Jenny On the Spot: Caffeinated mom, lover of dancing, glitter and glitter.

Oh dear. This is a long one…. Practically a thesis. Maybe I should change the title to BlogHer 09 Thesis and Whatnot of all Silliness and Ramblings of Great Proportion. Or not.

I was gonna do a “BlogHer – The Friday” post. Meh. Who wants a day-by-day run down? I just want to show you how fabulous life becomes when online babes friends get to meet each other IRL (in. real. life.) At BlogHer, not only did I get to meet people I have grown to admire, adore and, yes… even LOVE. I also MET people at BlogHer who I now admire, adore, and even… LOVE.

I fell fast and hard for some of these people…

In no order of importance, but probably in order of how this pics loaded from my iPhone into iPhoto, or however they landed on my desktop as I stalked the BlogHer pics on the Flickr…

Chris, Kim (3 Giraffes) and Sizzle Says… gettin’ texty with it whilst we wait for our ride to the Sheraton in Downtown Chicago.

My Jenny (3 Kid Circus). Have read her from my first days… plus our names are at the same level of Awesome, and we both celebrate the same new age in the SAME MONTH, and also she has 3 kids. Like identical twins of life… practically exactly the same. We both even have green teeth. Scary *shivers*. We do have one thing not in common tho, I am a stalker and she is cool. (pic belongs to mizzjenny on Flickr)

Oh. Dawn (Because I Said So). Luv Hur. So. Mauch. Look at that smile of hers! Pure gold, this woman. My biggest regret of BlogHer ‘09…. not riding The Wienermobile with her. I was sitting against a random wall, charging my laptop and she came by and said she was going to go ride the Wienermobile and I was all, I’m gonna go nap.

Whu? Just call me Lamey Lamerson! I napped for maybe 10 minutes. Meanwhile Dawn got to ride the Wienermobile and made all kinds of what I bet were FABULOUS inappropriate jokes memories.

Oh, OH! Also, I landed an open seat where Dawn was lunching on Saturday and got to hang with MaNiC MoMMy too! No pic to prove it, but only the joy in my heart for my new adorable friend Stephanie! Mwah to you two lovelies!

Kelby stinkin’ Carr. The genius behind Type-A Mom and contributor at countless other sites. I’m sorry I caught ya with your eyes closed, my sister. Musta been all the glitter in the air.

I finally got to lay my eyes on and hug Musing Woman of Blogtations and Three Words Blog. I got a pic too, but… sometime pics just don’t work out… Just for me to giggle over, I suppose :) This woman has been such an encouragement to me. I am amazed how much value someone you have never met, and have somewhat staggered contact with… how significant they can grow to be. This woman has such a tenderness… a genuine compassion… and despite the trials of life — that light she possesses burns full and lovely. She had to leave the conference early, but even those few moments together were so full for me! {{{cyberhug}}}

Lotus (Sarcastic Mom). I saw her that first night, Thursday night, and drooled on her a bit (I hope my drool stain came out of your top…), but didn’t have the nerve to ask her to take a pic with me. A day later, I cornered her, and she had no choice. I’m kidding. Not about the “no choice” part, just the cowering. She didn’t cower, she’s brave like that. Sarcastic Mom was as lovely and delightful as my mind built her up to be :)

Sweet, sweet Christy Nelson. Creative genius and owner of a smile ya just can’t smile back at! Each time I bumped into her in the great halls of BlogHer, I couldn’t help but smile. There are people who just bring that… and Christy brings it. See??? No. You can’t see, but I have an ear-to-ear grin just typing this!

I met the lovely Erin Sclosser (Schlosser Design). She was hanging with Christy at the mommy Needs a Cocktail Party. You should visit her site… oh the loveliness! Talent with a capital T!

Yay! New friends! Liz (HP and Baby Blooze) and John Kim (Whrrl) at the Type-A Momfluence cocktail party…. Oh, the coffee martinis were TO DIE FOR. I downed 2. Or 3. I think just 2, but I wanted 5. I digress. I am learning to Whrrl… so I can tell more stories more often! I met John’s fabulous colleagues Erin & Joni too, and I hope to take them up on their offer to help me become a master Whrrlr and maybe kick it in their office sometime :) Yay Seattle! (BTW, how do I embed a story on my site?)

The Weird Girl. It was an instant connection at BlogHer last year. At these events it can be all too easy to forget the many people one has met. Not the Weird Girl. It’s a heart thing. I knew she was headed there this year and was tickled to give her a big squeeze… and shake it together on the dancefloor at the MamaPop party… Gonna shake it with me at Viking Fest next year, girlfriend?

(pic belongs to jack’sdad on flickr)

I met Rick of Tiny Prints… but this was all most BlogHers ever really saw of his face. It was like a mask, but it was a camera. *blondmoment* In this picture, my friend Chris was taking a pic of Rick taking a pic of her… They are so creative. (pic belongs to 3 Giraffes on flickr)

Ummm…

I was going for a creative mirror/self-portrait shot and this fella hopped in the frame. A bachelor party crashed the CheeseburgHer party. I told the bachelors party fellers my name was Heather. *giggle* *gigglegiggle* If YOUR name is Heather, know I did this because I think the name “Heather” is the name of hotness (i.e. Heather Locklear) and a fake name is about as close as this mama is gonna get :) Glitter helps. And beer goggles. Cheeseburgers??? Aaaaanywho…

Met this darlin’ at the CheeseburgHer party. She was so sweet to pose with me. This is The Cheeky Lotus. Her name is not Heather. It’s Lena. But her name could TOTALLY be “Heather” *wink*… Maybe I’ll change my fake name from “Heather” to “Lena”. *thinkingthinking*

*GASP* Ya’ll know who the pretty lady in the above pic is? ME. Hahahha… I love to kid… No, that stunning blond is Lisa Stone. You know Lisa! Of course you do… What a treat to finally meet her!  (pic belongs to mizzjenny on flickr)

Jen (Not Calm Dot Com). What a pumpkin! I’m going to steal her from Jenny… you can see how happy she makes me… We also both know how to pull off the McDonalds bag hat-look. Ya think? (pic belongs to mizzjenny on flickr)

Rhi (Rhi in Pink) and I waiting outside of Ann Taylor. Turns out we both bought the same shirt. I’ve never bought Ann Taylor before. Well, maybe at the Price and Grab… Hey, Rhi… when can we get together and be twinsies??? (pic belongs to andsosheblogs on flickr)

This my beloved JD (I Do Things). She does things. So we don’t have to. Like, read one of her very funny posts in front of, like 1500 people. I’m glad she was chosen for the Community Keynote, ya know… so mine wouldn’t be ;) She is probably one of the funniest people, ever. And also has a very cool resin cake sprinkles ring. *cake sprinkles ring lust* And she wore a pink sparkly top the day I met her. And… I just didn’t get enough time with JD. She actually got decent sleep at BlogHer, so I didn’t have to? No. She was the smart one. So I don’t have to. Oh golly… (pic belongs to IDoThings on flickr)

Kathy (The Junk Drawer). No picture. OK, I have one, but I want her to love me for always so… maybe next year – m’kay Kathy? Kathy and I waited nervously in the audience with our video cameras for JD to Do Her Thing at the Community Keynote. Kathy is one of those gals who has yo back. And oh, how you made me giggle!

Of course there was BlogHer Prom. Well, I guess just Kim and I went to that…

(pic belongs to 3 Giraffes on flickr)

Now… here are people I can’t find a picture of us together, but I know I was close enough to have had that maybe happen… Oh the tragedy!!! ShortPumpPreppy (how on earth did WE not strike a pose toogethah?!) and @twincident (but they did get a picture of my legs for a leg contest… I wish I had submitted this pic – heh…) Mamikaze, Mrs. Flinger, The Bloggess (who I kind-of chased down and tackled just to say “hi”, then felt suddenly shy… *huh?* guess I wasn’t wearing enough of my confidence prop – glitter), Barefoot Foodie (pretty sure she thot I was a loonie-house escapee. No. I’m sure she thot that. I gave her every reason to think that. I think. But she was so sweet and indulged my mania. That night was really blurry. Something having to do with CheeburgHers and bag hats and 12 hours of sleep over 3 days… and whathaveyou. Also, in my defense… I have 3 kids. It’s amazing I can form words or even dress myself for all the brain cells they have destryed… I digress…), And So She Blogs (Really???? N0 pic of We?!)… Classy Chaos! I did get a picture, but it was so dark and blurry… *pout* Inherent Passion… we have red streaks in our hair… you are irresistibly adorable! And TallTara with lijit… gurl, you know you have won a special place in my heart *beatbeat*

Oh. There’s more, and I am exhausted. Come here… lil closer… I have a confession: I still haven’t sorted through my business cards.

Go ahead. Slap my hand. Bad Jenny. There are SOOO many more folks to link and spout lovely words or confessions about. But I may save that for later. This is what I hate about recap posts… the forgetting… And swag? Who needs swag when one’s life is full of great people like these?!

Now? I must away. The power of the pillow and children who need breakfast in the a.m. are calling me to dreamland.

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