Time for spring cleaning at Girl in a Party Hat; dust was gathering all over this blog. I’m quite sure there’s still some gathered in the corners here and there (time for a new family portrait on the ol’ home page, for example) but I did get a chance this evening to do a little light housekeeping in the blogroll section.

I have hoarding tendencies, so it was tough, but I got rid of the blogs that haven’t been updated in a year, and several whose URLs no longer work. And I added a few really wonderful ones. I was lucky enough to work with Laura Laughlin for a few years a long time ago — she’s a truly gifted writer and reporter, and her blog, View from the Handicapped Spot, is inspired — and an inspiration.

I worked with Megan Irwin much more recently, and miss her all the time. Read her manifesto and I think you’ll see why. This is a young woman who walks the walk — always in the coolest shoes. And she’s obsessed with pie. What’s not to love? Check out Sweat and Sweets.

And then there’s Robrt Pela. We still work together. If you live in Phoenix, the man needs no introduction — you’ve read him forever in New Times, heard him on KJZZ. Either way, you are in luck: Robrt says what you are thinking, only he puts it better than you could ever hope to. I Hate Everything — the title says all you need to know.

Enjoy. I’m off to tackle Sophie’s bedroom next.