Link em Up Thursday NON-Rafflecopter Giveaway Linky 6/7-6/13

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*Important information below - please read! Welcome to Link em Up Thursday NON-RAFFLECOPTER Giveaway Linky! Now that Rafflecopter is a common way for bloggers to run their giveaways, I have started a Rafflecopter ONLY Giveaway linky, which posts on Saturdays (link is below). Since there is a dedicated linky for Rafflecopter ONLY … [Read more...]

The Year That Was – 2010 in a Nutshell

The Year that Was 2010

I found this fun meme from my friend Erin, who found it from my other friend, Lorie, who found out about it at Sandier Pastures...confused yet? So out with the old and in with the new. Here is a breakdown of 2010 for me. If you like this meme, make sure you join in and link up at Sandier Pastures! 1. What did you do in 2010 that you … [Read more...]

Twitter Linky – Meet new Twitter friends!

Twitter follower linky

I love connecting with people on Twitter and would love to meet more of you!  When people follow me, I follow back. This thumbnail Twitter linky is being hosted by Valerie from Sweeps4Bloggers and Jen from Eighty MPH Mom. This is a fun and easy way to meet new people and gain more followers.  You can link up at either … [Read more...]

BlogHer 2010 – Meeting old friends and making new ones

Christine, Andrea, Sky, and Moi

BlogHer 10 is over and done, but the memories will live on! The reason I most wanted to go to Blogher this year was to meet in person, the friends I have met online.  These aren't just "online" friends, but very real friends.  Friends who I talk to every day. Friends that I love even more since I've met them in person.  I shared a room with … [Read more...]

Blogher 10: My arrival story

traveling to blogher

I have so much to tell you about the Blogher trip I have been on for the past six days.  Where do I begin? I flew to Boston and stayed with Andrea overnight. She picked me up from the airport {after she had broken down on the highway}.   We headed downtown, after we finally figured out where we were going (her GPS has some issues and we were … [Read more...]

BlogHer Bound in two days!

Left:  Me, top center: Christine, Right side: Andrea

It's more like 1 1/2 really, but who is counting?  I cannot believe that on Tuesday, I will wake up at 4:00 in the morning, my shuttle will pick me up at 5:45 a.m. and my plane will leave at 8:00 a.m.  I will fly in to Boston where my buddy Andrea {Momma's Review} will pick me up at the airport.  I am going to give her a great big bear hug {and … [Read more...]

Vacation time in Oregon!

Pilot Butte

We headed to Oregon to visit our friends that moved there almost a year ago.  We have been trying to go on vacation for awhile now, and finally found the time to do it!  My husband and daughter have never been to Oregon before, and I had never been to Bend, Oregon.  The drive was about 8 hours long, but it was worth it when we pulled up to our … [Read more...]

Meeting online friends in person – it is a beautiful thing!

meeting online friends in person

Friends across the miles are something new to me. When I started blogging, I found a group of friends through a forum, and a few of us started talking on Skype. By talking I don't mean face to face, but more like a chat room. Initially there were quite a few of us there - it was a wonderful group. These are the people that you could tell anything … [Read more...]

Sunday Featured Blogger: The Mommy Files

Welcome to this week's Sunday Featured Blogger...this week's featured blogger is:The Mommy Files!This week I am featuring Shannon from The Mommy Files! Shannon was one of the first bloggers I was introduced to when I first started blogging. I think we both started doing reviews around the same time too!  It has been so fun watching her blog … [Read more...]