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Sharpie Backpack Contest

I love all you guys for voting for me. Thanks so much. The contest runs for 2 weeks so if you find the time to go back and do it again, I’d really appreciate it.

I almost forgot I entered this contest until I got the notice last week and had to fill out all the affidavits and stuff. Now I would really like to win. It would be really cool to afford to take the whole fam damily up north 1200 miles for Thanksgiving this year. It’s been too long since I’ve been with my sibs for turkey day.

About 4 years ago, our little family almost doubled in size when we “temporarily” took in two cute little 11 and 12 year old boys who needed a home. Now they are 15 & 16 and my own son just turned 17. Traveling became slightly more cramped and expensive so our trips grew shorter and farther between but it’s been a great adventure. Now they’re getting jobs and social lives so I figure this year is my last chance for a whole family vacation. Even a third place finish will finance it!  If I get that, I owe you all big time!

xoxoxoxoxo

glitterbubbles:

jennhoney:

tricialew:

Hey guys! I made the top ten in the Sharpie Project Backpack design contest so now you can vote!

Please go to http://www.myprojectbackpack.com/main.taf?p=3

and vote for my backpack. Its a robot. What’s not to love about robots?

Thanks for your support!

(It will say “Patricia L.” under it.)

http://www.myprojectbackpack.com/main.taf?p=3

It’s awesome! I voted. Good luck tricialew! Go Vote

(jennhoney sidenote: I have a terrible time with those ‘enter the code shown’ thingies… Sometimes I think I’m a spam bot. )

voted! and Jennhoney, I have the same problems. maybe we’re both spam bots. xoxoxo

posted 1 month ago

friends?

I often wonder why people don’t post for long periods….sometimes even worry which is strange when you don’t even really know them. Is it inappropriate for me to ask where they went or why they left?

I follow the people that I do because they are inspiring, insightful, funny, goofy or just outrageous. My Tumblr dashboard is part of my morning routine (as well as my work day…shhhhh). I only get a hint of someone’s personality by what they post so even if I don’t know them, that doesn’t mean I won’t miss them if they leave. It’s not a waste of time if you’ve touched someone’s life even just a little bit…by making them smile or making them think, “I know, I feel exactly the same way, I thought it was just me.” Sometimes that is enough.

johncabrera:

I remember I found this really moving when I read it back in the spring… maybe because I’ve had similar thoughts.

Anyway, at the time I reblogged it, but only as a saved draft. I’ve been holding on to it, and I guess now it feels appropriate to post.

kelseroo:

I was thinking today about social networking. I have many people that I have a “friendship” with purely on the internet. I read their blogs, their tweets, and listen to their blips. They read and listen to mine. We comment on each other’s posts, leave kind messages, ask how each other is doing, etc. Sometimes I feel like I really know who these people are. Many of them I feel like if we actually hung out in real life, we’d be best buds. It’s a weird relationship. I don’t REALLY know these people. They don’t really know me. I will probably never meet any of them personally. Many of them live thousands of miles away. And yet I do think about them. I wonder what they’re up to. I wonder if they ever think about me. Or if years from now they will remember me. If my computer busted tomorrow and I had no internet access from now on, would they wonder where I went? Is this all a waste of time? Hmm…..

posted 2 months ago