I found this little gem at Canucklehead.  It’s a little program that takes the words of your blog and makes a tag like cloud image.  Pretty cool!  This is exactly how my life has felt recently…. they say a picture is worth a thousand words…. well this one may only have 300 on it, but it does feel like more than 1k.  Enjoy!

What I had originally done was taken a blog theme that I liked and changed out the images for my own.  However, the problem there was that it was not widget ready, so anytime I wanted to add something to the sidebar, I had to manually add it to the php file.  Too much work!  AND it didn’t always work right if everything wasn’t just perfect… and I didn’t like that at all!

So, FINALLY, today, I found a GREAT theme that was perfectly simple to customize!  Which means that I could customize ALL my blogs now!  WOOHOO!  To find these themes that are so easily customizable, go to Refueled.net.  I’ve linked directly to their post about creating your own wordpress theme.  And it really is as easy as it sounds.

Now, if I could just find a Twitter badge for my sidebar that was as easy!!

I consider myself an expert in Paganism

1. link
2. Guy
3. stories
4. money
5. memories
6. recipes
7. Sports
8. Condos
9. Oceanfront
10. Graphics
11. Sexy
12. mobile
13. cats
14. traffic
15. coffee
16. Homeschooling
17. marketing
18. advertising
19. friendships
20. Experiences
21. Poetry
22. Portraits
23. solving
24. news
25. Journal
26. Motivation
27. Parenting
28. Wordpress
29. Paganism
30. Crafts
31. Myself
32. Permits
33. Writing
34. poetry
35. Reviews
36. shopping
37. Blogging
38. sabra
39. Jesus
40. widgets
41. Travel
42. Banned
43. Bouchelle
44. Cyber
45. Tennis
46. YOUR NEXT!

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For instructions click on the first link!

So, this is how it’s supposed to work.  (You can see the rules at The Neurotic Mom)

1. Go to her photography site, Envision Photography, and look through her amazing collection of photographs.
2. Pick the one that you would like to have an 8 x 10
3. Go back to The Neurotic Mom, and post a comment on the post about the giveaway saying which photo you liked best.
4. You can get more entries into the contest by;

• Subscribing to her feed
• Adding her to your blog roll
• Posting on your blog about the contest
• Posting a comment on Envision Photography, about which photo you like best

So, of course this is exactly what I have done, and since I’m a witch, I’m waving my magic wand and I will win the contest.  But you have to go to her site and enter anyway, otherwise my Karma will be really bad.

“Decisions are made by those who show up”

Aaron Sorkin

1. Because Voting is Very Pagan!
   Many of us come from proud traditions that used a Council and other forms of the voting process to make decisions.  Native Americans, Vikings, the Greeks, and other Pagan cultures valued this right highly, and fought to keep it.
   Voting is an ancient Pagan tradition.  Apathy, on the other hand, is a modern invention it suits those in power very well indeed, but it disempowers you!

2. Because Pagans Know Our History:
   It’s easy to say, “Never again the burning times”, but actions speak louder than words. Let them know we mean it. Vote!

3. Because The Opposition Votes A Lot:
   Our government was designed for citizen participation.  If you don’t vote, other people are going to make the decisions for you. There are people out there who hate us, and who want to take away our rights and freedoms. They are organized, they are active, and they vote. What about you?
   
4. Because Pagans Honor Our Ancestors:
   They fought long and hard for the freedoms we have today. Let us respect this heritage and use the rights they won for us all.
   
5. Because Pagans Have Strong Opinions:
   If you are eligible to vote, but choose not to, no one should ever have to listen to you whine about the laws and policies of this country. Don’t vote?  Don’t Complain!
   
6. Because Lighting a Candle Isn’t Enough:
   The last Presidential Election proved that every vote matters.
   
7. Because The Supremes Matter:
   The next President will appoint the next (2 – 3) members of the U.S Supreme Court. They dictate what freedoms stay and what freedoms are eliminated by their interpretation of the Constitution. These people have a direct (and final!) say in issues that affect us all
   (See Issues List below).
   
8. Because Everything She Touches, Changes:
   Most politicians think that Pagans are a bunch of apathetic wing nuts who never vote.Why then, should they listen to us? But they watch voting trends the way a hawk watches a rabbit. Groups who are known to vote on certain issues have political power which they can use to promote positive change for other like-minded citizens.  That said, Pagans do not all have to vote the same way or even vote as a group. What matters is that they know we’re out there and that we vote.
   
9. Because the Personal is Political:
   Elected Officials make decisions on things that matter to us personally like the environment, jobs, reproductive freedom, education, and health care. Voting is your chance to tell them what you want.
   
10. Because As Above, So Below is Also True in Politics:
    The Federal & State government decides who gets to benefit from the tax dollars we all pay. Politicians control these purse strings, and they hand down money from above for things like collage loans, animal shelters, libraries, breast cancer research, and more. Make sure that the causes and services you care about get funded. Vote!
    
11. Because Voting = The Power To Make Social Change:
    Don’t believe us? Take a look at women’s lives before they had the power of the vote, and see how different things are now. Then look at the struggle for civil rights (including the right to vote) by people of color No one handed their rights to these folks they had to demand them. And many were beaten, jailed, and killed in the process.
    Today, people in other countries are literally dying for the chance to vote because they know how important it is. Social change is only possible when we stand up to be counted. So stand up!
    
12. Because We Want No Taxation Without (Equal) Representation:
    In Congress only 13 percent of the members are people of color, and only 14 percent are women. Want to change that ratio? Vote!
    
13. Because That Sound You Hear is a Culture Clash:
    Right now, there are two major political parties in the U.S. These parties see the world in very different ways and each will make different decisions. Their choices will directly affect your future. Meanwhile, minority opinions still struggle to be heard.

Question: Who gets to decide what direction we take?

Answer: Only voters decide.

ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY EFFECT US

● Privacy and Technology ● Religious Liberty ● Health Care ●

● Reproductive Rights ● Jobs ● The Environment ●

● National Security ● Free Speech ● Marriage Laws ●

●The Protection of Endangered Species & National Forests ●

● Lesbian & Gay Rights ● Drug Policy ● Energy Policy ●

● Student�s Rights ● Women�s Rights ● Racial Equality ● HIV/Aids ●

● Criminal Justice ● Child & Elder Care ● Rights of the Poor ●

● Voting Rights ● War, Peace and the Draft ● The Death Penalty ●

● The Separation of Church (sic) and State ● Gun Laws ●

● Water Rights ● Drilling on Public Lands ● Food Safety ●

● The Treatment of Prisoners & Suspects ● Regulating Polluters ●

● Stem Cell Research & Genetic Engineering Laws ● Animal Rights ●

● Tax Policy ● Hate Crimes ● Oversight of Big Corporations ●

�● Media Ownership ● The Homeless ● Preserving Open Space ●

Please Note: Web Builders are welcome to post these 13 Reasons on their website � We ask only that they give proper credit to FCE, and that they add a link to The Pagan Voting Project.

Writers: Sia & Laurel

Full Circle Events

Click on the button above or go directly to the giveaway here BNM: Something Sexy Planet Review/Giveaway 2/20. Remember to make sure you’re kids are in bed when going to this blog or Something Sexy Planet.  This is a great give away for adults, for valentine’s day!!  You’ve got some time to enter, but be quick… like a Jack Rabbit! (see site to understand the joke) hahahahahaha!

I”m sure you’ve seen it around the other Pagan Blogs, so this shouldn’t be something new to you.  Mrs. B of Confesssions of a Pagan Soccer Mom is having a wonderful giveaway… every day through Halloween!  This is just one of the fabulous giveaways that I’m entering.

This giveaway comes from Spelled with a W! A darling Tarot Card Bag from Spelled with a W made in their workshops by the invisible witch. The bag is made of black linen, fully lined with black silk dupioni & is trimmed with a cotton ribbon that is printed with details of how to draw a maze. Also included are other goodies including herb samples, oil samples, small tins of resin incense and a pair of lodestones and their food.

This is only one of many giveaways that are going on at Mrs. B’s, so head on over there and take a look and enter!

Good Luck!