Consider This An Alert Of Sorts

10 June 2008 by

My first AllAccess post is up here.

Because I’m sure you’ve been waiting on pins and needles.

PINS AND NEEDLES.

It’s also worth noting that at one point yesterday I had THREE posts up on AllAccess because I am still on the backside of the learning curve with their blogging platform.

Where apparently “schedule post” means “POST WILL PUBLISH IN MERE NANOSECONDS.”

And this has absolutely nothing to do with blogging, but I just gave my cousin’s little boy J. a blueberry PopTart for breakfast.

His first one.

*sigh*

What a sweet, tender privilege.

This day is shaping up to be the stuff of mem’ries, my friends.

The stuff of mem’ries.

Filed Under: Rambling

Looky Here! Bloggy News!

9 June 2008 by

A couple of months ago Melanie and I had a meeting with some great people from Lifeway Women.

And they told us that they were planning to start a blog.

And after we talked for awhile, they asked us if we might want to, you know, write some stuff for their blog.

And then I looked around the room to make sure they were actually talking to me because, well, it was Lifeway, and I’m a person who writes a blog that’s primarily about fried chicken, television, and klassy topics like this and this. Not to mention the fact that my early twenties were A BIT OF A SPIRITUAL TRAIN WRECK.

(This is where the devil wants me to list all the mistakes I made back then, but I will not be cooperating with his wishes because 1) he’s the devil and 2) believe you me HE HAS CAUSED ME ENOUGH GRIEF ALREADY.)

And as it turns out, the whole spiritual-train-wreck thing is one of the reasons why writing for this Lifeway blog was a no-brainer. And not because I did dumb stuff in my early twenties and as such I should be rewarded! With a new writing opportunity!

Um, please.

It was a no-brainer because, more than a decade removed from All The Foolish Foolhardy Foolishness, I know firsthand that God does life-changing (LIFE! CHANGING!) work through Lifeway’s Bible studies and conferences.

Because remember what Paul says in Ephesians 3:20-21? Well, HE ISN’T KIDDING, PEOPLE.

So as women who, like so many of you, sit in the Lifeway conferences and do the Bible studies and read the books and marvel at God’s unlimited grace and mercy as we walk through that whole working-out-your-salvation thing, Melanie and I are tickled to be able to contribute to the Lifeway AllAccess blog. Because now we’ll get to write (or, in my case, “write”) about sitting in the conferences and doing the Bible studies and reading the books and marveling at the grace.

And don’t worry. We’ll for sure be taking our collective crazy over to the Lifeway site. There’s really no sense in pretending to be normal since the pretending requires way too much effort and, quite frankly, we’re tired.

Mel and I – along with the Lifeway women’s ministry team – will be posting on AllAccess a few times a week while continuing business as usual on our personal blogs. And while I won’t put up a big flag in the sidebar every single time I have a new post over there (Mel has a post up today, and I’ll post for the first time tomorrow, probably), I do have a Lifeway AllAccess button over there to the left, and I’d love it if you’d click on it from time to time to see what’s going on.

Because one thing is for sure: this new blog won’t be nearly as fun without all of you.

So y’all come see us, ya hear?

Filed Under: Faith

Book Giveaway Winners

9 June 2008 by

All righty, everybody – here are the five winners of the Marla Taviano book giveaway.

MT1

MT2

22 – Emily C (no blog; Juno email)
67 – Christina
102 – Suzy – so the prize officially goes to Amy H. (Suzy left a comment saying that if she won, she’d like to give her prize to the first commenter, and I just think that’s so great that I’m going to send Suzy a book for being so dadgum generous. So Suzy, if you’d email me your mailing address, that would be perfect.)
113 – Gretchen
124 – jill (no blog; gmail email)

Congratulations, everybody!

I’ll email this list-o-winners to Marla, and she’ll be in touch about which book you want and where you’d like it shipped.

And if you didn’t win, remember that you can still order the Fancy BooMama Special – all 3 of Marla’s books for only $20 – a mighty fine deal indeed. The special is good for one week – until Monday, June 16.

Thanks for playing, internets!

Filed Under: Rambling

Picture, Thousand Words, Etc. And So Forth And So On

8 June 2008 by

So basically it was so hot here today that even the squirrels had to lie down.

I’M SO NOT KIDDING.

And I’m really trying not to be that person who TALKS INCESSANTLY ABOUT THE HEAT, but MY LANDS, PEOPLE, it was somewhere around 240 degrees in the Home Depot parking lot this afternoon.

But clearly that is an exaggeration. Because obviously 240 degrees is impossible.

In reality the temperature was only, like, 193.

Which is totally cool and refreshing in comparison.

My cousin Paige and her little boy are here for a few days, and we are having the best time watching these two cousins chase each other up and down the hallway while they make truck noises.

Tonight I made breakfast for supper, and as I watched those boys dig into their grits with great enthusiasm, I couldn’t help but think that Papaw Davis – their great-grandfather they’ve never met – must be looking down from heaven and grinning from ear to ear at the sight of them laughing at each other while they ate their bacon.

Come to think of it, Papaw Davis would be beside-himself-wild about every single one of his great-grandchildren. But I can’t talk about that anymore or I’ll cry.

So now I’m going to watch “The Next Food Network Star” and “Design Star” and if “Nashville Star” comes on I’ll watch that, too, because I’m pretty much a sucker for any sort of reality-esque TV with the word “Star” in the title.

As always, my tastes are terribly sophisticated.

Hope y’all have a great week!

Filed Under: Family Fun

Summertime Book Giveaway

5 June 2008 by

One of my favorite things about writing on this here wideworldintertubeblogsite is that I get to share stuff I like with you, the internets. And today, I am ever-so-delighted to share some books by Marla Taviano, who has one of the most down-to-earth and engaging writing styles that you ever did see, amen.

Marla writes about stuff that many of us can relate to – marriage, babies, and the, um, activity that leads to the babies – and she does so in a way that makes reading her books feel like you’re talking with a girlfriend who has been right where you are and knows exactly how you feel.

No self-righteousness, no here’s-what-I-think-and-you’re-wrong-if-you-don’t-think-the-same-thing. Just practical, sound encouragement from someone who is grounded in Truth and wants to spur on her readers as they make their way through a season of life that can sometimes get a little cuckoo.

Triple love that.

Marla is giving away five copies of her books, and if you’d like to win one of them, here’s all you have to do:

1. Click here to visit Marla’s website.

2. Take a look at her three books. You can even read excerpts while you’re there.

3. Come back here and tell me which book you’d like to win.

4. That’s it!

I’ll leave this giveaway open until next Monday, June 9. At that point I’ll use random.org to draw for five winners.

And if you think you can’t possibly wait until then, or if you know that you’d like to give Marla’s books as gifts, you can take advantage of what she has dubbed her Fancy BooMama Special (picture me, eating fried chicken and blushing) and buy all three books for only $20.

Personally, I think that three brand-spankin’ new books for $20 is a mighty fine deal indeed.

I hope y’all enjoy digging a little deeper into Marla’s books – I know you’re going to love them.

Have fun, everybody!

This giveaway is now closed.

Filed Under: Rambling

In Which I Go Back To The Search Engine Well

4 June 2008 by

A few more search engine terms that have brought people to the blawg:

cb handle names – Now I’m no CB expert, but here are a few right off the top of my head.

Completely impromptu, mind you.

Sugarlips.
Foxy Lady.
Road Warrior.
Hot Mama.
Big Daddy.

Really, I think just about any adjective coupled with the words “Mama” or “Daddy” would work beautifully.

Although “crusty” or “scaly” might be the exceptions to that adjective rule.

bacon fat butter compare – Well, I mean, how could you possibly compare?

I find that they are equally delicious.

Though I am slightly partial to bacon fat because if I want to have bacon fat on hand, then I have to fry some bacon.

And that is never, ever a bad thing.

jody calls – Well, you are very fortunate.

Because Jody never calls me.

Needless to say, I have missed her terribly.

And the fact that I have no idea who Jody is?

Totally inconsequential.

how to get on boomama’s blog – YOU JUST DID!

I can’t even imagine the complete absence of thrill you must feel.

It has to be the most underwhelming moment of your entire life. Such a non-event!

I’m beyond teary-eyed.

i admit i need god’s power – You and me both, sister.

You and me both.

youtube dave barnes – Now you may not know this, but I sort of enjoy Dave Barnes.

And his YouTube stuff?

GOLD.

For whatever reason, this one is my favorite. Because I’ve always been a fan of a mock dance-off.

And then this one? And this one?

Interweb delights, my friends.

mama jig’s +fried chicken – I am unfamiliar with Mama Jig’s fried chicken, but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that anyone who goes by the name “Mama Jig” CAN FLAT FRY UP SOME CHICKEN.

And I now feel that my life will not be complete until I try Mama Jig’s fried chicken.

Because I believe in goals.

layer cake props – Really?

Well.

Okay. I guess I can handle that.

BIG UPS TO THE LAYER CAKE!

WOOT!

OH, HOLLA.

Don’t you ever change, layer cake.

Don’t you ever, ever change.

Filed Under: Rambling
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