Saturday Blog Challenge Recap

Some how this morning I managed to find the time to glance at all the blogs taking on the 30 Day Blog Challenge.  Here's a little summary of some fun things I found:

Toddler Awesome - Emma has a few things going on. First of all she designs blogs over at IndieChick Designs.  This is good to know, because trying to design my own blog is like trying to suck mash potatoes through a straw. She also hosts a Friendly Friday Follow, which seems to be a huge hit because there are over 300 people following along.  That's a lot more impressive than my 30 Blog Challenge followers, and I thought we were doing pretty well. So if you're looking for new blogs to stumble upon, or would like more people to stumble upon your blog, check it out.

Mtendere Means Peace - My  favorite thing about Mtendere's blog is the "Things I don't want to Forget" posts.  What a fantastic idea.  If you're like me, you're not very good at keeping the baby book updated.  This is a great way to keep your memories in one spot! 

Random Acts of Brackett -  Maybe it's because I have a daughter now, I just can't get enough of the adorable things little girls say and do.  This blog has plenty of girliness.  3 girls in this family, plus the mom is a 7th grade teacher.  She deserves a big fat gold star! Another thing I noticed in this blog is the Love Actually button over on the side.  CLICK IT!  It's good stuff.

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Fatherhood Friday

Nothing makes me happier than to see them bond.

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Thankful Thursday turned into Freakout Friday

I was going to post a "Thankful Thursday" blog entry yesterday and had everything laid out in my head how it was going to go.  Then I realized my laptop was running really slow and decided it was probably best to start backing up documents before something terrible happened. 

While backing up my pictures, I LOST MY LILLIAN PHOTO ALBUM.  The entire album.  All 10+ months of photos of her entire life. 

{insert freak out}

After a little discussion with some e-friends about how I was going to possibly castrate my husband for telling me I could just "Drag and drop" the documents (which caused them to disappear) they taught me how to do a system restore.  And now all is right in the world of photo documentation.

Thank God for e-friends.

We'll be backing up the computer the CORRECT way tonight and hopefully I can find a decent laptop that isn't going to cost an arm and a leg to replace this laptop.  Right now I'm using an HP that was purchased my freshman year of college.  It's been used and abused and it's time for a new one.

Anyone have recommendations?  No Macs please.

PS. The button for the 30 Day Blog Challenge has been fixed, and will now link back to the 30 Day Blog Challenge post.  If you have a button on your sidebar, please replace it with the one that links back to the post so more people can join the challenge!  It's been a blast reading all of the blog posts, and I hope you're checking out the other blogs taking part in the challenge!





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Wordless Wednesday

 

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Birthday Party Planning Extravaganza

Ok, so the title might be a little dramatic, but I've been having a blast planning Lillian's first birthday party.  This girl LOVES fish.  All things that swim, really.  I decided to have a gold fish themed party because we're getting her goldfish for her birthday, and it helps narrow down the decorations rather than have an explosion of random fish every where! 

So the idea is simple.  Blue and orange.  Well, powder blue and tangerine if we're being honest. We're going to have blue table cloths with orange plates and napkins, blue streamers imitating wavy water along the beams of the shelter we're renting (next to the tot playground) and blue round balloons surrounding orange goldfish shaped balloons.

I might have even bought a bubble machine today...

We'll have fish-bowl-like-jello

(Thank you Martha Stewart for your always fabulous creative and tasty ideas)

.....fruit, veggies, and yogurt parfaits (instead of cake and ice cream) and a variety of Gold Fish Crackers, of course.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do for the main course.  I was thinking maybe fish shaped turkey sandwiches, but we might go easy and make some DIY sandwich trays.

I was planning on making all of the invitations by hand, until an e-friend offered her cricut services!  That will save so much time since all of the pieces will be pre-cut and I'll just have to place them all together and print out the wording on the invitations.  I'm thinking they will say something along the lines of "You are O-Fish-ially invited to Lillian's 1st Birthday Party!"

They'll look something similar to orange one below.

Don't forget to sign up for the 30 Day Blog Challenge! 

 

 

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