Window to my Digital Soul

…on a snowy day. Every cloudy day this winter seems to bring more snow, but who cares, because I’ve got sunshine.

Thanks to Mrs. C from Hanging With Mrs. Cooper for my Sunshine Award. I received the award while I was at Mom 2.0 last week so I’m a little late in spreading the sunshine. Thank you so much for the sunshine, Mrs. C! It really brightened my day. She and I meet all over the web during livestreaming events. We met during Blogalicious and met again during the Disney Social Media event. In between we keep in touch via Skype and Twitter. We hope to meet in person one of these day.

Now to spread the sunshine. This is always tough, not because I can’t think of anyone, but because I don’t know where to stop. I can’t list everyone who has brightened my day. But here are a few that brighten my day on a daily basis.

BanteringBlonde – Fiona and I just spent the weekend together at Mom 2.0. She definitely brightens my day and has many of the same interests. And I can’t forget her LOVE of anything Mac.

TheBudgeBunch – I have said it before, and I’ll say it again, Cheryl is like my sista from another mother. She and I both have 4 kids and we often joke that our families wouldn’t notice if we did the wife swap show because we are so alike in our styles. She’s just a bit taller than me. I get to meet Cheryl in about 10 days for the first time in person. We are attending the SITS Bloggy Bootcamp in Baltimore on March 6.

KeepItClassyJen – I met Jen when I took her social media class last April. Since then she has kept me thinking and asking me the tough questions and not taking No for an answer.

KnitPurlGurl – I have not met Karrie in person, but every time I see her smiling face on my Skype, it brightens my day. She is always there for support and a kind word and her “giggle” smilies crack me up.

MultitaskingMe – Melissa was the first Twitter friend that I met in person (along with @Twincident). She and I then both ended up going to BlogHer last year even though we didn’t think we were. She lives pretty close to me so you’d think we’d get the opportunity to meet more often, but we don’t. But I’m glad I get to see her smiling face in my Twitter stream and we will be roomies at the SITS Bloggy Bootcamp in a few weeks.

Childhood – Kelly knows how to brighten a room with her huge smile. It doesn’t matter how she is feeling, she always looks so happy. I love watching her show on MomTV because she is so silly and makes me laugh (& since I’m hopeless at sewing, I need to laugh while I pretend I know what I’m doing).

Chatterbox Christie – Christie is an amazing woman. I knew who she was before Type A, but had not really talked or even tweeted with her much. but when we all got together at Type A it was as if we were long lost friends. I hadn’t laughed so much in a long time. I get a hug chuckle every time I think about blue drinks.

Ask Wifey – Lorraine is another amazing woman. She and Christie are The Blog Rollers and once again, I didn’t know her very well before Type A and after I felt like I’d known her for years.

A Busy Mommy – Jen is another friend that I’ve never met in person, yet feel like I know her very well. She brightens my day when I see her smiling face.

Multiple MOMents – Carissa is always there with a supporting word and advice.

Rachel Ferrucci – Rachel is one of those that keeps popping up where ever I go. I’ve never met her in person, but it seems we are running in the same circles and on the same project. But I’m always glad to see her on anything I’m working on because she’s a real sweetheart.

Even thought I have a good list here, it is definitely NOT the ONLY people that brighten my day. Just the ones who happen to come to mind today. So now you all get to spread the sunshine.

Who brightens your day? Let me know in the comments.

These are from 2 separate snowstorms that we’ve had in 5 days. My kids are home from school today with a snow day. We got 6 inches over the weekend, 4 inches today and somewhere in the ballpark of 10+ will be coming over the weekend and then more next week. I really am done. I thought the 19 inches of snow that was the all-time record snowstorm for Dulles was enough snow for one winter. Guess Mother Nature has it in for me this year. Thankfully I have a 13 yr old son and a snowblower.

This is from the storm over the weekend.

And this is from last night’s snowstorm.

ENOUGH!!!!