My very own SITS Feature Day!

Welcome SITStas! Thank you all ever so much for stopping by. If you are here for some other lucky reason (lucky for me, of course), be sure and hop over to The Secret is in The Sauce - a wonderful community of bloggers spreading comment love and graciousness.

I had so many eloquent notes in my head to put here today, but somehow they've all gotten lost. I probably ate them along with that package of cookie dough for breakfast this morning. So here we are... in awkward silence. Which is kind of ironic.

As I read through some of my posts, trying to decide which ones to feature, I noticed something. I'm awkward. Everywhere I looked, I just kept finding awkwardness.

I was an incredibly awkward child - and unbelievably embarrassed in THIS particular moment.

I am still awkward as an adult - and rather clumsy HERE.

I seem to have passed on this awkwardness to my 4 year old son, Monsoon. He asks some very awkward questions, to which I answer THERE.

Despite all these awkward moments, I'm feeling pretty lucky today. It's Friday the 13th, after all. I also want to send out a big thanks to the SITS girls for all the work they do to promote sisterhood among women. They are amazing.

Now tell me something awkward or embarrassing about you. Come on... you know you want to.

Not Me Monday: Not A GIVEAWAY!!!!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Due to unexpected interest and consequent anticipation of winning my broken pooper-sitters, skunky scent-makers and , used fish-eye-Quinoa....

I did NOT actually purchase something brand spanking new to give away! And it is NOT listed below.

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That's right, folks. There are NOT three bottles of O.P.I. nail polish in stunning colors which are NOT perfectly suited for Spring and Summer. You also do NOT see any O.P.I. RapiDry instant nail polish drying spray, which is NOT used in professional spas. Nope, NOT at all. You will NOT win over $35 worth of O.P.I. products because I am NOT having a giveaway! Do NOT cheer. Do NOT woot! I do NOT love you all.

Here's the real deal: In participation with SITS Spring Fling, this giveaway runs through Tuesday, March 10th at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Here's how you can win:

• Leave a comment here for 1 entry. If you don't leave a comment, I will assume you don't want any prize and how the heck else am I supposed to know you earned any extra entries if you don't tell me?
• Tweet about it for 1 extra entry. How I love twitter...
• I hate to bribe anyone to follow me, but I will be giving an extra 5 entries to anyone who comments and is a follower. Loyalty counts for something around here. :)
• I'll be honest, I'm a narcissist. If you tell me what your favorite post on my blog is, I'll give your sweet little brown nose an extra 3 entries.

The winner (that's YOU!) will be announced on Wednesday, March 11th by noon. I'll post about you and leave a nice comment on your blog with congratulations. You will have one week to get back to me with your personal information (scared?) so that I can mail out your pretties in time for warm weather. Otherwise, another winner will be chosen. Oh, and I'm just going to do this the old fashioned way and pull names from a hat. Or a bowl... whatev. Anything for the entertainment of Monsoon, who will thoroughly enjoy writing names on colorful construction paper with me.

Do NOT forget (seriously this time!) to hop over to SITS and check out more Spring Fling Events and Giveaways on Tuesday!

Giveaways and Spring Fling!

The SITS girls are hosting a Spring Fling event this Tuesday, March 10th with a day of giveaways. Be sure and stop by to check out their many prizes along with links to tons of other blogs and giveaways (including mine, which you'll see more about tomorrow)!

Tiffany from SITS is also holding a fabulous giveaway for 2 $100 Target gift cards to celebrate her new position with Fishful Thinking, an initiative that offers parents tools for fostering optimism in kids. It really is a fantastic program and will be so helpful to so many kids. Check out The R Family Diaries for more info on this contest and this wonderful new initiative.

Veggie Mom, quite a generous gifter-awayer, is hosting yet another giveaway (and another, if you can believe it!) for an 8-pack of those rocking Popr's, Popr's t-shirts for your family and a $100 gift card to Target! Pictured below is Jammin, an Attitudester from Mannequin at Fractured Toy, having her own Popr's party.