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Welcome, fellow members of The Big Mama Fan Club! Thanks for stopping by! That Melanie sure is something, isn’t she? (oh–if you’re actually here to see me and didn’t just hop over from Big Mama’s, click on over to her site for a minute, then mosey back this way!)
In case you’re wondering, Big Mama and I go way back. To last June where we just about nearly almost met in real life. I (nervously) traipsed on down to Charlotte, NC for a She Speaks Conference (not as scary as I thought it’d be), and a couple of the sessions were on All Things Blogging. Big Mama, BooMama and Shannon Rocks were our fearless speakers, and they did a super job. I got to hug Sophie and chat with her for 31 seconds (give or take 2), but I only admired Melanie and Shannon from afar (and said “hi, nice to meet you” from my seat during a slap-your-knee funny Q & A). But we e-mail, like, all the time now so, see? We’re tight. Mel and I even have the same pink hairdryer.
There are a million-and-one things to love about Big Mama. If you’re one of her faithful readers, you already know all this, but if somehow, you’ve been under a rock (or stranded in xanga-land!–teehee) for the past couple years, allow me to share. Big Mama is brilliant and funny. She’s gut-honest and humble. She loves Jesus, her hubby, her darling daughter, and her friends and family. She writes about things I can totally relate to. Well, except for Fashion Friday (I’m so fashion-illiterate), but somehow, she’s even got me hooked there. Well, and I don’t always get her Deep South references (Tex-Mex, chicken-fried elk, the Aggies, some kind of grocery store about Butts), but I’m learning.
I do understand little girls who are tomboyish princesses. I do understand Target. I do understand Easy Bake Ovens. I do understand “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey. I do understand being amazed by God’s blessings. I do understand wanting my life to matter for eternity. I do understand the daily ups and downs of life and finding hilarity in the mundane.
She’s an amazing woman. And a fabulous writer. She puts words together in a way that most of us can only dream of. She can take the simplest, most ordinary thing and turn it into an entire side-splitting post. She makes me laugh. Out loud. With snorts. And sometimes cry. And then laugh some more.
Thank you, Melanie, for brightening my life–way up here in Ohio! Can’t wait to meet you and Girly-Girl at the Zoo (my first time in Texas!) in the spring!
p.s. If you left a comment at Big Mama’s and want an extra shot to win the book of your choice, leave a comment, and you’re in! (just tell me which book strikes your fancy–they’re listed on the sidebar on the right) And you have my personal guarantee that your odds of winning will be better here than over at Big’s. 
Have an awesome day, friends!
Hi Maria! I would love to have a copy of Expecting. What an awesome opportunity to pryay for your unborn child!
Thanks!
Soo hard to choose! I think I would like ‘Expecting’ or ‘Changing the World’, although I do think reading ‘All He Thinks About’ would be good for me too!
Thanks for the contest! I am glad to have found you!
Hello Dear, I have the first three already and am beginning the third one now…One Diaper at a time and I have really enjoyed them. I would like “Expecting” b/c Michael and I are trying for no 2 and it would be neat to read throughout the preg. Thanks
Expecting sounds great. Thanks for the giveaway!
I came from Big Mama’s site. “Is that he thinks about” sounds right up my alley.
Hello, Marla!! I’m a visitor from BigMama, but oh my gosh…did you read my mind or what with your entry on writing. I’m so following your advice. May or may not ever happen, but I appreciate your guidance!
I would love to have From Blushing Bride. I have some sweet darling girls who are just starting that journey.
I’d love to read them all! But I think the stage I’m most at right now is the “Is That All He Thinks About?” stage…Sounds like I’m not the only one!
Thanks for the giveaway! I’ll add you to my Google Reader to keep up on your fun blog!
OK! Ser-i-ous-LY! How do all you “super-bloggers” ever get thru all your comments???
Hi Marla! Nice to meet you, coming over from BigMama’s and if you are a friend of hers, I just know we will be friends too! AND, we share the good ole state of OHIO! So, we potentially could be friends in real life! Yea!
*snort laughing at the Butts store!* LOLOLOL!
I would LOVE to read your Expecting book. I’m in week 15 of yet ANOTHER pregnancy I was told would never happen. I would love any encouragement to keep this normally energic girl afloat. LOL!
I would like to read “Is That All He Thinks About”. I was just praying about this; the timing could not be better!
Is That All He Thinks About?
Wow. A second chance. Thanks!
wow glad to have found you and added you to my list of blogs i check often…i would truthfully love all your books…i got married and became a mom of two in a very short turn around…(my older kids are 9 mos apart)
But I am always looking for new funny mom/wife humor books. I love the titles you have. thinking probably Is that all he thinks about?
Thanks so much and will be back soon
Steff
The expecting book looks great!
I came over from Big Mama also and am so glad I did!!! Looks like I will be spending some time catching up!!
I would choose “Is That All He Thinks About”
i’d love “is that all he thinks about?”
thanks!
All your books sound fantastic! I think I’d choose ‘How To Change Your World…” Thanks!
either blushing bride or is that all he thinks about…
“Is That All He Thinks About” looks great!
Either ‘Diapers’ or ‘All He Thinks About’. Thanks for having the drawing.
Would love “Is That all He Thinks About”