How we're doing and event changes

Beware. This post is LONG, but is filled with upcoming changes you may wish to know about. :)

hiking at Harrison Hot Springs, BC Canada

How we are.

Wow.

Guys, I just have to say, I'm completely overwhelmed with your prayers and thoughts of kindness that have been extended to my son and I. I can't possibly respond to each of you individually at this time, so I'm hoping this post will reach you and let you know how much I've been appreciating your incredible support!

My siblings and I are hooking up and working towards our final goal of honoring my mom the best way we can. For that is what she deserves. It's difficult when going into my mom's home, however I believe the busy tasks involved in funeral planning is what keeps you SANE. The missing and the heavy mourning is sure to follow, however for today, I'm feeling pretty good and still productive.

The announcement of the passing of my sweet Mom is HERE.


Off Topic Blog

The announcement I created of my Mom wasn't planned quite the way it happened. I wanted to bury the announcement so I backdated it, BUT then it came up on the blogroll. OOPS. :) I'd like to avoid that happening again, so if anyone desires to keep up with the goings on of the more personal aspect of my life, I'll now invite you over to my poorly kept up and neglected off topic blog HERE. There's bound to be alot of soul searching type posts to come, so if you like the wordy type of posts that carry the potential  to make everyone cry even (sorry!), this may be of interest to you.


Upcoming Scheduled Post Changes

To free up some time required for family events and lots of duties to come, I've made some decisions I hope you can appreciate.

I love to blog and I won't NOT blog. It just can't be done. :) It's therapeutic and I can see diving into a passion will be helpful. But it has to work a little smoother in conjunction to other things that MUST be done. The rescheduled events are the difficult ones.  So here's how I'll change things up abit for the time being.

Workshop Series

These are oh so fun to produce, but they take ALOT of prep. For next week, I'm going to give the photography series a week's rest. For now, I'll continue the series on a more sporadic format to better work around life. So know, it will be there, but just not on each and every Wednesday. I'll change it back to each Wednesday as soon as I feel I can. So, simply watch the blogroll for a new entry.

SNS

Ok, my baby. Sigh.. I love hosting but I won't have much time to visit. What say you? Are you ok with me hosting and not making many visits as well as highlighting for the time being? Know, hosting is easy! Lack of time for personal visits is what's at stake here.

Have you seen the new link parties where you can view your project in a thumbnail? Perhaps we should try that one weekend and see how it works out. That would sorda take the place of all my personal highlights.

SNS continues this weekend with a wonderful giveaway and a little fun surprise, so you won't want to miss that! And the dual linked themed parties was a complete hit, so that will also continue.

Shall we try the new link with pictures thing  next weekend?

HERE is a sample, hosted my Tracy over at Beneath My Heart. Great topic, Tracy! She's hosting a brand new linky party you may wish to check out too! I'm thinking the pictures would create ALOT of scrolling with two link parties, however I'm willing to give it a shot if you like the format.

So You Think

I'm going to try my darnedest to keep this one up. Reason being, not only is it a passion thing, it's pushing me to do new things I've never done before. There's incredible value in this and I fear without the looming deadline on this one, I'll just... stop. And, when your mind stops creating, you think too much. I don't want full time thinking right now. :)

I'm also hosting a Studio Tour as part of a town wide open house hosted by local artisans at the end of April, so the more I do, the more I can show what I'm capable of. So You Think is hugely responsible for a boatload of new things I've taught myself. This is career building type stuff! So I will try to keep up for now.


Sidebar Sponsors and advertising

You may have noticed I've temporarily dropped my sidebar sponsors. Having the sponsor bar up drew in more questions I don't have time to address or requests to join up which I can't accommodate time wise at this time.

I've been making plans for something new and exciting sponsor related that hasn't been done yet, so when time allows, I'm going to start fresh, invite the gals back as well as anyone else that wants to join up, and do it right. I'm excited for the new changes so stay tuned for some fun upcoming unique sponsor twists and new advertising opportunities!

And there it is in a nutshell. Thanks for your continued interest in playing over at my place and I'll attempt to continue to throw in unscheduled posts when I have something to share.

Any and all comments and suggestions most welcome. I love hearing what you have to say.

See you tonite for SNS as regularly scheduled. :) And for a very out there downright scary world first type of submittance for So You Think Sunday night. I mean, you expect that at this point, yes? :)