Fickle Food

Ann over at Sharp Spiels is having a contest! And you know I LOVE contests…The winner of Holiday Goodness Giveaway will receive a $20. gift certificate to Becky Sharp Designs! So check it out!

A Cowboy’s Wife is having a Contest and I almost missed it! Totally went out of my head. That happens to me a lot lately, sometimes I think I’m losing my mind! Here’s my entry.

Only about a month ago in Vienna. I was having lunch when I realized my Freudian slip could be seen. You have probably had that experience before. I felt anxious and I knew that soon I would have to go to my happy place. I was a little worried about a panic attack, But then, all of the sudden, I saw the whitecoats coming right towards me!! I remembered what a cowboy’s wife had told me. It was very important to relax and breathe. Before I knew it, I was given the tools and tips to redirect. So you see, I really was overreacting , and I decided I just had to chill.

I want to thank two wonderful bloggers, Lori at A Cowboy’s Wife for choosing me for the Totally Fabulous award! I’m very touched (or “teched” depending on who you ask) and honored. I also want to thank Shannon at The Reality Of A Brat for choosing me as one of the winners of her great contest. She has another contest coming up too, so be sure to check it out! Thanks again ladies! You’re both awesome!

It’s rare that I turn down anything free, but this time I must, I’m relatively certain my husband would take umbrage with me signing up for Smooch.com. I don’t think he’ll mind me telling you about it though.
Smooch.com is an online dating site, where members looking for friendship and romance, get in contact with other like minded folks in a safe and friendly and fun atmosphere. Best of all, it’s FREE! Yes, you heard me right, FREE.
As a new members you will be asked to provide a detailed profile about yourself, like contact information, your physical appearance, education, how you feel about certain things, like smoking drinking, etc. Then the information is used to help potential soul mates decide if they would like to meet you. And did I mention it’s 100% FREE? No hidden charges. Finding love should be free…don’t you agree? Click here to go to Smooch.com!

Jayme, from Just Jayme has written a great post for the Mohair Bear contest. Michelle is expecting, and anyone who has gone through a pregnancy understands the emotional highs and dismal lows women go through, sometimes several times in one day! Thanks Jayme!

I am not a techie (no doubt this is already abundantly clear to those who have had linky dealings with me in the past) I am also fairly new to the blogging scene. So all of this link building, PR rating, Technorati authority stuff is a bit confusing to me. Most of the time I feel like I’m flying by the seat of my pants. I did read a helpful post in Link Spider, which explained the function and usefulness or uselessness of Alexis, PR and Technorati in ranking a site. It’s hard to tell where all of these rating systems are heading, but I am sure of one thing, no matter what system is used, I’ll be confused.

This Sunday Self Portrait was taken at the KFC, Taco Bell. My husband and I and our middle daughter stopped there for lunch. In this picture I am pondering my drink which is seemingly defying the laws of gravity. My daughter has a strange sense of humor. While I was in the restroom she put one of the sticky tabs she uses to scrapbook on the pole and stuck my drink to it. It was really windy that day and everything kept blowing off the table.

Albert and I are so excited, our first contest entry! Shannon, whose blog is called The Reality Of A Brat, has written a really great post. Her subject is a serious one concerning a completely preventable, but all too prevalent kind of tragedy. Thanks Shannon!

Okay, admittedly I look an itty-bit batty, a tad teched in this self-portrait, a little like a deer in the headlights, just before it becomes a hood ornament. And yes I am sweaty and rumpled and most of my makeup has melted off and pooled in my belly-button, but I had a rough day. I spent the best part of Saturday in our super-heated garage getting stuff ready for what we hope will be the mother of all yard sales. In case you’re wondering, the hairy thing on my chin is not visible evidence of impending menopause, it is Brownie, one of our poms…only right now she looks more like a chihuahua. I shaved her to the skin when we went to Bloomington…but you know all about her trauma IF you have been reading my posts! Brownie weighed about three pounds at age four, but now, like me, she’s getting that middle-age spread. It just looks cuter on her.

“Dear Crissy” is having a contest. It’s called 50 for $50. Which means if you blog 50 words about her site and the contest, you have a chance to win 50 dollars. I find the “Dear Crissy” site particularly appealing because her wording, topics, inflections, even her artistic bent, remind me so much of my own three twenty-something year old daughters. In fact, she even looks a bit like she could be one of our kids.
I do, however, stop short of giving her motherly advice.