Do you find that even with your closest friends, you learn something new about them all the time? Take for example my high school friend, Emily. I never knew she was born in St. Louis until she did a guest post for on how she met her husband. How did I not know this? I guess it never came up. So I started to think about it. What do most people not know about … [Read more...]
Social Fabric University: Food Photography With Sony
May 6, 2012 by 16 Comments
When I started my blog over a year ago, I thought it would probably be like many of my other hobbies. I'd dive in full speed only to putter out after a couple of months. Fortunately, that didn't happen. What I've learned is I love to blog. I enjoy sharing my thoughts, experiences and opinions with all of you. I've also "met" some great people through blogging. … [Read more...]
Blogging 101: How To Embed A Tweet In A Blog Post
April 11, 2012 by 16 Comments
Lately several people have asked me how to embed a tweet in a blog post like this: Surprisingly, it's super simple to do and doesn't require installing any plugins and only minimal knowledge of HTML coding. Trust me, if I can do this, anyone can. The first thing you do is create a tweet and send it. Locate that tweet in your stream and click OPEN (I'm using a … [Read more...]
Making the Stretch – My April Goals
April 1, 2012 by 11 Comments
"The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break." ~Rick Hansen I love this quote. Why? Because it tells me to be realistic. It also tells me to push my myself but not so much that I end up making a mess of … [Read more...]
How To Make Money Blogging
February 16, 2012 by 20 Comments
Like many bloggers, I started my first blog chronicling our family. Our extended families live several states away and it was a way for me to share the events going on in our lives with them. Easier than email because they could subscribe to the blog, it became the perfect medium for me. After a few months of blogging about the family, I realized an even grander … [Read more...]
The Dog Blog
February 13, 2012 by 7 Comments
If Wrigley and Rex had a dog blog, it would sound similar but they'd have to add to it: I slept on her bed and she didn't even realize it! I let the little one dress me up and then steal her food when she isn't looking. It WAS the dog! ROFL... Went trash surfing today, found a oreo! Score!! Image Source: Speedbump.com … [Read more...]
Go Ahead, Make My Day – Leave A Comment
January 12, 2012 by 29 Comments
Every have one of those days where everything is going wrong both personally and professionally? You wake up a three piles of dog vomit (with a total of 8 for the day), your toddlers refuses to listen to a word you say and you find out your husband is going to be at work late. On top of that you have two assignments due for a school AND you're about 500 emails behind … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday {Google + Circles}
November 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
Are you in or out of the circle? … [Read more...]
The Four Stages of Twitter
October 22, 2011 by 3 Comments
I'm at stage three, working my way to stage four! What stage are you at? via … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday {Why You Should Turn Captcha OFF}
October 18, 2011 by 4 Comments
Seriously?! Do you think I'm going to take the time to even try to figure this one out? … [Read more...]
