Momma Bug is so right! I have no idea how to accomplish a good bloggity break. So, apparently, a break of less than a week is all that is called for every few weeks.
I’ve been blogging in my head on a daily basis. I figured I better put some of it in print before it gets lost in there. Sometimes I think I should write this stuff down on paper so it won’t escape into the hinder regions of my Dory-esque brain, and then the practical part of me takes over and screams at me – “WHY? WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU BLOG ON PAPER AND THEN TRANSFER THE SAME INFO ONTO THE WWW? Big waste of time and effort!”
So, all that to say, I’M BA-A-A-ACK! And boy do I have a lot to tell you!
I’ve planned THREE, count ‘em, THREE new weekly features for the Ranch! And they’re all interactive. That means you gotta play along! I hope you’ll participate!
#1
First is the fitness and weight-loss Linky I’ve been hemmin’ and hawin’ about for a few months. I’m gonna call it “Fit as a Farmhand” and I’ll post it every Tuesday (actually it’ll go live every Monday night around 10 p.m.) Starting next week. You know, new year – new me!
All you have to do to participate in that one is post about your fitness/weight-loss program, progress, plan, whatever ya got along those lines. Then come here to the Ranch and link up on the Linky-do.
If’n ya don’t know how to link up on one of those Mr. Linky/McLinky dealies, FEAR NOT! It’s easy and I’ll give ya detailed instructions. If you can blog, you can link-up! And if ya don’t blog, you can tell us about your progress/program/plan in the comments on the “Fit as a Farmhand” post! See? Everybody can play!
#2
My second BIG IDEA is not even my own idea. Hubs asked me to do this one. You long time readers of my blog may recall that the Cowboys frequently buy books and other items from the Clearance Store in the Vision Forum warehouse and offer them for sale at a huge, HUGE, huge discount. I’ll be writing a weekly FOR SALE post offering an assortment of these items. The items find their way to the Clearance Store (which is different from the clearance section of the V.F. website) due to (usually) minor dings and dents or insignificant smudges. If you’ve been wanting to pick up some Hentys or Ballantynes (and many other items) from Vision Forum for your kids, but can’t bring yourself to fork over the mucho dinero, this might be a wonderful opportunity for you to get the books you want at a great discount and help my Cowboys earn a bit o’ dust in the process. Look for the FOR SALE posts on Wednesdays or Thursdays.
#3
The third new feature has been niggling around in the back of my mind for several months. I’ve been wanting to start this and have finally worked out the details. It’s been a complete and total secret this whole time. It’s another weekly Linky-do. I’m gonna call it “Sally Mae Cooks” and will star my darling 6¾ year old daughter. We’ll feature one newly learned kitchen skill or newly mastered recipe every week, complete with photos (I can’t resist taking her picture, she’s a cutie! And the boots! They’re to die for!). If you have a child who is ready to learn to cook, or who is continuing to learn new skills in the kitchen and want to post about it on your blog, I insist hope you’ll link-up here at the Ranch every Friday on my “Sally Mae Cooks” posts!
I’m hoping to be ready to kick off all of these new features next week, the first full week of the year. Tex is gonna be real busy makin’ me some smart buttons so y’all can plaster ‘em all over the www use ‘em to decorate your posts that you promise to link-up. You promise to link-up, right?!?!
There ya go! Time to get ready!
