You didn’t honestly think that my fall leaves header was going to stick around long did you? The leaves on the trees in my yard are pretty much gone, so it was time for a new header here to reflect the season.
All together now… “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…”
October is Breast Cancer awareness month and in a show of support I have changed the look of Casual Keystrokes for the month - yep, it’s pink - very pink. (If you are reading this via RSS - come check it out.)
I am not alone, though. There are already some sites that have gone pink (Brian Gardner, Standards for Life) and if you are looking for inspiration and themes you can find some at:
If your site is going Pink for October, let us know! We’d love to see it.
What else can I do?
Come help raise funds for Stage IV Breast Cancer patients and survivors in the Gal to Gal Virtual Walk. It is very cool, and you can design your own gal or angel to walk from Boston to San Francisco during the month of October.
I’m walking - when you login you can find your friends - I’m Char P. If you join in, come find me.
It is inevitable - before the week is over I will have to put gas in my vehicle and the way prices are going, it is not going to be fun. Wendy at eMoms at Home reminded me today that while it is going to be painful putting gas in my SUV this week, I am fortunate to work from home and save money.
She also reminded me of a picture I got via email and almost forgot about:
It pretty much sums it up! So, how much is gas in your area right now? Ours is between $2.94 and $2.99 but I think we are on the low side (I can’t believe I just said that).
Wendy also shared a tool to help you find the cheapest gas in your area. I also found a few sites that do the same thing:
What other gas saving tips do you have? Me, I’m just not doing any driving I don’t have to do and I am combining optional errands with the mandatory ones.
Most of you know that this blog is only one of the blogs I write at. Every now and then I have posts at my other blogs that I think you might enjoy and I just have to share them with you.
At Essential Keystrokes I have posted “How do you explain blogging to your Mom?“Â By explaining what I do using an analogy to something my Mom does, the farmer’s market, she now “get’s it”. Do you have a unique way of explaining blogging to others? If so, Liz Strauss at Successful Blog has decided to make a Group Writing Project out of this topic. Be sure to join in.
With summer looming at our door, I have decided to start a different Group Writing Project at Weary Parent. I’d like to compile a great, big list of recommended reading material for kids ages 8-18. My kids love books and pretty much devour them. How about yours? What are the favorites in your house? Leave me a comment or write your own post and I’ll pull them all together at the end of the week.
Speaking of the end of the week, there is something coming at Printables4Kids.com and FreeStuff4Kids.net that you will not want to miss if you have kids. You’ll have to be subscribed to both feeds - we’ll fill you in more as the week goes along.
Today has been a technology day from you know where for me. My blogging schedule got completely thrown off, so I missed Wordless Wednesday and will now be a day late on my Essential Tools post at my business blog, too. Rather than continuing to whine any more, I will share a few of my favorite reads this week:
The Greenies Get Spring Fever -Â V-grrrl is an amazing writer - a true writer in every sense of the word. It doesn’t matter what she is writing about - it’s worth the read. This particular entry is about her kids and their need to jump start spring - complete with pictures.
Why Dads Should Read To Their Children - Be A Good Dad is a new read for me, but I will be back! It is fun to see the parenting challenges through the eyes of dad and having a sense of humor, too. Go check it out.
Embrace Imbalance -Gail Hahn gives us the green light to be a little out of whack in her post. It’s okay, we all go through it.
Here’s hoping that tomorrow will be just a tad bit more sane…
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