Word Filled Wednesday - Why I need a new blog

Ok readers reader, so you might have noticed that I'm a pretty chatty gal. This blog has pretty much taken the place of all my vices (food included, yippee!) and it's certainly much more economical to pontificate here than it would be in a therapist's office for the many hours THAT would take.

So, I've been buying books and searching high & low for a way to completely revamp my blog's look, without spending a whole lot of money. Then, a contest fell into my lap and here I am, waving my arms, jumping up & down, begging and pleading for you to "Pick me, pick me!!" The sassy Shannon over at Eight Crazy Design is hosting a contest and the winner can get this gorgeous pre-made layout that I'm drooling over. If you scroll down on that linked page, it's the Purple Diva one that I want to win.

And so, I ask you to please cross your fingers and toes in the hopes that I might win this awesome contest because hubby already thinks that he's lost me just to writing on this blog. He has no idea how much I'll disappear if I have to start designing one from scratch. As I've already demonstrated, I'm no artist. This also applies to anything artistic that would be done on the computer as well. Thanks!

The Hat Lady

Being a woman in this day & age, I find myself wearing many different hats within a single hour. I can start an hour with my chef's hat, then add my chauffeur's cap and round out that 60 minutes with my personal shopper chapeau. When you add in the "real" jobs that I actually get paid U.S. dollars for, well, my closet is bursting with the various sizes and shapes that those hats bring to the game.

Yesterday was a really hectic day as my, previously tiny beanie that I was wearing for one of my jobs, all of sudden turned into a 10-gallon cowboy hat! Suffice it to say that I am a bit overwhelmed with my sudden increased responsibility and am trying to figure out a way to redistribute some of these hats onto a hat rack for a while, so I can get back to doing what I really love: raising my kids and blogging of course!

I did manage to spend a lot of time yesterday checking out new blogs that I've come across and to glean some inspiration from ones that I lurk on pretty regularly. And so, having said that, brace yourself for an announcement later this week. In an attempt to lure some lurkers out of hiding and to welcome some new surfers to my site, I think I'm going to do a giveaway. Yes, I'm crazy! In the spirit of decluttering some of the wonderful treasures that I have here, I think I'm going to giveaway a nice jackpot of goodies that just don't have room in my residence anymore. Details to come!

A New Look

Ok, so I was getting bored with the look of my blog and decided to change things up a bit. I've been looking at others sites and gleaning all sorts of wonderful ideas. My question is, what would you like to see on my blog? I plan to add way more sites to my surfing list and you already know what tunes I like. Any suggestions on cool things I should add?