You can win $100 to spend on products or services at my other day job (the one besides being a Mom). Just click here and leave a comment!
Also, I LOVE IT when my blog snows! I put some setting on here when I first started it, and I have no clue how to remove it, but it starts snowing every year. Makes me happy!
How was your Thanksgiving? For what/whom were you most thankful?
We have a winner! I used random.org’s integer generator to select one of the commenters. The tickets will go to…
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
11
Timestamp: 2009-11-23 05:33:33 UTC
Nildie! Congratulations. I will email you with information about picking up your tickets. Thanks to everyone for entering. And remember the discount code mentioned in the first post.
I’ve read this bloggy carnival over at Conversion Diary before, but never taken part. Well, today it is the perfect thing for me, since I have some random things to mention, but not much of a coherent post.
1. I missed my own 2nd Blogiversary. Oops. Does a blogiversary count when you only post about once a week? These last few months have been insane, I tell you, and blogging really was on the back burner. I’ve missed it, and I’ve missed my usual rounds and comment-making.
2. My blogroll disappeared at some point. Maybe it was during a WordPress upgrade? I don’t know, but all my linky love is gone. I hope to resurrect that sometime in the near future, and maybe even update it a bit!
3. A guest poster (whom I love dearly) will be sharing here on Monday how to make lefse! I can’t wait for you to read her tutorial and see all the fantastic step-by-step photos to go with it. Also, remember that day will be the drawing for the Disney on Ice tickets, so sign up while you can!
4. Pioneer Woman is here in the Twin Cities tomorrow! Anyone else going to meet her or get your cookbook signed?
5. Another thing I’ve been slacking on is Anja’s monthly progress updates. She has changed so much since her 23-month post (since she’s now almost 27 months!), and I have so much to share. Be prepared for a doozy of those coming up!
6. Though I haven’t had the mind to put up any Christmas decorations yet, we’ve been listening to Christmas music around here for several weeks. I have several favorite CDs that get played over and over. Any you’d recommend I add to my collection? I budgeted for one new CD this year. Speaking of which, if you haven’t been over to see Tsh’s 12 Days to a Peaceful Christmas, I highly suggest you go. We’ve been using it to plan our holiday season. Probably my favorite exercise she’s had us do is describe our ideal holiday and make a plan to celebrate in such a way.
7. What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any family traditions?
And a photo of my girly girl, dancing in her tutu and jammies…
It’s been ages since I’ve had time or an appropriate photo to share on I Heart Faces. I still read their posts every week, but this week I have this lovely photo of Anja in a sea of pumpkins. Isn’t it fun? She was just enamored, and went around telling us which ones were big, which were small, and telling us which ones she wanted.
Click on over to check out the other entries this week and/or submit your own!
When my firstborn turned out to be a girl (I thought she was a boy—and was I ever wrong!), my main concern was, “What if she’s really girly and I can’t relate?” Turns out she IS quite girly. She’ll ask for a tutu so she can dance if I have music on, she grabs my makeup brushes and puts “pink on her cheeks,” and just yesterday she asked if she could wear a pretty dress to “be like a princess.” I don’t really ever talk to her about princesses, so I have no idea where she gets these ideas!
That said, we’ll be taking her to the Disney on Ice Princess Classics show when it comes to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul December 10-13. And you can take your family, too! I have a package of four tickets to opening night (December 10 at 7:00 p.m.) of Disney on Ice to give away to one blessed reader! Simply leave a comment if you’re interested in winning, and I will randomly select a winner on Monday, November 23. If you’d like an additional entry, blog about the giveaway and leave a link to your post (not your blog home page, but the actual post) in the comments.
Additionally, if you would like to purchase your own tickets, here is a chance for a discount. Use the coupon code “MOM” to receive four tickets for $44 for weekday shows Monday-Friday and $4 off all tickets for weekend shows. The discounted tickets can be purchased from Ticketmaster by entering the “MOM” code in the “MC promotion” box. Small print stuff: Offer not valid on Rinkside or VIP seating. Cannot be combined with other offers. Service Charges, facility & handling fees will apply. Here are the showtimes:
Thursday, Dec. 10 – 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11 – 10:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12 – 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 13 – 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.
I’m looking forward to taking in this event with my family (Husband? Aren’t you going to just LOVE it?), and I hope you can make it, too!
I didn’t share this particular photo on my photography website, but it’s one of my favorites from a wedding I shot in May of this year. I am happy to enter it in this week’s I Heart Faces contest. These were the fun, just-finished-the-ceremony shots, and you can see the joy on their faces!
Pop on over there to be inspired!
Here’s a shot I took back in March that I thought would fit this week’s I Heart Faces category, Silhouettes, perfectly.
Check out more entries at:
This week’s theme at I Heart Faces is laughter. And, since the judge this week is Ree, who inspired me to start blogging in the first place, I figured I would pay tribute to her by incorporating one of her actions into the photo. I used her “Colorized” action at 90% on this one, as well as “Bring on the Eyes” at about 50%.
Click below to visit other great entries this week or to submit a photo yourself!
Sorry guys–I intended to post this yesterday, but our internet has been down since Wednesday. However, we weren’t supposed to get it back until Monday, so having it back today is a real blessing. I can’t believe how much I rely on the web for until it’s gone for a couple of days. I don’t have access to maps, phone #s, my accounts (for banking, etc.) or appointments (trying to find an allergist). It’s nutso!
Anyway, on to the giveaway…I can hardly wait to announce who won this. I’ve been consistent with doing it over the last week until yesterday because I was not feeling well. But I plan to pick it back up tonight!
I entered numbers 1 through 27 into the Random Integer Generator, and here’s what came up:
Commenter #5 is Kelly @ Love Well, a fellow Minnesotan. Congratulations, Kelly! I’ll be expecting reports of abs of steel on your blog soon. 
This week’s theme at I Heart Faces is “Hats.” It’s been weeks since I’ve had time to enter, so I grabbed Anja, still in her pajamas, and had her model her white hat that I love so much. Note the traces of oatmeal around her mouth. Klassy, we are!
Here’s my adult entry. We were getting ready to go out sledding the day after Christmas and digging through the bin full of scarves and hats, and I found this lovely from my childhood to put on Husband. He was less than thrilled but still let me snap his photo. What a guy, huh?
For more photo entries in this week’s contest, visit:
