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Another NaBloPoMo Bites the Dust

So I blogged for thirty days straight.  Some of those days and posts were completely boring but at least I got  in the habit of putting fingertips to keyboard and getting some thoughts typed out.

There was many a night when blogging was the last thing I wanted to do.  I worked late and after an hour drive home the only thing I really wanted to do was veg out and watch shows on Netflix.  I pushed through, though.  I’m sure Thom’s tired of hearing “I have to post.”

I wasn’t sure I’d get to post tonight.  We had to make a last minute trip to Fort Smith and between driving to and from Conway three times and the drive across state, I spent hours in the car-five hundred miles total.  We just arrived home and I’m heading off to bed as soon as this is published.

Thanks for sticking with me and for your lovely comments.  I really do appreciate that you spend even just a moment of your day catching up with my silly posts.

Minted Holiday Cards & a Giveaway!

With the wedding looming in the near future I am anticipating a plethora of card writing:  save the dates, invites, thank you’s, and who knows what else.
Since the engagement has come so close to the holidays I thought it would be fun to announce it with the holiday cards we send out this year.  I’m so happy to be able to test out a new-to-me company for this years extra special holiday cards.
I’ve been introduced to Minted and the wheels are already turning on how I can spread some holiday cheer and our good news to all of our family and friends.
The number of holiday photo cards there is to choose from is almost mind boggling, but there is something for everyone.  The designs are crisp, modern, and lots of fun.
We didn’t get a good picture of the two of this year so I’m so happy to see a lovely assortment of non-photo cards to choose from and they’re just as fun as their photo counterparts.
Or, better yet and the option I think I’ll be going with:  Holiday Postcards.  They can be non-photo, trendy, totally customizable, and with cheaper postage I can even save some extra pennies for the nuptials!  Score.
And now for the extra, extra special and fun part!  You can try Minted, too.  I’m so excited to be giving away $50 toward your next {or first!} purchase at Minted.com.
Entering is easy:
1.  Required: Visit Minted Holiday Cards and leave a comment telling me your favorite design. 
      {Don’t worry…I’m not holding you to your initial fave if you win!}
  
For an extra entries:  
Like Desperately Seeking {Gina} on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you do. If  you already do, tell me.
Follow me on Twitter, and leave a comment with your Twitter handle.
This giveaway will end on December 4th and the winner will be notified by email.  Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen..  Thanks so much for reading and good luck!
**Disclosure**  This is a sponsored post and I will be receiving compensation of 50 complimentary cards.  As always opinions and expressions in this post are all mine. 

Gracefully

When I was younger I swore I wouldn’t be one of those  women;  the ones who dyed their graying hair every few weeks, or invested a lot of time and money into face and neck moisturizers, or even those who wore tight turtlenecks with their necklaces hanging down their sweatered chests.  I wouldn’t try to dress younger or use hip, cool language and flow with the latest, greatest fashion trends.  I’d grow old, gracefully.

This morning I looked in the mirror a good long time.  I studied my reflection; the face was the same with the addition of some adult-onset acne and a few lines around the mouth and eyes, but basically still looking young-ish.  My fingers found their way to my neck and a crease I hadn’t noticed before and as my fingers moved over the flesh, it wiggled.  It. Wiggled.  Or, maybe it jiggled -I’m not sure of the technical term, but. it. wasn’t. firm.  And I may have freaked out just a bit. Now, call me cynical…but that’s just not graceful.

So I’m thinking I’ll just wear more jewelry.  Like, lots of jewelry and maybe no one will know there’s wiggle under there.

Confessions of a Narcissistic Blogger

-I ate the cookies.
-I like naps and most days I take one as soon as I get home from work.
-Sometimes the dishes get left for the next day.
-I was at Best Buy this afternoon and I pulled up my blog on several display computers and on an iPad.  i do this a lot when at electronics stores.

-feeling blogger burn out, big time.
-wondering if there’s anything else to reveal?
-signing off.  Happy Monday, friends {although it feels like Thursday night for me-I worked all weekend and I have tomorrow off}

A List…

…of things I will do when NaBloPoMo is over:

 1.  not worry about coming up with something to blog about ten minutes before i’ve told Thom we’ll retire to watch a movie.
 2.  bake cookies.
 3.  try not to eat cookies.
 4.  sort the bag full of christmas crafty goodness i picked up from the flea market.
 5.  figure out what to do with jolly little santa heads.
 6.  journal more.
 7.  walk away from the cookies.
 8.  clean the craft room.
 9.  commence christmas crafting.
10. make more lists.  i like them.
11. make snow garlands out of cotton balls.
12. make more peppermint sugar syrup.
13. set the coffee timer for fresh brewed coffee for 5 am.