Hey there fellow bloggeroos! Hope everyone had a wonderful week. Thank you all for being so patient during my critiquing period. For those of you that left me a comment anyway, you are so sweet! I do appreciate it. For those of you who decided to follow me, big welcome! If I have not followed you back yet, please leave me a comment to set me straight.
I started off the morning with a chuckle so I thought I'd share it. I keep my cell phone on my desk. My ringer is set to the Pink Panther theme for everybody. I was sitting here minding my own business when the phone rang. Hubs always calls me a few times throughout the day to get his Laila fix. Well, I grabbed the phone and in my best hot porn star voice said, "Hello there sexy." There was a brief pause on the other end of the line. Then a woman giggled and said, "I'm sorry, I have the wrong number." And we laughed. I added two years to her life and mine. At this rate I'll live forever.
Now to the matter at hand.
These two highly intelligent manly specimens:
Alex at http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/ and Matthew at http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/ devised a plan that would enable us to meet other bloggers and ride up the ladder to bloggingdom. They came up with this blog fest.
I'm supposed to list three blogs I visit and enjoy. Well, I visit a heck of a lot more than three, so here's what I'm doing. Today (pretend it's Friday already) I will list the three manned by the ladies who have been a great inspiration in my writerly life. Besides, we've exchanged the occasional email and that's pretty cool. In alphabetical order by last name I give you....
Carrie Butler from http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com Carrie is smarter than heck and she writes the best flowing conversations I've ever read.
Lisa Regan at http://lisalregan.blogspot.com Lisa is a highly talented agented writer waiting to find her novel a home. She has tons of knowledge to offer.
Apparently, these two ladies have teamed up with a third party to host the blog hop below. Check out Carrie's blog for more info.
And last but not least, Nancy Thompson at http://nancysthompson.blogspot.com Nancy focuses on her journey to getting published. She gives us hope, and she is an awesome writer. She's also responsible for the fact that I am now following people on Twitter. I'll have to do a practice run. :) Great Heavens!
Next week, I will possibly participate on the above blog hop and pass on a few awards. In that way I can name a ton of other blogs that I have missed.
Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be around following and visiting. ...^-^...
Have a great weekend, Laila.
ReplyDeleteAw, that's so cute he calls through the day! But always check the caller ID, woman! Have a fantastic weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood choices! Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI know Nancy, but the others are new - cool!
ReplyDeleteWish I'd get a wrong number like that...
My sexy voice is also my Homer Simpson voice. Funny how that is.
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you! I love the fairy up there; it's gorgeous o_o I never get wrong numbers just people who hang up. Laughter is a wonderful way to start the day.
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Cool! I'll stop by and say hello to the ladies.
ReplyDeleteAwww, thanks angel! I am humbled. And you are too sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike, I see. We both listed Lisa! Well, I hope you get lots of traffic from the bloghop.
And I'm glad you decided to rejoin Twitter. I did the exact same thing: joined but never participated. Then Jennifer Hillier twisted my arm and I couldn't resist the pain, so viola! Tweet tweet!
Have a super weekend and thanks again for the shout out!
I wasn't following you yet! That means my blogfest is already working.
ReplyDeleteYay. Nice to meet you!
That gave me a good chuckle too, Laila! So funny!
ReplyDeleteThanks for these links! I don't know any of these bloggers yet, so I'm off to check them out. :)
That is hilarious! Love the pink panther ringtone idea! off to check out these lovely sites :)
ReplyDeleteYour story is a great way to start off the day :-) I am off to visit your links and am not following you, as well.
ReplyDeleteI love your choices. Your story made me smile. My mom did something like that once when I was little, back in the days before caller IDs. Turned out it was the elementary school secretary--I'm sure you can imagine the stereotypical older woman during the 60s. Yeah. Mom was embarrassed.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove your banner. Glad I discovered this blog. The title Untroubled Kingdom did it.
ReplyDeleteLOL I agree with D.G. - your banner is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow! I had no idea this was going on! Thanks so much. The phone story is hilarious by the way.
ReplyDeleteHaha, love that phone story! Glad the gal giggled and thought it was funny! I would've. LOL Yay for Alex and Matthew's great blogfest idea!
ReplyDeleteYou added a bit to my life too with your story : )
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea Alex and Matthew had...and I will check out your recommendations...If I meet enough writers I may have to go to a writing class myself...hope you have a great weekend Laila!
Hi there, fellow Pay-It-Forwarder! Nice to meet you! Great story, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteI see why these blogs inspired you. Thanks for sharing and happy hopping:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links. "She gives us hope" we need that as writers, don't we?
ReplyDeleteI want a Pink Panther ringtone now! Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteWill check out yuor choices!
Exploring your beautiful blog and looking forward to many trips back :) Have a great week-end!
ReplyDeleteNancy is fab. Not sure I'm following the other two, but will check.
ReplyDeleteGlad I bumped into you recently Laila, your blog is a delight. :) And so are you.
Awesome links! That was funny about your call. I'd like a laugh like that! Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh my. Another blog hop. Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeleteHah! That phone story is hilarious. :D
ReplyDeleteAww! Thank you, Laila! I didn't hear about this bloghop until today, but I really appreciate the shout-out. :) Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my reading for the day. I'll give you a hint, it involves felines... ;)
P.S. Thanks for mentioning Casting Call! :)
Welcome back! The ringtone I had on my phone was Darth Vader's theme. Since Mrs. Penwasser didn't appreciate that, I changed it to Beethoven's 5th Symphony. I'm not sure that's a whole lot better, though. So, I mostly set it on vibrate, put in my pants pocket, and call myself.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Hopping. This is super fun. It's really nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteOne of these I don't follow, which I'm heading off to fix! Thanks for the links. :)
ReplyDeleteHis Laila fix? :)))) that sounds lovely. I am so curious how your husband might be...I see him as wise, charming, seductive.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blog fest and good luck, you have so many lovely blogger friends and I am so terribly jealous..., I hope you don't like them more than you like me, you'd tear me apart :). Kisses lovely magic lady.
Hi there Laila
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much for your kind words as ever. And yes i decided to keep on going with my blog. I have popped over from alex's blogfest even though we have already met, i wanted to return the lovely words. Hope you have a great weekend honey. xoxo
Eve. :)
Hi, coming over from Pay It Forward. I look forward to reading your blog. Cheers
ReplyDeleteHey Sexy those are great choices and congratulations to Nancy who is a new follower of my blog!
ReplyDeletethis is a great way of sharing good content with other people
ReplyDeleteHi - very nice to meet you and thanks for the recommendations - I'm off to take a look
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Rag on... will check some of these out.
ReplyDeletei missed the pay it forward hop, but i still got to this blog! nice to meet u :)
ReplyDeleteI found you over at Lydia's blog and I'm following you now. It's nice to meet you. Love your image!
ReplyDeleteHahah, I had a great giggle at your phone story. I've done that too, lol.
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