I am a glorified conference junkie and I am proud to say it. But don't let this post fool you---I cannot in any way attend all the conferences that I want to go to.

I am currently en route to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, better known as CES. It is the definitive trade show event of the year and boasts record number attendance.

I am so excited to be going to my first ever BlogHer Conference taking place this year in San Diego, the motherload of all blogging conferences for women.

This year's WordCamp Chicago (this is the 3rd year) will take place Sat., July 30th and Sun., July 31st. The tracks I am most interested in attending are the ones that are geared to those of us who are using WordPress for our businesses, and of course getting better SEO results for the information on your blog.

Earlier this year, I went to CES (Consumer Electronics Show), it was a bananas. I am not a techie person at all, but I love seeing new gadgets, especially those that are everyday user friendly and can benefit my family and I.

So if by chance you are following me on any of my various social networks, then you may have read that I am in the City of Angels for the Blogging While Brown conference. This conference celebrates bloggers of all races, spectrum, and colors in terms of social media and blogging.

After attending many conferences over the last year or so, I consider myself to be a conference veteran. I have a boot camp type of ritual that I go through before every conference to make sure that I have everything I need, especially since most of the conferences I attend are in different cities, and I am not able to go back home and retrieve what I left.

A few weeks ago, I received an exciting email about an opportunity for me and my family to go to Branson, Missouri for the Memorial Day weekend to visit Silver Dollar City and stay at the Hilton Branson Convention Center.

Don't you just love this place? As I blogged a few weeks ago, I am in Miami this weekend for the Shecon New Media Expo which is taking over South Beach. I am so excited to attend this conference as well as getting the opportunity to meet other bloggers and social media folk that I have been corresponding with online for some time now. And the schedule of presentations and speakers is outstanding! This is a must attend event for sure.

What is OneNote, you ask? It's a Microsoft program that allows you to make a virtual scrapbook for any subject you are interested in. Let's use my faux trip to Beijing, for instance. I can highlight my trip, add links to destinations, add tips, photos, and more---kind of like a notebook where everything you need is all in one place.

Being the 'Lacquer Lolita' that I am, it's a must that I change the color of my nails once or twice a week. This week, I decided to stray away from my usual bold and daring self, and try something more subtle and subdued.

So it's been a few weeks since my last video. I am not too happy about that since my goal this year has been to get on point with my vlogs and hopefully become You Tube partner by year's end.

After last night's Show Me the Blog Spa Soiree at Go! Spa (a blog post will follow soon), I am on my way to be a Georgia Peach for a few days.

I first began my stayaway series because I wanted to show that you can have a good time in your own town without spending major dough for airfare and travel expenses.

I recorded this video at an ungodly time of night last night and now I am on a plane en route back to St. Louis. Catch up on my adventures since I have been in Sin City, as well as some footage of the Curvy Revolution Expo at Planet Hollywood.