Yesterday I took a day off from blogging. It wasn’t planned, but because it was my birthday I thought I deserved it. After a relaxing day not writing a blog post, ignoring my emails and not touching my laptop (does my iPhone count?), I realized I need to do this to stay sane.

A day off from blogging is not something unusual. Most people that work full time, have 2 days off every week. Why, then,  do I feel that I have to be online every day of the week? Is it because I’m afraid that my blog stats will drop, or if I’m not on Twitter or Facebook that I’ll lose social media points? Will I miss an email that offers me the sponsorship I’ve been dreaming of?

Let’s get real, the interwebs won’t miss me for a day each week. If there’s an important email, it will still be there the next day. I feel more motivated after shutting down for a day. I can collect my thoughts and be a better writer after this short break. I’m more motivated too. Plus my family was thrilled to have me around completely, in body and mind.

I’m planning on taking that one day off from blogging every week now. I’ll schedule a blog post and hang out for the day, spend more time reading, playing with my daughter, talking with my husband and doing something just for me. Is this something that you do? I’d love to hear your thoughts on taking a day off from blogging and unplugging.

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So how’s the weather? I hear that question a lot from my friends online and my family from out of state. I find myself tweeting and talking about the weather quite often. With the drastic changes in the weather too, I’m constantly wondering what to wear and what my daughter should wear.

In comes AccuWeather. Their beta site provides the help I need. I set the home page for my city and get the current weather, forecast and even an extended forecast. Awesome! This helps me decide if I can finally put away our winter clothes, oh please, already!

Knowing the forecast, helps me know if it’s plausible to go to the beach or the movies instead. With the traveling I’m doing, I like the travel part of the site. Back to clothing – I can decide on what to pack. I know I’ll still bring a dozen pair of shoes, but will they be sandals or closed shoes? Plus planning on activities once I get there is easier too.

There’s even a health section that covers migraines, arthritis and allergies among other ailments. Yes, the weather does have a lot to do with these conditions. If Sammi tells me that her allergies are acting up, I can take a look to see if it’s true or if she just has schoolitis. I’ll be using Accuweather more often. Just bookmarked it.

My daughter Alicia has applied to be an official sponsor for Prilosec and needs your votes please. Alicia is a hard worker, very determined and has never gotten a hand out for anything. Since middle school, she’s taken on extra classes so she could graduate early. In high school, she took college classes along with her regular class work.

She earned a full scholarship for college because of her excellent grades and graduated with her Bachelors Degree at the age of 20. She accomplished this while working full time. She’s currently in Graduate School and will graduate this May at the age of 23. Again, while working full time.

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Knowledge is important to her and sharing that knowledge makes her happy. Choosing the career of a Librarian suits her perfectly. She is considering working in a public library. I can just picture her smiling, helping all ages find answers, get the resources they need and especially working with children. She would be in her element.

Right now because of working, recently getting married and dealing with day to day life, she is asking Prilosec to sponsor her to a conference for librarians in Washington DC. She wants to learn as much as possible about how to use her skills to better the community at large. She and her husband are considering moving to a low income area that needs help building up their local library. One of the places on their list is New Orleans.

Yes, I’m her mother and I’m biased, but if you knew her, you’d agree that she deserves this. Help spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and forums. And vote! Please let me know if you have any questions about my daughter and her goal to become an official sponsor for Prilosec.

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Edit to add: You can also help by Tweeting this: RT @ConnieFoggles Please, please vote for my daughter. She deserves this and has worked hard. http://ow.ly/1cZqJ PL RT

You can vote for her every day, but you must be a resident of the US. Please vote daily. Thanks.

Wordless Wednesday – Kissing my husband on New Year’s Eve is still something we treasure. Our second date was on New Year’s Eve and we spent the night together! Get your minds out of the gutter – to be safe Shawn didn’t drive after drinking that night so we spent the night at his friend’s house after a party. We were up most of the night and I knew that we were going to be married that night…