I'm a blogging star!

Ya'll know Jenny right? Well, you might know her as The Bloggess but to me, she's just Jenny. Me and Jenny, we be mates. (name that movie reference)

I was snooping about and noticed that people were coming over from "Ask the Bloggess" site so I meandered over and checked out what she was up to these days and lo and behold! She had my name up in lights!

Umm, answering a question on her site is the same as having my name up in lights right? Yeah, I thought so too.

Head over there and take a gander at my question and what she said about it. I'm rather scared now actually.

http://askthebloggess.pnn.com/articles/show/43675-pulling-out-nipple-hair-could-kill-you

I told Da Man about my brush with superstardom. I don't think I've ever heard him groan so loudly.

I've found my perfect place!

Well, once I finish getting the hang of it that is. The Girl You Don't Bring Home to Momma posted her results of this little quiz on her blog. She would have been a cartographer. I know. Weird. Who'da thunk THAT was what she'd be! Anyway, she peaked my curiosity and I just had to see what my medieval profession would have been.

I was hoping it wasn't going to be the Village Idiot.

Here's my results, minus the lovely fonts and spacing that the actual page had because I haven't yet figured out how to bring that back over here. Just read already, it says I'd be a wordsmith, not a magician! Geez Louise.

What's Your Medieval Profession?
You Are a Playwright



You are a highly literate wordsmith. You love both reading and writing.
You are also a natural storyteller. You can turn a mediocre anecdote into a riveting tale.

You find people and all aspects of life fascinating. No topic is off limits for you.
In modern times, you would make a good filmmaker or novelist.

Soo, fast forward that into the 'communication' age and voila! You have a blogger!

Yay, no wonder that fingers fit this keyboard so well. No wonder that my brain just fizzes with ideas of things to do. No wonder my butt...never mind.

Now, I'm off to catch up on everyone else's minutia of their lives, gripes, joys, dramas and laughs in their own blogs!

Fare Thee Well all ye Lords and Ladies!

A New Family I Love More!

Why do we do this? Blogging, I mean.

Do we do it for the sheer joy of keeping family members updated on our children? Do we do it to make other people laugh out loud at some of our silly memories? Do we do it for the money? No. No. And Gawd, I wish that was the case.

We do it for the comments most of the time. In the hospital, I'm an adrenaline junkie. I love the rush of emergencies. In cyberspace, I'm a comment junkie.

Yes, I hear you all out there muttering..."But Shawn, you've only been blogging for a month for Pete's sake! What were you expecting? To be P-Dub in no time flat?"

Umm. Yeah, actually! I never said I had realistic expectations! Just ask my previous husbands! On second thought, don't ask them. They lie.

I just trying to put a little flame to the feet of those that KNOW me, you know, the family and friends that I originally started this for. The ones that I see peeking in on a regular basis. The ones that NEVER leave me comments. And 'But Shawn, I left one for you 3 weeks ago' doesn't count.

So my new family is Staci and Snooty. You two consistently read me AND comment and I love you for it! So make space on your mantle for my picture because I am nominating myself as part of your family and I'm adopting you are part of mine. The part that (for right now) I'm loving more than my own.

Ha! So there ya go fam damily! Whatcha think of that!

P.S. Have I mentioned that I never did get my wine from the other night..and I'm having to work an extra shift...and I'm not losing weight like I wanted...and I'm on the cranky side right now? I didn't? Did you already figure that part out?

Whaddya know! An award!

Thank you very much Staci at The Bliss Of It All for giving me the "Lemonade Award" for attitude/or gratitude. So I'm guessing that means smart alec attitude and gratitude that is just usually there and occasionally even forced! Umm..yeah...sure. That's it.

Here it is:
It is really cool...it's my first blog award and it's even kinda surreal to think that I even got one! Thanks again.

Here's the instructions I'm supposed to do now. 1. Put the logo on your blog or post. 2. Nominate at least 8 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude. Link to your nominees within your post. 4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog. 5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received the award.

Okay..so I nominate... Manic Mariah, Chronicles of a Country Girl, Noble Pig, The Rasssbo Life of a Rasssbo Wife (it's my sister, I have to! lol ), Organized Doodles. I'm going to have to work on 3 others and I promise to browse around and find 'em. I'm still new at this blogging thing and haven't surfed nearly enough yet.

In other news, I'm so dang proud of my daughter, Hippie Chick. She has really turned into a lovely young woman and is working hard at becoming an aesthetician/massage therapist. She just received a 97% on her written final and did so well on her clinical facial final that the lady she worked on signed up for 5 more facial (and paid for them) while requesting the Hippie Chick is that one that works on her. How cool is that?! She's already gathering a clientele while she's still a student!



She's got these awesome ideas for using visualization techniques during massage and has even come up with some of her own masks and facial creams using all natural ingredients. I'm telling ya, she's going to be someone to watch out for in the years to come. And she's beautiful inside and out on top of it all! Did I mention how proud I am of her? She's the one on the right..not sure who the friend is.


This one must have been some party she was headed off to. I stole these pictures from her facebook page! hehe

Playing with the layout...

Ya know, I'm really not a terribly good computer person. I play around with it just enought to generally mess something up to the point where it has to go in and get fixed. But now and then, I actually get something to work the way it is supposed to!

So how do ya'll like the new layout? I lost my virtual model and while I found her again, for some reason I couldn't get her to show up like she had been so I'll mess with that later on.

Anyway..I like the way it looks so I hope ya'll do also!

Have a great weekend and I'm wishing lots of good food on ya tomorrow!