Gone Fishing!

"POOOOOL BOOOOOOY!!!! BRING ME ANOTHER ICY COLD CALORIE FREE BEVERAGE, PLEASSSSSSE!!!!""

I fully intend to holler that out at some point.

I have no idea when.

It will have to be the right moment. I will find it.

By the time you probably read this, I will totally be on my to Miami, boarding the Royal Caribbean's The Majesty of the Seas (perfect name for my boat, me being the Queen of Arbutus and all), and embarking on a weeklong voyage of the Music Boat Cruise.

Third Day, Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Mandisa, David Crowder Band, 4HIM and bajillion other artists will be there. Plus the sun, excursions, you name it, my friend Tatiana and I are going to do it! We'll be sailing out of Miami to Key West, enjoy our own private little beach on Cococay, onwards to Nassau and back to Miami at the end of a week.

My hot pink and lime green polka dotted luggage is ready to go. It might be slightly overweight. But I needed to bring 7 pairs of shoes with me. I NEEDED to, do you hear me?

The spray tan has been applied so I don't scare people with my awful shade of moon glow. I am now good to go.

By the way, want to know what's going to happen on The Music Boat? They've now published the cruise paper that all the guests on the boat will be receiving. Check it out here and look at page 27 (I think). Look at what they did to my picture! They totally stretched it out...oh well. At least they stretched it vertically than horizontally. I'll take that ANY day over stretching it horizontally!


Hugs, smoochies, love! Have a wonderful week, and I'll see you in on the 15th!





PS - don't forget to keep the voting alive for me in the Baltimore Sun's Mobbies! I'll need you to keep it alive while I'm away! Details here.

The Mobbies

I think it was an accident.

Somehow, I've been nominated in the Baltimore Sun's Most Outstanding Blog (mobbies) contest. The fact that someone likes my blog and Twitter...and they aren't my parents...is mind blowing to me.

I mean, my parents have to read my blog because they're my parents.

But real live people?

What's wrong with you???

It's probably why I like you.

So. Here's the scoop on the Mobbies. You can vote for me in a couple different categories: Best Overall Blog, Best Twitter Feed (Personal), Personal, and Misfit: Defying Categorization.

I heart the misfit title in a huge way.

I'm listed under the Twitter category by my Twitter handle: @I_M_ErinBranham. I'm listed under the blogs by this super awesome blog's title: Better Than Doing Laundry. Check out the handy dandy picture I made for you up above, hon. You have to register, but you can do that easily through Facebook, Twitter, and a couple of social sites. Registered users get one vote per category per 24-hour period. So 24 hours after your last vote is when you can vote again. I'll be honest, it feels a bit complicated...even to me. So I'll thank you in advance for taking the time to vote daily for me!

Now, if I win, there is a strong chance that you could see a flying unicorn. If you're not up for seeing a flying unicorn, I will get a pet rock and name it after you. Just thought I would let you know that.

Well, what are ya waiting for? Get to gettin' and go vote! Voting ends November 12.

While you're there, definitely check out the competition! I recommend John Milleker and John Waire in the Photography section and Adventures in Extreme Parenthood in the Family section. You'll get acquainted with some really great new blogs and maybe make some new bloggie friends!