I haven't forgotten you!

Little Bear has decided that he LOVES being outside, so my yard has been getting lots of attention, but not my blog.  Don't worry though, I still love you!  Tomorrow is supposed to be a rainy day so I'll get my yard sale deals up for you then (it was a good week!).

Versatile Blogger Award

I am excited to report that I have been given the Versatile Blogger Award by Angela at Mommy Time Out!  Thank you for recognizing me!  :o)

So first off, here are 7 things that you may not know about me:

1.  I sometimes shop in the kids department.  No, not for my son...  For me!
2.  My middle name is Nicole.  My dad was afraid that Lacie wouldn't sound right if I turned out to be a tomboy, so he picked Nicole.  He figured that Nikki would sound more appropriate in that situation.  Obviously I wasn't much of a tomboy and I've never been called Nikki!
3.  In grad school, I co-authored a chapter in the book Improving urban science education: New roles for teachers, students and researchers.
4.  The mattress on my bed is from 1954.  Trust me, I know that we need a new one!
5.  I have an 10 year old pet rabbit named Tibbar (that's rabbit spelled backward in case you missed it!)
6.  My favorite book hasn't changed in 20 years... The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
7.  I would love to own a cloth diaper store!

Now, the big news.  Drum roll, please!  I would like to announce the 15 bloggers that I feel are worth of such an award:

*The Cloth Diaper Fairy*

Chronicles of a Crazy Mom

Oklahoma Homemaker

Roundabout

To accept the award, there are several steps:

•Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.

•Tell us seven things about yourself

•Award fifteen recently discovered new bloggers

•Contact these bloggers and let them know they’ve received their award.

Facebook

Woohoo!  Little Bear and I are excited to announce that we now have a facebook page.  Come visit!

Thank You!

I just wanted to send a big THANK YOU out to all of my friends and followers in the blogging world!

When I started blogging, I discovered that it was addicting and worried that I was spending too much time working on my blog and reading other's blogs.  But in reality it has brought more structure, creativity, motivation and intellect back into my world.  I now find myself organizing my day to include time for myself so that I can blog, which allows me to feel more connected to the outside world.  I am using all of my organizational and creative skills from my teaching career to make new projects for myself and Little Bear.  And amazingly, I am now truly trying to become domestic - I enjoy cleaning my home, crafting and cooking more than I ever have!  All of your blog posts and comments are inspiring me to become better in so many ways that I never dreamt of when I began this blog.  So thank you!!!

Becoming Tech Savvy

Some new tech developments are going on here at Home Growing Happiness!  The networked blogs facebook app is up, we have a signature, we are now listed on the Picket Fence Blogs, you can sign up to get our email, we have started a blog roll tab and we have a button!  Whew!

Now I'm not really tech savvy, so I think that these things are up and running.  I will be pretty busy for the rest of the week but I'm going to play with them over the next few days (whenever Little Bear gives me a chance that is) and hopefully get any bugs worked out.

In the mean time, please try them out and let me know!  Thanks!!!

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