(For my non-blogging friends who are wondering what I am talking about- 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting the “Ultimate Blog Party” where all of us bloggers write a little post about ourselves and then sign Mr. Linky over at 5 Minutes for Mom inviting the other bloggers to stop by.)

So- where was I?  Telling all of my visitors a bit about myself- I am married to the love of my life, Rich.  I am step-mom to 15 year old Brooke (who will be 16 in April) and I am mommy to 17-month old Hailey. 

When Hailey was born I decided to leave my teaching job to stay home full time with her.  A little over a year ago I was playing around on the Internet one day and I thought, “Hmmmm, I think I’ll try starting a blog.”  I thought that maybe I would upload some pictures once or twice a month to share with family and friends so that they could see what we were up to.

And now?  Well, I have two blogs and I post several times a day on both of them.  I am truly addicted.  (And by the way, if you haven’t joined my Blogaholics Anonymous Blogroll do be sure to check that out and leave me a comment if you’d like to join.)

I think I’m a pretty typical mommy blogger.  For the most part my blog is all about me and my family and the stuff that happens here from day to day.  I write about the adventures of being a stay-at-home mommy to a toddler, I talk about the fun I have with my family, and I complain about trying to lose some pregnancy weight (can I still call it that, 17 months later?). 

I’ve also recently started hosting Meme Monday where we save up all of our memes and post them each Monday.  It’s a way to help everyone keep up with all of the memes we get tagged to do.  So, if you’d like to join in- stop by on Monday and sign Mr. Linky so that all of the participants can check out your memes.

I hope you’ll grab a cup of coffee and stick around for a while.  Make sure to leave a comment for me so that I can stop by and visit you too!

If you have a chance- stop by my other blog Our Happy Happenings.

PRIZES:  There are tons of great prizes being given away at the Ultimate Blog Party.  My favorite prizes are:

• #1- Black and White Rocking Horse
• #32- Living the Dream Mom T-shirt
• #85- Noah’s ABC Stacking blocks
• Any of the gift certificates or cash
• Anything toddler related- I have a 17 month old

…and yet I still feel led to post.  I did post on Our Happy Happenings, my very first Friday’s Feast, so feel free to stop over there to read an actual post.

Since it was so much fun to do my random post on Tuesday it’s going to be another all over the place post today. 

If you haven’t checked out 5 Minutes for Mom recently- be sure to stop by and check out the information about the upcoming Ultimate Blog Party.  It’s a great way to meet some new bloggy friends and to hopefully gain some new readers at your blog.   It is being held the week of March 7-14, so you still have time to decide if you want to participate and what you want to do if you do participate.

Next Friday, February 22, Pam is hosting another round of Random Recipes.  This time we are going to post our favorite breakfast recipe.  I don’t know about you- but I love breakfast.  I love it so much that quite often we have breakfast for dinner.  So, be sure to think up something good and post your recipe next Friday, then stop over at Pam’s to sign Mr. Linky so everyone can visit your blog and see your yummy recipe.

One of my favorite blogs, and one I read everyday, is BooMama.  Her posts are always excellent, but I just have to tell you that this week- her posts have really been touching me.  She is in Uganda right now with Compassion where a team of bloggers have been live blogging about what they have been seeing.  One post in particular, The Faces, left me with tears streaming down my face.  Some of the things I worry about and think are important just do not even matter.  I have never seen or even imagined the poverty that BooMama has been talking about.  It never even occurred to me that children could be so poor that they wouldn’t even know what their own faces looked like- because they have never even seen a mirror.  I have just been rethinking what truly matters and how fortunate we really are. 

Lastly, be sure to come back for Meme Monday.  Save up your memes and your awards, post them on Monday- then come here to sign Mr. Linky and visit the other participants.

Have a wonderful weekend and make sure you stop by to read some of BooMama’s posts from this week.  I guarantee that your heart will be touched.

It’s my very first post on my very own blog. 

Isn’t this exciting?  It’s a work in progress, so don’t expect a whole lot yet.  But, do check back because I plan to be posting here every day.

I’d appreciate it so much if you would add my new blog to your blogroll. Thank you very much!