Blogger Love vol.9

I really should do these on a regular basis, but oh well, I don't, yet I'm still going to share the "blogger love".

In case you missed it.  THIS.  I shared it before.  If you read no other link but this one, please read this one.  From Kaity...  He Grabbed Me By The Pussy: My Sexual Assault Story

People are Diverse. Books Should Be Too.  With a title like that, how can Rose's post go wrong?  It doesn't.  It is wonderful.

From Alyssa's prompt "What You Hope Others Receive from You", Megan shared this lovely post.

Speaking of Alyssa, her "Back to Blogging" ended and she wraps it up with this post:  Well, That Was Fun - when you have some spare time, I highly suggest digging into her link-up and posts.  There's some great stuff there.

Jana gives you permission.  Mic drop.

This couldn't have come at a better time:  Tanya's Tired of all the Toxicity? I've Got the Cure: Cute Animal Pictures, Funny Memes, and More!

There have been a lot, and I mean A LOT of posts during and after this Presidential election, but this one gets a standing ovation from me:  Ericka's Dear Mr. Trump

From my personal archives, my feelings expressed in this post from 5 years ago are the same today about Thanksgiving. 

Have any blog love that you want to share with me?

Book Challenge by Erin 5.0 Wrap Up

I know.  I know.  You are sick of hearing me talk about book challenges so much...but the one that is nearest and dearest to me is the one that I host ~ Book Challenge by Erin (yes, I know, those creative juices were really flowing when I came up with that name.)

Most of the challenge's activity occurs on the facebook group.  Selfishly, it allows me to interact with book lovers from every era of my life ~ family, high school friends, college friends, co-workers, adult friends, blogger buddies, friends of friends and more!  It is an open group.  I try to be a stress-free, no-pressure host.  I encourage as much (or as little) participation as a reader wants to give. 

This challenge is a selfish task, if I'm being honest.  I probably get greater pleasure out of it than any of the challenge participants.  How did we do for the fifth challenge installment?  Take a look...

Book Challenge by Erin 5.0 is complete! For all who participated this challenge:

• The most books ever read for one of our challenges - 566! (compared to 497 in the previous challenge)
• The most to finish all 10 books - 30!
• The readers that finished BOTH rounds (20 books total) - 5 (including me!; the first time I ever did this)
• To be honest, I was pretty awful with keeping up with who lives where this time, so I'll just report from last challenge we had 22 US states represented & 6 countries.

I appreciate each and every one that gives to this group. I read every book list, review, comment, and I am grateful for all of the support and encouragement shown for the love of books!  It is a happy place for me.

Winners!  I gave *small* prizes to four participants: the first person to finish BOTH rounds; the first person to finish the first round, the second person to finish the first round, and a "wild card" draw between all the ones who finished the challenge.  We had one of our blogger buddies to win a prize - congrats to Megan from can I decide another day?  What does a book lover need who bought a new house this year?  A classic Christmas book turned into a Christmas ornament!  I got her a 'Twas the Night Before Christmas ornament to be put on her very first tree in her new home.

 
Let me brag a little about more of our blogger friends...the following completed the challenge by reading 10 (or more) books:

Ashley at The Wandering Weekenders

Sanch at Living My Imperfect Life

Megan at Can I Decide Another Day?

Heather at Heather's Hurrah

Karen at Run Wright

Kaity at (Bee)autiful Blessings

Emma at Ever Emma

Tanya at A Mindful Migration

Bev at Confuzzledom

Jenn at Optimization, Actually

Ericka at A Quiet Girl's Musings of a World that Talks Too Much

Jamie at Whatever I Think Of!


Honorable mentions...because I know both of these lovely ladies did the best in a book challenge ever after participating in several...and for me, it's not all about finishing; it's about reading books!; and if this little challenge of mine can encourage that, then I'm thrilled.

Well done to:  Jenn at Quirky Pickings and Audrey at Life as Louise


Thinking about joining us for the next challenge??  Join the facebook group.  If you have any facebook friends that you think would enjoy the challenge, recommend them to join the group.  Some of the most enthusiastic readers in the group are friends of friends...and I love that!  Again, this challenge is open to more than just bloggers.  We have a lot of non-blogger participants.  If you know anyone who may want to dabble into the world of book challenges, share this page with them:  Book Challenge by Erin.

Or don't.  Some bloggers don't do facebook, and I'm cool with that too.  Of course, I announce stuff here on my blog too.

DECEMBER 1st - category announcement for Book Challenge by Erin 6.0

JANUARY 1st - APRIL 30th - BOOK CHALLENGE by ERIN 6.0 - tell your friends! Invite them to the group.  The more book lovers, the better!

Hooray for books!!!!!!!!!!!

Please Read Stuff and Things vol.6...

...because I didn't have the time to put together a post...and that doesn't matter because anything I have to say at the moment isn't as important as what Kaity shared:

He Grabbed Me By My Pussy: My Sexual Assault Story

or what her sister shared:

It was NEVER my Fault: Kelly's Sexual Assault Story

or what her friend shared:

This Stops with Us: A's Sexual Assault Story

I believe in knowledge.

I believe in support.

I believe in encouragement.

I believe in cleansing.

I believe in the strength of these women.

I believe awareness is a tool to battle sexual assault.

Linking with Kristin:

Blogger Love vol.8: Lessons Shared from Bloggers

Sometimes Often, I learn lessons from other bloggers.  It's one of the reasons that I enjoy blogging...I learn so much from so many of you.  Here's a sample of lessons learned from blogger buddies' recent posts:

As I told Alyssa after reading her post, you never know when and why you are put in the path of someone else's life who needs you.  This post of hers was a great reminder of that:  A Dime a Dozen.  It is also a reminder that we can learn lessons from one another when we may not expect it.

It comes as no surprise (to me) that when Jana has something to say, I fully support it, like this: Something to Believe In , and this one that made me cry:  Exposing Depression's Lies.  Both of these posts are chockfull of lessons.

There is so much honesty (and several laughs) in Jenn's post about Stupid Reasons I've Unfollowed.  What lesson did I learn?  I learned things to avoid getting cut from Jenn's regular reads.  haha!

Another Jenn, another great post, but for different reasons: if you don't stand for something.  She shares the lesson that you don't have to agree with someone to respect someone's point of view.

I enjoyed Ericka's personal experiences and insight when sharing her Thoughts on Quitting.  She also shares lessons learned from her childhood and parents, and I'm guessing many of us can relate in our own personal way.

Nadine is preggers with her first baby, and it's a girl!  This post that she shares is so lovely:  Things I Want for My Daughter.  The lessons that she wants to share with her infant daughter are thought-provoking lessons for all of us.

Steph's lesson that she preaches in  Any Book Worth Banning is a Book Worth Reading is a banner that I want to wave too.

Audrey shares some thoughts and lessons about giving a happy home to canine fur babies in her post The Origin of Dogs.  As a mama to 2 mixed breed fur babies and 3 kitties from the Animal Welfare League, her post spoke to my heart: 

Linking up with Mattie and Lexi for "Weekly Lessons".

Blogger Love vol.7

Let me make a confession before we get started: I've been terrible about keeping track of blog posts that I wanted to share since my last "Blogger Love" post.  There have been some great posts out there that I'm leaving off and forgetting because I dropped the ball this go 'round.  But, that doesn't diminish how much I enjoyed the following posts, so I want to share them with you, in cased you missed any of them:

Karen shared her thoughts about an article that xojane originally published (then removed), and I couldn't agree more with what Karen has to say:  A terrible person wrote something stupid and the backlash was glorious

This one had me giggling and nodding in agreement when Life as Louise discussed trying to be nice.

Rachel at A Nesting Nomad ended a successful travel link-up with this post: The Best of Travel Tuesday.  It has SO many fantastic travel posts and links that if you want to explore the world through bloggers' eyes, you can't look past this one.

Ashley gave some practical, common sense advice that she's learned from six years of marriage.  You may have heard these relationship tidbits before, but this post is a good reminder for any of you in a relationship:  Five Things I've Learned from Six Years of Marriage

Most of you that come share some time with me in my little space already know Steph at Life According to Steph, but just in case you missed this, you need to read this post:  A is for Agreement...and Aniston.

Digging into my archives, I'm sharing some "blogger love" with myself because this post of mine addresses some issues that Steph and Jennifer (you know, Aniston, yea, we're on a first name basis)talk about too. 

Are any of these posts new to you?  What did you think?

Blogger Love for Book Challengers

What is it?:  Book Challenge by Erin 5.0

Where is it?:  On this facebook page

When is it?:  July 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016 - still time to join us!

Why?:  Books!  That's why.  Plus, the facebook page is an interactive group of fellow book lovers and readers from all over the world.  Currently, we have participants living in Australia, Canada, Guam, England, India, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany, and the USA (20+ states represented)...that I know of. 

Who is it?:  Me!  I try to be as stress-free, supportive, and encouraging as possible.  For me, this is a super fun activity to read books and converse with fellow reading enthusiasts.  Plus...these fantastic bloggers...and more facebook friends who joined the reading party!

Andrea at Andrea's Adventures

Ashley at The Wandering Weekenders

Audrey Louise at Life as Louise

Bevchen at Confuzzledom

Brie at A Slice of Brie

Cat at KittyKittyLaLa

Christina at Easily Entertained (although she's taking a blog hiatus)

Dani at Faster Than Forever

Deb at Pen In Her Hand

Ericka at A Quiet Girl's Musings of a World That Talks Too Much

Gwen at Confessions of a Gila Monster

Heather at Heather's Hurrah

Heather at I Do What I Want (another on a blog hiatus)

Jamie at Whatever I Think Of

Jen at It's My Life...

Jenn at Optimization Actually

Jenn at Quirky Pickings

Jordan at Loca for Language

Kaity at (Bee)autiful Blessings

Karen at Run Wright

Kelli at Kellibeans

Kristen at Divulge and Indulge

Kristen at See You in a Porridge

Kristin at Stuff, Things, etc.

Megan at Can I Decide Another Day?

Michelle at Michelle Lately

Priyanka at Cookie Crumbs Inc.

Sabrina at By Breenah

Sanch at Living My Imperfect Life

Tanya at A Mindful Migration

So far, FIVE HUNDRED and FORTY books have been selected for this 5.0 challenge! 

Blogger Love vol.6

It's been a while, and I am usually much better at collecting blog posts that I want to share.  But, not this time.  Typically, I have a "blogger love" post in draft at all times.  Most often, I'll read a fantastic blog post, and if I'm still thinking about it for days, I'll add a link to that drafted post.  I fumbled big time.  Need to be better because I like sharing the love! 

But, here are a few well-deserved, worthy posts that I think you should read (if you haven't already):

Tanya talks about Living a Wholehearted Life and Embracing My Awesomeness

Kati shares Mourning Minnesota's Prince

Kerri shares advice that is real and doable for her "H.(healthy)E.(eating)T.(train)" series: Getting Back on the Wagon

I'm pretty sure Mattie was featured my last Blogger Love, but dang, I couldn't pass up sharing this post about Playing the Woman Card.

Unfortunately, the focus on law enforcement doesn't always show the sacrifice and commitment that the good, decent people who choose a job most of us don't want to do, and a job that puts their lives in danger on a daily basis.  Sadly, Kimmi has lost someone dear to her that was just that...a good cop, and a loving husband and father.  Let's all say a prayer and send positivity to her family. 

Something new to my "blogger love" posts:  I'm going to share a post of mine that didn't get much attention, and I think it is worth sharing again...(I had a couple years of blogging that didn't have many readers; not that I have a "ton" of readers now, but I'm happy now with my faithful blogger buddies.)  This one is about my Battle with My Body.

Any posts that you've read lately that you think I should read?

Book Challenge 4.0 Wrap Up

If you've been around these parts much, you probably know that I host Book Challenge by Erin through a facebook group.  There are a lot of book challenge opportunities out there (and I participate in quite a few).  The facebook group allows me to interact with book lovers from every era of my life ~ family, high school friends, college friends, co-workers, adult friends, blogger buddies, friends of friends and more!  It is an open group.  I am a stress-free, no-pressure host.  I encourage as much (or as little) participation as a reader wants to give. 

This challenge is a selfish task, if I'm being honest.  I probably get greater pleasure out of it than any of the challenge participants.  How did we do for the fourth challenge installment?  Take a look...

Book Challenge by Erin 4.0 is complete! For all who participated this challenge:

• The most books ever read for one of our challenges - 497
• The most to finish all 10 books - 28
• The most to finish BOTH rounds (20 books total) - 5
• The most to read BONUS round books - 15
• 22 US states represented & 6 countries (although, this was the most difficult to keep track because I don't know where everyone lives!)

I appreciate each and every one that gives to this group. I read every book list, review, comment, and I am grateful for all of the support and encouragement shown for the love of books!  It is a happy place for me.

Winners!  I give *small* prizes to three participants: the first person to finish BOTH rounds; the first person to finish the first round, and the second person to finish the first round.  We had one of our blogger buddies to win a prize - congrats to Christina from Easily Entertained.

Also, I have to brag about a group I'm calling "The 400 Club".  These are the folks that completed BOTH the first round & bonus round...reading 20 challenge books in 4 months and accumulating 400+ points.  We had a total of 5 of these "elite" readers, and another one of our blogger buddies was in this group - congrats to Ericka from A Quiet Girl's Musings...

Let me brag a little about more of our blogger friends...the following completed the challenge by reading 10 (or more) books:

Ashley at The Wandering Weekenders

Cat at Kitty Kitty La La

Kelli at Kellibeans

Sanch at Living My Imperfect Life

Megan at Can I Decide Another Day? (she also invited 2 folks to the group that did exceptionally well)

Kerry at Till Then, Smile Often

Kristen at Divulge and Indulge

Heather at Heather's Hurrah

Karen at Run Wright


Other blogger buddy participants (some did better than others...ha!):

Kimmi at Chaos & Cocoa

Jana at Jana Says

Kristen at See You in a Porridge

Louise at Life as Louise

Heather at I Do What I Want

Brita at Bella Brita

Kristin at Stuff, Things, etc.

 Alyssa at Alyssa Goes Bang

Gwen at Confessions of a Gila Monster

Jenn at Quirky Pickings

Kaity at (Bee)autiful Blessings

Thinking about joining us for the next challenge??  Join the facebook group.  If you have any facebook friends that you think would enjoy the challenge, recommend them to join the group.  Some of the most enthusiastic readers in the group are friends of friends...and I love that!

Or don't.  Some bloggers don't do facebook, and I'm cool with that too.  Of course, I announce stuff here on my blog too.

JUNE 1st - category announcement for Book Challenge by Erin 5.0

JULY 1st - OCT 31st - BOOK CHALLENGE by ERIN 5.0 - tell your friends! Invite them to the group.  The more book lovers, the better!

Hooray for books!!!!!!!!!!!

Blogger Love vol.5

Let's kick this week off with a little "blogger love", shall we?  We shall.

From Jo - Ten books every feisty female should read - I love the word "feisty"; I love the title of the blog post; and I love that the post lists books I've never read.

Isabel posted: The hardest thing about living abroad: being present.  I know the feelings that she is sharing all too well.

Lindsay talks about Introspection, and I could really relate.  That very same day, I'd seen a meme that fit perfectly with her post, so I shared it.

Mattie shared The post I never wanted to write about the sudden loss of her (step)dad.  It was so heartfelt, a beautiful tribute, and a reminder to appreciate our loved ones even just a little bit more.

If you've been around these parts, you know that I love me some Jana and when she opened up (even more) On depression and infertility, I applauded her voice, her honesty, and her vulnerability.

This post by Ramblin' Rose had me giggling: If I was a real blogger.  It reminded me of sentiments shared in my own post: Confessions of a lame blogger.

Kristen posted (her) favorite angry songs: music for every pissed off occasion.  I don't even know all the songs, but you bet your angry self I'm going to listen to them.  I'm a big supporter of angry music when the times call for it.

Have you read any blogs lately that resonated with you that you want to share with me?

Blogger Love vol.4

It's been awhile since I've spread some love, so let's do it, shall we?

Sanch has me anxiously awaiting a time I can join her...after all, I've been meaning to start yoga again: On cats, cat yoga and cat ladies

Ericka said what I wanted to say, but she said it better:  A Letter to Cheryl Tiegs

I'm ashamed to admit this because I try to make a better effort about these things, but I have no recollection of how I stumbled upon this post by Maria Helena, but I love it (and will probably steal the idea):  My Life Story in 6 Songs

My friend, Jenn, (she's a friend in real life that I've known for 20+ years) has a way with words.  Example:  coincidence...and the six ounces or so
She's also looking for guest bloggers this month, and I know she'd greatly appreciate you for volunteer. 

An series featuring Sydney expats hosted by Cristin:  What do people at home think about Australia?

Rebecca shared some very valuable reminders that I've seen before, but it was really well-timed for me to see again: Life lessons

Linking up with Kristen and Joey:

Bloggers Love Book Challenges - Blogger Love vol.3

 I host a book challenge that I've invited you all to join in this post.  The challenge is mostly organized through a facebook group, but...as we know...there's a lot of bloggers in blogger land that love a good book challenge.  I thought I'd give them a shout out, spread a little blogger love, and link you to their posts about their challenge participation.  If you like books and/or you like blogs, check 'em out!

BLOG ROLL with Book Challenge by Erin 4.0 posts:

Ashley at The Wandering Weekenders

Cat at Kitty Kitty La La

Sanch at Living My Imperfect Life

Ferne at Ferne Merrylees

Megan at Can I Decide Another Day?

Ericka at A Quiet Girl's Musings of a World that Talks Too Much

Kimmi at Chaos & Cocoa

Jana at Jana Says

Christina at Easily Entertained

Kristen at See You in a Porridge

Kerry at Till Then, Smile Often

Louise at Life as Louise

Heather at I Do What I Want

Kristen at Divulge and Indulge

Lynn at Smoke & Mirrors

Brita at Bella Brita

Kristin at Stuff, Things, etc.

Heather at Heather's Hurrah

Karen at Run Wright

Other bloggers that I'm happy to have join us:  Alyssa, Kelli, Jenn, Kaity, Gwen,  Karen... I think there might be more, but I don't have a link for them.  If that's the case, let me know!

BOOK CHALLENGE BY ERIN 4.0 has officially started!

More fun facts about Book Challenge by Erin 4.0:

• I know of 8 different countries represented (USA, Australia, Scotland, England, Romania, Guam, Canada, China)
• 22 different US states (CA, CO, DE, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, RI, SC, TX, WA, WV, UT) updated
•  If I've forgotten anyone, correct me...because I do think there are a few more that I've left off.

I'd LOVE to get all 50 states represented (someday)...and even more countries. But I think this is a fantastic result for a group that's been active since mid 2014. Thanks to those that have spread the word and love of books...and continue to invite others. Hooray for books!

• As of December 22nd, two challenge participants already read one book and reviewed it.  The reading of books isn't supposed to start until the 1st of January.  I love the enthusiasm!  (yes, they have to choose a new book for that category.)

PRIZES!:  In the past, I've always invited the first three finishers of the challenge (excluding bonus round) to choose a category for the next challenge. That offer still stands. This time I'm offering more ...prizes!

• 1st finisher (excluding bonus round) - small prize
• 2nd finisher (excluding bonus round) - small prize
• 1st finisher of BOTH rounds of books - grand prize!

If the grand prize winner is the 1st or 2nd finisher of the initial round, she'll just win the title of Grand Prize. The other two prizes will go to the next finishers in line.

Also, to claim a prize, all book selections MUST be over 200 pages. There are a few selected that are less, and I'm not too fussed about it. But, if you want a prize, I think it's fair to hold to the rules.

Most of all, this challenge is to encourage the love and reading of books through a supportive, encouraging, no-pressure group. But, hey, some fun prizes for those that have a competitive spirit can't hurt, right?

My preliminary book selections have already had a couple of changes (as you do).  Here is the updated version:
5pts - Read a book, any book that is at least 200 pages long. - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
10pts - Read a book that begins with the letter "D". - Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol
10pts - Read a book with a four word title. - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
15pts - Read a book with one of the following words in the title: "Mother(s), Father(s), Son(s), Daughter(s), Child(ren). - Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
20pts - Read a book by amazon's top 100 authors from an author that you've never read before - The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad (never even heard of him, but he's #47 as I type this)
20pts - Read a book set in Asia. - The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
25pts - Read a book with a season in the title ("Summer", "Spring", "Winter", "Autumn", I'll even allow "Fall") - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
30pts - Read a book that will make you laugh from the attached list: - Kill Your Friends by John Niven
30pts - Read a book that is a friend or family member's favorite (or favorite book from another participant of this challenge)  - Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall (my college roommate and favorite friend, Katy, lists this as one of her faves)
35pts - Read a book published the year you were born. - Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Although, a few more may change because 3 of them aren't available at any of the libraries I frequent.  I'm hitting my favourite second hand bookstores to see if I can find them.

Whew!  That was a long post.  If you're still with me, you rock!  Now...come rock this challenge with me!

Blogger Love vol.2

In this here land of the blogosphere, one of the things that I enjoy most is the support and encouragement many bloggers give others.  From time to time, I see a post or link-up that is spreading blogger love.  I decided to jump on that wagon with Megan's link-up.

For some reason, I think most of you who actually read my little corner of the web, read these blogs too.  (I stalk see your comments on their posts.)  But, these were some posts that I particularly enjoyed the past few weeks:

Alyssa shared Ten Things I Know Right Now.  We are unique individuals having different experiences in our lives, yet we relate to each other through our thoughts, emotions, and lessons-learned.  Alyssa packs that into this post beautifully.

Through a couple of blogs I regularly read, I stumbled upon this cute link-up hosted by Elle: The Story Behind The Pic.  She says that she will be hosting it monthly, and I will definitely participate next time.  I thought the stories I read from the link-up were a lot of fun.

I thought Steph's post honoring her fifth anniversary Five for Friday: Years of Marriage was truthful, fun, insightful, encouraging, and yes, full of love.  C'mon.  Y'all know that Steph and MFD are one of our favorite couples in bloggerland.

Booklovers and goodreads fans, you must read this post by Cait about How (She) Will Improve GoodReads When (She) Rules the World.  I sure hope Cait gets to rule the world because some of these changes are exactly what we need.

Laura's post about Online Me vs. Real Life Me had me laughing.  I could relate to every single photographic example that she posted.

Wanna laugh some more?  Read Danielle's FB Status Updates That Make Me Eyeroll . She nailed it.

Sharing the blogger love and linking up with Lindsay and Krysten for another Ten Things That Made Me Happy This Week:

1. Surprising one friend with another friend's visit
2. Rekordling pomegranate cider
3. Pulled pork sandwich with pineapple chutney
4. Sweet, personal messages from girlfriends that I needed to hear
5. Hard Rock Cafe with a friend I hadn't seen in three and a half years
6. Blogger shout outs
7. Talking to my mom & George
8. A hot bath with a book and a nice candle
9. Book Challenge by Erin has rolled into our final month for this challenge
10. Wearing a sundress with cowboy boots - makes me feel like a true Texan - hey, wait, I am a true Texan!

Want to spread blogger love, positivity, and happiness?  Join one, or both, of these link-ups!

Blogger Love vol. 1

In this here land of the blogosphere, one of the things that I enjoy most is the support and encouragement many bloggers give others.  From time to time, I see a post or link-up that is spreading blogger love.  I decided to jump on that wagon with Megan's link-up.

I took this picture with an iphone.  How good is that?

Kristen and I share a love of books and an overabundance use of gifs.  That's why when I read this post: Why books should be one of the 7 deadly sins, my comment to her was "Perfect post. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. I have nothing to add because it is perfect."

Cristin and I have something in common, we're both Americans living in Sydney, Australia.  She's been here for 5ish years, and I've been here for close to seven.  This post about being an expat in unfamiliar territory was great.  It's not all glamour and frolicking and excitement.  Sometimes, it is crying and frustration in the supermarket.  The Post I Wish I'd Written Five Years Ago  Also, she has a series about being an expat living in Sydney, and she shared her 3rd post of that series (Your First Day in Sydney) this week.  I contributed to the first two in the series, not this one, but it's a fun series nonetheless.

Nonetheless.  I never know if I use that word correctly.  Oh well.

Kat shared 5 Ways I Boost My Self-Confidence, simple reminders of things we can do to give ourselves a little surge of self-love.

If you don't know Lindsay, you should.  She's Awesome! (Yes, with a capital "A")  She posts and has started a link-up every Friday called 10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week.  I tell her repeatedly that her little reminders of happiness is such a positive message.  This week, I'm spreading blogger love.  Next week, I'm going to join Lindsay's link-up.  Care to join me?

I mention Jana quite a bit around here because we kinda share a brain sometimes, like when she wrote this post: To the gentlemen who wrote that UD banner (except I was concerned with her use of "gentlemen", but she explains that.) 

Any blogger love that you want to share with me?