Triple Threat Thursday

I'm tired and being really cheesy with my title, okay?

I felt like doing something lighter today, after all the pouring out of hearts yesterday, so I'm going to really quickly participate in three different memes.

Wait, don't run away! I promise it will still be a short a post.

By the way, if you didn't get a chance to read some of the posts from people who linked up for Pour Your Heart Out yesterday, be sure to check them out. Fabulous stuff!

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First up is Thank You Very Much with Kmama at The Daily Dribbles.

To the woman in Target yesterday who decided that her ONE toddler needed the three-kid shopping cart. Thank you very much.

You can't even justify it by saying that it's a fun cart, like a race car or something.

Nope, just a regular cart with that big attachment thing on it.

And, you needed to grab it as I was walking in with my THREE kids in tow.

Thank you very much.

You are lucky that the cart guy hunted down another one for me or I might have accidentally clipped your ankles with my cart.

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Next is The Skew with Supahmommy & co. Their topic this week is Netiquette.
And they have a super cute button that I can't find right this second, but I'll put it
*HERE*
when I find it, because that is good netiquette.

Just one thing I want to say here, and this was brought up at Bloggy Bootcamp, too.

When you are leaving a comment on someone's blog, make it about their post, don't just say, "Come visit me at www. pleasegivememorefollowersandpageviews. com."

Because if you don't read someone's post, why should they come read yours?

And don't try to copy and paste "Great post! Come visit me at....."

Not that I always leave the best comments. I know, I totally suck sometimes.

But, I don't beg you to come visit me.

Not in a comment, anyway. ;)

I'm going to make an exception here, though. Some of you are new to my blog and I'd love to be able to go visit you, too, but I can't find you. So, in this case, PLEASE DO leave your url.

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Next up Top 3 Thursday with Confessions From a Working Mom and The (Un)Experienced Mom, who asked for your top 3 quirks.

 3. I clap and dance and jump around like a giant dork when I'm happy or excited about something. Like I'm a cheerleader or something. No, I never was one.  2. I take certain words and overuse them to death. Like "fabulous" and "actually." Eventually, I stop using that word completely and laugh hysterically whenever I hear someone else say it because it reminds me of my overuse.  1. I laugh inappropriately all the time. Sometimes, I'll be thinking about something else entirely, or my mind will go off on a tangent, or I'll think how Hubs would make whatever is being talked about into something dirty, or I just don't know how else to react. So, I laugh.  Join in some of these fabulous memes!

Why I blog and a Get-Out-of-the-House-Kid-Free Card

Yes, I double-dip.

And proud of it.

I couldn't resist this Top 3 Thursday question this week: What are your TOP THREE reasons for blogging?

  

3. It's much more fun than doing housework.

2. It stops me from exploding: Believe it or not, I actually TRY to be polite out in public. And not always say what I'm thinking because I don't want to hurt someone's feelings or even more that I don't want to look insane. It's not like you can walk up to a total stranger and pour your heart out. And yet, you can on your blog. It's like free therapy.

And the #1 and probably only completely serious answer of mine:

1. The friendships I've made.

Really. I can't believe the friends that I have made through blogging. I've definitely found "my tribe," along with my bloggysister and now even my irl BFF blogs.

I feel like I know you and that you know me.

That it will not be weird at all when I get to meet some of you soon. It will be just like seeing an old friend.

I want to especially thank those of you who were so supportive of my post about Bear yesterday.  And hope that you'll understand that I totally sucked at getting to all of your blogs yesterday because of his evaluation and some lab work I had to take him in for.

Do you know that aside from my BFF, I really didn't tell many people irl about what we have been going through with Bear? Because I really felt like they would judge. People I called friends. And I was worried about them judging.

And yet, I didn't hesitate to post about him here.

And pretty much beg you to read that post.

Because y'all are FABULOUS.

And, THAT is why I blog.

I will be posting about his evaluation soon.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

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And, Shhhhhhhhh! I have to share this secret with you. I wasn't going to double dip today, but I had to, so that I could share this really cool trick that I learned for getting out of the house kid-free and on time! Plus I wanted to show you the cool ice cream thing I made. Cool, ice cream? Yes, I love puns.

 How did I manage to get my time out without kids in tow this month?

Hubs is really good at trying to find that time for me, but he also works his ass off for us so that I can plop my ass in front of the computer and blog all day long stay home with our boys.

But, I really wanted to get out and see Dear John all by myself on a Sunday afternoon. You can read my review HERE.

Want to know my tip for making sure that you do actually get out to the movies when you want to?

FANDANGO!!!!

Yes, go ahead and buy your ticket ahead of time online.

And then you can say, "Oh, I already bought my ticket and so I have to be there for the 1:15 show or we eat that ticket."

It was my easiest exit from the house, ever.

Fandango, I ♥ you!

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AND

Details about the next dance-off are coming TOMORROW.

Shell and Supahmommy's Just Dance Your Bloggy Off.

You won't want to miss it!