1. What are 3 items you can’t live without on a daily basis (water, food, shelter, and clothes don’t count)Mac, books, cherry Softlips 2. What is your all time favorite book? Why?The Other Boleyn Girl. It helped spur me from reading historical fiction oriented for younger readers to full-on biographies. 3. What is something you’d…
As I mentioned yesterday, I started my blog with two goals: to blog for Weddingbee and to become rich and famous like Ree Drummond. Neither of those happened. Having been around the bloggy-sphere for nigh unto a year and a half, I’ve encountered some growing pains. My first hurdle was photography. I had lots of great recipes…
I know lots of people with blogs. Men, women, college students, stay-at-home moms. Some embrace their blog and post it every which way to share with friends and family. Others, like me, still haven’t come out of the blogging closet. I had delusions of grandeur, fame, and fortune when I opened my Blogger account. I…
We all see seemingly great ideas on Pinterest. But what pins are junk and which actually work? Here are some of my now go-to tips. Washing shower curtain and liner. I use a hot water setting, detergent, and Oxi Clean. Much easier than buying a new liner every time the old one gets funky. Cleaning microfiber…
I don’t really understand why so many people want to be famous. I have a closet full of skeletons (like the fact that I wore a sports bra with a nice top in my sixth grade picture. You can see it.) that never need see the light of day again. But if I were famous,…
1776 – David McCullough It’s an easy, informative read that tracks the first year of the Revolution. 1776 actually opens during the siege of Boston in 1775 and ends shortly after the American victory at Princeton in January, 1777. McCullough breaks the events down into last chapters then into smaller sections within those. His writing…