a search for authenticity
Rarely do I let my reader(s) now how much you guy(s) mean to me and how wonderful you are.
So, here is a little tribute, just for you.
Two of my favorite women have started blogging. Announcing my beautiful sister, Fawntane. And, my friend Keila. Not only are both of these ladies amazing mothers, they are creative, authentic, funny and have similar tastes in wordpress themes! Enjoy!
Me!!
Thanks to everyone that participated in RVA2k7BA. Special thanks to the four or five of you that voted for me as Best Kept Secret….your efforts made me the Second Best Kept Secret in RVA for 2k7!!!
The nominations have been announced, now it’s time to VOTE!!!
Too many blogs:
I use Google Reader to keep up with the blogs I like. When I wasn’t working I added a lot of blogs and would read them throughout the day. But, now that I am gone from 8-5:30ish each day, I come home and am faced with 40+ unread blogs. It is a blog-overload, not to be confused with cuteoverload.
Shared-Meal:
For a few years now we’ve been wanting to have a weekly shared meal at our house, you know, a potluck (like the one at the Catrow House, but in Church Hill and with cats). The dinner would be once a week at our house. Ideally, everyone would bring some food/drink to share. Then we eat and visit with each other. If you think you’d like to come to some of the dinners, help us pick out a night of the week and we might start next week.
Fall:
I love the fall. After visiting my in-laws I was inspired to put up some fall decorations around our house. But, then I realized that meant I’d probably have to clean my house because people don’t really decorate dirty houses, right?
Last night:
Yesterday after work I stopped at a Starbucks to get coffee with a friend. Little did I know it was the world’s worst Starbucks. They were understaffed and it took 10 mins to get my drink that wasn’t made correctly. At least the conversation was good. Then we went to a friend’s house for homemade sushi and wine. I was so tired that I fell asleep in the car as Dan drove from the Fan to Church Hill.
Today:
I slept in. Dan is building a fence. The chore-list is too long. I should workout. I’m going to Petersburg to find vintage jewelry. We have 1 dinner, 1 party, and 1 game night to attend this evening, all in different parts of town.
This week I’ve received 3 phone calls for job interviews and kinda-sorta got another job offer. I haven’t done any job searching for almost a month. Why does it take people so long to start interviewing?
Anyway, tomorrow completes week number three of my new job. In three weeks I feel like I’ve learned a lot about this new field I’ve entered into. I’ve also realized that I have A LOT more to learn. I’ve picked up a couple of books about copywriting & advertising that I’m slowly reading. I also picked the brain of a fellow-blogette about quality copywriting blogs. I’m excited about the challenge to learn stuff in a new field.
I am still in love with my new job. I’ll admit that I miss the life of afternoon naps that I enjoyed over the summer, especially on days that I get up at 5am to go workout. (Yes, I am insane, but the thass has got to go.)
I’m getting into a rhythm with this new schedule and now the challenge is to have the energy for work and all the fun stuff I want to do, like, more blogging.
While at BlogHer I spotted “The Blogging Church” and mentioned it to Pastor Brent of the Well. Pastor Brent read the book in only a few days and then lent it to me. I’m only through the first couple of chapters, but I came across a couple of quotes that speak to heart of why I enjoy blogging.
“Blogging is about connecting communities through conversation.”
“Blogging is simply online hospitality - opening your door, inviting people inside, and sharing stories.”
For several months I’ve been struggling with my personal blog because I feel like I’ve lost the voice that was evolving here, but I’ve been excited to see a stronger community/connection develop. BlogHer inspired me to search again for that voice and become a creative hostess. I’m thrashing out ideas on how to make that happen as I realize how easily technology & social networking are mixing with my other interests.
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