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#YourTurnChallenge Blog – Day 1

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No pics today. Although you can see my Monday Mugshot at the Facebook page. 🙂

I joined a community today at the Your Turn Challenge blog, and am eagerly waiting for my post to be posted. Every day for seven days there will be a prompt, and people can submit their writing at the Tumblr blog. Pretty cool to think that people from all over are trying this out for very similar, and yet very different, reasons. If you have a Twitter account you can check out the hashtag #YourTurnChallenge.

I just needed a push.

Hope to update with a link to my post soon…

UPDATE (1/20/2015)

Got a tweet from Winnie Kao. She took the time to answer my tweet despite all the posts she has to manually update… she gets a round of applause from me.

The long link to my #YourTurnChallenge post is http://yourturnchallenge.tumblr.com/post/108610578470/why-not

But if you don’t feel like going there, this is what I wrote:

Why do the Your Turn Challenge?

  • Because Winnie asked (so nicely)…
  • Because I saw it on my Seth Godin e-mail feed… (and I dig Seth’s stuff).
  • Because last year was the least I had written on my own blog and I feel like a failure…
  • Because I crave community…
  • Because I promised myself I would do more, complain less…
  • Because I want to get better at launching without being a perfectionist…
  • Because I need the push…
  • Because I gotta get over whatever block I’m feeling…
  • Because others are here and we’re doing this together…

So, why not?

Thanks.

Accepting this Award

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Just when I was wondering if there are really readers out there, over the weekend “So This is Julie” was given the Stylish blogger award by Our Tiny Oak Park Bungalow, a chronicle of home improvement and all the experiences that go along with home ownership. What a nice way to start the week – with a little website love on Valentine’s Day. Thank you, Chris!

The award comes with a caveat that I share it with websites worthy enough to be stylish. You know, pay it forward. So here are my awardees who I hope you, dear readers, will visit and enjoy.

How About Orange

A blog that inspires with craft tutorials, DIY projects, free downloads, decorating tips, and design inspiration. Stylish!

Loripalooza

My friend, Lori, is a doctor who blogs but is deluded believing she’s a blogger who doctors. Her words. Loripalooza gives fun family and life insight in a style that could only simply be Lori.

Mom’s Missing Manual

A no-nonsense mom who sometimes runs in a soccer field in high heels. That’s style devotion.

My Spare Time

A kindred spirit, an engineer with a sewing machine and a love for all things crafty. Her quilts give me hope that I’ll one day finish mine. Love her style.

A Pretty Cool Life

Lots of homelife and projects here with lovely photography in a stylish layout.

Speaking at a Young Authors Workshop

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Are we all tired of winter already? We’ve had a few weeks of completely BLAH weather here with little or no sunshine, but today… look at that bright light shining in the corner of the picture! Sunlight: it brings me to a happy place. This was taken at a Young Authors workshop for fifth grade students where I was invited to impart wisdom about beginner blogging. (I know, don’t laugh. I just started this gig, right? The hosts knew that, as did my friend who connected us.)

Two sessions at 45 minutes each… it went well, honest to goodness truth. And, I have to give credit to the students; they asked really interesting and some insightful questions. Can you write a blog with more than one person? How do people find out about your blog? Why are some websites free and others aren’t? Some of the students even brainstormed website and blog names for themselves which I’d love to share, but hey, I wouldn’t want anyone to steal them. So, a big, big thank you to the coordinators, administrators, teachers and students for having me. I learned some things too.

Where else have I been and what have I been doing?

Some crafting…

Homemade Granola

and some cooking… stay tuned!

**Update: I’m happy to report this is my 200th post!**

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