Thursday Ten: Blogs or Websites

Here is your 2 Scrappy Chix Designs Thursday Ten blog challenge: List your top 10 blogs or websites. I know I have covered a similar topic before but it is always nice to introduce or remind chix of some great sites. Here are my top ten:

1. Etsy - Seriously I cannot stay away and I cannot not purchase!
2. The Pioneer Woman - Not a post related to papercrafting but a very entertaining woman that lives in the country.
3. Nicole Heady - One of my new favorites... crazy skills in papercrafting!
4. The Feathered Nest - Just some wonderful crafty projects and ideas!
5. Unpubbed - Challenge blog for those that haven't been published. One day, one day....
6. ScrapScene - Just a great source for all things papercrafty.
7. Scrap Smack - A place where you can smack the scrap industry anonymously as well as glean a crapload of great inside information regarding the scrap industry. Well you do have to weed through a lot of posts by trolls and spammers. But it is a fun read when you don't worry 10 or 20 minutes (uhm or a couple hours later) that you will never get back!
8. Silent Bob Speaks - A public diary from Kevin Smith. He made a post one day where he said "it was all blowj*bs and lollipops". Sorry to be frank, but that has got to be the greatest tag line EVER!
9. Dooce - Another non-papercrafting blog that I found somewhere... just full of funny story's about the authori's life. She also takes these crazy pictures of her dog on a daily basis. I seriously wish just one of my gabillion dogs was that trained to pose as I command, seriously!
10. Sublime Stitching - A fab arty company from Austin. The chick designs some kick-ass retro/trendy embroidery patterns.

So there are my top ten, I hope you get at least one new site to stalk from this list. Now give me your top ten and maybe I will find a new site or two to stalk...

Thursday Ten: TV Shows

Your Thursday Ten blog challenge from 2 Scrappy Chix Designs this week is to post your Top Ten TV Shows ever. You can list shows you loved as a kid or today, whatever. Here are mine:

1. Rob and Big - I so love this MTV/VH1 show. I didn't know who Rob was before but this is just great entertainment. "I love you mini horse!"
2. Gilmore Girls - Seriously sad that this show ended. I wasn't a viewer from the beginning but once I was hooked, I was hooked.
3. Sex and the City - Same as GG, not there from the beginning but one I was hooked. So excited for the SATC movie to come out. I love Carrie's wedding attire sneak peeks!
4. Still Standing - I don't think I ever watched this show when it was on regularly but I love it in reruns.
5. Grounded For Life - Just funny.
6. Scrubs - I love me some Chocolate Bear and JD.
7. Roseanne - People either hate Roseanne (personally) or they love her. I thought this show was a great example of just a plain hard working family trying to make it with all the personal crap you have to deal with on a day to day basis.
8. Entourage - Enough said.
9. Project Runway/Top Chef - Great entertainment at the expense of fashion designer/chef trying to make a name for themselves.
10. John and Kate Plus 8 - I so live these kids. I think it is funny how opposite John and Kate are from each other but at the same time it really works for them especially trying to survive 8 kids!

So there you have my Top 10. What are yours?????

Thursday Ten: Vacations

Your Thursday Ten blog challenge at 2 Scrappy Chix Designs is to list your top ten vacation destinations. It could be favorite vacations you have taken in the past or vacations you would like to take in the future. My top ten vacation destinations are:

1. San Diego - went for a long weekend with my sister and brother-in-law and we watched a movie on a boat against the sail... FANTASTIC!
2. Lake Tahoe - was only there for a day after I got married in Reno and would love to see thos crystal clear waters again!
3. Sante Fe - love, love, love this city and want to go back again and again and again
4. New Orleans (pre-Katrina) - had the best time at a drag show for my sister's bachelorette celebration
5. NYC - went for a day while visiting my sister when she lived/worked in PA and loved it... didn't get to see everything I wanted so I definately need to go back
6. Ireland/Scotland - always wanted to go
7. Yellowstone National Park - need to see this in my lifetime
8. Niagara Falls - have always heard it is beautiful
9. New England - need to collect some Maple syrup for myself
10. Caribbean - needs to hear some steal drums mon

New Challenge Blog

My friend Mary, flutteringby on 2 Scrappy Chix Designs, has another wonderful adventure that she has introduced us to... a new challenge blog. The name of the blog is Scrapping the Music. Think how much music plays a part of your life. How much music moves you. How music can change your mood. Well this new challenge blog introduces a new song each week. Your challenge is to take a part of that song and design a project around it. Does that mean use the title? The lyrics? The feeling? You tell us! How does the weekly song move you? Tell your story in your project.

My Daily Inspiration

I posted a challenge for all the chix at 2 Scrappy Chix Designs to post an entry listing three favorite blogs. Here are three of my favorite blogs that I stalk on a daily basis and can't wait to see what these strangers have been up to:

Curly Girl - Kerry McKibbins has a wicked sense of humor. She isn't afraid to make fun of herself or others (without being malicious) as a matter of fact. She is a great story teller and in fact makes me smile quite often.

Big Girl Goddess - This is my sister Nikki's blog. Again, just a great story teller with some stories to tell. Lately she has been stressed out with work and family (and sometimes both at the same time since we work in our family owned and operated business). Nikki is a funky spunky chick with tattoos and pink eyeglasses. Okay her hair was pink too for her Hawaii trip but sadly that has all washed out!

Raggedy Old Annies - Nicole Ellison makes the bestest Raggedies (and her patterns are pretty nifty too!) Her work room is what I would love my (s)crap room to be! She just tells tales of her regular life mixed in with info about her Raggedies.

So there you have it... three great blogs that I await anxiously on a daily basis (okay several times a day if I am honest with myself) for a new post. A glimpse into a strangers life (well not my sister's... but she even tells a story once in awhile that shocks me a little!) A clue that I am not much different than these three ladies, we all have good times and bad but we make the best of it and keep living!

Love Me Some Bloglines

I have just recently discovered Bloglines. And I love IT! I cannot believe how easy it is to see all my blogs that I stalk on a daily basis, well mutiple times a day. I can see at any moment what blogs have been updated. I am nearing 100 on my blog list and love to add more! Check it out if you haven't!