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(I have to give credit for the title to my friend Sof! Hilarious!)

I flew home on Sunday completely exhausted but totally re-energized, if that makes any sense. I mean, look at this place!

Regardless of the gorgeous setting, BlogPaws was fabulous. Tons of great sessions, like a report on the state of fleas and ticks (summary: it’s bad… very bad… I’m going to write about this sometime soon) by expert Steve Dale.

Then, there were tons of sessions on the nuts-and-bolts of blogging and social media, lots of great brands to learn about, and – of course – a good bit of socializing. I was lucky to hang out with so many wonderful women whose blogs can teach me so much about improving things around here!

Oh, and there was a capybara!

And more darling dogs, cats, and ferrets than you would believe – but, unfortunately, when I downloaded all the pics I took, about half of them were corrupt. No clue why, but boo. I did manage to get this darling pic of a sleep Gretel from YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner.com.

I have pages and pages of notes to comb through, and a whole bunch of incredible people to follow up with, but all in all it was an incredible weekend. I learned a lot and can’t wait for next year in Nashville!

In the meantime, I have a lot of catching up to do work-wise and with snuggling my herd. So, for today, I’m going to leave you with this (albeit choppy) video of Tillman, the skateboarding bulldog!

Tillman the skateboarding dog from Maggie Marton on Vimeo.

Okay, so I’m actually writing this the night before I leave because my flight is at 6:40 am (ughhh), and since morning’s aren’t my strength, I knew I wouldn’t have time.

Off to BlogPaws!

I’m so excited!

And nervous!!

But mostly EXCITED!

So, when I was at Global, two different people said they’d never recognize me from the pics on my website. Hmm. So, last night when John got home from work, he suggested snapping a quick pic in the yard so that if someone at BlogPaws hasn’t met me before, they have a more recent reference point. Here’s the best we could do (and, since you guys love outtakes… some of those are below.)

I have a couple posts scheduled for you guys for the rest of the week, including an amazing giveaway on Friday. I think you’re going to really love it! Also, the monthly newsletter goes out tomorrow (with its own exclusive giveaway… this time for fellow bibliophiles), so if you’re not subscribed yet, you can click here to get it delivered to your inbox.

I’ll be back on Monday! In the meantime, I’ll be checking email, Twitter, and Facebook.

And if you’re at BlogPaws, let’s meet!

Outtakes… funny thing is, Lucas stayed in his exact spot the whole entire time… 🙂

What happens in Vegas stays there… unless you blog about it!

Up, up, and away! @BlogPaws, here I come!