Every time I say yes to doing something socially, I freak out a little bit before said social event.

Last weekend was no different. Angela invited a few friends to her cottage and I wanted to go so badly, but also, there’s a part of me that always feels dread the closer that a social event gets. I used to be embarrassed or feel bad or worse: cancel because of these feelings, now I know that it’s just a part of me and it doesn’t mean I won’t have a good time.

But I’d be lying if I said I was purely thrilled about leaving my family, missing my boy’s hockey game, and getting together with women I met online. Killers anyone?  Really, killers were the least of my worries. Here are my irrational fears laid out for you to laugh at and judge. Really, it’s okay, I won’t get my feelings hurt.

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  Just popping in during spring break to announce the Paint Stick winners. Caroline will be emailing you soon. Happy painting!   Congratulations Colette, Aimee, Rebekah & Haley!  

This week has been really fun getting to talk about things I usually don’t talk about online. If you missed it: My real name How we paid off $150,000 in 5 years and 6 odd tips that helped us We have  a dream What I did (I wrote a book that comes out next March) [...]

Bittersweet Bread & Wine Desperate Bossypants (2nd time reading it) You’re Made for a God-Sized Dream The Duck Commander Family Wouldn’t it be fun to get all of those authors in one room together?! What’s on your bedside table?

Hi everyone!!! I feel like we haven’t gotten to talk in forever. I’ve taken an unofficial, unplanned blogging break over the past weeks, well, kind of more like months, okay, actually, when I look back it seems like it’s been over a year. What in the world is going on? Since I feel so behind [...]

Every October for the past four years a bunch of us have participated in a 31 Day challenge to write on one topic for well, 31 Days.  Consider this your invitation to join in this year. Nope, it’s not until October but this is the time of year I let my brain start collecting data. [...]

Photo: Jamie Martin Jamie Martin of Steady Mom & editor of Simple Homeschool writes about where she lives, Newtown, Connecticut. Where is God in the dark of this weekend? @Ann Voskamp And I hope to see you tomorrow.

Today I’m home sick but still enjoying a few deals, I thought I’d pass a few along if you are like me and would rather shop online…. for 11.95 shipped w/ credit at OKL One Kings Lane, here’s a post all about how I shop there, also, if you sign up as a new member [...]

PHEW!!!! This has been a week of CRAZY giveaways!  And it’s time to announce the ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER for giveaway day.  I’m gonna be mean and make you scroll all the way down…you know, for suspense and junk. I want to thank Caroline for completely organizing and running this giveaway and all the merchants [...]

Click on any image to read more about any of these 31 Day topics.  Need help on linking up?  Scroll down under the links for more info. Also, I’d love for you to come check out my topic for 31 Days:: Home. On Purpose. And here are all of the 31 Dayers: If you have [...]