As I told you at the beginning of the month in this post, Queen For The Week took a hiatus in May so I could do some "housekeeping"-- reviews and giveaways I had pledged to do months back, but hadn't been able to get around to. I felt it was important to give those companies the attention their products so richly deserved, and to uphold my end of the bargain as well, in a timely manner.
Now, I've realized that it is indeed time for "Queen For The Week" to go gently into that good night, so to speak. I started looking at what I was posting... two weekly features and just one "real" post every week. It kind of felt like cheating-- you know, when you go to the gym, but all you do is walk around and look at the equipment, but never really do anything? That's how my blog was starting to look (if not to you, than to me). I felt like I was going through the motions, but not the Emotions-- the good stuff, the "me" stuff, the stuff that I think you like to read and that I like to write.
That's why I'm ending the "Queen" series. It's also why (maybe you hadn't noticed?) I've been slowly phasing out Truthful Tuesdays over the past few months, and finally putting the final nail in its coffin this month. I'm also ending my participation in Top 3 Thursdays. I want to be real-- both on my blog, but, more importantly, IN REAL LIFE-- and somehow, blogging (which I had started as a means of therapy to combat post-partum depression) had gotten in the way of that.
So, here are my final Queens... these are all the amazing bloggers who had either been nominated or nominated themselves over the past few months to whom, sadly, I will not get to. I do encourage you to visit all of them, give them your love, tell them you appreciate what they do, because they truly deserve the love and attention.
Kim
Kearsie
Vanessa
Meg
Connie
Michelle
Theresa
Tracey
Kerri
Crystal
Messy Mommy
My Baby Sweetness
MashugaMom
One other quick note: I'm on vacation this week (5 year anniversary cruise for DH & I, making up for the fact that we never took a honeymoon!), so don't think I've totally abandoned my blog. I'm just out of the country!
