Dudes. I am only motivated to sit on my butt, eat cookies, and drink wine. Oh, and watch football games. Sigh. I blame more sugar ingestion in the past week than in the past 5 years. It’s not pretty.

So - go check these bloggers out. I heart them.

• Go see Poppy’s contest - 12 chances to win - Here’s Day 1. Here’s Day 2. She’s such a clever, clever blogger.
• Sunshine’s Psychotic Hobbyist. General awesomeness.
• Care of TxPoppet - R.I.P Eartha Kitt. She was Catwoman as far as I was concerned.

—- Now, I must go try AGAIN to get rid of this bot that has taken over my Internet Explorer Google Search. Information about Tunisian Crochet is NOT available at couponmanager.com, dammit. —-

Yes, this is the same kid as here. Can’t tell by the hair, can you? Apparently he was waiting for the flash to blind him.

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on stories to go along with this one since I want to share these links with you.

• Please go check out Lys’s Cooking in Stilettos site for a change to win great prizes AND help others.
• Magpie’s link to Knit One, Save One - help babies by knitting or crocheting a cap to help keep babies warm.
• Are you looking for a way to get your kid interested in reading? Major Bedhead reviews “Read, Kiddo, Read” for MotherTalk - and I wish it had been around when I was trying to get that kid up there to love reading as much as his dad and I do.
• Go see Mom-101 and take action. Click through on her site or on this cute little button.

—- Now, if you’ll excuse me, I hear a hot shower calling my name. —-

This is the day when I send you out to go see what wonderful people bloggers are.

• LouCeeL has been highlighting Zoeyjane’s efforts to raise money for To Write Love On Her Arms. Please go click on those links at the end of Lou’s post (after you take a moment to read that beautiful haiku).
• You read June at Bye, Bye, Pie! right? (If you don’t, you’re missing one of the wittiest writers alive.) She adopted a soldier for Christmas. Go see how you can, too.
• Rachel, at A Southern Fairy Tale, wrote about Macy’s “Letter to Santa” program. Go check it out.
• Her Bad Mother, the wonderful Catherine, is giving. This month, it’s a portion of her ad revenue for this month to a charity of your choice (and you get an IPod!) But she has a wonderful idea and a challenge to us all. Go read about it here. What Would Linus Do?

EDITED: I missed this one. Care of VDog - Robeez is making donations for eCards sent. C’mon. You KNOW you want to send me an eCard!

—- Time for another coffee and curling up under a blanket on the couch. Love to you all. —-

I woke up to big, fluffy snowflakes coming down - the yard covered in an inch of the white stuff. It’s pretty, but y’all? I am so not a snow person. It’s wet and cold and I have to wear way too many clothes when I go out in it. And then I have to take off all of those layers when I come back in. And then there’s sweatshirts and sweaters and boots all over the place. And my skin dries out and itches. Right in the middle of my back where I can’t reach to scratch.

Face it - barefoot is better. I want snow on one day and one day only. Then it just needs to go back where it came from. So, to save you from my complaining, here’s another installment of Sharing Saturday. Go check out these links.

• We all have people on our gift lists that ‘already have everything’. Stumped? Please consider a donation in their name.
• I love special cards - and these cards are really special. You could even win some if you go here and do what Meg asks you.
• Magpie is looking to give away a Wii Fit for the funniest fitness story you can post. Go check it all out here. I’m entering, too, because, y’know, I am all about the free stuff the fitness, but I figure if you can laugh at me, then I should be able to laugh at you, too!
• Because we could all use some help in the finance department this season - see Just Because Lys’s tips on cash back here.

—- I hear a blanket calling my name from the living room. A nap at 11:45 on a snowy Saturday is an excellent way to indulge my inner Winter sloth. —-

CommentLuv - the plug-in we all covet - is nominated at Mashable. Go vote! In fact, vote today, vote tomorrow, vote every-single-day!

Y’all know Elle? Elle who makes delicious truffles every November for Adoption Awareness Month? Elle who handmakes these truffles and packages them beautifully and sends them to your home for you to give as gifts? Or to eat every single one of them your-own-self (NOT that I would ever do that, y’know.) Click on the bee to order.

You can see the story of Sweet Hope here.

—- There you go. What more could you want? I could want Michigan State to beat the pants off of Penn State, but that doesn’t seem to be working, so make me happy and click up there! —-