• Best Thing Ever,  Friends,  Fun in Chicago,  Something That Could Change Your Life,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    Okay, So I Lied.

    July 27, 2009

    I apologize for those of you who are Up.To.Here. with BlogHer, but I have to do two post-conference posts. But two is where I’ll draw the line. Seriously. And now, without further ado, I give you… My Favorite BlogHer Moments, IN BRIEFby Melisa with one S *Starting the weekend off by grabbing Sue from O’Hare and Weaselmomma from her house, then meeting Mrs4444 at my house. Sue gave us homemade bracelets which included “Be yourself” charms. Great reminder! *Thursday’s dinner at Giordanos with Sue, Michelle, Weaselmomma, Heather, Tara, Melissa, and Mrs4444 *Getting Michelle (and then Sue!) signed up for Twitter…finally! (BTW, follow them here and here.) *Going to the expo…

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  • Friends,  Fun in Chicago,  Shameless Promotion,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    Oh…Is There a Convention Going On Next Week?

    July 14, 2009

    I hadn’t noticed. Alright, just kidding. I have noticed. I’m starting to get pretty darn excited about it but haven’t wanted to talk about it all the time on the Scrawl out of respect for those who aren’t able to go and those who could care less. I do feel the need to do one little bitty blog post about it right now (and maybe one after the convention), so indulge me this once (and then that second time), if you will. Thanks. ClothingNo, I don’t know what I’m wearing yet. I am no fashionista, yet I want to look nice. I keep reading about these women buying fancy shoes…

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  • Amazing People,  Best Thing Ever,  Blessings,  Food,  Friends,  Something That Could Change Your Life,  Spreading the Bloggie Love,  Too Funny To Ignore,  Travels

    Meat Maidens Gone Wild!!!

    June 15, 2009

    Yesterday was, as expected, a blast. But it was about 10,000 times better than I could have ever imagined. A mere blog post won’t even capture it properly; you truly had to be there. Momo did her own summary. The pictures would have spoken for themselves had it not been for the adorable RHYMING VERSE she used. She’s good. Really good. But I’ll try to give you a taste of it. First, the road trip to the Land of Momo. My van-mates? The lovely Weaselmomma: and the equally lovely Surprised Mom: Honestly, if you happen to be riding across the midwest (or where ever) in the middle seat of a…

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  • Friends,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    A Very Special Meating

    June 13, 2009

    Delightful graphic created by Big Bad DaddyTomorrow (Sunday) is going to be a very, very special day. A fun day. A crazy day. An exciting day. A musical day. A huggy day. A feel-good day. Curious yet? I am, along with Weaselmomma and Surprised Mom, heading across the Midwest and back, six hours each way (yes, in the same day). Rather than re-summarize what Weaselmomma has already written, I’m sending you over there to read it; click here and it’ll open in a new window. Go ahead. I’ll wait. And Momo wrote a sweet post, so you should go look at that. Click here. Go ahead. I can wait again.…

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  • Spreading the Bloggie Love

    I’d Like to Thank The Academy & a Few Ladies…

    May 24, 2009

    I have been blessed to receive three lovely blog awards from three lovely ladies, and I thought I’d pass them on over Memorial Day weekend: what the heck? First, from Surprised Mom, I received the Queen of All Things Award: I am apparently supposed to list seven things you all don’t already know about me before passing it on to a few other well-deserving folks. Hmm. Here we go. 1. I was on the yearbook staff in high school. 2. I took shorthand in high school, because my mom thought it would be a good skill to have. Now, not only do I think they have gotten rid of the…

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  • Spreading the Bloggie Love,  Too Funny To Ignore

    What Ever Happened To That (Dancing) Guy?

    May 13, 2009

    I was cleaning out a closet over the weekend and found an envelope full of old photos of my high school friends. The pictures gave me a good laugh. Many of them featured one of my favorite people: that guy in the group who loved to make everyone laugh with his crazy antics. (Unfortunately, his antics sometimes went a little too far over the line…) I don’t want him to google himself and find that I’m telling all of his old secrets, and frankly I’d be nervous if he were to contact me because I don’t know what ever really became of him; for that reason, I’ll refer to him…

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  • Friends,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    Here’s a “Story” About A Man and a Full House…

    May 12, 2009

    I’ve been using Google Reader for a week now (I’m not scared anymore!), and I can’t tell you how much relief I feel; I’m not missing a thing on all two billion of my most favorite blogs, and I feel like I’m saving time like crazy. I updated my blogroll. At least I think I did. I’ve got blog bookmarks all over the place on this computer! Anyway, I wanted to give some props to three of my new fave blogs; I hope you’ll check them out if you haven’t already. (Go on, you know you want to.) The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: Oh my “goodness”!! Mrs4444 turned me…

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  • Best Thing Ever,  Friends,  Something That Could Change Your Life,  Spreading the Bloggie Love

    Now THIS Is A “Fear” I Can Definitely Conquer.

    May 4, 2009

    When I first started blogging, I read only my sister’s blog. Soon I started reading Kat’s blog (who, by the way, is flying home to Germany tomorrow from Phuket, Thailand after a 4-week vacation, and nobody in the blogosphere has missed her more than I!!!). And Katie’s (in Oz) blog. And Manic Mommy’s blog. And then more. And more. And more. If you’re one of my readers who is also active in the blogosphere, it is very likely that you know first hand how these things tend to domino. At first, I kept a simple blogroll in my margin. It was “great”; there were only about five or six blogs…

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  • Contest,  Family Fun,  Spreading the Bloggie Love,  Travels

    This Is Not Just Any Old Blog Contest…

    April 1, 2009

    …it’s one in which, if you want a chance to win, you’re going to have to “suffer through” my vacation photos! (But not all 500 of them. No worries.) I’m back from NYC (yay!) and ready to do some show-and-telling, and I’m using a great incentive to bribe entice you to read the Scrawl daily during my vacation review! First, my snazzy graphic. Ta-dah! Basically, here’s how it goes. I have about ten posts on the way about my trip to New York. I have so much that I want to share with you (as I mentioned a few days ago, those of you who remember my ONE DAY in…

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