Random Tuesdayness - Red Red Whining - Guest Post

Please give a warm welcome to my guest blogger for the day, you all know and love her... Jaime from Red Red Whine! Jaime is a mom, wife and lawyer (personally I don't know how she does it) and an absolutely wonderful writer. We often discuss our love of books and vampires, but have yet to meet in person. Jaime is definitely someone I'm happy to have connected with! Now show her some love!

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Once upon a time, when I used to have more time to blog, I would do the Random Tuesday thing. Some of my posts were SO random you could barely follow them. Then again, some of Erica's posts were the same way. We bonded over boasting about who could be more random and, of course, our shared love of all things vampire.

Speaking of vampire...
...Kellan is my "celebrity freebie." Meaning that I have a free pass to screw his brains out should the opportunity present itself. Fair's fair. Hubby has a celebrity freebie too. And I wish him well if Drew Barrymore expresses her interest.

Hubby and I are both lawyers and right now, the law is kicking both our asses. I'm just coming down off preparing a major arbitration (it's my father's case, no less) and things are really heating up for him. So that means no rest for the weary.

Hubby went to Texas A&M. So this next pic is for him.
As a member of the A&M cult, he is sworn to hate UT (note: that's the University of Texas, not Utah). He also wears the largest hunk of gold on his right ring finger that serves as the sign of the cult. I swear the damn class ring is a homing beacon. No matter where we go, even out of the country, other A&M people find you just because of the ring. Hubby and I were sitting at a bar in the Bahamas when some plastered, half naked chick reaches over and grabs his hand. "OHMYGOD!DIDYOUGOTOA&MTOO????" she slurred. Then I looked down at her right hand. Sign of the cult, slightly smaller, but identical to hubby's. Even in the Caribbean you can't escape them...

In law school, I was one half of a group affectionately dubbed "the leather twins." I looked damn good in my leather pants dancing on top of the bar. But it was probably a little too NYC for New Hampshire.

I'm a Jersey girl. (Don't hold it against me.) So when it came out, of course, I had to watch Jersey Shore. The show is such a train wreck - horrible, yet I can't look away. What I don't understand about the show is why everyone gets so worked up over it. It's a stupid reality tv show featuring idiots from New York and Rhode Island who come to Jersey to get laid. Doesn't the real housewives of NJ paint the state in a far worse light??? Or the Sopranos?

One of these days, I'm actually going to get around to writing a book. I worked on a vampire story for a long time. Unfortunately, everyone else in the world has a vampire story these days too. So I decided to branch out with my new story - it's about a succubus. I'll write it until I get tired of it - or my readers do - whichever comes first.

I just put my son to bed. When I was little, my dad worked all the time. (I guess that part hasn't changed over the years). But he'd always be home before I bedtime and would sing me to sleep. "House on Pooh Corner" was the song of choice. Every night. That's also the song my dad and I danced to at my wedding. So it's only natural that I sing that song to the little guy. He asks me to sing it for him. Every night. Sometimes he sings along deliriously. It's pretty cute.

I'm thinking about calling out of work tomorrow. (Shhh...Don't tell) I'm just too damn tired to force myself to be functional. Plus I don't feel like pulling on a suit.

Well...I think that's enough randomness for now. I'll let you be the judge of whether Erica or I write the more random-filled posts.

Lil' Miss Thang! - Guest Post

Happy Monday, Everyone! As I'm off in LaLa Land {actually, I'm in Los Alamos with Auri and the kids (and yes, that's where the atomic bomb was made) and we're having fun with out you!}, I decided to enlist a couple of guest bloggers to entertain you for the week... First off, I've got Lil Miss Butterbean! She's one of my newest readers and adorable as can be... now show her some love!

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hey guys! i'm lil miss butterbean, and you can normally find me blogging over here. i'm so excited to be guest posting for ms. salti! when she said she was looking for guest bloggers, i jumped at the opportunity because i love her blog! plus i hear she has awesome followers! (btw, i'm great at compliments!)

anyway, when she told me that i could write about whatever my heart desired, my mind went wild with topics, but i decided to keep it simple. my favorite time of year is autumn. i love the colors, i love the smells, i love the toasty warm feeling that you get when you're watching a football game or when you feel the first chill of the season. so, i was going to write about that, but decided that writing about the last few lazy days of summer would be better.

these are my favorite things about summer

long days at the lake

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flip flops
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grilling with friends
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a cold beer on a hot night

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road tripping
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combine these five things and you've got the recipe for a wonderful summer!

so what about y'all? what are your favorite things about summer? how are you planning on spending the rest of these hot days?

Say Hello to Jenn from Free and Flawed

Hey Kids ~ I signed up to do another blog-swap over on 20Something Bloggers a couple of weeks go and was paired with a lovely lass named Jenn. She's here today, and I'm over there... or at least I will be as soon as I get my post written and sent over to her! Without further ado, I introduce you to Jenn!

Hello. My name is Jenn and I am a TV-a-holic.

I used to make fun of my parents because they plan their week nights according to which TV shows are on. They have three TVs and before they discovered the awesomeness that is DVR, they used at least two of them to record TV shows. Though I'm no where near the level of addiction of my stepdad (he keeps notes on American Idol - seriously - notebooks full of rankings.) I'm getting eerily close. What could happen to push me so close to the edge? Oprah.

Hear me out. I'm a freelance writer and spend a majority of my time in my living room playing Mario Kart working. My day begins and ends with the news. There's a mixture of awesomeness in between, including Ms. Awesome herself, Oprah. I know that by the time she comes on, I should be starting my work day.

Recently I've been spending time in Los Angeles. While working from my hotel room I caught a commercial on ABC for Oprah. The commercial told me to catch her at 3 p.m. Three? Three?! That threw my whole day off! Obviously I have a problem if I'm letting TV control my life.

It's not only Oprah. I can thank MTV for making me fear pregnancy. Thanks to 16 and Pregnant I want kids even less. At first it was the pain that scared me. Then I realized that I would probably treat my kids like I do my gadgets - the first one would end up stuffed in a closet once the new one comes along. There's a good chance it would get sold on eBay after some spring cleaning. After watching this show, I realized it's because I couldn't handle my 16 year old having a child. They're already going to need therapy, why add on the sessions?

And then there's Maury. Maury, Maury, Maury. It's always the same thing: "I ain't yo baby daddy!" "I caught you cheatin' on me!" Yada, yada! But I get sucked in every time. I can't focus on my work until I know that yes, he did make out with the hot model in the green room. I may or may not join in the audience with boo'ing and heckling.

I can see that I get too involved with the TV shows I watch. I smile when they smile. I cry when they cry. My landlord is lucky I don't throw chairs when they do. The lack of cable helps though; my choices are limited. Could you imagine what my life would be like with HBO?

... I'd be a druggie addicted to sex and vampire blood. On the other hand, making out with gorgeous vampires wouldn't be so bad after all.

I’m Allison…Let’s Be Friends

I guess I will start off by saying hello. Erica and I were paired for the 20 something blog swap, so here I am. Erica came up with the idea that the two of us could write about how blogging has affected our lives, if at all.

I’ve been blogging since the summer of 2007. I started blogging over at As You Wish and I’m now transitioning to Feisty & Freckled. I still very much love As You Wish, but I wanted a way to be more personal with out my family reading about my sex life or the fact that my butt crack itches. Just kidding about that last part (kind of). I also have a tumblr, myspace, facebook, twitter, and all that fun stuff.

I would have to say that blogging has a pretty big impact on my life. Since my start in the blogosphere I have:
• Made some amazing bloggy friends
• Found an amazing outlet for my thoughts, feelings, randomness
• Found out about Brooks Institute, the school I will be attending this September to become a professional photographer, through a bloggy friend
• I’ve been lucky enough to actually meet a couple of bloggers in real life, Emily and Sara
• I’ve been able to share some bad times as well as good times with my internet family
• I bought a new car

I would have to say that blogging is a big part of my life, but I'm trying not to let it be my whole life. I'm really excited about getting myself into my blog and others. I'm also excited to get to know Erica better. Thank you for reading my post on her fabulous blog and you should most definitely stop by my blog and give her a shout out on her post.