Your Spin Cycle Prompt {week of 1/27}

The wind is howling fiercely outside, I have a miserable cold and we have no school today and tomorrow because of this stupid polar vortex. The only good thing about that sentence is the word “vortex.” Vortex is a fun word to say.

One definition of vortex is “any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing.”

Have you ever been caught up in a “vortex?” Is there a “vortex” you would like to be caught up in?

Join Gretchen and me for The Spin Cycle; write your Spin on the word vortex and link it up any day this week!

Gretchen and I will share our Vortex stories with you on Friday. In the meantime, I’m going to go lie on the couch with my box of tissues and watch the snow plows go by.

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Slice of Pie Awards!

Finally, the day you’ve all been waiting for! It’s Awards Day!

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First of all, my book club deserves a special award. Because of the Booktique, I’ve met some wonderful women that I would not have met otherwise and read some great books that I would not have read otherwise. The grapefruit beer I drank last night while discussing books also deserves an award. It was very citrus-y!

For deciding to stay at home last night instead of going to a work-related, my husband Ed gets an award. He may not wash the pots and pans after dinner, but he is very supportive in all that I do; from book club to blogging to teaching preschool. Thanks, honey!

To my two little girls, who are the sweetest little girls around, I give an award for just being themselves. They are going to grow up really fast (everyone keeps telling me this!) and I already can’t believe that Lily is 9 and Emmy is 6! They make me laugh and do their homework. What else could I ask for? (Besides clean rooms, I mean.)

I also think that two of newer readers deserve an award; Tamara from Tamara (like) Camera and Janine from Janine’s Confessions of a Mommyoholic have become two faithful commenters ever since we connected last summer! Thank you, girls!

Two of my long time readers, Debby and Mara, also deserve awards! Debby introduced me to Mara, and we have been reading each other’s blogs forever! It’s nice to have such good online friends.

Finally, Gretchen definitely deserves a slice of pie for keeping The Spin Cycle spinning! I’m honored to be her Spin Cycle partner. It’s my favorite meme in the whole blogosphere!

What awards are you handing out today? Link up below or tell us in the comments!

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