Norma Budden

100 Greatest Purple Star Lenses
Purple Star Day was a day that will go down in history...
Lots of events occurred on Purple Star Day. Through the Lens of the Day Twitter account, 100 of the years best purple star lenses were to be tweeted. The actual number, however, turned out to be 107. The lensmaster whose lens got re-tweeted the most would be chosen as Purple Star Queen/King and would be responsible for choosing the 20 lenses which would be awarded purple stars for the week ending April 23, 2010. The Purple Star Queen turned out to be luvmyludwig. Her lens titled Bipolar Dis...

Dreams and Goals for 2011
Setting goals is important.
Too many people fail to see the importance of setting short term goals. They may look forward to 10-20 years in the future but don't take the time to look at the here and now - to set a weekly goal, 3 month goal, 6 month goal or a goal to have completed in a year. Setting goals may not be as important to you as it is to me but, to me, goals are like dreams; I need them to survive. This lens will highlight my personal goals for 2011; I will definitely be visiting the lens to update it, in te...

Amazing People on Squidoo
Everyone is special!
I joined Squidoo with the goal of creating appealing lenses while meeting fantastic lensmasters - and I've met more fantastic lensmasters than I could have imagined! Though I do spend time creating and maintaining my lenses, I spend a fair amount of time catching up with other lensmasters, too, through e-mail or through chat sessions. Some of these lensmasters have become dear friends - not necessarily because we believe in the same things but because we share a love of the written word and ...

Wings of An Angel
Enjoying My Squid Angel Wings
My time as a Squid Angel is primarily spent hovering over the categories of Parenting and Children and Relationships and Family. After all, as a permanent resident angel, I'm supposed to make sure only the best lenses are posted toward the top of my designated categories. However, because I do enjoy reading peoples' lenses, I like to venture into different neighborhoods sometimes; it broadens my scope of the lenses that are out there. As such, I've come across these wonderful lenses that I j...

Do You Drag Yourself Out of Bed Each Morning?
What Would It Be Like to Stay in Bed All Day - Every Day?
When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, one thought zooms through my head, "I want to stay in bed." I moan and groan as I continue to hear the buzzer - which becomes louder every second since it's truly designed to get me out of bed. After about 30 seconds, I stumble to the alarm clock, add another 15 minutes to it and go back to bed. It takes me probably 8-10 minutes to return to sleep and it seems that, in no time, I hear that buzzer penetrating my senses again. Why can't I just stay...

Keeping Tabs on My Favorite Lensmasters
Making Life A Little Easier on Squidoo
I am in a predicament as with everyone else who have used Squidcasts on Squidoo. They have disappeared and they may never be back. However, along with their disappearing act went the fan clubs. Though I didn't really need to see the faces of those who enjoyed reading my lenses on the sidebar of my lens, today I find myself in a different predicament. In fact, I just discovered a "new" lensmaster and would like to follow up by reading more of her content in the future. Oh, oh! How am I suppos...

Norma Budden
Norma Budden - The Purple Star Lady
Norma Budden is becoming famous and very popular around Squidoo with her Purple Star Series. She has created a fabulous outlet for us to showcase our Purple Star lenses. Her creativity has wowed us as she has been able to create12 fabulous and different pages to spotlight lensmasters and their Purple Star Award winning lenses. Squidoo is not the only place where Norma shines. Come along with me on this journey to meet our brightest Purple Star.

Norma Buddens 10 Most Recent Lenses
My 10 Newest Lenses
Would you like to see a smaller snapshot of the lenses I've created? If so, you have come to the right place! Admittedly, I have created what may seem to be an overwhelming number of lenses - 196 including this one - and I realize that may be a lot to absorb for many readers. Because of this, I thought I would feature only 10 of my newest lenses for you right here on this page. I write about various subjects. On one lens I may be discussing a person I admire while, on another, I may be spea...

RocketMoms Session #12: An Interesting Journey
RocketMoms Session 12: An Unexpected Journey
RocketMoms is a fantastic group to belong to, though I can't remember exactly when I received the invitation to become a RocketMom. The invitation fascinated me but I wanted to research it before jumping in head first. What a discovery I made! RocketMoms really do consist of some of the smartest women on the web and I'm so glad to be one of them. Of course, RocketMoms, as a group, has a few goals. One such goal is inspiring its members to stretch their imaginations through writing about subj...

Norma Budden: Do You Know Me? Take My Quiz and See.
I wonder how much you really know me...
I've been in contact with a lot of people throughout my life; I've had numerous conversations, too. Of course, I've posted many articles and poems throughout the years which have generated lots of interested readers. However, at the end of the day, how well do you retain the knowledge I've shared with you? How well do you really know me? I hope you are interested enough to take my quiz so you can find out...