I’m sorry for being MIA last week (again!) We are still dealing with house stuff. I think we’re finally close to coming to a resolution (yes, about 3 weeks later!) but it’s not a closing. :-/ Needless to say, I’m not really happy but what can you do. But we are unpacked in the apartment now. Remember me complaining about it being dark in here? Well, we went to Ikea (yay!) and got some lights to hang on the ceiling and run the power down to the outlet. This is what we got for the bedroom and living room…
So it’s a little better but I do miss the natural light that I used to get. But this is cool because we can switch the shades out if I get bored of this. 
Speaking of Ikea, I ended up getting the futon I mentioned somewhere. (I thought it was on here but I can’t find the post, so it must have been Twitter.) But it’s this one. My parents slept on it this past weekend and said it was okay. Not as soft as it was in the store but hopefully it’ll break in a little bit.
So, onto BlogHer 2010 – it was in NYC on Friday and Saturday. I wanted to go to the conference for the first time but I also wanted to go to meet Anna, from Be Healthy, Be Well, Be Inspired. We had been communicated through our blogs/twitter/email for the last 9-10 months and we just got along. It was great to see and meet her! We hit it off right away like we’ve always known each other! Okay, I was trying to upload some photos but WordPress kept dying on me. I’ll deal with it later. In the meantime you can check out Anna’s FB page as she’s uploaded most of them.
We got our picture taken with the sun from Jimmy Dean (the real one!), Pillsbury Doughboy, Wonder Woman, My Little Pony, Statue of Liberty… you get the idea! We passed on Bruce Jenner though. I didn’t need to take my camera, they gave us the pics. I am bummed we didn’t get our picture taken with Ms. Potato Head. But I did get a small one! …
Needless to say, the vendor area was huge! It was way bigger than anything I’ve ever seen and I got more SWAG than I dreamed possible! I had to send a boxful home since I didn’t have room in my suitcase! I was honestly surprised at the big name vendors that were there and had huge booths – Pepsi, Chevy, Jimmy Dean, Pur, Filtere, Quaker, Yahoo, Comcast, etc. It was really nice to go through. Saw some really neat products that I’ll talk about hopefully later.
We did spend more time in the vendor area because we did a lot of talking and networking with the people. Met a lot of great people. One of the people that inspired me the most was Christine Baze who survived cervical cancer and now lives to spread the word that you can prevent it with the proper knowledge. She started the Yellow Umbrella Organization. Check out her website here. Did I mention she was a Rock Star too? You’ll hear her singing on her website. Awesome.
I forgot to mention I got to meet Michelle from When I Grow Up Coach. She is as awesome in person as she is on her blog! It was great to talk to her for awhile.
As for the meetings and breakout sessions, they were good. The first breakout session was not what we expected. It was suppose to be about usability of your blog and the description talked about Google Analytics, etc so we thought it was going to be around SEOs, etc. Nope. It was a basic beginning class. Stuff we learned in Holly’s Blogging Your Way Class. Which by the way is open for registration again! The main sessions were good, except for the one that Anna fell asleep in. Next year it is going to be in San Diego! I’m already working on my hubby to see if we (or I) can go. Rebecca from Design R already signed up after listening to me and Anna tweet about it all night! So it would be great to meet her! And anyone else that can go!
I go to work tomorrow and then repack for a quick trip to Germany!!! I am so excited! One of my friends has a job over there, so I’m going to meet up with her after her work is done and we’re going to hang out and spend her birthday there! Anyone know what to do in Frankfurt as I’ll be there by myself most of Wednesday??
Ok, I’m tired! Need some sleep!
Night my Chic Geeks! 
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Rebecca Ward says:
August 9, 2010 at 12:15 am (UTC -5 )
You’re right! You inspired me to sign up for next year just by your and Anna’s tweets alone. I only became aware of the conference a few months ago and now can’t wait for next year. Besides, who doesn’t love a weekend in San Diego?
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The ChicGeek says:
August 9, 2010 at 12:51 am (UTC -5 )
Lol! That’s funny. We had such a good time! (If you couldn’t tell)
.. I’ve never been to San Diego or spent much time on the West Coast at all, which is why I’m really working on hubby! 
You’ll have to give me the tour if I make it out! I’m hoping! 
Anna says:
August 9, 2010 at 10:15 am (UTC -5 )
I went to the BlogHer 2011 website. I don’t want to buy my ticket yet. I want to see if I can volunteer or have someone pay for me. Thanks for an awesome time. My friend ended up going but did not tell me. She went to some of the sessions and said it wasn’t what she was looking for. I can’t believe you had time to write a blog post. I was so exhausted yesterday. I started one but could not finish. Rebecca was right, Holly’s class is similar to ours. Michelle took Holly’s class before ours and she did not get the same info as we did. Going to BlogHer is definitely worth meeting other bloggers. I am so glad we met Abby and Mandy from Steal Deals. Their blog is great!
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Hannah @ Peggy Ann Design says:
August 9, 2010 at 11:27 am (UTC -5 )
I hope you do get to come to San Diego! Since we are moving there in April, I am so excited that I will get to meet all my bloggy friends and not have to pay for a hotel!!
Piper says:
August 9, 2010 at 3:13 pm (UTC -5 )
Sounds like you had a wonderful time!! It was one of those things that I heard about too late…but knowing it’s in San Diego?? That would be AWESOME! I’ve never been plus I could finally meet some of you guys!!
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Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach says:
August 11, 2010 at 11:44 am (UTC -5 )
You’re so very sweet! Thanks for including me here & for the kind words. I loved that getting to sit with you & Anna ended BlogHer for me. It was a pretty great (if exhausting!) weekend!
Abby says:
August 15, 2010 at 4:21 pm (UTC -5 )
It was so fun sitting and chatting with you and Anna. I honestly think these small intimate conversation times were my favorite part of BlogHer. I too was a bit disappointed with the sessions. In a word…boring. The rest was amazing!
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