Hanging all the artwork at the gallery went great today. I had a pretty good time. I’m hurting everywhere right now but at least the gallery looks great. I got a few shots to share with you. It was a long, looong day. I skipped my favourite chore of the fortnight – grocery shopping lol – so I could come home and get my sneakers off and chill for the rest of the night. After this post I’m going to get my reality tv fix and then hopefully fall into a deep sleep.
Little did I know that a photographer for the Southland Times would be showing up before lunch; so I get to feature in the newspaper in my trackpants and Champion tee haha. Not to mention the mess that my hair was in. Oh well!
Here’s us unpacking a small mass of boxes and bubble wrap though:
Don’t forget to join us if you’re in Invercargill tomorrow night! 7pm City Gallery, 28 Don St.
On a side note. My hubby spotted this article regarding Blog Idol 2 on Stuff today. Check out the awesome comments (I’m being totally sarcastic here).
I don’t know how to type all of this out at once. My heart is racing, I feel slightly nauseated and I want to talk to my husband but he’s busy so instead I’m telling all of you. In January my husband sent me a link to something called Blog Idol. It’s a competition held by stuff.co.nz. They send out a call for entries and invite bloggers from throughout NZ to send in a 150 word article on any subject. I chatted with Andrew about how I might send something in, you know, because I like to blog lol. *Insert nervous laughter here*
Like a lot of things in my ‘that’s a fun idea maybe I’ll get to it‘ folder I bookmarked it and went on my merry way. A month later I’m in the shower and this thought pops into my mind “Hey what about that Blog Idol thing?” A slight panic flooded over me as I started to think I’d missed the deadline. I finished up, got dressed and rushed over to my computer to look up my bookmarked site. What do you know, today was the last day for entries and I had until 5 o’clock to throw something together. So I sat down to write but the baby began to fuss and was ready for his nap. I stop briefly and deal with that then begin to type out whatever it is that’s just flowing through me. The silence in my home couldn’t have come at a better time. I wrote 149 words, the limit was 150. When there’s a word limit I usually have this overwhelming urge to write EXACTLY the number of words you’re limited to. It’s a weird trait of mine. I could have easily added one more word but I had a whole conversation with myself to calm down about it. Yes, I am that strange on the inside lol.
I pressed send.
I never heard anything back.
Until today.
When I opened my inbox to find an email titled “Blog Idol 2 Finalist” and read
“I’m glad to tell you that you’ve been selected as one of 10 Finalists in Stuff’s Blog Idol 2 competition!”
Oh my gosh! I’m terrified. My hands are shaking as I type. What am I doing??
So this is my plea. Over the upcoming week (starting March 8th) I will have to blog over at stuff. I need people to READ what I write. I will need people to send my article links trough twitter, through facebook, through whatever else there is. Most of all I need those links to be CLICKED ON. I need people to stop and read and enjoy what I’m writing so I can actually last in the competition. Please help me drown out the mockers that are already gearing up for me (lets hope they prey on someone else). This comp works by way of traffic, much like American Idol. This time the number of clicks represent the votes. So please, read every day, tell your friends and family to read too and help lil ole me live out my blogging dreams lol.
Nervously counting down the days…. xxx
