March 18th, 2010

Sacramento Thursday: Sacramento Social Media Club

On Tuesday night, I attended my first Sacramento Social Media Club event, a panel about Food Blogging.  Um, yes, I realize that I’m not a food blogger.  Still, since I’m basically a full-on social media geek, and I’m also actively seeking new ways to connect with my community here in Sacramento when it comes to social media, I went.

The event was held at the Urban Hive, a cool space

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March 16th, 2010

There goes the fear again…

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably seen my tweets/Facebook posts about the fact that I found out on Monday that it’s likely I won’t have a job next year.  On Friday, when they announced pink slips, I assumed I’d be getting the one I got last year, known as a precautionary notice.  Instead, I was confronted by an actual notice, one that lets me know OFFICIALLY that “my

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March 15th, 2010

Off to a good start…

So, I am on Spring Break and let me just say that I’m setting this to auto-post because I am most definitely sleeping in to an hour that seems completely unreasonable to anyone with any sort of job, except I’m not going to apologize for it, because my alarm has most definitely been going off at 4:45 for like the past six weeks and I’ve been staying at work late

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March 12th, 2010

The good, the bad and the ugly…{part 3, I think!}

The Good:

It’s Friday.  And it’s Friday before spring break, meaning I am off until March 29.  This break is much needed, I assure you. Tomorrow, I’m headed to San Francisco to see some of my favorite blog friends, and to meet a few more of the ladies I adore online!  I can’t wait to meet them in person and hug them and drink mimosas.  Last night, I was SHOCKED

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March 10th, 2010

Food for thought…

So, I posted a story of an experience I had at the gas station on Tuesday morning.  For the sake of brevity, the story is this: I went in to get coffee, and on my way out, a man who I am presuming is homeless offered me some of his Red Bull, a piece of beef jerky and a cigarette.  The story was—I thought—light-hearted and a little bit silly.

Perhaps

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March 9th, 2010

Things that changed her life…{part 4}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

The past year and a half had crushed me.  In a span of twelve months, I watched as everything came crashing down: my marriage, my job, my financial stability, my newest relationship which absolutely blindsided me with it’s

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March 9th, 2010

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Hooray!  My giveaway was a success (at least I think so!) with 104 entries and I am so excited to announce my winners!  I hope y’all trust me enough when I swear on all that’s holy that I used Random.org…but didn’t take a screen shot of each one.  SORRY!  But, without further adieu, my winners!

First, the winner of goodies from Kerri of Your Wishcake is…JILL!  Jill, as

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March 8th, 2010

Giveaway reminder, and a happy Monday to you!

Good morning, friends!  How is your day going?

I wanted to pop in, say HELLO, and remind you that today is the absolute LAST day to enter my Blogoversary Giveaway…tonight, I’ll be picking names and winners will be posted bright and early tomorrow morning. 

Do you ever have those mornings when you think everything is completely under control only to have the world laugh in your face

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March 5th, 2010

BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY! WHEE!

HOORAY!  Thanks for all of the sweet words and congrats yesterday…it was heartwarming and so touching to hear such nice words from all of YOU, who have come to mean so much to me.  I wanted to find a way to properly thank you, for all of the love and support and emails and other sweetness you have bestowed on me this year.

One of the best

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March 4th, 2010

364

364 days ago, I was putting the finishing touches on my blog layout.  I was nervously composing my first post, and thinking about all the things I hoped that my blog might become.  I fantasized about things that seemed nearly impossible at the time, like getting 5 comments on a post, and maybe making a few friends.  I thought that it’d be fun to have an outlet

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