What Blogging Means To Me

Hello and Happy Friday. Today is the last SITS challenge in their "Back to Blogging Event" and to participate in winning the gorgeous Electrolux Washer and Dryer. This giveaway is being generously sponsored for SITS by Standards of Excellence, Westar Kitchen and Bath, and Florida Builder Appliances. Check out their beautiful websites!

Our task today is to write about why we blog, what purpose has it served us, and in what way have we benefitted from sharing a piece of ourselves online in this way...

To start with, I somehow (and I have no idea HOW!) found a blog by someone named Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. Well, when I saw this southern lady's beautiful porch, I almost fainted because of how beautifully and serenely decorated she has made her porch. It is a screened-in porch and it is so lovely. I am sure that most of you are Followers of Susan's and I am not telling you anything new! If you have NOT visited her blog, you must do yourself a favor and do so. Susan was so nice and encouraged me to start my own blog and she became my first Follower! I will never forget her kindness.

So that is the simple reason of WHY I started a blog, to just try something new. And the purpose it has served me? Well, I was laid off from my job, as many in our economy were, and this has helped me to keep up my computer skills and keep current with things. So this all sounds pretty unemotional, right?

But now, for sharing how blogging has benefitted me... Well, I never thought that I would meet such nice people. Specifically, I have met four people who I can honestly now consider friends. I would like to introduce them and, again, I am sure that some of you might know them! The first is my dear Sheila, Mrs. Magpie. Her blog The Quintessential Magpie, is just the best! She is very whimsical and loving and special. She has been a great friend and mentor. My second friend that I must mention is my cohort in laughter and that is Anne of Calamity Anne. She has the best sense of humor and her posts are the funniest! You must check her out. She has sat through many of my long-winded emails, with my telling her stories of this and that. My other colleague in humor is Jan at BobbiepinsBoardwalks. She also, like Anne, has the best sense of humor and it is reflected in her posts. I met Jan through Anne! And last, but certainly not least, is Gloria at Happy to Be. What a lovely lady! She is very warm and wonderful and always signs her emails to me: "the other Gloria" So cute!! :)

So having been able to meet these great women online is just the best surprise and blessing that has come out of blogging for me. I thank them for drawing me into their worlds, and I am very grateful for all of their friendships!

Have a great weekend,

(photo courtesy of google search)

Day 2 - For Thelma and Louise

Greetings - this is Day 2 of the SITS Back to Blogging Event! I am completing the required task for my entry to win Thelma and Louise, the beautiful Electrolux turquoise washer and dryer, being given away by the SITS girls (The Secret is in the Sauce) and their sponsors for this event: Standards of Excellence, Westar Kitchen and Bath, and last, but not least, Florida Builder Appliances.

Our task today is to re-upload a post that you wish more people had paid attention to.

Well, since I just did it on Saturday, September 11th, and it is close by below, I will not repeat it all, but would ask you to either click HERE to go directly to the post (and here to read the 9/11 post with photos), or just scroll down a day and you will view it. The reason that I wish more people had paid attention specifically the the "addendum" I had posted, is that my friend's husband, Vinny, was quite affected by 9/11, since he was a NYC fireman on the scene. He shared with me that he wished that he could have done more for everyone there. I remember telling him that he was a true hero, because HE was there on the scene that day, while all of the rest of us were at home, helplessly watching this unfold on TV. So if I can get one more person to hear Vinny's story via this "Day 2 SITS task," then that would be wonderful!

Thank you for joining me today.
Best regards,
Gloria

I'm Making Room for Thelma and Louise

I was very excited to discover that the SITS girls (The Secret is in the Sauce) are doing a Give-Away for a beautiful Electrolux Washer and Dryer -- named Thelma and Louise! Listen, if I could be the winner, I will call them whatever they tell me to call them! :)

Three more sites to visit for beautiful online appliances and decorative plumbing stores are Standards of Excellence and Westar Kitchen and Bath and Florida Builder Appliances.

The showrooms/photos that they show will practically make you faint with coveting some of their items!

Here's what Thelma and Louise look like, by the way:

So please log onto SITS to check out their Give-Away and entry rules if you'd like a chance to win. And now, I must "re-post" my very first post -- one of the rules of the giveaway. PLEASE SEE IT DIRECTLY BELOW!!! Yes, I really DO want Thelma and Louise to park it right here at my house!

Regards,

Gloria