Time Management 101

So, have you gotten the feeling that a certain article was written with you in mind? Until today, I would have to never. But that has changed - I'll tell you more.

I was doing my nightly Entrecard dropping duties - visiting blogs, dropping on their Entrecard widget - which is supposed to help drive traffic to your web-site. It can be a tedious and boring job and most of the time I drop and run. However, if there's a posting on the blog that captures my attention I'll give it a cursory glance and if the posting grabs me within the first sentence or two I'll stay and read it and post a comment if I have something intelligent to say. Today on Posh Mama this one caught my eye. I read it, commented on it and now I'm posting about it. Go back two or three blog posts and you'll see that I need help managing multiple projects. So, this post was written by Christine Spencer, and it had a few good nuggets of information that I found useful. Here's an excerpt from her posting:

There are certain times of the year it seems as if there is a million and one projects all trying to squeeze out through this bottleneck called ‘you’! Depending on how we handle ourselves, we either look back on these times as ones of great stress and worry, or with the glowing satisfaction of getting a job well done. Here are a few tips on ensuring the latter result prevails...

Click here for the full article.

Another Give-Away...

See that screen capture on the left? Well, those are my earrings that are featured. In addition to my blog give-way, this week I'm hosting a give-away on on one of my favorite blogs: PurplePinkandOrange. While I have to admit it was the give-aways that piqued my initial interest, these days I read it for the articles. Really...I do. My favorite section of the web-site is the "DIY: recipes, projects, etc." You can be sure to find some interesting recipes, articles about other crafting web-sites, and the writer's weekend projects. Because I love to cook, the recipes are a particular favorite.

This really is a great blog - I hope that you will visit to check out the great articles and enter a contest or two.