I wish I would have received How To Be A Geek Goddess before the holidays, because I would have totally regifted it to my mom. How To Be A Geek Goddess is full of “practical advice for using computers with smarts and style” by Christina Tynan-Wood.

Being a long-time blogger, I immediately flipped to the section on blogging (chapter 11, pages 280-283). While I think the section was a little slim, it gives the author an excuse to write How To Be A Blog Goddess someday and contains some great beginning blogger information, like how to start a blog and purchase a domain.

Simple explainations of everything from buying a computer to mastering email and IM to how to connect through social and professional networks is included in the book, plus super cute “Dear Geek Goddess” letters in every section. It’s a melding of technology, parenting, and education that anyone can grasp and you can get a taste of the style by downloading Chapter 5: Shopping!

If you’d like to learn How To Be A Geek Goddess, just leave a comment telling me what you’d most like to learn from the book. You can also Twitter the following and leave a comment with a link to your Tweet for an additional entry:

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Giveaway ends Friday, January 9th at midnight. Winner will be announced January 10 and will receive notification via email; they will then have one week to respond or another winner will be chosen. Please comment using your real first name and a valid email address for your entry to be accepted.

I know I said I was going to wait until Monday to announce the winner of the magazine giveaway, but I just couldn’t contain my excitement. There were 420 entries, plus extra for those of you who blogged and Stumbled, and I used random.org to declare Jacqueline in Atlanta the winner!

US Weekly, Interview, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, and Luck cover everything from celebrities to fashion and fitness to acne treatment, so I’m sure Jacqueline is going to have her work cut out for her every month keeping on top of the latest gossip and trends.

I’m already thinking about my next giveaway, so check back soon to enter!

We went to see fireworks last night, and like everything else in my life, I am particular about my fireworks. They have to be all gold, they have to sparkle, and they must make a crackling noise as they fall. Kind of like all my past Vegas vacations.

I was a little cranky about the whole fireworks event since we decided to go last minute, it was cold, there were lots of people, and I had to walk too far in flip-flops, but they delivered and I’m looking forward to showing Mike some serious fireworks when we go to Disney in October.

I think I missed my chance at sprouting vegetables on my balcony this year, but as soon as we get a house, we’ll have a garden with fresh broccoli, peas, and sprouts thanks to Handy Pantry Sprouting and their complete line of certified organic sprouting seeds and supplies.

Since I will be new to sprouting, their kits will give me everything I need to get my garden growing. Their basic sprout growing kit includes counter top growing system, seeds, instructions, and “Sprouting for Health in the New Millennium”, a booklet dedicated to sprouting.

A lot of us don’t think much about the architecture around us, and many times, that’s a sign of good architecture. It blends in with its surroundings and is unimposing, which leads us to take it’s beauty and functionality for granted.

Accurate Perforating is a perforated metal company that doesn’t take design and functionality for granted. In fact, they make it a priority to integrate the two seamlessly, and are very successful; perforating more than 40 million pounds of recycled metal every year and adding style to everything from buildings to baking racks.

Their slogan is “it’s not just metal with holes”, and that’s an understatement. Their perforated metal is pretty metal with holes that serve a purpose, available in numerous ornamental and symmetrical patterns which can be used for acoustics, security, sun shading, and decoration, just to name a few applications. Take a look around, and you’ll start to notice just how many applications perforated metal has in your daily life! I bet you can find some out by your grill, in your utility closet, and in your kitchen cabinets!

Accurate Perforating is also committed to green design, utilizing recycled metals and helping to incorporate metal into design to help improve air quality, incorporate natural light, and reducing the dependency on HVAC systems, to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits.