This week I’m in Nashville, TN, at the amazing Grand Opryland Hotel for the 2010 Blissdom Conference. Last year I attended Blissdom and it was an amazing experience. It was the first trip I had ever taken by myself, and it was my first conference. I had come to Blissdom ‘09 on a whim. I had never heard of a blogging conference before, and I thought I’d take a chance. The experience was nerve racking and scary, but so wonderful. It opened up this whole huge world to me, and I’m really thankful for that.
Being here this year is exciting. I’m so ready to see the friends that I made a year ago and to meet new ones. I’ve already had a talk with Carmen, spent some time with our amazing Blissdom hosts, Alli and Barbara, and had dinner with the wonderful Esther. I’d say this conference is off to a great start! I’m really looking forward to attending the panels and learning some new things, and I’m excited to explore this crazy humongous hotel that looks like the set of “Lost”.
Are you attending? Be sure to say hi! I’d love to meet all of you, and I can’t wait to spread some Zwaggle love! But now? Sleep.
(Can’t make it to the conference but want to know what’s happening? Follow along on our Twitter account, or follow the Blissdom hashtag.)
Have you made some goals for 2010? Have you jotted down a few resolutions in the past few days? Maybe you’ve already broken one or two (notice I’m not at the gym right now).
If your goals include being more green in 2010, saving money, or getting rid of some of the clutter in your life, Zwaggle is here for you. By posting your gently used kids’ items on Zwaggle, you can help the environment by keeping those things out of landfills, and you can reduce some of the clutter that you have in your attic or basement. By checking what other members have posted on the site, you can save money by using Zoints on new toys, books, and clothes. Is one of your goals to give back to your community more? Zwaggle has a great charity application that allows you to donate your Zoints to a charity in your area so that they can get what they need in 2010.
It’s an easy and fun way to make 2010 a better year for you and the rest of the Zwaggle community.
The Zwaggle Team wishes you all a happy, healthy 2010!
When you say that title, stretch out the word EYE. Like this - eeeeyyyyyyeeee. That’s how I say it in my mind, anyway. Also, you could possibly spell it the British way “HUMOUR”, if you wanted to jazz it up a bit. Personally, I’m not finding much humor in the fact that the holidays are right.around.the.virtual.corner and I’m freaking out just a wee bit. I’m shopping like a fool and I’ll bet you are as well.
Getting together with your family during the holiday season can be a great and wonderful thing, full of excitement. It can also be a stressful time, and meeting up with those certain special family members that you only see once a year and that you might not care for - well, that just can make it even more, shall we say, interesting. I’m here to help. In fact, we are ALL here to help each other.
Share with me your humor. Share your funny. What happened to you, one bright and sunny Christmas, that still makes you chuckle years later? Did you see something over the Chanukkah menorah that caused you to giggle like a lunatic? Don’t celebrate the holidays? Well, maybe you have a story about the snow that never fails to crack you up. Whatever it is, the Zwaggle team wants to read it. Leave it here in the comments. We have three prizes to give away: 1 copy of Prima Princessa, a great ballet DVD for the younger set, 1 copy of Spyborgs for Wii, and a set of ten Beanie Babies. These great prizes can help you finish up your shopping, and you can help us all out by providing some much needed humor. First prize gets their choice, second the choice of the remaining two and third place the remaining prize.
You only have until December 13 at midnight to enter, so get typing and crack us up! MAKE US LAUGH - PLEASE!
