How Awesome is YOUR Dad?

It's easy as a kid to see how awesome your dad is, so why not tell the world about it and try your chance at winning a pretty cool contest? Mixbook is hosting a "Dad's Got Talent" photo contest in honor of all the awesome dad's out there! With a $1500 Best Buy gift card as the grand prize (and MANY other smaller prizes) there is no reason not to tout your dad's greatest talent. Is he a Master behind the grill? Is he a closet breakdancer? Is he a pro at mowing the lawn? Whatever he does that makes him special, Mixbook wants to know about it. Go to the Dad's Got Talent page and submit your photos. Then tell everyone you know to come back and vote for your picture! It's as easy as that. Contest ends June 17, so get to it! Photo with the most votes wins! Good luck!

*I am a judge for the Mixbook Dad's Got Talent photo contest. I am not being compensated in any way to promote this contest. I support the contest because I support the brand on my own accord. Thank you*

redefine and reignite

I only have a few short minutes here to write so forgive me for being out of sorts, but as most of you know I have been fairly non-existent in the blogosphere for a while now. Lots of things have contributed to my absence and I am going to leave that all for another post at another time (very soon though, I promise). But here I am, jumping back on the virtual horse and ready to give it a go again. I was given an amazing opportunity from Coca-Cola** and because of this opportunity I have been blessed enough to meet some very successful and inspiring people with some very memorable viewpoints. I have felt nothing short of sheer joy at the sparks I am feeling inside and re-defining and re-igniting of my passion for blogging today here in Atlanta with the Coca-Cola people and 20-some of my newest bloggy friends. I have felt goosebumps more times today than I can count and even shed a few tears while sharing some life stories with the group this morning. I have pictures and messages to share with all of you and hopefully the whole reason I started blogging and working on the internet will quickly wash over me and I will be back here, full-time, and with a vengeance. So stay tuned for more details on "Conversations with Coca-Cola", and everything I am learning. I can't wait to share these experiences with you.

**Coca-Cola paid for all hotel & travel expenses for me to attend the 3rd annual "Conversations with Coca-Cola" in Atlanta, Georgia. All views/thoughts expressed on my blog, as always, are my own and brought to you with complete honesty.**