What Stage Are You In?

Recently I was contacted by the founder of Stage of Life, a cool web site that has sections on every stage of adult life from high school to retirement. Eric recruits bloggers to write posts for the sections that are relevant to that writer's life--for me, of course, that would be "Home Ownership" and "Raising a Family." Members can read and comment on posts and also ask and answer questions separate from the featured posts. It's so cool to be a resource to other people who would like input on making decisions!

I wrote my first post on "Post-Partum Depression Can Be Sneaky." I'd be honored if you'd check it out. If you want to comment, it's free to join and I have not received any spam since joining, so you don't have to worry about that. I'd like to see the site take off because I think Eric has done a really good job. See what you think!

Where in the World Is HairlineFracture?*

So I forgot to tell y'all that we were going to Louisiana to Justin's mother's house, so he can finish the remodeling on her house. If you're a new reader, here's the short version: her house was damaged in Hurricane Rita, which happened right after Katrina, by a gigantic tree falling on her roof. It's taken this long to get it all finished because she decided to remodel the whole house (instead of just the damaged part) and use Justin to do a lot of the work whenever he could come here to save money, and of course he couldn't just take off for a couple of months to finish it all. So. He just has the master bathroom shower left to do, and we'll be here until Saturday. It's a little disorienting for me since I don't really have anything to do. I KNOW! I should be grateful. And I am, for about two days--until I start missing my house and my friends and my routine. Did I mention I'm a homebody?

Fortunately, I have Justin's laptop and books. I just started Twilight and it is every bit as good as those who recommended it said. I will have to pace myself or I'll read it all today and have nothing left to read.

Enough about our trip. I have a couple of things to tell you about. One is a new site called The Secret is in the Sauce.


It's a really cool idea--they are going to feature a different blogger every day and all their readers will visit that blogger and give her big smoochy comment love. AND they are doing a fantastic giveaway--seriously, you won't believe how fabulous it is, so check it out for yourself. You just go there and comment on the contest link. There are more chances to win if you comment every day--but I'll let them explain the rules.

The other thing is that I won something on this here Internet thingy. I was shocked. Remember when I said I was featured on Blogtations? Well, the site's owner had a contest for the quotes featured in each month of the year so far, and I won! She'd told me I could vote for myself, so I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe it was me and one other person who voted for me, but that seems a little rude, to suggest she has so few readers. I'm sure that's not the case, or it shouldn't be, because it's an awesome site. So if you voted for me (I didn't even mention it here, thinking it was hopeless), thanks! And vote for me at the end of the year for the Best Quote of 2008! (I hate self-promotion, but I'm trying.)

I'll be around for the next few days. Wish me luck in the Swampland of Humidity. We are having chicken and sausage gumbo for dinner, which is a huge plus.


*Do y'all remember Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego? I don't actually remember it all that well, just the name. I am terrible at geography or any kind of directions. Seriously. I'll write about it soon.