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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Theme Thursday, brought to you by US!

Welcome to the new co-hosted version of Theme Thursday!

Boy do I need a second to catch my breath here - I've been working on getting our house ready to sell for about 7 weeks now, and I agreed to co-host Theme Thursday, and then I get the page all ready to post TOMORROW!  [been thinking today was Wednesday right up until the minute I got the notification from Jenn at Something Clever 2.0 that TT was live, which came seconds before I got the G+ notification from Running Mama at Mom With Her Running Shoes On]

I kept wondering why everyone was posting a day early.

Yes, I've been slow this morning.  NEED.  MORE. COFFEE!

This week's theme is Evil.  And I think you can imagine that what immediately springs to mind as I hastily hammer out this post after running in from getting the 5yo on the bus:  Mornings are Evil.

Seriously, no matter what time of day I get up, it takes me at least an hour to *wake* up.  I blathered on in a morning rage about it not too long ago.  You can read it here if you want a good laugh, or totally agree with me.

[pause to get milk for a screaming 3yo]

Without further ado, I give you my first, half-assed, later than usual, co-hosted Theme Thursday link up!  (I promise to do better next time!)


Please read the rules, even if you've been here before. We've made some changes!

Got your post ready for this week’s link-up? Great! Here are the rules:
  • Follow your hostesses
  • Write about this week's theme.
  • Grab a Theme Thursday button (located at the bottom of the page) and display it on the home page of your blog, and/or in the post itself. Don’t know how? Please click here.
  • Fill out the link-up information at the bottom of this page:
    • Under “Link Title”, enter the title of your blog, not your post.
    • Under “URL”, enter the address for that specific post, not your home page.
  • Go out and post, pin and tweet (use hashtag #ThemeThursday) about it! Share yours, share others you like. We'll share as many as we can.
  • Please read at least two of the other entries. Please do not leave a cheesy comment just to prove you did. Nobody likes that.
  • We strongly suggest that you turn off the "Captcha" feature on your blog's comment form. It really doesn't prevent spam, but it does prevent real people from commenting.
  • Are you submitting your post late? That's cool, but click here for more on that.
IMPORTANT: If there is anything you don't understand about this, please click here for more information. 

Next week's theme is, "What's been driving you crazy lately?" Your kids?  Your husband?  Your boss?  That guy who always cuts you off in the Starbucks parking lot and you just WISH it were okay to sit on the hood of his car with those bedazzled jeans and scoot off when he comes back, gouging the paint job in the process and be all like, "I'm sorry, I thought this was my boyfriends car."? Get writing, and come back to this page next Thursday to link up!

If you’d like to suggest a future theme, please email Jenn at Jenn@SomethingClever2point0.com 

If you're looking for older Theme Thursday posts, you can find them on Pinterest.










Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Wordless Wednesday: Giving Back


Deviating slightly from "wordless" I am sharing with you a special image.  There is a 12 year old girl living near Boston who wanted to do something to help the victims of the marathon bombing.  She's an artist (a kindred spirit!) and has created a very cool piece of art to share.  For a minimum $15 donation she will custom make a piece of art for you and arrange to get it to you.  (I met her & her mom at a local restaurant for the hand off)
Here is her website:  http://www.gofundme.com/2n24b4

And here is the piece she made for me to give to a friend who was just diagnosed with breast cancer.




I may just borrow her technique (hair dryer on crayon to create that gorgeous dripping and splatter effect) and create one of my own!

I hope you enjoy, and I hope you donate to her cause!  100% of her proceeds are going to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.



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