Don’t touch my stuff.

We rolled into sunny and hot hot HOT Largo, Florida, last night at around 1:00AM. Good lord, it’s muggy here…it really makes you appreciate the air conditioning!

We plan to hit the beach sometime today. It’s so pretty here and there are palm trees everywhere. We are staying with a really good friend of mine down here. We still need to stop and get my mom a Florida magnet.

It’s 90 degrees down here now and it’s seriously hot. We’re happy to get a good night’s sleep!

We drove for about eight and a half hours to get here from Atlanta. We got stopped for quite a bit in Atlanta, due to the heavy rain. And a big ‘thank you’ to that SUV guy who sloshed rain all over my car so I couldn’t see for a hot minute…the dork!

Back later!

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We finally rolled into Georgia last night at around 10:30pm. That was a heck of a drive, all the way from Ohio. I’ve come to find that I still don’t care for Kentucky, no matter how nice the people are, and that Tennessee traffic is horrendous at rush hour. We waded through a 20 minute traffic jam that seemed like forever.

Here are the numbers from the trip:
We stopped 3 times to have a bite to eat
We gassed up once before leaving & once on the way (1 & 1/2 tank trip…not too shabby)
We saw a ton of cops
3 or 4 people pulled over (not us, yay)
1 accident (the guy driving was okay, his car, not so much)
1 traffic delay
1 Chick-fil-a (Cleveland needs one of these, it’s rockin’)
We drove through 2 states to get to Georgia (Kentucky & Tennessee)
700 miles
1 picture (we’re going to take more for your viewing pleasure shortly)
0 cups of coffee for me
5th floor hotel room (did I mention I’m afraid of heights?)

Be back later on, they’re serving breakfast downstairs….

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Hello again!

I see that even though I haven’t posted in a few days or so, that the traffic on this site has not died down. That is definitely pretty cool.

Rather than bore you with the details of my everyday life, I opted to not blog for the simple reason that I really just had nothing to say. I’d rather not say anything, than to put up a post that has no real value or meaning.

I’m sure you can respect that. In the meantime, we’re getting ready to go to Georgia, my foot still hurts, and I got a new phone! So there you have it, now we’re all updated.

What have you been up to?

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Earsucker now has a new look! Upon infiltrating the new music channel on the B5Media network, they’ve given me a new design!

Please take a moment to hop on over to check it out. I’m going to email them shortly to let them know what can be changed, so if any of you have a sec to help me decide what would look better, I’d greatly appreciate it!

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I first wanted to name this post, “Who’s mug is in your box?”, but that can probably be taken the wrong way…

I never really paid a lot of attention to how many times I’ve actually checked my Mybloglog widget box to see all kinds of names, old and new. It is definitely a treat to see a lot of new faces coming to my blog to have a look around.

If you haven’t gotten a widget for this cool service yet, what are you waiting for? We are all a little voyeuristic in a sense and I can’t help to reload my page on high traffic days just to see who’s taking a peek at what I have to say. I guess it goes along with being addicted to stats.

Who’s mug have you seen in your widget lately? Have you hopped around to see who visits other blogs in your community? Any surprising mugs you’ve noticed?

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I was reading the huge response that Bloggrrl received over her three little blogs post, and it got me to thinking. What do we do when we’ve hit a road bump in the everyday blogging? Do we sit up at night deliriously writing just to be goofy? Thinking that maybe our silly words have fallen into the abyss of the internet?

Maybe that’s when the creativity comes and then you can just run with it. Take the time to think about why you’ve hit a slump and maybe go with it. In writing, we’re told that if we’ve got writer’s block, just write. Write about anything, just write. Creativity will come to you, sooner or later.

Brainstorm. Think of all of the things that you know and the things that you won’t get bored about. Maybe you’re in the wrong niche market, if boredom is something that happens when you write regularly.

Be funny. If you can manage to pull off humor, then go for it. I don’t know how many times I’ve read posts that have literally cracked me up.

If you’ve hit a slump in writing, what tips can you provide to the rest of us that may help us when we’ve hit rock bottom? Any words of encouragement? Would you suggest throwing up a speedlinking post just for the sake of having something?

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Hello again, my friends…

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the contest that I’ve got going on that ends today. I’ll be closing off the entries for the contest at 4pm EST and drawing a name out of a hat for the winner at 5pm. Get your entries in now so that you can get this is in the mail asap. It’s a great CD and your chances are really good.

Enter here by leaving a comment on that post. Good luck to all who enter!

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This post was written to be a part of eMomsAtHome’s Second Group Writing Project. I decided to put this in the mix regarding the topic of Recognizing others’ blog efforts and reaching out to others.

When looking through my archives, I’ve noticed that certain posts have garnered a lot more attention that others. My most commented post is the one when I started the Rockin’ Girl Blogger craze. That post alone got 60 comments and trackbacks. Pretty nifty for a new blog, eh?

My second most commented post was the “face behind the blog” meme. Including doing the actual posting where you let others in on a little bit about yourself, the idea was to pass around the link love. This post received 29 comments by itself.

Do you know what these two posts have in common? Sure, they’re memes, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Both of these ideas got people to talking, commenting, and sharing. The first, got the ladies to pass on the praise and the recognition to other fellow female bloggers who they felt are doing a fantastic job in the blogosphere. The other, got us to open up and give a little bit of a glimpse into the people behind the words. I know that I really enjoy reading about other bloggers. When first talking with other bloggers, I want to know where they’re from and what they do. I ask other questions to see if we have any other similarities, other than blogging. People generally migrate to those with whom they share common interests.

In blogging, I have a tendency to stick around those blogs that have the same central theme as my own. Within my circle, I read what my blogging friends have to say, if I have a genuine interest, then I comment, and if I feel strongly about the subject, I write a post of my own.

How do you build connections?

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Yesterday, I took the day off from blogging, much to my surprise, there was a buzz floating around the blogosphere. Jon Warass started a service that will allow you to buy blog comments. Notice that I did not link to this guy. Unfortunately, other more popular bloggers did.

This has drummed up the exact amount of marketing that Jon didn’t have to do to achieve his goal of getting the word out, with very little effort. He made something so devious and leaked word about it, only to get linked to by a lot of well-known bloggers.

I will not use this service, so if you ever get a comment from me, know that it’s legit. I will never recommend a service like this, it’s ultimately a really bad move for anyone looking to keep any credibility regarding blogging.

So, I’m going to treat Jon Warass like Paris Hilton, if I ignore him, maybe he’ll go away.

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My foot!

I was at a wedding at a castle on a hill yesterday. We got there too early (we didn’t see anyone we knew), so we went up to the castle to check it out. As I was walking down, I stepped where the concrete meets the grass, stumbled, and landed on my left knee. I hobbled the rest of the way down the hill.

I had to sit out the wedding, which sucked. I managed to stick around at the reception for an hour or two, but missed the after party…that also sucked, because it’s been a while since I got to hang out with my friends from high school. Everything was set in a gothic red and black tone.

Went to the ER, and they put a splint on my foot and gave me drugs….woohoo…lol

I’m off of work for the next three days, so I’ll probably be posting some random nonsense

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