Regular Reader lil' Art Giveaway - Closed!

I haven't seen much traffic lately, but I know there are at least 2 of you out there! If you email me your mailing address I'd like to send you a small token of my appreciation. It will be small. Reach me at *edited* And on the info/subject line please put "blog give-away," OK?

(c)M.d.V.2009

The give-away is closed now (12/12). Thanks to all who participated!

Funny Blogs

I find myself checking on these blogs every other week or so. I'd like to tell you they are spiritually uplifting or intellectually challenging, but actually they are simply for fun. I think I have laughed until I cried a time or two over at Cake Wrecks. Cake Wrecks is a site that posts pictures of actual bakery cakes that are, well, wrecks. Check it out and you'll see what I mean. "The Cake That Started It All" will give you a feel for the site.

I recently came across Awkward Family Photos, and now I'm hooked. I actually have my own awkward photo of Flora and I on the Atlantis ride at Sea World, similar to this joyride. When I locate it I just might send it in.

Fail can also be funny. It also has a nifty G-rated feature. (I hope you don't mind me using the word nifty two days in a row. I'm bringin' nifty back. Use the word nifty today as a sign of solidarity with me!)

Anyway, back to subject of G-Ratings in regards to the sites. Allow me to make a disclaimer that I'm not sure if you will find racy or inappropriate content on those sites, so far I haven't seen anything bad, but you never know, and I wouldn't want to offend or lead astray.

I'm not ashamed to admit it, I haven't yet grown tired of the Lolcats over at "I can haz cheezburger."

My Fellow Bloggers...

You may or may not have noticed that I changed some of the links on my blog roll over there on the right hand side. Please don't take it personally if I removed your blog link, I was just doing a little spring cleaning. I really enjoy all the blogs I link(ed) too, but I noticed that a few of them were not active for 6 or more months. So in the interest of being interesting and current, albeit in my own limited way, I was just doing a little tidying. I have you all saved in my favorite bookmarks and will continue to check on them. And when there is some more blogging afoot, then I will link away (again)! I miss you guys! I have also come across some new blogs lately and I am enjoying them. What are your favorite blogs? Share a link if you like.

Big Daddy took this beautiful sunset picture the other evening. He really has a good eye, and it runs in the family because one of his sisters is a very gifted, self-taught professional photographer. (I also like to think that spending a couple of decades with an artistic wife has rubbed off on him a bit, too.) I think he is inspired by her talent because he is taking many good pictures of the children and their teammates at games. That is how his sister got started with becoming passionate about photography. I love it when we can inspire, learn and encourage each other to good works. It is a blessing that he now has a bit more time to do these types of things he loves, ministry included (and actually imbued in all he does), instead of working himself to exhaustion just to support us. I do believe he's enjoying this season of life, but I can't presume to speak for him. It's just a nice little thing I've noticed.