Critical Public Announcements

Evidently, I have too much to talk about to be concerned with Tuesday Toss Up ... Again! I promise I'll start back up again soon.

Anyway, I thought I'd bring you a few public announcements ... for your convenience ... and link you all right up!

Announcement #1: [drum roll, please] Org Junkie has "come out" of the proverbial blogging closet. Yes, friends ... she has ... and now that she has "come out" ... I thought I'd fling the closet door wide open by teasing you all ... well, at least those of you who haven't figured it out yet ... she has dropped the name bomb, people! I know that this is such a hard thing to do, and I know she struggled, and I feel somewhat responsible for putting the pressure on her, but now it's out! Why is this hard? Well, because you just never know who's lurking on your blog ... watching. Waiting. Reading every word you type about laundry, spit up, poopie diapers, and dinner preparations. Waiting for the moment in which you slip up and give out personal information ... and BAM ... the next thing you know ... they're on your front door step. Just ask Lauren ... and Jeana! So, skip on over to OJ's and check out her name!!! (I won't reveal it here ... I'll just keep you in suspense a wee bit more).

Announcement #2: So --- Are you on it yet? I'm sure you're thinking ... "Ummm ... On what?" Gaaah! People! You're supposed to be able to read my mind!

Are you on the FAMILY-FRIENDLY BLOGROLL yet? No? Well, what are you waiting for? Lauren from Created is the master-mind behind this awesome blogroll, and if your blog is family-friendly, avoids using foul language in both your own posts and in your comment section, and the majority of your posts are non-embarrassing posts for people of geriatric age ... hey, Lauren mentioned her grandmother first, not me ... then you can join. And frankly, I'm not sure why you're holding off to do it, after all ... it's free, it's full of other awesome fellow bloggers, and it's EASY. Yes, EASY. If I can do it, YOU can do it!

Just send Lauren an email at ffblogroll(at)ahumbleheart(dot)org and include the following in your email:

Your name
Your Blog Title
Your Blog Address
A Short Description of your Blog

You get to use the special graphics she has created, (or you can snag mine as many have asked, or use your own), and she even points you in the right direction on how to collapse it, make it a scroll listing, or customize the color (A LIFESAVER for me)!!! She's just brilliant!

So, I should expect to see a throng of people joining the Family-Friendly blogroll, right? Ummm ... I said THRONG, not THONG. Sheesh ... get your mind out of the gutter, this is a Family-Friendly Blog!

Announcement #3: Well, color me stupid! I just found out, merely by accident, that I was nominated for another award! I am humbled and blessed to have such good friends and readers out there that keep nominating me. And I'm not even paying them!

It would appear that I was nominated for the Chick & Mommy Blogs category in the Blogs of Summer Awards, which is a good thing, because I'm a Chick, AND I'm a Mommy! And for the life of me, I don't even know who these people are, and I don't know how I got nominated, or who nominated me, but however it happened, and whoever did nominate me ... Thank you! Gracias! "Mercy Bow-Coo!" Danke! Mange tak! Mahalo! Toda! Grazie! Arigato! It's an honor just to be nominated!

Announcement #4: Evidently, I had a dead-link, similar to a dead-head, on my blog! And, it's a very important link! It's the one to the Some Gave All web page! I owe a special thanks to Nicole for pointing this out, and telling me how to correct it. Not many people take the time, or even care, to point stuff like that out, but I'm glad she did ... after all ... She's The Girl Next Door!

Announcement #5: I am currently working on creating a special award! Yay! Another award! And, I've decided that I'll be handing it out whenever I feel like it, because I find that when I box myself into a schedule (like the Tuesday Toss Up), something will always come up and cause a nasty kink in my plans. And ... I really hate being kinky in public.

I haven't finalized all the details of "the award" yet (like the name, or the graphic), but it will be awarded to bloggers that post particularly "Outstanding Posts." They can range from spiritual, to prayerful, to stinking hilarious, to frivolous, to deep and touching, to "makes me go 'hmmm'" to "awe, how adorable". As long as it is well thought out and well written (and family friendly), it qualifies. And, it is not limited to only my opinion, or to the small list of blogs (ehem -- 70-something) that I read, either. If YOU run across any particularly Outstanding Posts that you think I should read, and would like to nominate for the currently "un-named" award, just email me.

Announcement #6: I am THIS CLOSE to finding someone else to blog with. Blogger won't even let me go to the photo upload page today, giving me the message "The page cannot be displayed" -- yeah, well, I don't want to see that. I want to see my pictures. The nerve! Don't push me, Blogger! DON'T PUSH ME. (as my dear friend Kim says... itsfreeitsfreeitsfreeitsfreeitsfreeitsfree)

Announcement #7: Another brilliant friend of mine (brilliance runs in circles, you know!) hosts the now, all famous Works For Me Wednesday ... which has provided me with a WEALTH of knowledge that runs the gamete from removing stains, to organizational tips, to menu planning, to kitchen tips (which, by the way, are right up there with Paula Deene's tips), to safety tips, to Scripture memory, to ... well ... you get the idea!

Anyway ... it's tomorrow ... so make sure you visit Shannon from Rocks to get the latest links to the hottest tips on the internet! Frankly, Shannon Rocks in my book.

Well, that about wraps up my long list of public announcements. You may now return to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress. (It seems that I use that line much to often, doesn't it?)

Have a blessed day in our Lord Savior ... and BE A BLESSING to someone today!