Recently, I was asked to join a wonderful new group of women bloggers called Moxie Media (you may have noticed the button on my right sidebar). The group was started by 5 amazing mommy bloggers whose goal it was to work in connection with other women bloggers....women with "moxie" (courage, guts, energy, know-how, skill, initiative)....to help promote companies we believe in, while keeping content on our blogs fun and important to us.

In order to draw attention to the creation of the network, today kicks off the beginning of what will be an exciting and fun-filled event hosted by the leaders of Moxie Media throughout this week....Around the Blogosphere in 5 days!

Have you ever wanted to travel to Oregon but you just haven't been able to make the trip happen? Have you dreamed of touring New England but time just hasn't allowed for it? Are you curious about what life is like in Texas? Well, now's your chance to go on a virtual vacation.....

Follow Moxie Mona's (Moxie Media's mascot) virtual journey as she travels around the U.S. "visiting" the sites of approximately 65 blogs, in an effort to unite women with moxie while teaching us a bit about what's happening in their neck of the woods. Starting today and continuing through Friday, Mona will visit eight to ten different states a day. Talk about a whirlwind of a journey, right?!

To follow Mona and read all about her exciting adventures, click on any of the hosting links below, where you will find a complete list of participants, along with the dates that they will be posting:

Better in Bulk

Mama's Losin' It

Mayhem & Moxie

Scary Mommy

Seven Clown Circus

Starting on Tuesday, you are invited to participate in daily writing carnivals (memes) hosted by the leaders of Moxie Media. Linking your blog on these sites (listed above) when you participate will be a great opportunity to get your blog a little extra traffic and it's also a fun way to connect with other bloggers. To find out more details about the carnivals (dates, topics, etc), be sure to visit the links of the hosts (again, listed above)!

Have fun and wishing you happy traveling!!!

* Some of the information here was "borrowed" from Better in Bulk!!