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Happy New Year
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| Image from Anthony Melchiorre's FB |
Happy New Year's Eve, and a wonderful 2015 to you all. I have some really lofty goals for my blog in the new year, and I'm hoping I can learn enough to make them a reality.
I recently purchased the book Blog Beautiful - 50 Tips and Tricks to Make Your Blog Glow, by Marianne Manthey, and she has inspired me SO much. I'm already designing my own blog template
on Wordpress, and will be rolling that out soon. I highly suggest the book if you are a new blogger, or even a seasoned blogger who needs a little design help in order to create more revenue through your blog. One of my biggest ambitions is to make money for my family through my blog. I hope to use Marianne's suggestions to help enhance my blogging experience. Meanwhile, my family and I are eating hors d'oeuvres and watching Netflix on this cold New Year's Eve in Texas.
Here's wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year!
Organize, Schmorganize
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As I sit here today, printing out pages and pages of blog organizational ideas, I have to laugh at the fact that even though I mean well, I won't use any of them. I am the world's best organized mom wannabe. If you looked at all of the binders, organizers and calendars I purchase per year, you would conclude that my life is perfectly scheduled down to the minute. Things are color coded, I have special pockets for colored pens, multi-colored post-its, scissors and a hole-punch. I searched and searched for the cutest and most practical calendars and filled my Pinterest boards with ideas. I went to Staples and copied and bound organizers, perfect, cute, just-for-me organizers.
And I haven't used a one.
I meant well. I used it for a week, and boy did I do a superb job at writing everything down. Then I missed a day. Then, two. Then, a whole week. Finally, I just resigned myself to the fact that I suck at being organized, but I look pretty dang good doing it!
So, here's to the new pages I printed out, and the intent on working on them. Unfortunately, in a few weeks, I'll be looking for newer, cuter pages, just, well...in case....
Insomnia and Gobbly-Gook
I am such a dweeb. Oh good lord, that's not even a word these days, is it? Well, I don't care because I am one. If you have been reading my blog at all, you'll see that I have changed the design, like, 10 times in the last few days. I'll find one I really like, customize it, and then decide I hate it. I'm using Blogger right now, but I want to buy my own domain name, and move over to WordPress. I think. I have a few things I'd like to write about, but I can't really visualize them into a post yet, so I think I'll make a list. Maybe some day I can cross these off.
- I really love "The Office." Half of my life quotes are from this show.
- I have ADHD
- I'm scared to go back to work.
- I'm scared that posting this blog will be dangerous to my identity
- I cannot WAIT until my kids are out of high school. After then, I think I will feel like I successfully parented. From then on, it will be just supporting them in THEIR life choices
- In six days, it will be 3 years since my mom died. So much to talk about
- Girls seem to get sick a lot more than boys
- Periods suck.
- I need a domain name and/or a blog name. I can't think of anything unique
- I worry about my health. I don't have insurance
- I think I am allergic to dairy
- My sister and I are estranged. My brother and I aren't, but we've talked as much as I have with my sister in the last 2 years.
- I am content with my marriage. It's the first time I have said that in a really long time.
- I hate being an orphan, and feel like I don't have siblings. My only family is who lives in the house with me. Then again, I don't hate that fact.
That's all for now.
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