Dear Friends,
Can you believe the day of the shower is finally here?! I am so excited I can hardly stand it. Thank you to each of you for sharing your time and talents to make this happen. You took a simple idea and turned it into something much greater... something magical. You are an extraordinary group of ladies and I feel blessed for having had the chance to be a part of this with you.
According to Susan, the shower will take place at 8pm tonight (Pacific Time). Since I'm a list-maker by nature, here's my to do list for today:
*Streamline the blog a bit - I plan to take it down to only one post showing, which will be a welcome post for Leslie and the guests. That post will include links to the baby shower games and the blogs of everyone involved. I will also remove the personal information for Leslie and Amanda. Of course, anyone who is interested can cruise through the older posts. I will also include the url for the chatbox which pulls it up full screen, in case anyone is interested.
*Write the welcome post. Chelle, would you like to help with this one?
*Test the links.
*Write my personal blog post about the shower (everyone should do this one) and wait until 8 pm to publish it. I think you can schedule a post to publish at a specific time so it will do it automatically... If you use blogger, there is a "Post Options" link at the bottom of your post next to the Labels box. When you click it you can choose the time it will publish (make sure you adjust for time zones, if necessary), then hit "Publish Post". I will also be including the amazing link button that Wendi created. (Thanks!)
*Make the blog public at 8pm.
Am I forgetting anything? At 8:00 when all of the blogs are published, you might pop into your friends' blogs and invite them to stop by Showers of Blessing and leave a comment for Leslie. Then, sit back and chat. Can you imagine how fun and crazy it will be with all of us online at the same time? I can't wait.
Have a blessed day! Hugs, Dawna
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So much to do Dawna and so much excitement entailed in everything.
I have a post that is waiting to be published for tonight on Showers of Blessing. It is the List of things we Love about Leslie. Should I go ahead and publish it maybe say...an hour before it goes public? Let me know what you think I should do since you are going to put one post up at a time.
It's really like getting ready for a "real" baby shower. All the blog cleaning, and putting stuff away where guests won't see it, making a great 1st impression. It's all so much fun. :)
I'm thrilled to say I've got my intro post finished up and it's ready to post at 11pm EST :)
I can't wait to see the list Jacy. It's sure to be sweet.
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