Not all of you unfortunately, but 3 of you! Thanks for entering the contest, everyone! You gave me and my judge a good laugh. Should you need a chuckle to help you get through to the end of the day, go take a little looksee at the entries.

The reason I chose jokes for this contest is because last week, Will and I kept telling each other really bad jokes. So who better than boyfriend judge this contest? NO ONE.

Did your joke prevail in the joke contest of all contests? Find out the winners and their jokes after the jump!

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The past few days I have been thinking about this blog. I’m not so anonymous anymore, people I know in real life could find me and read all my thoughts, problems and of course, my extensive Tyra .gif collection. I really don’t tell many people I know about this blog, I think boyfriend sister and a friend Mark are the only ones who know about it. For all I know, people who know me may have already stumbled upon this blog but have just kept their mouth shut. I think I would l like to keep it that way too. So hey, if you know me in real life, shut up, I don’t want to know you read this! I write about some things with much more candor than I talk about in real life. If someone were to tell me they found it, I think I would censor myself more and I don’t want to do that.

I don’t really discuss sex and my relationship too much. I don’t real discuss the extent of my body image issues. I don’t really discuss working as a nanny, mainly for privacy reasons on that one though. I try not to discuss baby poop or womanly issues because I really doubt anyone would like to read that. I could though and some day I might discuss any of those…well not poop. Sorry poop lovers. For now though, I just don’t.

Anonymous bloggers don’t have this issue. No one knows who they are so they can blog whatever they feel like. I chose to show my blog to certain people in my life and put my face out there, so I guess I can’t really complain. I’m not complaining though at all. Just thinking out loud…er…on blog?

So yes, the age old question that everyone touches on at least once: To blog or not to blog?

Is anything off limits? Do you wish you were anonymous? Or anonymous, do you wish you could come out of the blogging closet?

I figure it was time I did some deep cleaning here at Oh! How Lovely! If you are not on my Links page and would like to be or feel I made a mistake, email me or comment.  It’s just hard keeping up.

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I think I covered everything today.

Blogroll. Check.
Links page. Check.
Reader. Check.
Feeds. Check.
Twitter. Check.

Alright, real entries tomorrow. I’m tired of looking at my blog today!

Thank you all for your comments and support on my post yesterday. Seriously, it means a lot. My freaders are the greatest!

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Also, many thanks to Very Bad Cat for bestowing this fabulous award of excellence on me.

I’d like to thank Edie, Project Runway, ANTM and my quarter life crisis for giving such amazing blog filler. And while I think all of you are excellent, I can only give this award to 10 other bloggers according to the rules. I don’t want to upset the blogger gods, so let’s do this!

• Brookem
• Benjamin
• Each
• Heidi
• Rachel
• Tiff
• Cici
• Penelope
• Shanti
• Barbie

These bloggers were just give the Oh! How Lovely! stamp of fabulous. Go check them out. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

So take it and pass it on!

BlogHer in San Francisco or Blog World Expo in Las Vegas?

What would YOU choose?

It’s St. Patricks Day or something? It seems like Chicago has been celebrating it for the past two weeks so whatever!

I’m actually directing you elsewhere today, freaders. I would hope you go check them out too.

1. I’m talking books over at Lacey’s place, Perks of Being a JAP, while she is in Israel. Have a favorite book? Want to see mine? Go check out my post here.

2. Since practically no one reads or updates on the weekends, you probably missed reading about my awesome blogger meet up! Check out who I hung out with Saturday afternoon or go see her take on the day.

What are you waiting for? Go read!

I have another fabulous, new design by the lovely Jess of Delicious Design Studio (formerly Cuppycake Designs). I’m very much in love with it! Her new site almost up and running, but for now this button will direct you to Cuppycake. I’d be totally lost without Jess, I’d have to no one to go along with my blog design ADD! Go check her designs out!

So yes, there are now ads here on Oh! How Lovely! Not that I really have to explain myself, but they are part of the Get Jamie’s Ass to BlogHer Fund. Love them or hate them, they are there to stay for now. I really doubt I will make much, but hey, every little bit helps!

Also, I didn’t want to put my whole blog roll in my sidebar so if you aren’t there, mosey on up to Links. You are probably there. If you aren’t, let me know and I’ll add you! It’s hard keeping up sometimes.

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Even though Jenn beat me to it, here is some tranny from Transylvania fierceness! I’m not even apologizing for it. Check it out. Seriously.

Lately, I’ve been thinking that I haven’t made a “real” post lately. My entries could be considered filler to some people; just fluff. I mean, puppy pictures, Project Runway recaps, contests are mainly all I’ve had up recently. Then again, what exactly  constitutes a “real” post? I know I am not the best writer. Sometimes my grammar and punctuation is off. I’m not witty and bring you to tears hilarious. I ramble on and on. Then I realize, every post I make doesn’t have to be perfect. They don’t have to be thought provoking, moving people to tears and Pulitzer worthy every time I crank one out. I suppose if that was what I did, I’d basically just be trying too hard. Let’s face it, you can totally tell when someone is forcing it. But then, there are some people who could write about the fly on the wall and make it sound beautiful without even trying, because that is just how they write.

That’s the beauty of blogging. Nothing has to be perfect. You can write what you want, no matter what it is. I don’t have a direction or a certain theme I blog about and I don’t HAVE to have one, unless I want one. I could throw haikus about Harry Potter up here one day, do a week straight of Tyra gifs, recap fucking Hannah Montana if I wanted to!  Yeah, I might not have many readers, but sometimes I forget that blogging isn’t about your stats or comments. It’s definitely awesome when people take time to comment, but is that really why I started this all in the first place? Nope. It was just my outlet, my little corner of the internet to say and do whatever I want.

Don’t get me wrong, I adore my readers and those who comment but I have to tell myself, my blog doesn’t have to be shiny and happy all the time. My posts don’t always have to be award winning quality. Some people really like to find blogs that are like that and that’s totally fine. It’s just not here. My blog isn’t about anything in particular. My blog just is.

This post isn’t me begging to be validated in what I do. Or asking for you to tell me I am a great writer and the funniest person in bloggy world. It’s just me saying what I have to say.

With that, here is how my Edie slept last night. She was passed out!

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That was the view outside my front door. We got hit with snow again. Of course we would, considering the last snow just melted. I am very much ready for spring to get here! I hope the snow doesn’t continue on into March. I do not want crappy weather for my birthday! It’s at the end of March but still! We have seen crappy weather then.

Any of you lovely ladies going? I’m checking things out and maybe, just maybe, will be in attendance!

Last but not least, some puppy love. Don’t worry. The place won’t turn into EdieIsLovely.net! I’m just in love with her and love taking pictures of her every waking second because she is just so cute, I kind of want to explode. Puppy paws!

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Because my life is awesome, I woke up this morning with a throat that feels like sandpaper, can’t breathe because I’m so stuffy and my head feels like someone has been hitting it with a hammer repeatedly.

Looks like no meet up for me.

This is stupid.