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Blog Tip Sharing Project 9: RSS Feeds 2008-08-02 00:01:05 Today I’ll be preaching from my podium about the joys of full RSS feeds. First of all, for those of you who don’t know what an RSS feed is or why you should subscribe to the blogs you read, go read Simple Mom’s explanation of RSS feeds.
Did you read it? Seriously, if you don’t understand [...] Read more:Sharing
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You can never add too many vignettes 2008-08-01 00:01:58 My new love affair
Deep, hot passion for Picnik
It makes me quiver
About forever ago, OH Mommy mentioned something on her blog about this new fandagled photo editing site called Picnik. I bookmarked the page, but forgot about it until a few weeks ago at BlogHer where I received a card for one year of Picnik Premium.
“Meh,” [...]
People watching 2008-07-30 20:17:48 While sitting in the Las Vegas airport attempting not to gamble and fill up on over-priced and over-caloric iced coffee beverages, I took notes on the interesting travelers sitting around me. I love to people watch and make up stories about their lives and hypothesize about the whys of their actions. These strangers, so close [...]
Means to an end 2008-07-29 14:20:19 My 30 days of free camera glory and all it’s unadulterated goodness are just about up and after much ADO, I’m keeping the camera.
About two weeks ago, Tate informed me that he really “couldn’t tell any difference between pictures taken with THAT camera *insert irritated huffing here* and our perfectly good, just bought less than [...] Read more:Means
Bruised wah-gina and a leaking boob makes Jennifer ever so attractive 2008-07-28 15:31:52 So first it was the wah-gina injury which left me bruised, then it was my leaking yellow goo boob. The image I must conjure in your head! You must all thinking, “what a babe!”
Raur!
All of my girl parts appear to be JUST FINE, which is excellent news. The bad news is that being nervous all day [...] Read more:makes
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No title 2008-07-28 07:58:16 I’m typing this as I’m on hold to make an appointment with a doctor. Apparently my symptoms warrant me being seen TODAY, or tomorrow at the latest.
On Saturday, I noticed that I had some yellow discharge from one of my breasts. Of course in the back of my mind it could be, you know, SOMETHING [...]
Blog Tip Sharing Project 8: Your brand 2008-07-26 00:01:27 Welcome back to class after last week’s vacation. I hope that those of you who attended BlogHer are recovered and those of you who didn’t are recovered. I’m NOT recovered, so forgive me if my voice sounds squeeky, or at least squeekier than normal.
The focus of today’s post is your brand. How your blog looks [...] Read more:Sharing
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Spirit 2008-08-20 00:01:21 I looked back at my previous few posts and noticed that I’ve talked a lot about Carson and his normal, yet disturbing toddler behavior.
In the interest of not writing about his EVERY misdeed, I haven’t mentioned that lately, EVERYday has been a battle. His behavior has me pulling out my hair and questioning my parenting [...]
And we’re off with a thud 2008-08-18 12:55:38 So, yeah. Today was our very first day of “preschool.” I enrolled Carson and Ella in a Parent-Infant-Toddler program that meets once weekly, and the “Parent” part means that I get to go WITH them to school.
Thank GOD it’s only once a week.
A. Freaking. Men.
I’m sitting here, typing this through tears of anger and disappointment. [...]
Blog Tip Sharing Project 11: Q & A, Part 2 2008-08-16 05:06:14 Welcome to the second edition of the question and answer portion of the Blog Tip Sharing
series.
I feel like I should remind everyone reading that all 11 of these blog tip sharing posts have been based solely on MY experiences and the things I have had success with. You may possibly disagree with my answers [...] Read more:Project
World records of the future 2008-08-15 00:01:49 Serious question…
Do you think there’s a limit
to world records?
This is truly my question for the day. Every time the Olympics rolls around (which is every two years to you people who live under rocks), (but I guess if you live under a rock, you’re probably not reading this blog), (so never mind), I wonder if [...] Read more:World
Blog Tip Sharing Project 10: Q and A, Part 1 2008-08-09 06:00:50 Thank you all so much for sending in your blog-related questions! There were so many questions, that in the interest of your time, I decided to make several posts out of your questions. Several questions even spurred ideas for entire posts. Stay tuned!
Question 1 is from S/he who asked to remain anonymous: When we have links [...] Read more:Sharing
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Only $50 poorer 2008-08-08 00:01:03 Finally we went
to Target…or should I say
Tar-zhay? Ooh la la.
Goal: Bathroom cleaner.
Score! But of course, it happened.
I couldn’t resist.
Cute kids’ clothes! On sale!
Then a fantastic, cheap purse!
All for fifty bucks.
I told myself going into Target that we weren’t buying ANYTHING except bathroom cleaner. I steered clear of the Dollar Spot because I knew IR
The haircut that cost me a trip to Target 2008-08-07 00:01:32 This post is actually going to be about two entirely separate issues. Mostly it will be about this one: discipline and how sometimes I feel like I’m the one being punished and a little about this: Children’s haircutteries.
Issue one: This whole discipline and standing by WHAT I SAID thing comes back and bites me in the [...] Read more:Target
How not to get rid of a vacuum cleaner salesman 2008-09-11 08:22:21 I arrived home the other afternoon from grocery shopping to find a very large man happily vacuuming my living room.
“Oh hi!” he said. Seeing my puzzled look, he continued. “I’m just vacuuming your living room!”
“Yes I can see that, but….” I said coolly. At the same time, Tate came into the room looking at me [...] Read more:cleaner
The triumphant return of hump day 2008-09-10 08:10:55 It’s been weeks since I’ve highlighted a few of my favorite things around the blogosphere. This certainly isn’t due to lack of quality stuff, but rather, lack of time! Let the humping begin!
First off, please check out my Site o’ the Week, which is….Ali at Cheaper than Therapy. I didn’t spend nearly enough time with [...]
I’m keeping the appointment. Period. 2008-09-09 09:14:33 Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have had the pleasure of seeing this tweet from me yesterday:
Oh I’m sorry Mom(s), Kate, my neighbors, any guys reading, I probably should have warned you that today you *might* get a little too much information about me that you didn’t really need to know.
Oops. My [...] Read more:appointment
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The hills really ARE alive with The Sound of Music 2008-09-05 09:13:52 At the ripe old age of 33, I have FINALLY seen The Sound
of Music
.
All of these years, not really liking musicals, I’ve avoided The Sound of Music like the plague. It’s been on TV zillions of times, but I never bothered watching it.
You guys! I had no idea what I was missing!
The Sound of [...]
Maybe it’s my magnetism 2008-09-04 14:03:43 Uh. Hi. I feel a little raw and exposed after my last post. More than that, though, I feel honored that so many of you shared your stories and let me know I wasn’t alone. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
So. *clap, clap* I’m feeling much better now! How about you?
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I don’t have a title, okay? 2008-09-03 09:53:21 I can hear him screaming over the monitor. Angrily I roll over to check the time on the clock. 5:48. Seething, I get out of bed, forgetting to stop and pee and march upstairs in the dark to his room.
I don’t know if I can do this again today.
“Mommy!” he screams. “Please don’t leave. Sit [...]
Tell me she’s not talking about her crotch again 2008-08-29 00:01:40 This situation of which I’m going to describe is PURELY hypothetical. Not one ounce of truth to it, no siree. None whatsoever. *fingers crossed behind my back*
So tell me, what would you do if, say, you were on a walk with your (two) kids in an adjoining neighborhood and you suddenly had the most terrible, [...] Read more:crotch
GoNads 2008-08-28 00:01:07 When we lived in Alabama, we were not friends with any of our neighbors. There were no evening chats in the middle of the street, no neighborhood parties, no anything even remotely neighborly.
My new neighborhood here in Indiana is the POLAR opposite. Everyone talks to each other (except one family and they don’t talk to [...]
Jazz Hands 2008-08-27 05:45:26 This picture actually has NOTHING to do with jazz hands, but it is a picture of sun flare and whenever I hear the word “flare” it totally makes me think of “jazz hands.”
I don’t why, OKAY. Humor me, won’t you?
More WW here.
Also! I’m entering this photo in a contest sponsored by See Hear Speak No [...] Read more:Hands
Pudding rewards 2008-08-25 15:35:36 I KNOW that the “experts” say we shouldn’t reward our children with food. They’ll end up with messed up ways of thinking about food and eventually be morbidly obese and probably prematurely bald or something.
So in the interest of following the advice of “experts” and not royally screwing him up, I didn’t actually reward Carson’s [...] Read more:Pudding
Damn it, Indiana. How am I supposed to quit you? 2008-09-29 14:18:15 This weekend, Tate was home from Tennessee. We spent time together as a family, enjoying our last days in Indiana
.
Nearby where we live is a festival called the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon. If you ever get the opportunity to go, you totally should! All the participants dressed in garb from the late 1700’s. There [...]
Less whiny single parent 2008-09-25 20:10:15 Have you ever had a post at the top of your page that you really wish wasn’t the FIRST thing people see when they happen upon your blog? Well my last ultra whiny, self-absorbed post about my descent into moving hell is just that post that I’d like to be moved down the page a [...] Read more:single
Barely breathing 2008-09-23 14:16:05 I’ve been trying to write these words for days and haven’t been able to form my muddled and numb thoughts into sentences. In a very short amount of time, my life has been completely turned upside down. I vacillate between intense woeful crying jags to sheer, bitter rage where I want to hit someone.
Tate has [...] Read more:Barely
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I imagine there was wonderment in his eyes 2008-09-17 12:33:40 I think that one of the best things about being a parent is getting to experience the things my kids love. Yesterday we went to a railroad museum.
Three retired gentleman proudly showed off their love of all things train. Like little kids, you could see their excitement to show off their painstakingly built models. [...]
I’m in a surprisingly good mood 2008-09-16 05:30:43 Things that are currently pissing me off
1. CSS and php files.
2. The Gravatars in the comments section which are in the wrong place.
3. The Flickr Uploadr which is slower than a man taking a dump.
4. My camera lens that I already had to send to Canon for repair.
5. This low carb diet that I’m on.
6. [...]
Blog Tip Sharing Project 13: More StumbleUpon Tips and Tricks 2008-09-13 00:01:00 I know that many of you are very confused on how to use StumbleUpon
to drive traffic to your site. At least twice a week I have a conversation that sounds like this,
SU newbie: “But Jenniferrrrrrrrrrrr. I don’t GEEEEEEEEEEET it. I’m lost.”
Me: “Well, did you read my post about using the SU toolbar?”
SU newbie: “Yes. [...] Read more:Sharing
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