I’m Beautiful Like Me.

Woohoo! I won $25 via PayPal by leaving a comment at A Butterfly Dreaming in the Commentluv contest! We are using a portion of the winnings to purchase Husband a website for his new business. I’m also going to be having a contest of my own over at the Natal Astrology blog, so be on the lookout for that, too!

When I got home from work today, there was a box waiting patiently for me. It was a gift from my PlurkSwap partner! Plurk is a very popular social network for knitters, so many a Plurker is also on Ravelry. I, along with a few others, coordinated a PlurkSwap on Ravelry and my goods found me today. Thanks so much to KnitDiva! I love the goodies she sent - deliciously smooshy Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn, Post-it notes and notebook (totally practical for knitting on the go), gourmet M&Ms and nanner stitch markers! I love it all!

For several months now, Feedburner has not emailed my blog posts to my subscribers. I have requested help at the Google help group - as have literally dozens of others - with no resolution. So I wanted to suggest to my readers that wanted the posts in their inbox try out Feed My Inbox. No sign up is required, just confirm your subscription by email. I’m trying the service out, too and will let you know if I encounter any problems.

For bloggers, there is a service I just discovered (thanks to Tampa Pirate) that may drive some new traffic to your blog. rssHugger is essentially a blog directory wherein all feeds have a fair shot at being in the Top 100 since the feeds are all reset at the beginning of each month. Check it out!

Voters agree that Andy has busted his hump to make Commentluv thee very best WordPress plug-in. To say thank you for being Voter’s Choice, he is paying it forward to the very voter’s that gave him the win by way of a contest!

This is a contest like no other, folks. Why? Because you register at Commentluv.com, add a profile and verify your site, then visit registered sites (see all registered sites by visiting the contest page and clicking “Registered Sites” just under the post’s title) and leave relevant comments. Take note, though, that spam comments will not be tolerated and will never be eligible to win.

***You can be a winner by leaving a comment here!***

For complete contest rules, see the FAQ section at the contest page. Happy commenting!

As I don’t have enough on my plate, with working, being a full-time mama with a toddler nursling, taking on the task of trying to make some bread online with paid reviews and sponsored posts… I took on another blog! Natal Astrology is going to be a very simple blog that will cover the very basics about - you guessed it! - natal astrology. I do hope you stop by for a visit and to learn a thing or two about yourself and your fellow humans!

For the month of September, the top droppers on my blog were:

• Making an Extra Money (17 drops)
• Justin Rains - Entrepreneur (16 drops)
• Money Saving Pro (15 drops)
• Three Fates Design - Beaded Jewelry (14 drops)
• The Lady Programmer (14 drops)
• She Lives (14 drops)
• meishien™ (13 drops)
• LOL Factory (13 drops)
• Carl G (12 drops)
• How is Bradley? (11 drops)

Thanks for dropping!

If you haven’t checked out my other blog, I hope you do so today! Yesterday featured a guest post from money-saving-wise Mommysgotgreen and goes over some tried-and-true methods of saving your bread at the grocery and drug store.

I follow her blog and I’ve seen her walk away with some seriously amazing deals, including totally free stuff and/or gift cards. Everyone could use a little extra bread, so head on over and check it out at Homemade Bread.

Kentucky Colonel-wannabe and most excellent blogger The Hawg nominated me for an award! Truth is, I’m a bit confused if I’m nominated or if I’ve won - but in either case, I’m totally flattered!

Here are the attached strings:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog;
2. Link the person you received your award from;
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs;
4. Put links of those blogs on yours; and
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you’ve nominated.

So, without further ado, some of my favorite blogs! I hope y’all go check them out, as they are my favorites for a good reason!

1. Life in Spain - an expat living in Ronda, Andalucia writes about his experience. He is also an extremely generous blogger. Besides being an Entrecard member that Does Follow, he recently gifted me a sizeable quantity of Entrecards simply because I offered to attempt some graphic work he requested help with!
2. Barry Wise Online Marketing and SEO professional - He is an exceptionally talented writer and his tips are simple and highly useful. Plus he left me a really sweet comment that inspired me to expand my horizons.
3. Bizphere - I have learned a lot and found some good sources of potential income from this really excellent blog.
4. Master of $EO - some great pointers here to help increase traffic to your blog, get Technorati authority and so on.
5. environmentastic! - I recently discovered this one, but fell hard and fast for it. Smart and easy-to-do going green tips.
6. Freebie Diva - daily (yes, daily!) posts with links to legitimate freebies to be found on the web.
7. Book -N- Boob - this blog was the first blog I ever fell in love with. I really, really heart her blog. Emily is such an amazing writer and storyteller that it downright baffles me that she isn’t paid to write. If you only check out one of the blogs on my list, (shame on you!) check out this one!

I’m ambivalent about only being able to select 7, since there are so many good blogs out there that I love! However, if the number had been much higher, I might’ve felt overwhelmed!

Now, off to share the news with some of my favorite blog authors!