Kitty Deschanel

It's time for the weekend! Even better, it's time to announce another great blogger who has blown away the Best in Show competition to claim the award as her own. My, my. Whoever could it be? The winner is giving us a little Christmas in June:  Okay, technically the winning blogger gave us this fun Library Pocket Advent Calendar at Christmastime and yours truly is just posting it in June. Who else here is ready for the holidays? The Princess A homeschooler, the blogger who won the award this week can teach you many things. Are you familiar with Chuseok ? It's one of the largest holidays in Korea! Congratulations, The Princess and the Tot ! I especially love that there are so many smart posts written by Princess herself. Readers, I hope you'll take a moment to share some bloggy love with this week's winner. Stop by tonight for another Not "Baaad" blog hop and another chance at the Best in Show award!

I got almost 7 hours of sleep last night! WOO HOO HOO! And I didn't even have to resort to sleeping on the floor. Despite catching up on my Zs, things are still making me laugh far too easily. How so? I wasn't planning to write a post right now, but this caught my eye while browsing Etsy and cracked me up. Being lamb-related, it seemed blogworthy. LOL!

I've slept about 6-8 hours total over the past 4 nights. I'm totally drained. How bad is it? Today at the dental office, I handed a mom her receipt, then quickly pulled it back and reprinted a new one. There was a wet line across her address. No, our ceiling is not leaking. Although I can't imagine doing this, I'm fairly certain I had drooled (DROOLED!) on her receipt while talking to her. Even worse, her teenage daughter witnessed it. Ugh, teenagers are so unforgiving of things like that. You'd think public slobbering would be enough to snap my brain out of its self-induced zombieland, but no. Checking out the next family, I scheduled the 6 month check-ups on Wednesday, December 8th, only to realize later I'd made them for June 8th. At least I'm catching these goofy errors. Geez, who knows how many corrections I'll find for this post after getting a decent nights sleep (tonight, I hope!). My coworkers hadn't quite grasped how impaired I was feel

I just heard of this site the other day and am LOVING it! You know how there's all those group deals sites, like Groupon and Living Social? Well, Heartsy is just like those, but for ETSY shops! Fun idea, right? Best of all, they're having a deal right now where you get a $5 Heartsy credit just for signing up. Click here for the $5 Heartsy deal! What else is awesome about Heartsy? Other sites give you only 1 or 2 deals a day (and only if you're lucky enough to live in a city where deals are offered). Heartsy offers deals from many Etsy sites each day. I've signed up for their emails and, although I hate to admit it, of all the deals offered today, this is the one I find most tempting: $12 for $29 Online Store Credit at ComfyCozyBoutique A baby shop?! you ask? Let's just say that there is no way I'm going to make it through the next 3 years of our "plan" baby-free. They're too stinkin' irresistible! I have babies on my brain pretty mu

Thank you to everyone who entered my Mushroom Kit giveaway ! The lucky winner of this unique prize is... Congratulations, Kendra! I've forwarded your email address to the nice folks at Back to the Roots , who should be contacting you shortly.  And if you didn't win, don't despair. I have another giveaway coming up very soon! It involves cheese. Mmmmm, cheese . Bwah ha hahahaha! Even all these months later, that still cracks me up.

Revlon Frost and Glow Alternate Title: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Grouch? AAARGH! You know those days when bad things simply pile up, one on top of the other?  I set our "away" message at work before the holiday weekend and realized this morning that I said we'd be back Monday instead of Tuesday, which is not the kind of mistake my boss tolerates well.  Also, I have a bug bite on a non-bug bite friendly area and it itches but can't be scratched without attracting crazy looks. I ironed. Me! Ironed! This is not an activity I ever, ever do. I needed a new black skirt and was super lucky to find a perfect, practically brand-new one at the thrift store. With so much free time on my hands, I decided to iron the skirt, despite having just a few teensie wrinkles. Remember, I do not iron, ever...and now my perfect skirt is ruined! I melted the fabric and now it has permanent iron marks, without me ever even wearing it. *Sigh* But worst of all... Darn you,

I'm going to make you smile. Remember how I told you the other day that it's a challenge to walk Pica , our Jack Russell terrier, due to her constant desire to race crazily down the street? This weekend, I captured a photo that sums Pica up. Keep in mind that this was taken in the "action" setting of my Canon Rebel T1i camera, which claims to capture 3.4 photos per second. Photographing a dog *inside* the house should be no problem at all, right? Hind legs flying, ears flopping fun This photo makes me smile. I suspect it will have that effect until the next time I'm left running frantically and screaming as Pica darts into traffic, leash dangling behind her. "Look mom! Look at me! Take my photo! Mooooom!" I love Jack Russell terriers. Am I as crazy as my dog?

Happy loooooong weekend, everyone! I had today off as well, so I expect to cram in maximum laziness before I return to work on Tuesday. If you're feelin' lazy like me (clearly, adding the 'g' at the end of the word is just too much effort) you'll appreciate how simple it is to link up (end of this post) and how easy peasy it is to vote for the winner of the Best in Show award (right sidebar). The fantabulous nominees are: Moore Minutes Pinch of This, That, & the Other Say It With Thread Fakin' It   MeiJo's JOY Lolly Jane Boutique La-Dee-Da Creations Pintucks and Ruffles The Princess and the Tot Cooking with K The $500 Wedding Readers, I sincerely hope I haven't crashed your computers from all the snazzy tabs you certainly just opened. And as for my impressive nominees, I hope you'll give yourself a pat on the back for your blogging awesomeness and take a button: Voting (right sidebar) will run through the end of the week. Now, fo

1. The Not "Baaad" Linky Party will be up and running tonight, along with the nominees for the latest Best in Show award! 2. Did you see my comment from the Albuquerque Library (!) on the latest Sexy Nerd Quote of the Day post? I hope I didn't freak them out too badly by saying that they're a bunch of scammers. And you can bet I loved their book recommendation! 3. My Mushroom Kit Giveaway ends Monday. Time is running out if you haven't entered yet. 4. Yesterday's silly post, Funny Father's Day Gift Wrap Tutorial , is featured below my BlogHer ads today. Woo hoo! 5. What are your long weekend plans? We're going to make cherry ice cream and drink soda (I almost never buy soda!) I'm hoping there will be plenty of walks with the doggies too (we almost never walk them! To be fair, Pica tries to bolt every time I walk her, which I'm told is a common trait of Jack Russells.) That's all I've come up with for this weekend, so I'm

If you've clicked onto this post in hope of elevating your already gorgeously wrapped packages to new, sparkly heights, I'd better warn you that this is an idea for people like me, with no gift wrapping skills whatsoever. The expensive paper, the darn tape that sticks where it doesn't belong. I just don't see the point! You can find an example of my mad anti-wrapping skills here: Thrifty Cloche Decorating . To my fellow anti-wrappers, I say that if you're going to embrace the anti-gift wrap lifestyle, you may as well go all out. My hatred of creating fancy packages has evolved over time into something downright fun. If you were Sexy Nerd, this is what you would wake to find on Christmas morning: Oooh! Fancy, right?  Ta da!  Why, yes, that is an old tag from an old gift dangling from that old ribbon. Whyever do you ask? And bubble wrap! Beautimous. I've made a joke out of my trouble wrapping gifts. In addition to all the scrappy-looking

I'm blogging over at Bl ogHer today, with a post featured in the BlogHer book club!  My review of A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz . And, yes, I'm aware that my reviewer photo is horrible and blurry. Methinks I'll need to correct that before my next review. If you've read A Jane Austen Education, I'd love to hear your opinion on it!

Before we get to linking up and revealing the results of the very close and exciting race for the Best in Show award, I have a little announcement. LambAround is up to 899 FOLLOWERS! Okay, who here isn't following LambAround yet? 900 sounds like such an amazing number...though I will, of course, begin hounding everyone to reach 1,000 immediately after. The joys of blogging! So, wondering who won? There were so many impressive bloggers to choose from last week. Inspiration & Realisation and Teddy Bear Princess were neck and neck most of the time, with one taking the lead only to be outdone again, and so forth. The blogger who ultimately won, a mere 3 votes ahead of the competition on Saturday night, is the one who posted this: A detailed, easy-to-follow tutorial on making your own Sailor's Belt and: Bows Everywhere ! Isn't this such a fun DIY shirt? Congratulations, Donatella at inspiration&realisation ! I have created an award for you. Now, let's link

There are many reasons to attend a blogging event like Camp Blogaway and many people would argue that the swag bag is not one of them. To these fuddy duddies, I give an enthusiastic "CHECK OUT MY SWAG!!"  Hey, I didn't wear pajamas 2 nights in a row for nothing. Let's begin with the Camp Blogaway swag successes: Spuddy Buddy! There was actually a trivia contest at camp where I could have won a life-sized Spuddy Buddy from the Idaho Potato Commission. I just don't know enough potato facts. Also, a 6 foot tall Spuddy Buddy sounds slightly creepy. I would have insisted on it sleeping in our bedroom just to mess with Sexy Nerd. The California Avocado Commission was also present. The insulated shopping bag, the high-quality avocado slicer, and, of course, the avocados - I loved everything about this! And the avocados led to a yummy new recipe, Avocado and Egg Salad . Whoever came up with this swag idea at Wilton was really thinking. It's everythi

1. Remember when I posted about listening to Anne of Green Gables while I drive? None of you warned me that Matthew Cuthbert was going to die. I appreciate you keeping that little spoiler to yourselves (which, I realize, I just blurted out) but he died when I was driving to work. My mascara was a mess! 2. I have a post scheduled for next week that will make you laugh your butt off. Sorry for the unpleasant image, but it will. 3. Tomorrow morning I'm posting a giveaway! Yep, a lot of fun things are coming up on LambAround. A recipe for cookie dough cupcakes (soooo insanely yummy!) and my BlogHer book club review for A Jane Austen Education are all right on the horizon. 4. Sexy Nerd has been away on a business trip all week (in LAS VEGAS, the lucky duck!) and should be home any minute now. Thank you for humoring me while I pass the time, my wonderful blog readers! Oh, I love you all so much! I know it's cheesy, but it's true. 5. The voting for the Best in Show aw