I'm moving!

I'm moving out!  

 

No, not literally, figuratively.  I have outgrown my "blog house" here at Blogger.  Nothing against it - I've really enjoyed my little starter home - but now that my circle of friends is getting bigger, I need a bigger place for entertaining them.

 

So, I'm moving to Word Press.  

 

Part of what precipitated the move is the writing contest I entered, but another part is the ease of use and how good looking their themes are.  What can I say, I like pretty homes with big, inviting front porches.

 

I'm still moving and unpacking boxes over at my new place, but visitors are always welcome.  Please feel free to come by and sit on the porch.  I'll have rockers and some sweet iced tea for you.  

 

Just don't mind the mess. 

 

http://butterfliesinmyhand.wordpress.com/

  

 

Pardon the interruption

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog program of my son's Birth Story to bring you an AWARD!  I got a blog award!  How cool is that??

Rosie, from Tellingmom.com gave me this:

 

The rules are that the recipient is to list 6 things that make him/her happy before subsequently passing forward the glee to others.

 

6 Things That Make Me Happy

 

1) laughing with my husband.

 

2) watching my kids explore their imagination - as long as it isn't destructive.

 

3) driving through the mountains on a beautiful, sunny day.

 

4) curling up with a really good book.

 

5) poolside cocktail service. (haven't had that since our honeymoon!  Vegas, baby.  Vegas.)

 

6) lounging on the boat.

 

Now, to give this to 6 other bloggers.  Hmmm.... that's tough.  I have about 35-40 blogs in my reader...  OK, someone else needs to give me an award, just so I can give more awards out....

 

Ok, first would be Tara @ Sticky Fingers.

 

Then there is Kate @ Live Out of the Box

 

Next would be Bridge @ Becoming Bridge

 

Fourth is Daisy @ Namas Daisy and Sean @ Writer Dad.  They come as a perfectly matched set.  (Yes, I am cheating a bit on this one).

 

Then comes Dave @ Blogger Dad

 

And last but not certainly not least,  Matthew @ Matthew Dryden

  

 

(Now I just need to figure out how to put this in my sidebar.  There's no way I'm letting my first blog award go away in the archives.)

A neat idea...

I was twittering around and got wind of this idea to give under-appreciated blogs more readers.  I think it's a great idea so I'm linking Chuck Westbrook's blog to mine.  You can read his idea for yourself here.  I don't really know that a bunch of readers will be interested in my everyday life - I'm no Dooce or Pioneer Woman - but I like the idea of finding other blogs to read.

 

Spread the love, baby....