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I must be mad.<\/strong>  Not mad as in angry, but mad as in nuts, crazy, insane, looney, off my rocker, etc. What was I thinking? Signing up for the A to Z Blog Challenge seemed like such a fun thing to do a month ago – now it starts Friday! There’s a rich irony in the fact that it starts on April FOOL’S Day. I had so much time to prepare, I talked friends into it (hi Linda<\/a>, Ivy<\/a>, and Jane<\/a>). The discipline will be good I told myself. I’ll meet new people, enrich my blogging world, learn new things. I’ll use the scheduling option so that I can write them all ahead of time and sit back and read other people’s posts.  But here it is Monday and I only have 10 of the 26 “planned”, and only one (Friday’s) completely written. I’ve heard what some others have planned and they sound so much more interesting than mine.<\/p>\n

This is butterflies and doubts. This is normal. I will be (am) fine. It will come together. It isn’t a competition. It is a personal challenge. We are all friends here. I’ve decided that I DON’T want to write them all ahead of time – though I do want to have them planned (only 16 more to go) to make sure I keep up with my A to Z theme.<\/p>\n

It isn’t too late for YOU to sign up and jump in with me! There are now over 600 people doing this – that’s incredible. Will I see you on the linky list? I intend to try and visit every blog at least once. Who knows what friends I’ll make?  If you don’t sign up for the challenge yourself, I hope you’ll take advantage of the list (you can start now) and see if you can make some new friends.<\/p>\n

Now for some very sweet, french vanilla flavored coffee in my favorite mug and my pen . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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