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July 24, 2009

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I’d love to hear where some of you are reading from. But sometimes I forget that not everyone knows stuff about blogs. Maybe some of you fabulous people are new to reading blogs, or have come here for the first time. I want to take a minute to say welcome and I hope you will feel graciousness in this place.

Maybe you want to find some other fabulous blogs on a variety of topics but aren’t sure where to look. I’ve listed a portion of some of my favorite reads on the links page. You can get there by clicking ‘links’ at the top of this page.

If you would like to know more about Chatting at the Sky or the story behind the title, click on ‘about’ at the top of this page.

Every Tuesday we have a little party around here where we celebrate and unwrap the gifts we notice in the midst of our everyday; the messy, the lovely and the unexpected. I want to invite you to join us with your own Tuesdays Unwrapped post! The women who hang out here are authentic treasure seekers and I know you will be blessed by their wrting and hearts. Tuesday is my favorite day of the week.

Finally, the best part of this blog is the comments. Don’t forget to browse through them and discover the voices of all the fabulous women and the 2 men who regularly come here to chat at the sky.

Speaking of comments, will you take a quick minute to click on the comments and tell me where you live? No street address necessary. State will suffice. And may I take a moment to tell you from the heart how much I enjoy writing in this space. Thank you for making it worth it.

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dear Microsoft Word,

April 15, 2009

Dear Microsoft Word,

You were first introduced in 1983 so that makes you 26 years old now. At 26, I would expect you to be cutting edge. So don’t you think it’s time that your spell check recognizes the word blogging? Seriously.

When I type the word blogging, I do not in fact mean bogging or logging. I also don’t mean flogging, clogging or slogging. Though I do appreciate your generous suggestions. Also, when I write ‘blog’, I am not actually trying to say bog, bloc, blot, blob. Or blow. Although I do want to thank you for adding to the distaste I already have of the word blog as it is in such close relation to all those other equally unattractive words.

Also? Those red squiggly underlines bring out the ugly in this recovering white-out-user. They are little false alarms all over the page. Like skinny red boys crying wolf on my document, screaming for correction when they’re ALREADY CORRECT.

I admit I’m a Mac user, so this might not mean much coming from me. But I do appreciate all the work you’ve done for me over the years: the centering, the italicizing, and the print previewing. Not to mention all those other words you spell just right for me. But please, for the love of all things current, include blogging in your next spell check upgrade.

thank you and do have a lovely day,

Emily, a Blogger (not to be confused with a Bolger, Logger, Flogger, or Bolgier)

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wanna win $20?

March 23, 2009

I have a favor to ask you.

please

I value your time. The fact that you choose to spend even a fraction of it here during your day is something that delights and humbles me. I am thankful for my friends in real life who read, for my friends in computer life who read and for those of you who read but haven’t said hi yet.

But like I said, I have a favor and I am prepared to reward you for your clicking labor.

If you are reading this, you know that I have changed my blog address. Now, many of you read in a reader and you have yet to change my address in your sidebar on your blog. I used to enter those links once and never thought about them again. But now that I’ve moved, I’m crazy about keeping them current for people. This is my plea:

If you have Chatting at the Sky listed in your sidebar, would you please update the address?

Thanks. Thanks so much. And to all of you who have already done so, I thank you from the bitty bottom of my chitty chatty heart.

And if you want to add me new to your sidebar or subscribe to the feed by clicking ‘rss feed’ at the top of the page, well that would be extra awesome, too.

If you find yourself in any one of those categories, simply leave a comment to let me know you either changed the address a long time ago, made the switch today or added/subscribed for the first time and I will enter you to win $20 at Target.

Because I am desperate for my links to be current. Thank you. Now get clicking.

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