BlogHer ’11! Blogging, Networking, Freaking Out.

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I realized yesterday that BlogHer is in THREE WEEKS.  It's the yearly conference I go to where I learn even more about blogging and do serious networking; it also means  I commence the freaking out about what to wear like I do every year. No matter what I take, I'm going to wish I had brought something else. It's hotter in Michigan than in San Diego where BlogHer is taking place, which really surprises me. I would have thought that a city that much further South than here would be hotter. We're surrounded by water on three sides, they are close to the ocean, and yet it's 89 degrees here today and only 79 in San Diego. The weather for BlogHer calls for mid-70s during the day and mid-60s at night, in August! My biggest wardrobe challenge is for Friday night of BlogHer, when I'm going to a party at Stingaree held by CheapSally.com, Collective Bias, LifetimeMoms, and Sears. I did a search on Flickr and sure enough, there are a bunch of photos there of people at Stingaree.  They … [Read more...]

Friendly Friday 7-8-11

Welcome to Friendly Friday, the weekly blog meme that introduces bloggers to each other and helps everyone get more followers on Google Friend Connect! Your hostesses for this weekly celebration are Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier, Christi at Frugal Novice and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! It's a great way to get new followers to your blog, say hello to your blog friends, and make new ones! To join in the Friendly Friday celebration,go to any of the three blogs listed above , follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect - this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted. When people comment on your blog and let you know they're a … [Read more...]

Words and Photos of my Friend Tre of Thought by Thought

Blogging has brought some incredible people into my life, and one of them is my friend  Tresha (TREE-sha) Thorsen of  Thought by Thought. I'm sharing her words and photos of her here because I want all of you to know just why she is so special to me! It all started in 2007 when she emailed me to say that she had seen the BlogHer '07 badge on my blog and was also going to be there and would love to meet me. Despite having each other's cell numbers, she looked for me that Thursday night, all day Friday, and all day Saturday before finally literally standing right in front of me that Saturday night. I had taken a photo of her Friday morning when everyone got up for "speed dating" without even realizing it was her! Tre is a healer. She works with people to help them learn to push aside those negative, self-doubting inner voices that hold us back and learn to accept ourselves, to treat ourselves with kindness, to live thought by thought if that's what it takes. Just being … [Read more...]