– Apparently CCM Magazine has some Readers’ Choice Awards thingies. And you can imagine my delight and happiness when I was clicking around their site the other day and saw that Travis Cottrell is nominated as Best Worship Artist.

SO LET’S ALL VOTE FOR HIM.

(Travis is going to kill me for sharing this information, by the way.)

(But I don’t even care.)

(BECAUSE MY WORD. I HAD TO TELL YOU.)

– A couple of days ago my husband started talking about a website called mint.com. And before I realized that he was talking about “mint” as in “money,” I was wondering why in the world he was so fired up about a website devoted to an herb.

Anyway, today he was talking about mint.com again, so I decided to check it out – and he’s right. It’s way cool. It’s a free resource to help you budget and manage your money, and it looks like something the internets might enjoy. So I thought I’d share.

– Chris Harrison has some thoughts about all the Bachelor rumors. And his thoughts, they made me laugh.

– The Praise Baby folks are giving away ten “Sleepytime Lullabies” CDs. Rumor has it you’ll even get a free bib with your CD if you win. OH YES MA’AM, it’s fancy.

– Blood:Water Mission – 40 Days of Water (via Anne)

(I think this is the first time I’ve posted links all week long.)

(I’m terribly consistent.)

– I read this article about blogging in Newsweek last weekend. And when I finished reading, I thought to myself, “Yep. That’s pretty much dead on.” You’ve got to love this bloggy bidness because you love it – not because of what you think you might get out of it one day.

– The Nester has a cool carnival going on called 10 Minutes To A Room You’ll Love. So many great ideas.

– I saw a link to this interactive map of the U.S. over at Shannon’s blog, and I was all, OH, I’LL DO AWESOME AT THAT!

And, well, notsomuch. But it was mighty big fun just the same.

– The winners of the “Sleepytime Lullabies” DVD giveaway are posted over on the Praise Baby blog.

– Jon’s post on giving the easy stuff flat-out preached to me this morning.

– I cannot even tell you how much this Tim Gunn-related news delights me.

– Last night I got an email from Carey and Angie, two friends who live in Ohio. And oh, their email made me squeal and clap my hands. Why, you wonder? Well, see for yourself.

– Melinda is organizing a prayer team of pro-life bloggers. Click here for more info and, if you’d like, grab a button for your blog.

– Finally, please keep sweet baby Cora’s family in your prayers.

Last week I had an Official Pork Chop Emergency, and some sweet Twitter friends came to my rescue with all sorts of good pork chop solutions. So I thought I’d share a few recipe links today.

– Oven-Fried Pork Chops (via Sallie)

– Pork Chops with Granny Smith Apples (via Joanne)

– Panko-Crusted Pork Chops (via JustBetty)

I made Sallie’s recipe because I had all the ingredients on hand, and after my husband ate supper he pointed at the pork chops and said, “THOSE? WERE ROCKIN’.”

I think they were a hit.