Two-Hundred Nine

(Mind you, I didn’t say 2009, like the year. I said 209.)

That’s how many people voted for my entry into the Protect-A-Bed Scholarship contest. And every last 209 of you who did helped me more than you will ever know.

There are many people I want to thank for this (and I apologize if this gets a little long). Firstly, I want to thank Kim at What’s That Smell for hosting this contest and for giving me quite the ‘pep talk’ in encouraging me to enter, and Protect-A-Bed for this beyond awesome opportunity given to mommy bloggers to help get them to the BlogHer conference.

Then there is my supporters who blogged about voting for me, who I really want to thank. First up there is Astacia, big kahuna managing editor over at Type-A-Mom, big daddy Jay from Halftime Lessons, original 3moms and Happy to be at Home creator Kate from A Simple Walk, fellow mom to six Suzanne at Crunchy Green Mom and fellow military mom and friend Amanda from Confessions from Household Six. All of these wonderful people blogged about voting for me, and are incredible friends. Thank you all!

Next up are my Twitter and Facebook friends who tweeted, retweeted and spread the word like wildfire advocating for me:
KatjaPresnal from Skimbaco LifestyleYoungMommy from her blog From Dates to Diapers
babysteph from Adventures in Babywearing
ArmySpouse from Army Wife Magazine (coming in the fall!)
JessicaKnows from JessicaKnows.com
typeamom from TypeAMom.net and KelbyCarr.com
ohMariana from Riding With No Hands
momminitup from Mommin It Up
mommysnacks from MommySnacks.net
SuburbanTurmoil from Suburban Turmoil
oohamanda from Oh Amanda
HappyHousewife from The Happy Housewife
ASimpleWalk from A Simple Walk
HanesComfort from Hanes Comfort Crew
psmom from Problem Solving Mom
f_i_d_g_e_t from Finding Yourselfleannej from LeanneJakubowski.com
householdsix from Confessions from Household Six
MaternalSpark from Maternal Spark
mamikaze from TypeAMom.net and Mamikaze
jennyitup also from Mommin It Up
Feelslikehome from Feels Like Home
blogtalkradio from Blog Talk Radio
McCore from http://blip.fm/McCore
MailOurMilitary from Email Our Military
Dayngr from Dayngr Zone
imjstsayin from Just a Thought from Linda
tcansler
lexirodrigo from AlexisRodrigo.com
nanettegomez from AMomBlog.comstrebekah from Freeze This Momentpricousins from A Simple Kinda Life
dani29 from The Distracted Diva
wilkinsonjk
Shakleemom from WellnessisEasy.commykidslife from Krista.SobrakSeaton.com
mochaep from Dear Army Wife
keithprivette from KeithPrivette.com
CMWTR from Christian Military Wife Talk Radio Blog

Finally, those who replied that they voted for me, from all walks of life, thank you!

Debbie at Suburb Sanity
Heather of The Extraordinary Ordinary
Kim from PrairieMama
Courtney from mommie blogs
Jen from Cheaper than Therapy
Jill from Controlling My Chaos
Summer from Sublime Happiness
[email protected]
Pia from Pia’s Journal
Stephanie from NewBaby.com and MomTV.com
Jen from Our Daily Big Top
MommyAmy from The A to Z Twins
WackyMummy
Lee from Perpetual Burn
Em from Life, Liberty and the Pursuit…
Jillene from Jillene’s Journal
Soxy Deb from Postcards from the Edge
Alicia from Three B’s And Me!
Angie from SevEn cLoWn CirCuS
Christopher from Ca-Joh
Beck from His Wife ~ Their Mama
Heather from The Story Of A Princess And Her Hair
Greta from Gretas 101 in 1001

tr0uble1highandnoble from A High and Noble Calling
J_T_WV frugalisfab from Being Frugal is Fabulous
Oreokoi michmomma from What is Shakin?
thehousewife from The Fashionable Housewife
BunniesNBuggies from BunniesNBuggies.com
ObjectivityRach from Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life
BirthdayInABox from BirthdayinaBox.com
DeltaWhiskey1 from DeltaWhiskey.us
auntiethesis from Auntie Thesistracybenham from Sports Health Exercise
Heidi from www.BarefootBooksUS.com
Laurie Ann from A Magnolia’s Heart Beats
Heather from www.heathersphere.blogspot.com
Tara from www.publishourstories.com
Jamie (email)
Lisa from Is It Monday Already?
Trish from AnotherPieceofthePuzzle.com
Jenna (email)
Life and Times of a Wicked Stepmom
Melissa from Sweet Serendipity
Dee from twoofakindworkingonafullhouse.blogspot.com
Amy from Five Flower Mom
Susan from Susie’s Homemade
Angela from Nine More Months
Anissa from Our Chaotic Life
Denise from Shortybears Place
Milcah from http://humanchristian.blogspot.com
Paula from http://www.paulaschmitt.com/
Amber from DisneyWorldMoms.com
Charisse from http://www.tastefullysimple.com/web/cstrickland
Heather from www.slumberpartiesbyheatherwittman.com
Bobbi Jo
Linda

99 people are those I was able to find, through emails, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and more who said they voted. Only 99 out of 209, leaving 110 unrecognized people I’d love to thank. If you are one of the 110 not mentioned here, please comment so that I may add you to my list, and give you proper recognition for having helped me and thank you personally.

Thanks so much again for making my BlogHer conference dream a reality and for voting for me. I’m so thankful for every one of you.

Hey! Guess what?

I’m REALLY going to BlogHer!!!