Commenting Challenge

So..I am always looking for new ideas and Anna alerted me to one. Jenna's journey blog is having a 2nd annual commenting challenge. I am still trying to learn about the blogging world and thought this would be a great way to meet some new people! The rules are simple..

Here are the rules:

Starting tomorrow (Monday, the fourth) we will comment on 10 blogs per day for 7 days. Just choose 10 blogs from the list (linky) to visit.

I can't wait to meet some new people and read some great ideas :)

Blogger meet-up

Yesterday, some local bloggers met here:

We got together to hang out, talk blog fun, catch up on life, ask questions we can't on the blog or figure out new tricks that we can use on the blog. The two hours we spent together went by SUPER fast but it was a ton of fun. This is before we ordered.

Anna, Kristin, Tina, Sara and me

This was our lovely photographer for the evening. Cody's cousin, Katie, works at Coldstone and she was so sweet to get some pictures of us while on her break!

We got thirsty from all the talking so Anna and Tina went to McAllisters (next door) to get us drinks!

Enjoying talking outside!

We hope to do this more and have more people join us. Next time (hopefully within three or four weeks), I am hosting at my apartment! Can't wait to figure out the details with the girls!

Now to enjoy Outback with my fiance. I have spent the day finishing my grad school stuff, cleaning my apartment and doing laundry. My mom is coming Wednesday with my sister for us to finalize some wedding stuff so I am in cleaning mode :) Cody is on the way to get this (but we both got salads instead of a baked potato) for dinner. I love outback to go!

5 Things Friday

Link up with Sara to find out about 5 things Friday!

1-Thank god for Friday!

2-We had a blogger meetup tonight. I started blogging thanks to Anna. She came up with the idea and I was just excited because I was able to connect with some girls I worked with at NMBP (Tina and Kristin) and meet up with Sara (a friend from High school). It was so much fun :) We met at Coldstone and enjoyed ice cream and 2 hours of talking! It was nice to have a girls night!! Can't wait for the next one! I will post more of our pictures tomorrow.

3-I just got a call from thirty-one! They had a 6 weeks to summer celebration. By consistently holding $200 parties every week from May 15 – June 25, a total of 1,282 Consultants earned a new Fall Backpack in one of two styles – with the opportunity to choose the style of their choice! And we’ve included a special, limited-edition Icon Hang Tag signed by Cindy! I was one of those 1,282! I can't wait to get my free bookbag! Thanks again thirty-one!!

4-Love this random fact!

5-Love this also :)

100 posts!

It's my 100th post! I am so excited to see how far this has come. I don't always share anything great that people want to read but this has become a great outlet for me. I turn to it to "discuss" life, work, the wedding, school, thirty-one, and friends/family. I have throughly enjoyed writing this and getting to know people better and meeting new people! Its amazing to see how much it has changed and the things that I decide to document. I never thought I would find time to do it daily but it has turned into a (public) diary to express, vent and share with my friends and family our life. So thanks for reading and dealing with all our boring fun :)

I am thinking around the wedding to turn it into a book and then do one every year afterwards (if I keep up with this blog). I think it would be pretty cool to have all the pre-wedding fun documented. The first weekend I started posting was the weekend we found my wedding dress (fun fact). :) I want to thank Anna at A Pair of Kings for encouraging me to start blogging. It has been a great adventure and I thank you for always helping me when I have a question. I also want to thank Sara at Simple thoughts from a simple girl for giving me suggestions, tips and a website that has great pictures (http://weheartit.com/). I found my 100th post picture there!

Happy reading!

(and Cody)

from the beginning to now...