Happy Friday, SITStahs! It’s one of the most thrilling days of the week, so let’s just get to it with our famous forum roundup, shall we?

What We Are Chatting About in the Forum
Travel Sans Kiddos
Vacationing without the kids- yay or nay? There are many good points for both arguments, but I found myself nodding along with Kimberly204:
Don’t get me wrong I love traveling with my kids but when I think of a “vacation,” I think of relaxing and not having to worry about making sure I have everything the little ones will need, or making sure we get naptime in, so on and so on.
File that one under the Deeply Wistful Sigh category.
Do you make time to travel without your little ones?
Google Plus: Take It Or Leave It?
Gals are weighing in on a Google+ convo; is it a great promotional tool or does its occasionally baffling elements leave you cold? The Grass Skirt says:
I use it to share new posts, but I honestly don’t know that it has helped my traffic at all. Plus, I find it to be so confusing!
Are you a Google+ devotee or do you give it a big ol’ minus?
July’s Book Club: The Paris Wife!
And don’t forget to check in with our July Book Club selection – The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain! Amy from Counting My Kisses is heading this one up, and here’s her blurb:
Set in the 1920′s, “The Paris Wife” follows the love affair of Ernest Hemingway & his wife Hadley. Newly married, they head to Paris & get swept up in a fun & rowdy group that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.
A great conversation is ramping up for The Paris Wife- we’d love your input!
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#Staycation Moves to the East Coast
Have you been playing along with our photo fun this week? It has been a blast moving around the U.S. and seeing what life is like in so many different places.
Today, we’re focusing on everyone on the east coast. And we should especially holla at anyone attending #BlogHer12 in New York. Show us your pics!

All photos are from Instagram!
Top row: @pilarclark, @scarymommy
Middle row: @momspark, @mamakatslosinit, @hipmamab
Bottom row: @baxtronlife, @veryjane
Remember to tag your photos with #staycation and be sure that you entered our giveaway for one very pretty, purple, and practically perfect in every way camera bag from SHUTTER|bag Australia.
Have a great weekend, ladies. Can’t wait to read about your adventures in our forum!


















There is a blogger meet up in New york? Where is the sign up for it?
Twitter: lifebycountry
says:
Just posted a bunch from our mini vacation along the upper East Coast including DC, New York City, and Boston back up to home in NH
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Twitter: themommypage
says:
I loved seeing your pictures on the East Coast. I hope you had fun looking all around the different cities on the East Coast.
MommyPage recently posted..Free Disney® Enchanted Call for Kids
Twitter: themommypage
says:
I loved seeing your pictures on the East Coast. I hope you had fun looking all around the different cities on the East Coast.
MommyPage recently posted..Free Disney® Enchanted Call for Kids