Hello ladies, and any of you lovely gentleman readers who happen to stop by.
Welcome to this weeks All Women Blogging Carnival.
The carnival is the brain child of the amazing, gorgeous and wonderful Leigh from All for Women and crazy meezer and is for us girls to get together, have a few drinks, and showcase all that spectacular women blogging talent out there. Last week’s carnival was hosted by the fabulous Cellobella at Sultana Blog, and now it’s my turn. Hooray.
Ok.
Get comfy…
Grab some nibbles…
Watch out for Barbara, my ostrich, as she’s a bit of a tartar after a couple of glasses of, well, anything really…
The toilets are upstairs (though I’d prefer it if you used your own as our stair gate is a menace), and fire exits are, erm, your nearest available door or window.
Please turn off all mobile phones, and place small children in front of televisions or down for naps, or preferably, with relatives, and…
..relax.
Ready…?
Go…
All for Women presents Fighting hunger with word power posted at All for Women
Christine presents French cinema, French Cafes, French People: Living in France, Strasbourg posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “A day in the life of an expat American Mom living in France with her teenage daughter.”
Louise Manning presents A Good Samaritan posted at The Human Imprint.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Vive La (Brain) Différence! posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Lill Hawkins presents Head Banging As Therapy posted at News from Hawkhill Acres.
poetloverrebelspy presents Budget Analysis: NY Times’ “Frugal Traveler” posted at Less Than a Shoestring, saying, “One of the things that really annoys me is the “budget” travel advice given by travel writers with a budget I (and others) would kill for. In this post, I take a closer look at what “frugal” means to Matt Gross, the “frugal traveler” for the NY Times.”
Mandy presents How To Choose A Domain Name posted at builda-blog.com, saying, “This is part of a case study looking at how to start a blog and following the blogs progress.”
Emily presents So here?s my deal? posted at Remodelingthislife’s Weblog.
Tiffany Colter presents Reaching more people with your blog posted at Writing Career Coach.
Marcella Chester presents Anti-Feminism And Rape posted at abyss2hope: A rape survivor’s zigzag journey into the open, saying, “This is my response to a man’s post which claims that all feminists are like Klansmen.”
Tee presents Things We Like: Bag Obsessed posted at Things We Like.
Carole Fogarty presents Nine sure signs the energy in your home is stressed: posted at THE HEALTHY LIVING LOUNGE.
Corey presents J is for………a Jumper in a Jar! posted at Living and Loving Every Minute of It!, saying, “HI JO!”
Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents Is Fat Contagious?? posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat, saying, “Many people blame others for making them gain weight. A recent study showed that the people around you can make you fat. Believing that provides an excuse for packing on the pounds. Accepting that it’s YOUR choice to overeat gives you the power to control your weight.”
Tina presents Shirts with attitude posted at Country Stitchin’.
Tina presents Sunday Pancakes posted at My Weblog.
Avery Gray presents I’m Thankful for…Guilty Pleasures posted at Avery Gray.
Tracy Zollinger Turner presents Our long national anti-bathing nightmare is over! posted at Tiny Mantras.
Lin Burress presents Tips To Surviving The Dating Minefield posted at Telling It Like It Is.
Belle presents Epiphany posted at Diary of a Housewife.
tenforty presents Ministry On Bangkachang posted at ten-forty, saying, “a trip to a little known island in Cambodia”
Laurie Hertzel presents Why I Was Late for Work, or, GRRRR, a monologue in three parts posted at Three Dog Blog.
paidtwice presents Leaving with Nothing posted at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already…, saying, “Thanks for hosting!!”
Misssy M presents Cashola posted at The Misssy M Misssives.
the baglady presents My First Holiday with a Huge Family posted at xynny.
Lynnae presents Oprah, Hoarding, and Self-worth posted at beingfrugal.net.
Ada Ozoh presents Introduction to chronic (migraine) headaches | Menopause Lifestyle posted at Menopause Lifestyle.
Host Bee presents Building friendships with other women posted at Busy Bee Lifestyle.
E. Von Freudenberg presents Rent yourself some Bling. posted at Stylish Opinion Magazine.
Lilacspecs presents Littluns posted at Lilac Colored Glasses, saying, “Even daycare workers have moments of profundity.”
Leendaluu presents Wit’s End posted at Wit’s End.
holly ireland presents Fun With Headlines posted at oh how my winter nights fly ….
wordmama presents A Sense of the Sacred* posted at I’m Not Hannah, saying, “I get all esoteric about cooking.”
Anne Maybus presents The Tall Poppy posted at The Tall Poppy, saying, “Not all cooking is hard! This recipe is a great alternative to the heavy Christmas pudding.”
Anne presents Children First posted at mydayoff.com.au, saying, “This is all about a woman to admire.”
Green Panda presents Family and Finances posted at Green Panda Treehouse, saying, “Basically a story about how family and money can put you in a sticky situation.”
Lin Burress presents How To Improve Your Children’s Education And Grades – A Parents Guide posted at Telling It Like It Is.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Financial Task I Dread The Most posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “How my health insurance policy is driving me crazy! 
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Patric presents I have a special visitor posted at Mad Goat Lady
Barbara presents I love cycle class posted at Barmus
Kay presents Waiting at Rainbow Bridge posted at Moggie Madness
Megan presents Emotional Intelligence and feeling words posted at Imaginif
Leigh presents Eating in style posted at crazy meezer
Ok, that’s all folks. Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy visiting everybody.
Next week’s host will be the Women’s Tribune.
Be there or be…
November 18th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Apparently I cannot tell time. I thought I entered but the reciept I got back looks like I entered NEXT WEEKS carnival. Doh! Sniff…
November 18th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
wowser! look at alla chicks!
i can’t wait to dig in…..
November 18th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Oh my goddess, did enjoy the nibbles and comfy couch.
Looking forward to kicking off my shoes and doing some serious reading.
Thanks for all your time and awesome energy and for including my article.
Peace, love and jingle bells
Carole
November 18th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Belle, hee hee. No worries. I’ll read yours next week. Thanks anyway sweetie.
Laurie. Me too. But I must go to bed. It’s 2.45am here and I’ve just caught up a bit on my NaNoWriMo. Phew.
November 18th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Hi Carole
You are very, very welcome. looking forward to reading your post.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:13 am
Thanks for hosting and including my post! I can’t wait to read through everything!
November 19th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
did you have to don your super-person cape for doing this during bert? what a great host you are!
November 19th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Thanks for the sushi and the catch up Jo. Was great. I love your ostrich and I’d like to mind her when you next go off on hols.
This was a fun carnival with your set out. Well done and thanks.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Thanks for accepted my post.I look forward to reading other posts.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Thank you for including my post. What a great turnout you have had for your carnival. Love your ostrich too!
November 20th, 2007 at 6:55 am
Thanks for sharing. I’ll read some if not all these post later. I love how you put the ostrich like that.
Your post was lively and very entertaining!
November 21st, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Hi. Thanks for doing a great job hosting the carnival this week. You made it very interesting and your personality just shines through. Have a great week (well, what’s left of it anyway!). Take care.
November 22nd, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Lynnae, welcome, and thanks for taking part.
Holly, I wore my super slippers. My cape is at the dry cleaners, hee hee.
Megan, thanks and I’ll put you down as an,er, ostrich sitter for when we next go away.
Laura you are welome.
Anne I’ve had fun doing it. I still haven’t managed to read everything yet as I’m in the middle of NanoWriMo, but I will get round them all in the end.
Kitten, thanks. iIhad fun setting this all up. My ostrich is a babe.