And how great would it be if I would actually post those thoughts to my blog? Fantastic indeed.

School is back in as of last week and we are 75% finished with potty training around my house. Except someone, who shall remain anonymous but wears size 2t underwear, is having some issues with wanting the Browns to make it to the Super Bowl, if you know what I’m saying and anyone who’s a parent does, so there have been some ugly moments. I mean really, none of the parenting books (that I’ve perused anyway) have that special chapter to prepare you on how to gently break it to your child that their stomach will continue to hurt until they finally give in and poop and that no amount of leg crossing is going to hold things back when their body finally decides it’s had enough. Especially when their mother is slipping them large amounts of prune juice in their sippy cup. *Ahem* Not that I or anyone in my household would know anything about any of those things.

I have also become so enamored of my twitter account in the last few days. Wow, all these random thoughts that flit around in my mind, I can totally share them, nay–I totally NEED to share them with the world and people with choose to follow me on account of it. Daily self-validation in carefully measured 140 characters or less sized doses. Is it wrong to be relieved when someone un-follows you and as a result you can un-follow them and all their stupid, inane and not worth reading tweets? Well, if so, then I probably don’t want to be right.

…or in the case of my Bloggy Carnival contest, 2 Big Winnahs.

I used my good buddy, the the Random Number Generator, and the two lucky winners were #’s 28 (Leah @ omommawrites) and # 77, Jacquie.

I just want to thank all of you lovely commenters–90 comments on a single post made my week. If I were able, I’d love to give all of you blog makeovers! Since that’s not possible, the next best option is to give you a deal. For the month of August, I’m having a sale on blog customizations and blog set-ups with customization. Blog customizations are on sale for $75 (I do Wordpress, Blogger & Typepad) and blog set-ups with customization are on sale for $100. If you’re interested, contact me here and I’ll be glad to get you started!

Thanks again for participating–I had so much fun reading all your comments!

Hopefully you have all heard of the Bloggy Giveaways. If not, this is your chance–go on over and check out what they have going on. Usually, a particular company/individual is spotlighted on a daily basis, with various random commenters able to win a prize. Additionally, once a quarter, there is the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival where all kinds of blogs enter with various prizes and neato things you can win.

Why am I telling you all this? Well, it’s simple really–I’m giving away prizes too! I’m giving away two (2) blog customizations (this includes customization of your existing blog design with new banner, up to 5 sidebar title customizations, code clean up, color scheming, and favicon) which are valued at $90/each. Don’t have a blog? If that’s the case, I’ll set up your basic blog configuration at Blogger (free) or if you pay to host your own blog (like with Wordpress or Typepad) set up your blog there, and a customization of your current blog theme as described above-a value of $130.

What do you have to do to have a shot at winning one of these fabulous prizes?

All you need to do is to leave a comment here telling me why you need a spruce up at your blog (or if you don’t have a blog, why you need to have a blog ).

You have until 12 Noon EST (Eastern Standard Time) August 1st, with winners to be announced later that afternoon.

So–get to commenting!