Some days it feels like I’m getting “pitched” by PR people in droves. Five emails in a day, all addressed to… “Ms. Stephanie Wetzel, Blogger, The Red Clay Diaries.” My favorites say something in their opening paragraph to “personalize” the pitch. Of course, it’s hard to feel like they know me when their opening is, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Linkiness'
Open Table Spotlight, for the win!
August 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Stuff you need to know about, Things I like
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My extra husband
August 20th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Linkiness, Makin' Movies!, Marriage: So sappy together..., Pics, Stuff you need to know about, video
Yep, that slack-jawed yokel is my Beloved Husband, in character as an extra for a short film, The Candy Shop. What? You didn’t know he was an actor? Well, he’s not really. I mean, he had dreams of being one. He even did some community theatre before we met. But he’s never seriously pursued it. And [...]
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Ergo, ego
July 27th, 2010 · 12 Comments · B.GA. (before Georgia), Life with a tween, Linkiness, My musings, One word, Parenting
This post is for Bridget Chumbley’s One Word Blog Carnival. Go visit to read more on this week’s word: Ego. Two of my children are approaching their teen years. They’re tweens, in today’s language. And their tweenitude comes with a healthy dose of insecurity, embarrassment, and self-centeredness. Everyone else is looking at them, making fun [...]
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It’s summer. What else can I say?
July 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blogging about blogging about blogging, Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Parenting, Things I like
HOW long has it been since my last post? It feels like my summer has been kidnapped. Which is why I found this site so entertaining: The Ransom Note Generator. Simply type in the text of your ransom note, and it’s magically converted into your generic everyday disgruntled loner magazine letter script. Take a look [...]
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Rainy day Monday confession… but it’s not raining…
May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Confession: I am SO lame, Linkiness, My messed-up faith in a perfect God, Roaming the blogosphere
What is it about the spiritual disciplines that I so strongly resist? I’ve been a Christ-follower for over 30 years. I know how much I benefit from keeping a regular appointment with God. It’s the only reason I get up at 5:30 a.m. every school day — ostensibly to give me time alone to pray, [...]
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Just like the Four Horsemen…
April 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Not so much sportsy, One word, Parenting
It’s a sign of the apocalypse. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’ve already figured out that my writing comes in waves. Sometimes I go weeks between posts; others, I’m a posting machine. If I could predict it, I would. If I could modulate it, I would. But I can’t. So [...]
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Things I love, random edition
March 17th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Pics, Stuff you need to know about, Things I like
Sittin in a noisy Starbucks, listening to the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack on my earbuds. (Jai ho!!!!) Trying not to get up and dance. And thinking that then again, maybe a little dancing would do me good, what with the accidental exercise it would involve. But then I’d have to explain my silent Bollywood moves to [...]
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What I learned from the Twitter
February 4th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Twitter HoDown, Twittliteracy, What I've learned
In my real life, I have a lot of friends who just don’t “get” Twitter. They say they don’t have time for it (WHAT? Do they think I do?) And they always ask, “WHY would I want to know what a total stranger had for breakfast?” (I always answer, “It’s at least as interesting as [...]
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Pillows and badgers and pirates! (Oh my!)
January 20th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Roaming the blogosphere, Things I like
Lately it seems like my neck has a crick in it all the time. Not one of those “I can’t move my head and therefore have an excuse for not doing laundry or dusting” cricks. (I WISH.) More of a “This is annoying and every time I turn my head I sound like a bowl of Rice [...]
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Guest post AND a giveaway? Does this mean I’m a real blogger?
October 14th, 2009 · 17 Comments · Feeling stabby, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Linkiness, Pics, Things I like, giveaway
Illness update: Hannah… …does NOT have pinkeye. WOOOOOO! She has a scratch that’s healing on the surface of her eye (thankfully, NOT the cornea). (No pinkeye means I get to send her to school today! After two days at home! And right before a 5-day weekend with all of the kids here! All day! Every [...]
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