Have I Mentioned ….

Here’s a fun new (at least to me!) meme that is right up my alley. I am constantly posting links to interesting places (well, interesting to ME at least) on my Twitter account and now I have an excuse to pass those along here to YOU!

1. First of all, I have to toot my own horn – did you know the Fall 2009 photo contest is happening right now? Now, I’ve SEEN your photos – you’re an awesome photographer. Wouldn’t it be fun to enter that spectacular picture in the contest for a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate?! Of course it would!

2. Attention WriMos: The Write Anything blog is gearing up to post some NaNoWriMo workshops if you’re interested. The workshops were written to help you prepare for the NaNoWriMo challenge next month. The workshops begin Saturday, October 17th.

3. Here’s another one for the Wrimos out there: NaNoWriMo wallpaper for your computer. These are nifty reminders to help you through your word count next month.

4. Twenty million babies are born premature ― half a million of them in the United States. November 17 is when we fight back. This cause holds a special place in my heart because Dude was eight weeks premature and was in the NICU the first six weeks of his life – so I have first-hand knowledge about the emotional roller coaster one goes through in this situation. PLUS, this is cool because coincidentally, November 18th is Dude’s birthday so it seemed appropriate to participate. You’ll find the button for this cause in my sidebar.

5. This baby is going to SERIOUSLY kill me. Oh …. the eyes!!! I beg of you, click over, you will not be sorry.

6. “Obama: Health Care Plan Would Give Seniors Right To Choose How They Are Killed” (It’s the Onion, settle down).

7. “Are you Building or Breaking Self Esteem in your Children?”

8. Ever have one of those, “Oh my gosh, my husband is SO annoying” moments? Yeah well, you’re not alone. 😀

9. From the Fun Place Database website: “This is a brand new resource designed by parents FOR parents to make it easy to find fun places to take your kids. We all need to get out of the house most days, but sometimes it’s just difficult to find places to take them!” What a great idea!