Pink Cowgirl Hats & Tall Tales

You've heard me mention SITS before.
Many of you already belong.
SITS stands for "The Secret is in the Sauce."

It's a place for bloggers to come together and have fun.
To find each other and support.
To read fun blogs and meet neat people.


AND, today is their SPRING FLING!

If you visit SITS today, you'll find tons and tons of giveaways.

I'm a big supporter of this group, and I've been trying to think of something to giveaway.

I can't spend much money right now, so I've thought of something that's uniquely me.

I'm giving away a pink cowgirl hat
(the same on in my profile picture)
and a short story, to be written by me,
as a bedtime story for your child...or dog...or boyfriend. Or just for you.

You give me some details, I'll supply plenty of imagination.



Leave me a comment to enter the giveaway.
(and go visit the SITS GIRLS!)



I'll choose a winner by midnight central standard time.





Did you know that I write for UpTake & for United Credit Source now?

Complications

Due to a family funeral, we headed out of town for the holidays.

We've been in Baton Rouge.

Today we're headed home (8 hours in the car).

So, my Merry SITSmas post is going to be delayed until I get home.

But go HERE to see what's going on with the SITSmas!!

Not your average, ordinary day

Today is a BIG day. It's a celebration!!

It's the SITS BLOGATHON!!

To me, this is a day to show my love for a group that has brought together bloggers and formed a wonderful community where we can find support and blogging fun.

For you, this is an opportunity to check them out and WIN GREAT PRIZES! The SITS girls will be giving away awesome gifts every hour. All you have to do to win is leave a comment. Because that's what this group is about, leaving comments and supporting our fellow bloggers.

I have found so many wonderful blogs through SITS.

The two founders of SITS, Tiffany and Heather, are on my blogroll now, and I read them daily. Tiffany has The R Family Diaries and Heather has Mindless Junque.
They are inspiring and funny.








If I hadn't joined SITS I might have never met Lula of Lulaville or Cristin of Tiptoeing Through the Tulips or Insane Mama of Help, I have a Teenager! And they are all fellow bloggers I read daily and just adore!! They seriously ROCK!

and, without SITS, I might not have discovered The Monogram Chick.
You see, the SITS girls have giveaways EVERY WEEK.
and support bloggers who have ESTY shops and make their own stuff.



I bought a car decal from Monogram chick.
She's got an awesome shop.

My blog was a featured blog of the day at one point, and the comment love I received that day was amazing, incredible and so much fun!

I ended up with new readers and new blogs to discover.

And I received this cute badge to display on my site:

So if you have a spare moment today, head over to The Secret Is In The Sauce, because that's where I'm going to be...and you might win something. No matter what, I guarantee you'll find something or someone you like just by looking.

Awesome SITS Giveaway!

It's a Cricut Expressions.
This thing does it all.
Scrapbooking
Vinyl Lettering
School Projects
The list goes on and on!
The Cricut Expressions is a must-have! Go to this site to find out how you could win one!

Monogram Chick & SITS

The SITS girls are having a contest again!



They have the BEST giveaways ever. This week they are giving away monogrammed stamps from Monogram Chick.

Monogram Chick has some of THE CUTEST stuff I've ever seen! Everything from unique and trendy travel mugs (great holiday gifts for the kids' teachers) to adorable backpacks. ALL OF IT MONOGRAMMED!

This week's prize is AWESOME... especially with the holiday's approaching. How would you like to stamp your Holiday cards with this:


OR This:


Yep, it's a personalized address stamp. I would LOVE one of these. But, I'm sharing in the excitement and letting you know about the contest too. To earn an extra entry. hehe

Go check out SITS and Monogram Chick!

God Frogs

Welcome SITStas!

Glad y'all stopped by.

My name is Rhea (pronounced RAY). I live in Texas.

I have two boys, whom I love to photograph, make fun of, and interview.

They inspire me.

I'm always looking for inspiration.

As a writer, I find it everywhere.

In my childhood,

in my present,

being a mother,

hearing something funny in the waiting room at a doctor's office,

and

in dreams.

I often have vivid dreams with colorful characters and amazing plots.

Which leads me to today's post.

A couple of years ao, I had a wild dream,

and I woke up in the middle of the night

with the images and thoughts from it flowing

from my hand to paper.

I wrote feverishly for an hour or so.

Then I went back to sleep.

The next morning, I read what I wrote,

but wasn't as impressed.

I started to make a story out of it,

but put it aside eventually and never returned.
Here's the gist of it.

A young boy in a village loses his father at a young age to the local gods. This village and the people in it are stuck in tradition, which involves them paying homage to the God Frogs, which fall from the sky on the same day every year. These sacred frogs are covered in brilliant colors and live only until the next Showering when the new batch of frogs land.



Brolie, the young boy, has to decide, as he comes of age, whether he wants to commit to and join the Holy Order that tends to the God Frogs, or to venture away from his village and its traditions to explore life. I think there was more to it, but that's all I remember right now.

I didn't get much further, but one day I might return to this story.

It was a bizarre dream, leading to a strange story.

I just love the term God Frogs though.

It's fun to say.

Weird to imagine.

As a child I was called Rheafrog.

Weird, right?

I looked up frogs in a dream dictionary.
Apparently they represent positive omens,

Positive transformation,

happiness

symbolize the unconscious

and can even be sexual symbols,

representing male genitals.

Ummm, yuck on the last one.

Sorry to leave you with that image!

Saucy Chef

I woke up this morning to find out I'm a Saucy Chef today!!

Woohoo!! Click on the logo below to see what I'm talking about:



If you haven't discovered SITS yet, you really need to stop by and check it out.

SITS stands for The Secret is in The Sauce

and was founded by Tiffany and Heather.

They have brought together the community of women (and men) bloggers in a fun way.

Check them out:

And, they're having an awesome giveaway this week, for a Apple 4G iPod Nano in Silver! Seriously cool.