Well, Along for the Ride has an awesome giveaway going on right now:

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap).

Check it out before the deadline on July 31, 2008!

The very thought of Aloha Friday sounds so relaxing, doesn’t it? So on that note, here is my question:

What is your favorite way to relax in the summer?

Leave a comment with your answer and then go check out Aloha Friday over on An Island Life by clicking on the banner.

Totally busted painting over her sister’s work in progress. At least Little Miss Princess thought to take her shirt of first.

My other Wordless Wednesday post. Check out my Wordfilled Wednesday and Works For Me Wednesday posts, too! I also have giveaways here and here.

If you’d like to play along or check out other Wordless Wednesday photos, visit 5 Minutes For Mom and Wordless Wednesday.

If you’d like to play along or check out other Wordless Wednesday photos, visit 5 Minutes For Mom and Wordless Wednesday.

Have you ever heard of Wordfilled Wednesday?

Today’s Question:

What book are you reading now? Fiction? Nonfiction?

I’m currently reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver (for review) and Clean House, Clean Planet by Karen Logan (for ideas). I also have some Christian Fiction to read soon.

Leave a comment with your answer and then go check out Aloha Friday over on An Island Life by clicking on the banner.

If you’d like to play along or check out other Wordless Wednesday photos, visit 5 Minutes For Mom and Wordless Wednesday.

This week’s theme is

♥ Direction ♥

My mind was totally blank on what to do for this week’s theme. I figured something would pop up on YouTube if I did a search. I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, I learned about a terrific feature of Google Maps. Check it out:

This will come in handy for the next trip I take. For more Heads Or Tails, click on the banner.

I’m still getting things set up, but I couldn’t wait any longer to unveil the new blog look and location. What do you think of the new digs?

We are partying ALL. WEEK. LONG. This is my first year participating and I’m having way too much fun. I have five blogs and I’ve managed to come up with a unique party post on each which means I am either creative, have waaaay too much time on my hands, or I’m procrastinating like crazy. Pick A, pick A.

My Meandering Mind really is all about my meandering mind and I never know where it’s going to take me any given day. That makes life exciting don’t you think? Ok, it’s downright scary. But not as scary as this flashback to the 80s:

Remember the big hair and scary makeup? And the clothes. Shudder. But I met my hubby in the 80’s and I have many fond memories. Bad memories go away. GO. AWAY.

Here’s a picture of hubby and me from that crazy decade. Weren’t we cute? Check out his braces. I fell head over heels for that boy from the first moment I saw him. Literally. I’ll tell you that story later.

Seriously, I strive for a sense of insanity humor with this blog. God has blessed me with the ability to laugh at myself. Apparently, He gave this gift to others because they frequently laugh at me, too.

Now I know you have other bloggy party posts to attend, so see that subscribe button right above my picture over there on the right? Just stick your email in there and then you can hear all about my FALLING in love and other meandering thoughts.

And if you want to party with me some more, check out my other blogs: a dash of sassitude, Enoikeo, Penning Prose, and Six Short of a Dozen all have unique party posts.

Please leave a fun comment before you leave. I’d love to visit your place.

The banner at the top of the page will take you to The Ultimate Blog Party. There are lots of people to get to know, blogs to check out and PRIZES to win.

My top three picks are:

♥ The Rocking Horse from A Rocking Horse to Love
♥ The webcam from Liz at This Full House
♥ A $50 gift certificate to Emily Rose

If those are already taken, I’d love the following (in order):
15, 37, 59, 55, 60, 39, 103, 87, 47, 11, 62, 34, 64, 7, 17, 46, 74, 100, 105, 104, 99, 3, 75, 28, 8, 90, 73, 70 - after that, anything is fine.

There are so many awesome things that it’s really hard to choose. You don’t even need a blog to participate. Now go have fun!

Aloha Friday always makes me think of hot, summer days on the beach. There isn’t a beach here, but it does get hot. I’m looking forward to warmer days spent at the pool. I spent some time pruning plants and weeding out the dead stuff from our flower beds out front today. It felt great getting it cleaned up and thinking about the gorgeous flowers I want to plant this year. Which leads me to…

Today’s question is