The announcement email arrived

Yesterday was a very exciting day at the Squidoo community.  It was the announcement of the new giant and giant 100.   The deadline for being considered was June 30, 2010.   I had a grand total of 52 lenses so I put my bid in the ring among hundreds of others.

To say that there was some nervousness and biting of nails and perhaps pulling on the hair is an understatement.  All the contenders were on pins and needles waiting for the verdict.   I can't say that I wasn't counted among the anxiously waiting group.

I thought for sure that in a week we would all know who the new giants were. The other giants who went before us never seemed to take that long.   Yesterday, after much concern we heard from Bonnie (one of the "judges") that they were still going through the applications.   There was a huge turn out for this sessions.   Hundreds of us.    Not too long after that update I received my congratulation announcement saying that I was a new giant squid.

I stopped everything and went to my sites and sure enough there was that most beautiful purple shield that said giant.   Today my little gold star appeared next to the badge.   The gold star is another perk of being a giant. 

The next group of new giants deadline will be September 2010.   Although, I have only 48 more lenses to create to meet that deadline;  I am going to take a deep breath relax and enjoy my giant status and of course create more lenses.  If I make it in time who knows if I will throw my bidding for giant 100.  If not September  then the next group.   Oh, it's wonderful to be a giant squid.

Hope all had a good 4th holiday

For those of us in United States we just celebrated our Nation's 234th birthday.

It has been rainy and cloudy in my part of the state. I enjoyed several rain showers and just watching and listening as the rain fell to the ground. My house has a tile roof and it is hard to "hear" the rain hitting it.

I could hear the fireworks off in the distance but they were too far off to see from my porch or yard. A lot of local communities have been doing away with the annual fireworks due to varies reasons. Some towns that didn't have the display last year did have them this year.

I spent most of the weekend getting caught up on things that I needed to get done. My next task is to get re-organized. I have stuff everywhere. I know where everything is but it's starting to get a bit messy.

I am a big fan of lists.  I create them all the time.  There is just something about being able to mark through an item on a list that is done.  I now have so many lists that I need to organize them too.  Now don't laugh I do get my lists completed but I start a list and forget to add it to an existing one.   So I will take a few hours to reorganize my lists so I will be ready to start out the second half of this year. 

Enjoy rest of the long weekend and I will catch up with you later this week.