Looks like we have a date!

The Philly Blogger Meetup will be
June 13th in the King of Prussia area!

Check in for more details or e-mail for more info.

I can't wait to meet some other cool blogging moms that are coming. If you live in the Philadelphia vicinity and would like to come join us, we would love to meet you.

Check out Musings' post from last week to put your name in!

Thank you DCR Design for my new header! If you can't see it, clear out your "cache." Let me know if you need more info. on that!

Hey – I am trying the NaBloPoMo April challenge or National BLog Posting Month where you post every day for that month and the theme is Letters! I just saw that fact minutes ago and don't have a letter per say to share but if any of my friends out there in blogging world would like to write me, I would love some inspiration!

Here's one of my blog response e-mails to yesterday's post about selling gold (because snail mail just doesn't happen anymore in my life):

You definitely have to be careful when selling back gold to make sure you're getting the right value. We started buying bullion (from any coin shop)for $350 an ounce in 2003, now it's almost tripled it value. There are a lot of companies out there offering to buy back gold jewelry for a fraction of the current gold price, and they're making a buttload of money!"
From Memarie Lane

When I asked her about buying stuff off E-bay to sell, here's what she said:

I wouldn't buy anything off ebay because you can't really be sure what you're getting. The gold has to be pure. If you're unsure, the best thing to do is talk to a coin shop operator or a small-time jeweler, someone who knows about it but doesn't stand to profit from lying to you.

Great thoughts Marie!! Thanks for the input.

Okay, on a different note, you want to know something funny. I mean really funny. Okay, no joke, really funny, perhaps not Gufaw funny or Hardy Har-Har funny but coincidentally quite humorous to the ironic, dry-wit mind.

Getting to the point, here I am feeling all guilty not even looking at my bible study questions that were supposed to be done before now and in 19 minutes I am being picked up to go to the study where the most of the ladies probably did their homework while I sit here just blogging about it.

And, okay, here's the funny part. I know you are holding your breath.

I just glanced down at the theme of the study and today it is Philemon, one in a CBS (or Community Bible Studies) series on Pastoral and Short LETTERS! How appropriate is that? Here I said I had no letters to share and there they are just quietly waiting me to focus and see that while I might not have letters to share, God definitely has some letters to share with me!

Philemon v.9 May we, like Paul, make all our requests to others "on the basis of love."

Gotta go! The car's a honkin'. Guess I get to listen today. That's probably not a bad thing.

Happy Ultimate Blog Party Week!

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you don't know what the Ultimate Blog Party is about, see below for more details and where to go to learn more.

Stop by my $15 Amazon card giveaway to leave a comment and/or guess where the picture was taken! A winner will be drawn from the entries on Friday, March 14.

Now about me, I am a writer-in-training stretching her wings through the blogging world while a few children's books fly around in my head waiting to land. Some have already been formed into chapters and some have far to go.

I have two wonderful girls from whom I get much bloggy fodder. I have a wonderful husband who has his own podcast with a friend. See the link in the sidebar for The Handyguys Podcast. Feel free to check out the 100 things about me to learn more.

I have only been a full-time blogger since January but I am already addicted to the fun memes, carnivals, giveaways, devotionals and so many ways to connect with women around the world. People have so many interesting things to say from their point of view or experience. It is also a fun way to keep in touch with family and friends around the country.

Each day I wonder what I will write about tomorrow and it is amazing what comes to laugh or joke about and enjoy putting in words. It has been a fun way to chronicle this journey and I greatly appreciate you joining me in it.

Keep check back this week for all kinds of good stuff!

Check out other Ultimate Blog Party Participants at 5 Minutes for Mom. There are lots of great giveaways, etc. There so many awesome prize choices. If I had to pick, I would pick the following:

INTL 1&2 – Mary DeMuth's Conversation Starters or Nonfiction Proposal Writing.

#107 – $15 Gift Card to Starbucks and other travel info at Mel's World Travel Biz

#63 – $50 worth of American girl sized items at Emily Rose.

#93 – one of Rebecca's Originals.

or anything money or gift card related! Thanks Pamela from Happy Panda for coordinating all these giveways!

PS. Let your love be extravagant, your words eloquent and your eyes lifted to the heavens in praise of the Lord alone.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 (NKJV)

Yeah – Musings of a Housewife is helping me get fancy.

I just added clipart for a FavIcon! – or small image to show beside my title in the browser window, also short for "Favorite Icon".

Check it out:

I downloaded a free stack of books from a websearch of "clipart books." It came in the .gif format.

I then went the recommended  Six Apart site .

Here the author of this blog directed me to the FavIcon website where you upload the .gif image and instantly get a "FavIcon" in the .ico format.

You are then directed in how to add it to your blogpage. Go to Six Apart for even more specific directions.

Go to it and do it!

Go see this awesome site (Scribbit) with tips for bloggers. Lots of good stuff!

Here's another good article I found from Scribbit: 15 Ways to Differentiate your blog from the crowd.

Opps, can't forget my dear friend Musings of a Housewife who has helped me tremendously and has done some recent posts helping new bloggers!

Check out these links to some cool blog design giveaways. Time is short, so check fast!

Big Bloggy Move Giveaway!

Another Cup of Coffee – This one gives you several links for more giveaways.