Friends may come...and Friends may go...

At 6:00pm Mountain Time, I'll have Max choose. If a comment comes in after that point, we won't be adding it to the drawing. I'll let everyone know this evening who the winner is! Thanks for playing!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The internet is a strange beast. 9 years ago, I moved away from the town I was born in and grew up my first 21 years. Most of the friends I hung onto through the years have moved away from my home town as well.

So back to the internet. A couple of years ago I got started looking into myspace. I wanted to keep up with my baby brother and sister, and that's where the youngin's were hanging out. So I signed up and low and behold...people started finding me.

People I hadn't heard from in almost 10 years were sending me emails wanting to "be my friend". Most of them I was excited to be back in touch with...a few I never responded to!

One friendship that was re-introduced was that of my friend Aisha. She and I didn't exactly run around in the same groups in high-school. But, I would say we knew who each other was, and would happily chat if we ran into each other. I did go to one of the largest high-schools in Oklahoma, with a graduating class of around 500. I didn't know every one, but I did know Aisha...because she was the smartest kid in our class!

I also knew her because I was incredibly jealous of her cultural back-ground. Yes, I've always been a culture geek, and when she danced in a multi-cultural assembly I remember being so awe-struck at the colors of her dress, and the twirling, and the beat of the music.

So the internet has brought us back around to friendship, one without cliques and extra-curricular activities to belong to. Just two moms, hacking away at life, with enough similarities to look past the differences.

So, in keeping with the promise of new things on my blog, I want to introduce to you, my friend Aisha.

She has done something recently that I would love to do one day. She's started her own business. She is making hand made jewelry and selling it on Etsy.com, at her store Treasure Box Jewelry.

Here's a sampling of her beautiful work.




To celebrate new friends, and old friends, and this being my 200th post, we are going to do something that has never been done on my blog. A GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!

For this giveaway, Aisha has agreed to send to the winner these Turquoise and Honey Earrings. If I could get away with wearing dangle earrings with Max, these are my first choice of favorites on her site! I love the colors!

To enter, leave a comment with an answer to this question:

Have you found any long lost friends since joining social networking groups like Facebook, or Myspace, or just blogging?

The winner will be chosen by a most scientific method...Max will choose. :)

So, answer the question for a chance to win, but also, be sure to head over to Treasure Chest Jewelry and tell all of your friends. Oh...and don't blame me when you become addicted to Etsy.