You’ve Been BOOed!

October 17, 2021 By Shannon Bird Leave a Comment

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What are you doing this Sunday afternoon? If your neighborhood hasn’t started “BOO-ING”, you should totally start it TONIGHT 🙂

I am re-sharing this because its a great activity to end fall break. We try to do things as a family on Monday nights and this is what we’re personally doing, so I thought I’d share. Or should I say reshare? I posted this in 2017 and it is still one of my most sought after blog posts to this day. So why not make it easier for you all to find and reshare?

“BOO-ING” is one of my kids favorite things about October.

How you get started is by making (or buying) a fun halloween treat you’d love to share with two of your neighbors. This year we made yummy coconut chocolate chip cookies -we all ate too many of them- so we ended up having to buy pumpkin sugar cookies from our local market.

Then you print 2 paper window signs that reads “we’ve been boo’d”, *this sign lets all the other neighbors know that your house has been “Boo’d” so when others are out boo-ing they know what houses have already been done.

The instruction paper explains it all very well.

It’s a super easy fun way to get your kids and neighborhood into the Halloween spirit. I love going trick-or-treating & seeing all the houses that got “Booed” -it always spreads so far.

Have Fun Friends 🙂

PMD CLEAN

March 12, 2018 By Shannon Bird Leave a Comment

PMD CLEAN // daily cleaning cleanser PMD

* SPECIAL PRE-SALE OFFER: code CLEAN for 35% off

New week, same me! The travels are on a hold for a minute and I am spending the day spring cleaning, potty training and the kids are catching up on some serious amounts of homework.

This morning it felt so great to wake up and start the week fresh, starting with my face. I have been using my new PMD CLEAN while traveling and I have been noticing amazing results. For once feel like I am getting all my makeup off when I wash my face. The gentle vibrations feel amazing on my face & I can visually see and feel the scillicon bristiles cleaning out all the makeup out of my pores, especially around my nose.

If you scroll down you will see how different my face looks before I use my PMD CLEAN, with makeup on, and after I use my PMD CLEAN. This is my first time EVER posting a no makeup picture on my blog, EVER!

Today I am showing you how to use the PMD CLEAN and sharing a promo code for 35% off with code CLEAN

PMD Clean How-To Video from PMD on Vimeo.

step 1.

RINSE & APPLY CLEANSER

Rinse face with warm water and gently rub in cleanser.

step 2.

WET & POWER ON DEVICE

Rinse PMD Clean under water and power on device. We recommend modes 1 and 2 for optimum cleansing results.

step 3.

SMART CLEANSING

Move brush head in circular motions, cleansing entire face. It is safe to spend more time in areas that may be of personal concern.

step 4.

RINSE & PAT DRY

Rinse face and PMD Clean of any excess cleanser then pat dry

step 5.

MASSAGE IN SERUMS

Use mode 3 or 4 for massaging. Apply skincare products and use back side of the PMD Clean to gently massage. Serums will be more effective and absorb deeper into the skin.

PMD Clean How-To Video from PMD on Vimeo.

I hope you have a great Monday and start to your week, lets make it a great one!

And remember use code: CLEAN for 35% off

Part 2: Now You Know

March 11, 2018 By Shannon Bird Leave a Comment

dress (asos) / shoes (mia)

*** I’m sharing my experience in hopes that you will never have to go through what I did.

I get back from my trip and I receive this email.

Now I do not think I am blue check mark material, but my views did   about double while in Cancun & Las Vegas.

Just my instagram numbers in a WEEK! were as visible and got as many impressions as 36 Utah Billboards do in a MONTH, all combined.

So I think well, just maybe???? And I click on the link and
                     I was hacked!!!!!!!!

I was driving home from a photoshoot and Instagram notified me. I was paralyzed. Everything I built, everyone I met, taken from me.

5 pregnancies , 4 babies, the highs, the lows, I shared it all. And I had no idea if it was coming back.

Instagram sent me a code which I had to write on a piece of paper take a pic of me holding the numbers to verify that the account actually belong to me.

Then silence lasted a painful 23 hrs.

And I am so happy that I am in again. @birdalamode is rightfully MINE!!!! again.

I had to sign in as if I was the hacker (using his name he changed it to) quickly change all the passwords and then turn two-factor notification on. Locking him out for good and recovering what “it/he/she” undid.

So now you know everything. And I hope you learn from it. It was so scary to be locked out and watch it all get taken from me.

We had really hard conversations. What are we going to do. Do I rebuild or call it a loss. Do I find a new outlet, do I work, do I learn to live smaller and rely more on my husband. It was a dark place to be in and it felt like the entire wold was sitting on top of me.

It was like one day I’m on top of the world and the next it’s sitting on top of me.

I wish this on NO ONE!!!

So please turn on two-factor authentication and be oh so careful!!!

Birdalamode’s Swan Song

March 11, 2018 By Shannon Bird 1 Comment

And then I died.

There was no more @birdalamode on instagram. It was taken from me by a hacker.

Now what?!?

After 23 hrs of waiting my husband said its probably time for a HARD TALK!

Whats our next steps from here.

With mascara all over my face and desperate to get it back, I replied I STOP.

I’ve been robbed of something I’ve fought for and built for 6 plus years and just like that it’s gone.

I felt paralyzed, sick! It was disturbing. We went to a Wrinkle in Time and got Sushi, I always love this but I couldn’t stop the tears from coming.

My mom calls me asking if we were coming to my grandmothers 90th birthday party. I tell her I cannot. My parents don’t do instagram so I wasn’t expecting much sympathy, but I was shocked by her response.

My mom was just as upset as I was. She was crying I was crying it was a nightmare. She told me I needed to call Kim K and ask her what she would do lol my mom is so cute 🙂 I honestly don’t even think she knows exactly who she is other than I was saying I was a nobody and not Kim K. so she was like well call Kim K. and she was serious :)! She then told me she had to go because she needed to pray. And about 10 mins later I got an email from instagram telling me I could log in again.

You guys this was a miracle. I had spoken to numerous people telling me they never got their accounts back, or that it took them weeks to retrieve. And less than 24 hrs later mine was back.

Why?

Because of my mothers prayer, I just know it!!!

To Be Continued ……..

Travel Bug

March 8, 2018 By Shannon Bird 4 Comments

swimsuit (albion fit) / blue sandals (tory burch) / glasses (asos) / blue polish (night out)

Boy do I have one angry little tummy!

When the travel bug hits, it hits HARD!

A quick brief on whats happening.

It seems that momma Bird got some kind of bug while traveling.

I’m sharing because maybe this can be helpful to you when you travel internationally.

Always drink from bottled water, even at restaurants, ask for it. (I did that)

No ice cubes (I didn’t do that)

Don’t eat fruits or veggies that were probably washed with water only eat ones that you peel yourself i.e. banana or an orange (I didn’t do that)

Use bottled water when you brush your teeth (I didn’t do that)

Shower with your mouth closed (I didn’t do that)

Life for me lately, I’ve been unsatisfiy -ably (I know I made that word up) hungry. I can’t quench my hunger. And when I try it all goes right through me.

I am using some natural herb to try to clear it but my symptoms are getting worse. I have noticed weight dropping and it is not goals it is gross at this point. I absolutely do not want to look like a skeleton.

I’ll keep you posted and if you have any questions or remedies please share as I am in need.

I have one angry little tummy!

Give Thanks

March 4, 2018 By Shannon Bird Leave a Comment

my dress (asos) / blue earrings (asos) / blue sandals (tory burch) / blue kids sandals (freshly picked) / blue suspender shorts (janie and jack) / white tops (janie and jack) / blue hats (janie and jack) / hollands dress (jcrew) / brooklyns shoes (janie and jack)

I’d be blind if I didn’t recognize the hand of God that has been so visible in our lives the last couple weeks. What seemed like awful timing when Hudsons appendix got removed and just about burst, turned out to be such a blessing. All week I would just stop, pause and think about the what ifs and different scenarios it could have happened in. On the plane, in a foreign country, any place but at home would have been a scarier, different experience.

Without hesitation I canceled our Cancun trip. But rescheduled when Hudson’s dr. gave him the green light to go and some antibiotics to take with just in case.

So we went.

I saw miracles all week as his recovery went more than smoothly. We appreciated each other a little more on our trip making our time together that more special and a better experience.

Feeling especially grateful this Sunday for my family and for God watching out for my sweet children. I pray for that on the daily and will continue to do so for the remainder of my life. Because Lord knows I can’t do this job on my own.

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Use mode 3 or 4 for massaging. Apply skincare products and use back side of the PMD Clean to gently massage. Serums will be more effective and absorb deeper into the skin.

*** I’m sharing my experience in hopes that you will never have to go through what I did.

Just my instagram numbers in a WEEK! were as visible and got as many impressions as 36 Utah Billboards do in a MONTH, all combined.

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