I don’t have to pack up my laptop.
Oh, we could use this in our homeschool in 100 different ways! We would make use of it every day . . . learning languages, practicing math, taking/sharing photos, and on and on.
My newest adventure is a small business, I do nails! It would be great to have the tablet to jot down inspirations, keep photos, etc etc to have a mobile business! :)
This awesome little tablet would make my life exponentially better! I’m all about organization, and this little gem would help me do just that! Awesome giveaway :-)
Been wanting a tablet! I’d love to win one. I’ve been trying to be more intentional about blogging and I’m sure a tablet would help me so very much to organize my life.
We are actually going on a road trip this month. Having a tablet like this would be very helpful in booking our hotel rooms for the night since we don’t know where we’ll end up each night we didn’t book anything in advance.
I would use it to update my blog when I am away from home instead of going AWOL!
I am a very BUSY mom of 3. Running to 3 different schools, after school activites, household work and run two home business! This tablet would keep me organized w every aspect of my life!!! I would love to win!!
I would take it to the zoo and capture all the magical moments of my son seeing the wild animals for the first time!
This little tablet and I could go on so many adventures! Traveling through Europe, writing songs–scribbling my ideas down throughout my day (handwriting to text-what?!!). We could be jolly friends, for sure. :)
I would LOVE to take this tablet into the classroom. I’m a middle school science teacher and I think I could put it to such good use and on many adventures with my students! :)
I’m pregnant with my second child; 12 year age gap between my kiddos. I was a teenager with the first one, didn’t have a cell phone or a car! More importantly, I didn’t even have a boyfriend! Now, I’m 31, with a man I love, a daughter and a furbaby he helps raise, and another baby on the way! My adventure would be this journey itself: documenting a pregnancy, taking pictures, maybe starting a blog? I could read all the wonderful resources that are online and connect with other moms who are having a baby for the first time in a digital age!
Adventure? I have 4 kids and another on the way…I think daily life counts as an adventure, right? It’d be nice to have this so I don’t have to use the laptop for everything :) THanks for the giveaway!
I love taking my kids on day trips and this tablet would help us find new places to explore and how to get there.
I would use it on our upcoming first real life family vacation to Colorado Springs!!!!
Since I go back to work next week and my LO starts preschool in a few weeks, it would be awesome to have something like this to coordinate schedules! I also like that we have the option to download books for story time and my favorite blogs to catch up on before bedtime!
This would be a great use for my blog and handmade business. Thanks for the opportunity!
Love your blog and this giveaway!
How cool!
what a giveaway!! :) love your blog!
Please pick me!
it would travel with me EVERYWHERE! I love having plenty of books to choose from if i have a few minutes somewhere!
I would be able to work on more projects I find online. Instructions and details are hard to follow if you don’t print it out. And I try to keep my carbon footprint low by not printing things. So, I tend to pin my recipes and sewing projects. Having a tablet makes it easy to access your Pinterest boards and take it with you to the kitchen or right there next to you by the sewing machine.
Thank you.
Diana C
I have my dream baby at home (starting the talk about baby #2…) and would love something easy to use to get things done during the day…especially now that she is becoming mobile! haha I would also use it to document my 10 month old daughter’s daily adventures and accomplishments. Additionally, I’d love to use a tablet with my speech therapy students/clients. I’m always looking for new ways to motivate them as well as easily/effectively collect data. There are so many apps available for both of these! Two teacher salaries has definitely not afforded me the opportunity to buy a tablet for therapy purposes or even just for fun at home….so this would be an amazing giveaway to win!!!
A tablet would be so much lighter than my clunky laptop when traveling. :) Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!
I would LOVE to win this. I have been putting off purchasing one because I can’t justify it enough with 2 little ones. I would love to take it on our end of summer vacation and would love to use it to help me plan and organize our trip.
I would bring it with me everywhere I went to always jot down grocery lists, look up directions and keep up with social media:)
I think you are amazing!
We take a weekend trip every month and it would be nice to have a tablet for the downtime!
Aw:) What a great giveaway! I’m an elementary teacher and most of the teachers in my school got iPads for the upcoming school year. I teach gifted and talented language arts, but because i do not have a home room, I didn’t get an iPad! So I would use this tablet in my classroom!! :)
I teach 2nd grade, so I would take the tablet on an adventure to my classroom! Oh, the possibilities…
I don’t see a rafflecopter prompt? Am I missing it? Cause I’d love to win and definitely don’t want to miss out on this! This help my busy crazy life!
My husband is a police officer and I quit my job so i could stay home with our daughter. I do what I can to help us stay within our budget and I’ve recently started couponing to help us save a bit more here and there. This little device would be so helpful with organizing my grocery lists and tracking store sales so I can get my shopping done quick and get the best deals for my family!
I would love to try out this tablet! I have a few friends who have made the leap but I haven’t yet. I do a LOT of work on my phone because it is always on me but a bigger screen would probably be better for my eyes. :)
I totally understand how you fee I am 27 with a soon to be 6 month old :)this would help me too :) I hope I win and thanks for sharing about momma hood and working :)
I am about to embark on the ultimate adventure, second time motherhood! I am due with my 2nd child in September, my son is my everything, and I am not sure how I will be with dividing my time, I also am trying to run a small etsy shop. The tablet would certainly be able to help me with my tasks and also help me with the late nights with a newborn!
My husband is going back to school this month and would benefit greatly from having a handy tablet nearby for those inevitable questions!
This would come in handy for some educational apps to use with my kids as we homeschool on the go!
Starting college this fall and looking for a “portable book” :)
It’s nice to hear how others deal with being a new mom. Very refreshing! Lovely as always, thank you :)
I’m starting up a blog because I am a Navy wife, and I knew our families could keep up with everything we’re doing by reading it. I know this tablet would make it much easier to update more frequently! We’re also hoping to get pregnant soon, and I know our families will definitely want to be in the know of everything going on there and when their grandchild arrives! ;) still wanting to purchase a market tote and one of your others! Hopefully can soon!
I would love being able to ditch my laptop. :]
I would love to win this tablet so I could help my daughter on her homeworks and nope I dnt have a computer :( I’m a stay at home mom with 4 precious kids soo ill be beyond happy if u chosse me!♥
I’d use it on our upcoming vacation to find great places to eat while on the go.
Well I’d have to hide it from my teenagers so I’d probably take it with to go get coffee and plan my week. ;)
as a busy mama to two littles with a third one due next month, I can totally sympathize with the whole trying to stay organized with a forgetful brain thing. :) this tablet looks like a amazingly handy tool! Thanks for giving us a chance to win one!
How cool is that! It would help me to keep my two year old busy while running errands; it would help me keep a schedule for my little princess that starts kindergarten at the end of August. It would help me to catch up with my email/ facebook while waiting at swimming class.
I could so use this to manage all the appointments for my son and myself . I cant keep things straight between therapies, tutors, sitters and we will be adding school in the mix in the fall. whew
Love this and it seems so versatile! Would love to win :)
I’m always in awe of women who can juggle a successful business and a family. Especially when they look like rock stars while doing so and have a great outlook on life to boot. So many times we make excuses or fall into pits of despair. You are a great inspiration, and I hope you continue to succeed!
I would use it to co-ordinate all the schedules of my kids, my husband, and my busy life. After viewing such schedules, getting kids to where they need to go, I would read an uploaded book while waiting for my kids to finish their activities!
Thanks for the chance to win one.
This is an awesome giveaway! This is something we are wanting so that our handicap son can also use.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!! My house would love to win this! 3 little boys and a mama that loves to read could love this so much!
I just came across your blog and shop for the very first time, and I love it. About the tablet, of course I would not mind winning it, especially with all the reading and discoveries on this new blog. I also have a little baby baby at home, the tablet will definitely come handy during those long nursing sessions, for reading, scheduling, bill pay and even planning meals.
Hi! Thank you for the giveaway!
As of July, I started taking post-graduate online classes and I would love the portability of a tablet like this for working on my online class. I don’t have a laptop that I can’t take with me, so this would be perfect! =)
So cool! I would use this for homeschooling our 5 kiddos
As a fellow new mama, I’d love to have this tool to bring some sort of order back to our lives :)
What an awesome giveaway! I would take my tablet on my crazy journey called life! I have a 1 & 2 year old so anything to assist with keeping my sanity is a plus :)
I think I would have to take it on our planned beach trip to keep the kids busy on the ride and me reading at night!
I would use it to design my own quilt patterns and for reading in my down time.
I would love love this! Amazing.
We travel a lot as a family so this would be the perfect tool to help me keep up my blog on the go. I also have 2 children (2 yrs and 3 months) who keep me on my toes, motherhood is my current main adventure. :)
Oh the joy I would have to be the winner! If I were fortunate enough to win this tablet, I could do a ton of wonderful things. I am affectionately known by most of our friends as “Ronnie’s ma.” Ronnie Elizabeth is my recently turned one baby girl. She is one of the best things that has ever happened to me, but between teaching and being a mama, I tend to forget A LOT! Winning this tablet would help me get myself reorganized…and to help me entertain Ronnie, and of course read some blogs :)
If I were to take on an adventure, I would travel with the hubs and lo across the country and blog/record our travels (working from it to do so of course) WHAT A FUN IDEA! WOULD LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a knitter and crocheter, I have so many ideas that also seem to turn to “vapor”. A portable tablet would allow my ideas come to life in a quick fashion.
I am a first time Mommy too! My little girl is 5 weeks old, and we could use this in all sorts of ways. It would be especially useful during all our nursing sessions to keep up on all my blog reading ;)
I love your blog and your website, you are so inspiring and have such an amazon outlook on life. I would love to win the tablet so I could gift it to my mother. My parents got me a tablet last fall when I was having a crisis between school and work and finding out I had multiple sclerosis. The load I was carrying both mentally and physically was taxing and a tablet allowed me to leave my laptop home as well as my heavy books as I could download them onto my tablet. It had made life simpler and well.. Just plain easier. My mom could use some repayment in the form of this amazing tablet in order to simple up her life and get things in order!
I would use the tablet to organize my homework and school schedule.
If I win, can I borrow the photo of your cutie?! ;)
Love this! I live giveaways and the pics of the little guy!
My life is an adventure! Hehe I would use this tablet all the time on our cross country trip we’re planning for our family. :-)
I would love one! I love being organized!
I would so use this to organize my etsy stuff, blog, prek with the 3yo, as well as everything else. That mommy brain (I have two boys) sure does need some help! Plus…using it to read books could take me off on an adventure without ever leaving my house.
We travel a lot and this would be great to take along!
I am working on starting my own business through etsy and rekindle my creative bug!
Having the tablet would help keep my new adventure, work and school life organized. And help with creating new ideas! @Ashley,
We would use this wonderful tablet for our adventures in learning as our homeschool will begin in a little over a week!
I’d use it to stay organized with all of my coordinator duties for MOPS. And of course keeping track of all my kiddos stuff. Oh and instagram :)
I would use this tablet to stay on track with my violin teaching adventures every week! I would be able to make comments about progress or challenges, and also write myself reminders about things I needed to get done for individual students!
I’d love to have it for the upcoming birth of our baby girl!
I like the portability of this tablet. I could get stuff done on the go.
With a Galaxy Note 8.0, I would be able to update my website and be creative on my commute to/from work every day!
I just had baby boy #2 and I know this would help us in many ways! Planning trips, reading, and work!
Between my husband & I we have 6 kids. Four teenagers with full schedules, & a toddler and a four month old. This fall I will start homeschooling and my own business. I’ve been wanting one for awhile. But it hasn’t been in the budget. This would be an awesome thing to help organize us all and add to our list of fun adventurers.
I would love a tablet! I’m so sick if squinting to do everything on my phone screen. My phone is pretty much my computer with my little one running around.
I have a really lame tablet, it won’t even connect to my WIFI at home. :( I was looking at the Samsung Galaxy Note and would love to win it!
I am a work-at-home mom. This tablet would help me to be a work at the park mom, or a work at the splash park mom – while my kids get all their energy out with their friends!
I’ve been wanting to make a quilt. I’ve been all over the internet looking at patterns and suggestions, but I don’t have a computer in my room, so I would have to print out any instructions and take them to the other room with me. It would be wonderful to be able to have instructions right there with me – or recipes in the kitchen with me. Would love this!
I would take this Tablet with me everywhere! I chase my 13 month old daughter around the house, park, road, store, etc. I just started my own business and am always looking for ways to get my name out there and answer emails. I’ve been doing it on my cell phone, but sometimes its so hard to navigate everything because its so small and I can’t see it well. I hardly have time to be on the actual desktop computer so this would be such a time saver!
Xo
I’m not sure if the Note has a video feature but I could use it to capture all of my sons firsts and all of the fun adventures I hope to take him on! Thank you for the opportunity of this amazing giveaway!
Its a great idea to have a tablet at your side while adventuring with the kids. It can help keep me organized so we can enjoy our days.
I also recently moved to California and had a baby! Definitely two life changing events! I would use the tablet to help me with my new school adventure. As you probably know having a laptop around a grabby baby is not easy! The tablet would allow me to do easier reading and work around the baby.
easy access to lots of great recipes
I would love this tablet as I am always traveling and cold stay connected with a great tablet!
I think this would help me get organized and would be so handy when traveling.
This is a great giveaway! I’ve been considering buying a tablet later this year.
I’d love to bring this along when I go visit family in Canada. Would be great to use as a camera as well as keep up with my shop! Would also be great to use with my daughter’s virtual schooling!
I am starting my own interior design business and this would help tremendously while on the go to and from meetings. I have the galaxy s3 phone and LOVE it!!
Like you, I have a little guy… He’s almost 8 months. I’d like to open up an Etsy shop and a tablet would definitely make that easier as I’m not in the same spot for long. It would also help out my almost 7 year old with learning apps! :)
Would love to have this to take…..well everywhere!!!!!!!
i would love to win one of these.
Well, I think you’re awesome for running a business with a new baby. I had my baby in February and can’t imagine doing what you do!
It would be fun to have the tablet to take on road trips because it would be easy to bring everywhere, rather than a big laptop!!! :)
I would use it to keep track of my crazy life as mama to two little girls and also a co-coordinator of a MOPS group.
I love being a mom!! This will be wonderful to be able to manage all my photos better & share with my family!!! Being a working mom this would be great and portable for everyday use. Xo
A Samsung tablet would be great to use in college! I’m currently finishing up my pre-reqs for nursing school. This would be so much better than an iPad!
We are going to Disneyland with my lil one in the winter and this would be great to have so the car ride can be bearable for him with some kid friendly cartoons. I would use the maps to make sure we arent lost and would use the website to check for wait times for the rides at the park.AND take lots of pictures of our time there!!!
I work as an early intervention therapist and I could use this to keep track of my schedule, track client progress, and look up sign language and tips for the parents of the littles I serve. I would live this!
I couldn’t get by without my iPad, but having an additional tablet in the house for me to use when my kid “borrows” the iPad would be amazing. Kids are using tablets in elementary school now as well. I have the original Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant phone, so it would be awesome to see how their offerings have improved.
My 4 year old is a dinosaur nut! We are planning a trip to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT to learn more about the dinosaurs. For every fact he learns, he will have 100 questions. I would use the tablet for additional dinosaur research and learning. And then use it again for his next big interest, then again, and again, and again!
Would love to win the Note!
It would be great to help me stay organized at home & love that it is so portable!
I am starting graduate school for Psychology in 3 weeks and I would LOVE to have this tablet to toss In my bag and help me through these BUSY next 2 years! :-)
Tablets are so handy for the kids to have for watching their videos! We have one for every car trip.
I have 5 children ages 7 years to 5 months and this would really come in handy ! It would be so nice to be able to read one handed while I am nursing my baby or reading stories to my kiddos while we are piled in bed :)
As a momma who’s husband is constantly traveling for work, this would make it easier for me to keep up with my blog, shop and kids! Looks amazing!
I would love to have it to throw in my diaper bag to keep the little man busy during the outings.
I’m going on a road trip for Christmas and this would be great to have along the way!
Loved your post! Don’t worry, I used to call it pregnancy brain… then after my daughter was born, it is now called mommy brain.. aaaaand she is now 20 months old. SO my forgetfulness decided to hang around a bit longer than I expected. But as you said, we have a beautiful little person that has blessed us with her presence! :0)
This is an amazing giveaway! I’ve been looking at one of these for a while. I love the S pen feature for jotting down notes and ideas or making lists. I’ve been a fan of you for a while. You are inspiring!
We are planning a trip to Disney in January. I can see the kids watching downloaded movies on the trip, reading books with a Kindle app, locating restaurants, staying in touch with family, uploading pictures, and keeping tabs on my bank account. :)
Well, this is something I haven’t tried yet. It would be interesting to see how it would do on our next trip.
I’m heading out to Kansas City for one job and it will be such an adventure since I’m fly for the first time in ages (eeeep!) and I’m going with my boss who is crazy pants but I love him because he’s awesome haha
Thanks for the chance to win!
Andrea C
prajaline(at)gmail(dot)com
I am a “work at home” mom too and the tablet would help me to jot down ideas and thoughts for our business.
I would like to take a trip to Chicago to visit all my college friends. the tablet would allow me too stay in touch with my babies and of course show them off via pics & video
I am a new mom and would love this to take with me on my travels. As a military wife, we are always on the go!
Wow, how exciting! I would love to have a tablet when my baby and I visit my mama for the weekend! It seems like a quick, easy way to check in to work!
xoxo
Joy
I too am a small business owner and spend half of my weekends driving up to spend time with my grandparents. This would be a great way to keep track of orders, emails, and friends along the way, while still spending quality time with my family!
Would love to take this tablet on an adventure road trip for my elder son to keep busy! It would also help me update my blog more often.
Such a great giveaway. Mom “mommy brain” hasn’t gone away yet and my second baby is 15 months old. :) I could definitely use this tablet for so many things.
I have three kiddos so it would help with keeping track of everyday things,plus in a waiting room it would keep one of the kiddos busy!
“Of all the things I’ve ever lost, I miss my mind the most.” [This tablet? May be the solution I’ve been looking for!]
I would use it to log our adventure to Tennessee to see family :)
This little thing would be a way better solution to typing everything on my phone which constantly is has a bad case of spell check craziness.. it would help me also remember everything because with 3 kids I go crazy. Hope that my entry is the winning one ;)
My oldest turned 10 a couple of months ago, and I’m still suffering from mommy brain. This would help keep track of all the going ons with the 4 kids, between soccer, tennis, Girl Scouts, PTA, speech therapy, mommy school for the 2 & 3 year olds. While at the beginning it all seems so challenging, it does get easier with time and you learn to adjust what was normal before, to what is normal now.
My youngest is almost 8 and I still struggle with these things. I too have a all biz out of my home so this tablet would help me immensely when the ideas pop I to my head while I’m working.
Everyday is an adventure in my little world!
I’d use it for keeping myself organized, probably for homeschooling, work, and I love reading books to my kids, so I imagine there are books on there to read to them. :)
I’d love to use the tablet to help. With my meal planning.
I would love to win this to use with my own handmade business.
I really enjoy baking, and this would be such a help in the kitchen to look up recipes on!
My daily life is my adventure, with 8 kids, home schooling, and running a household, I know that the tablet would help me keep it all in order!
OMG…I love your blog! God has truly blessed you with an AMAZING talent…baby…AND hubby
That tablet would help me stay focused and get my work done during the day while watching my kiddos.
Ive been experiencing the exact same thing – for the past 7 years!! I call it “baby brain”. I’m hoping it will clear up by the time he’s 18 ;-)
I am about to have my first baby and I think this would be great for working from home. :-)
I’d use it to keep in touch on my bus commute each day.
This tablet would be perfect for our two children. This would be absolutely perfect when traveling or visiting family. Such a great way to help keep our 6 1/2 year old challenged.