I’m Beautiful Like Me.

So, I’m going to cheat just a little bit and post about blogs that are sorta new instead of totally new to me. as part of my BlogDay2008 post.

*If you have participated in BlogDay2008, I hope you share your posts with me in a comment, as I am always interested in great new blogs to read and subscribe to!*

1. Craftapalooza - England’s Aussie-living-in-Perth, WA’s crafty sweetheart blogs about all her crafty endeavors several times per week. She inspires me.
2. The Akamai Knitter - Hawaii feels like another country (after all, it is so far away!). Opal spins the most beautiful yarn and posts delicious pictures of her work.
3. Brian Green’s Blog - he’s practically my neighbor but he posts about quirky/funny/cool/interesting stuff he finds online.
4. BlogBloke - his blog is about blogging, improving your blog, getting traffic for your blog and all-things-blogging. I think he’s Canadian, despite his Aussie-sounding name.
5. light night rains - South Carolinian Cory Godbey’s blog wherein he shares his art. He really is quite amazing.

Don’t forget to check out my blogroll! Some really great reads there, too (obviously!).

• Added a star-rating feature so you can vote on each post. It also includes recommendations for other content that might interest the reader.
• Deleted the Recent Viewers widget.
• Deleted the Crochet & Knit widget.
• Moved the Wish List widget to its own page.
• Replaced the social bookmark icons bar with a single ShareThis button.
• Added a blogroll. There are 20-ish, but only the 10 most recently updated show.
• Updated the Buzzworthy Posts widget to reflect my new domain name and shortened the list to 5 instead of 12.
• Changed from 7 posts on the main page to 5 posts.

I hope you enjoy the changes. I’d love to hear any feedback on it or improving the layout in general. And, as always, if you enjoy this blog, I’d be very grateful if you share it! Thanks!

• I carry around a List of Things to Do Before I Die. I’ve crossed two things off: getting a college degree and seeing childbirth firsthand.
• I used to enter beauty pageants. I even won several.
• I went to modeling school.
• I actually like algebra.
• I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder when I was 14. I am certifiably crazy.

• Babyhellfire
• mhgood
• choppersgirl
• KLM
• Meredith

The premise is simple. If you read blogs, then for the month of August, make the “pledge” to click through from your feed reader. No obligation to leave a hilarious comment or send a long stalkerish email (although both, within reason, are always lovely). Just click through to the blog (not on ads unless you are so led) and if you’re feeling generous, click around to their older posts.Just those extra page views can make a big difference for bloggers who could really use the help, or in my case, where page views don’t matter so much, a big fat ego boost. (Might as well inflate the ego since everything else about me is inflated these days)(Oh, and I do link up some cool shit in my sidebar so that’s worth checking, especially today)If you feel like hopping on the bandwagon (c’mon, it’s fun and I’m a really great driver), then all you need to do is grab a button — see below, slap it on your blog, and [beg, plead] ask your readers to click through on their feed readers or blogrolls and do the same within a post.

• My family is healthy.
• We have everything we need. We aren’t hungry or cold or homeless.
• I am married to the love of my life and we have a great relationship.
• Husband is driven and ambitious. I love that about him. School is going very well for him.
• I have plans for this weekend that include hanging out with my friend P and my mom.
• The baby slept great last night and during today’s nap. He’s being good so far today, too.
• I am learning to knit and have a pretty decent supply of yarn. And with my golden birthday coming up soon, I’m certain I’ll be able to indulge my yarn lust!
• We are having Thanksgiving tonight. Sure, football isn’t on, but it will be soon!