10/13/11

PAY IT FORWARD BLOG HOP.

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.  ...^-^...

41 comments:

  1. Aw, that's so cute he calls through the day! But always check the caller ID, woman! Have a fantastic weekend.

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  2. I know Nancy, but the others are new - cool!
    Wish I'd get a wrong number like that...

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  3. My sexy voice is also my Homer Simpson voice. Funny how that is.

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  4. Great 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.
    Ninja Girl

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  5. Cool! I'll stop by and say hello to the ladies.

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  6. Awww, thanks angel! I am humbled. And you are too sweet!

    Great 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!

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  7. I wasn't following you yet! That means my blogfest is already working.

    Yay. Nice to meet you!

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  8. That gave me a good chuckle too, Laila! So funny!
    Thanks for these links! I don't know any of these bloggers yet, so I'm off to check them out. :)

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  9. That is hilarious! Love the pink panther ringtone idea! off to check out these lovely sites :)

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  10. Your story is a great way to start off the day :-) I am off to visit your links and am not following you, as well.

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  11. I 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.

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  12. Love your banner. Glad I discovered this blog. The title Untroubled Kingdom did it.

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  13. LOL I agree with D.G. - your banner is awesome!

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  14. Wow! I had no idea this was going on! Thanks so much. The phone story is hilarious by the way.

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  15. Haha, 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!

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  16. You added a bit to my life too with your story : )

    What 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!

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  17. Hi there, fellow Pay-It-Forwarder! Nice to meet you! Great story, too. :-)

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  18. I see why these blogs inspired you. Thanks for sharing and happy hopping:)

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  19. Thanks for the links. "She gives us hope" we need that as writers, don't we?

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  20. I want a Pink Panther ringtone now! Nice to meet you!
    Will check out yuor choices!

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  21. Exploring your beautiful blog and looking forward to many trips back :) Have a great week-end!

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  22. Nancy is fab. Not sure I'm following the other two, but will check.

    Glad I bumped into you recently Laila, your blog is a delight. :) And so are you.

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  23. Awesome links! That was funny about your call. I'd like a laugh like that! Have a good weekend.

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  24. Hah! That phone story is hilarious. :D

    Aww! 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! :)

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  25. 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.

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  26. Happy Blog Hopping. This is super fun. It's really nice to meet you!

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  27. One of these I don't follow, which I'm heading off to fix! Thanks for the links. :)

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  28. His Laila fix? :)))) that sounds lovely. I am so curious how your husband might be...I see him as wise, charming, seductive.
    Congrats 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.

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  29. Hi there Laila
    Thankyou 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. :)

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  30. Hi, coming over from Pay It Forward. I look forward to reading your blog. Cheers

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  31. Hey Sexy those are great choices and congratulations to Nancy who is a new follower of my blog!

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  32. this is a great way of sharing good content with other people

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  33. Hi - very nice to meet you and thanks for the recommendations - I'm off to take a look
    Lx

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  34. Rag on... will check some of these out.

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  35. i missed the pay it forward hop, but i still got to this blog! nice to meet u :)

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  36. I found you over at Lydia's blog and I'm following you now. It's nice to meet you. Love your image!

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  37. Hahah, I had a great giggle at your phone story. I've done that too, lol.

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