Does your vacuum cleaner suck? Or more importantly does it not suck? (Carol, I’m doing this for you, and since I’m discussing vacuum cleaners, I think I can get away with it.) The gals at at 5 Minutes for Mom are having a contest to give away a Dyson vacuum cleaner. Woo hoo! Hurry over and sign-up to win. Entries are due by 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Also, 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting a new series called “About Blogging” on the first Mondays of the month and are they looking for guest contributors. Topics will include:

• What is Page Rank and How Do I Get It?
• All About Carnivals and Memes
• How To Embed Video, Music and Slideshows
• SEO – The Basics
• The HTML You Need to Know

Here are a couple of reminders (just click the buttons):(Y’all please don’t leave me with a lonely Mr. Linky, hint, hint!)