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Velveteen Mind

Velveteen Mind (VelveteenMegan): 31, Female
United States

Name or Pseudonym:: Velveteen Megan

About Me:: Relish the Velveteen. Revel in the Threadbare. Life of a mom articulate.

Mom of two toddlers, juggling the chaos of a life rebuilt from the sand up. Unstable? Yes. Always an intriguing challenge? Absolutely. Revel with me!

Find my daily NaBloPoMo posts on Velveteen Mind. By "my" posts, I mean me and my guest bloggers via GoBloMeMoFo, the lazy blogger's answer to NaBloPoMo. Because no way in hell I can do this without you! We won't win any prizes, but we'll have a rebellious good time!

Save the Bunny. Save the Blog.
Guest post or the Bunny dies.

Blog:: www.velveteenmind.com

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All Things Velveteen

Blog Nosh Magazine has Launched!

You see that blue gummy bear? The one passed out on the floor? That's me after the last couple of weeks. What do I have to show for the pass-out-worthy work I've been doing? Aaaaah, something mighty tasty, ya'll... Blog Nosh Magazine has launched!!! Head right over and let us know what you think! ........................... New Here? Sign up for free delivery of new posts via RSS or email. Follow me on Twitter! and

A Garage to Grow Men In

Two weekends ago, we fulfilled every man's dream at our house: We cleaned out our garage. Our lives will never be the same. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but not by much. When we moved into this house, we did it very quickly, more or less just bringing into the house the essentials and stacking the rest in the garage to unpack at a later date. For instance, maybe next year. Fortunately for...

Sprout Saves Father's Day for us Slacker Moms

Come to find out, Father's Day is tomorrow. As in this Sunday. As in, "When did that happen?" Need last minute ideas? I have a great one for you and it is free! Did you catch that last part? It's FREE! The best part is that it will also give ole dad exactly what every man really wants: an ego stroke, a shot of pride, and a little coveted spotlight attention! Sprout, one of the...

Blog Nosh Magazine Editors are Good Enough to Eat.

What may appear as blog paralysis to you is actually a great mind at work behind the scenes. No? Not buying it? Okay, so I know I haven't posted in something like a million years, but I have been blogging, in general terms. I have been teaching myself how to make blog graphics so that I could finish designing the Editors page of Blog Nosh Magazine and I am almost done. Almost done!!! Wonder why...

BlogHer Newbies Unite and Promote

***MOO Shipping Update: Ordering from MOO? Please note they use the British date stamp of day/month/year. So if ship date is 11/6/08, that's actually June 11th!*** ***Edited to add note at bottom for those not attending BlogHer but still want to promote their blog*** Did I forget to mention that I didn't go to BlogHer last year? Hm. Did I also forget to point out that I only started blogging last year, then took a...

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Save the Bunny. Save the Blog.

GoBloMeMoFo 2007!

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At 8:40pm on November 21st, 2007, mama's got moxie said…: cool blog!!

At 5:26pm on November 13th, 2007, Lisa Roberson said…: Hey there, lady!! :)

At 5:26pm on November 5th, 2007, Veronica F said…: Hi! *waves* I'm off to looksee at your blog now.

At 1:52pm on November 5th, 2007, Serina said…: Hi! I knew you would have a good southern group I could join. Maybe we should start a Mississippi Bloggers group. Of course, we are the only 2 that I know of :)

At 4:30pm on November 4th, 2007, Anna said…: Love the Velveteen Mind, glad to see you here!

At 9:04am on November 4th, 2007, Missives From Suburbia said…: Helloooooo!!

At 4:53am on November 4th, 2007, moosh in indy. said…: I'm poking my tongue out at you, it seems appropriate.

At 3:43am on November 4th, 2007, Mrs Fussy Fussypants said…: Oh, Velveteen, my favorite magician!

At 11:13pm on November 3rd, 2007, Lotus Carroll said…: Everytime I visit your page, I am full of thoughts of my most favoritest book from when I was a wee one.
I still have it, and I can't wait to let him have it. *sigh* He IS a real bunny.