It’s Wednesday! And don’t stop here — you’ll have to go visit Blair’s gorgeous Carnival of Beauty. She’s so creative! Now we’re really getting to see her design talents. She’s presenting you tickets to a showing of 12 posts on the topic of “Order” today — and what a variety!

Here are a few catch-up details about my blog — in case you’ve noticed some new things in my sidebar. (As if you had nothing better to do! Right…)

I’m not really crazy and I’m definitely not hip, but I AM a Mama, and I LOVE being around other moms who like to write, so I thought, why not? I joined the “Crazy Hip Blog Mamas” webring. And they somehow accepted me. Now here’s a group of women who say: “We are blogging/ journaling Mamas who know that even though we have children we’re still hip and cool, no matter what anyone else says! … We’re fun loving, a little crazy, a lot hip and all MAMA!! … This is a site about real moms who try to balance who they are as a person with who they are as a mother. This is the real deal folks!”

I like that.

Every other Wednesday, I can join in a writing prompt — so that sounds interesting. A little easier for me to handle than all of you brave souls who tackle the Thursday 13 meme every week. I’ve tried to think of 13 things, but get lost somewhere around 7, so I’ve never participated. But one question? I can handle. (I think. Depends on the question.)

I discovered this group from Holy Mama! who says, “Really wanna know why I joined Crazy Hip Blog Mamas? I saw it on someone’s site that was way cooler than me – can’t remember who. I just figured if she was doing it then I was, too. And? I really don’t know who that was, and I wonder at how impressionable I am for a reasonably confident adult woman to be so easily swayed by a little HTML in a sidebar of a blog. Scary.”

How could I resist? Holy Mama! is way cooler than me, so I had to check it out! Anybody else care to join us?

Other Bloggity Blog activities:

I’ve also signed up to be a member of Women4God Blogs, which has quickly become one of favorite places to visit. It’s run by Catez of AllThings2All (who is currently enjoying her summertime in NEW ZEALAND!) and is a gathering spot for the latest updates from Christian women bloggers. And I’ve become a friend of Best of the God Blogs, where I’ll be sending some links to cool things. (You can too.)

And thanks to Mama B, I’m trying out this world map that has red dots to show where everybody’s coming from. So far, you’ve visited here from nearly 70 countries — how’s that for my contribution to world peace? (If everybody in the world had a blog, we’d be too busy reading and commenting to have time for war, right?)

Since there are around 30 million blogs out there, this is the best I can do to find myself among like-minded company. Eventually, my blogroll is going to get so huge, I’m going to have nowhere to write my own thoughts! (That’s OK — I’ll be too busy reading yours!)

P.S. If you’ve not visited Jenny at LJCFYI lately, you’re missing out on the world’s most adorable Oscars Party. Check out this menu: she served Charlie and the Chocolate Cupcakes, Wallace and Gromit and the Welsh Rarebit, Memoirs of a Geisha Sushi, and Brokeback Mountain Dew. Her friends brought Constant Gardener Garden Herb Bread and Turkish Delight. Of course, she posted the cutest pictures — so go visit if you need some kitchen inspiration!