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Blogging thoughts and other stuff

June 12, 2014 by Jana 23 Comments

Thursday brain dump. Let’s get to it.

I don’t like my blog header anymore. The designer did a great job and it was exactly what I wanted at the time he did it but the blog is going in a completely different direction than I originally planned and now I need a header to match. But my design skills suck and I don’t have the money to pay for a new one. But I did find out you can upload your own fonts into PicMonkey now so maybe that’ll help me create something decent until I have the money. Or I keep this one. Not sure.

While we’re on the subject of blogging, when I shut down my personal finance blog, Daily Money Shot, I transferred the content over to another site where I blogged until I started this one. I can’t manage two blogs so the other one is dormant. But it has some really good content and I love the design. I don’t know if I should merge the two and then do my pioneer stuff as a series on that site. Everything I have is branded for that blog and it gets confusing. I’m having a blogging identity crisis. Any thoughts?

I want to do some guest posting. If you are going on vacation or need a day off from blogging, let me know. I’ll be happy to help you out if you’d like.

Last blogging thing. I think I want to do a one-off link up. Something along the lines of “describe your perfect day” or “what would you do if money didn’t matter” but with a catchier name. Bloggers, would you participate in that? Non-bloggers, would you like to read something like that?

/blogging thoughts.

Moving on.

At one point last year, I tried to force myself to wake up early in an attempt to be more productive. I’m thinking about doing that again but it’s summer and I don’t know that I care for that nonsense. It’s a tough call.

I like hard boiled eggs but for the life of me, I cannot peel them. I think I do it well 1 out of every 198 times I try. I usually lose part of the egg along with the shell and it ends up looking like this:

Appetizing. I know.

I have Essie Mojito Madness on my fingernails and OPI Cajun Shrimp in my toes. It’s like wearing a summer barbecue. I don’t know why I’m attracted to polish named for food. Maybe if they had Cellulite White or Fat Ass Blue, I’d wear that and instead of wanting to eat myself I’d have more motivation to lose weight.

Speaking of losing weight, you guys know I’ve been working on a couch to 5k program. I thought I’d hate it but I don’t. I mean, I don’t love running but it’s easier on my feet and ankles than my beloved Zumba and now, when I run, I’m all

That’s all folks. Thanks for listening.Linking up with Kristin

Friday favorites, volume 6

June 6, 2014 by Jana 18 Comments

Friday favorites. This week’s is a quickie because I’m a slacker and didn’t get it done last night and now my daughter is on summer break and I can only hide from her for so long.

Favorite song

Black Stone Cherry is a relatively new to me band, and I just love them now. They’re songs are fun, rockin’, and honestly, who can’t love a band with a song “White Trash Millionaire?” And let me just say that when I first watched a video, I was NOT expecting the singer to look the way he does.

Favorite frugal find

Remember how I said earlier in the week that my fat ass needs to lose some weight? Well, I found a coupon for 50% off Weight Watchers for 3 months. Now, I’m not a huge advocate of paying for weight loss services since there are so many good, free ones but I lost a ton of weight with them once before so it’s worth a shot again. As a balance, I no longer belong to a gym and workout for free at home.

Favorite TV thing

This. Only this.

Favorite book thing

Last summer, I read Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. It is a well written, kind of weird, completely creative story about the environment in an ad agency at the end of the internet boom, and it’s written in the first person plural. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and when I realized that the author had written two more books, I jumped on that wagon train. I just finished The Unnamed and have started To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. I am troubled that he only has these 3 books but if you’re looking for something to read this summer, any of those come highly recommended.

Favorite celebrity doing something good instead of being a dickhead

Apparently, Aaron Lewis, the lead singer of Staind, went on a tirade at one of their concerts, STOPPING their set to yell at a bunch of lecherous, disgusting assholes who were, by all accounts, molesting a 16 year old girl who was crowd surfing. When you think about all the crowd surfing he’s seen, to stop a performance to yell at (and threaten) these dudes, it must have been bad. Like really, really bad. But kudos to you, Mr. Lewis, for stopping it.

Favorite funnies

Have a great weekend, y’all!!

Linking up, as always, with Amanda:

It’s my birthday and other stuff

June 5, 2014 by Jana 16 Comments

Today is my birthday!!! It’s kind of crazy that I’m 37 because on a good day I feel 12, maybe 14.

GIFSoupAnd since it’s my birthday, I get to do whatever I want. Which will probably mean taking a nap and watching a movie all by myself. I might buy lunch for myself, too, since I never do that. Treat yo’self, amirite?

GIFSoupI’m also linking up with Kristen which is something I’ve been meaning to do for months but keep forgetting. I blame the fact that I’m getting old.

I belong to a Bichon Frise group on Facebook (because I have 2. Not because I’m crazy obsessed with the breed. Although that, too). Anyway, a lady in the group has been sharing photos of Josh, a Bichon mix who was brought to a kill shelter at 48 hours old because the breeder thought he wouldn’t get enough money for Josh. You see, Josh has a cleft palate and also, the breeder is an asshole. And some amazing lady rescued him, bottle fed him, and now Josh is in the running to be on the cover of Modern Dog magazine (totally sounds made up but it’s not). If you could vote for him, that’d be amazing. There’s no registering or anything. Just clicking a button.

I have become completely obsessed with the show Longmire. It’s not really even that good. I mean, it doesn’t totally suck, but it’s kind of like Law and Order: Wyoming. So dead sheep and horses along with the dead bodies. But it has Lou Diamond Phillips and he was in La Bamba and that’s enough for me. It’s also on Netflix so binge watching is possible. Which is pretty much how I pick shows now.

Speaking of TV, can I just express for a minute how upset I am that SouthLAnd was canceled and I can’t even watch reruns on Netflix or anywhere? Get your shit together, Netflix. This show needs to be on your service. Now.

I cleaned my desk and my office yesterday, except for my husband’s desk. Now I’m just sad that all my stuff is clean and organized but I still have to sit at his to use his laptop since mine has the blue screen of death and I’m too broke right now to buy a new one.

I have the Oregon Trail app for my iPad and every time I try to play it, the damn thing crashes. I’m pretty sure I can fix the problem somehow but I’ve become too lazy to figure out how.

I mentioned Netflix twice in this post. Well, I guess technically 3 times. I need something else to talk about. Clearly.

I love that my computer’s Google doodle is a whole bunch of birthday stuff. I guess their complete invasion into my life and privacy has some benefit. Thanks, Google!

Have a great Thursday, y’all! You have my permission to do whatever you want today in the name of my birthday.

Linking up with Kristin:

Friday Favorites, volume 4

May 23, 2014 by Jana 16 Comments

Yay for Friday! And the start to a long weekend! Which is made even longer with my daughter having today and Monday off from school. Nothing like a 4 day weekend 2 weeks before summer break starts. Because everyone needs a small break before an 11 week one, right?

And while that not be my favorite thing, there are plenty of other things that are. Like:

Favorite song

I had a hard time choosing one because too many good songs. But I have a major obsession with Halestorm, and Lzzy Hale is just plain badass, so I went with one of theirs, Freak Like Me. Have a listen while you read the rest of the post:

Favorite frugal choice

Someone I follow on Pinterest pinned a post “9 Frugal Things I Did Last Month” and I am not above stealing good ideas so I am using it for this, a new regular weekly favorite I’ll be adding. This week, my favorite frugal thing was taking advantage of my free 30 day trial for Amazon Fire TV. I can’t wait to figure that shit out. And, living near an Amazon shipping facility is awesome because things get here fast. Like one day fast. It’s pretty spectacular.

Favorite funny #1

Tiny Vulgar Unicorn wins the internet this week. Maybe even this month. I don’t even know how to describe this except to show you (warning: it might be offensive but it is freaking hilarious). And make sure to read the rest when you’re done.

Favorite funny #2

Because farts are always funny. ALWAYS. And it also just occurred to me that I inadvertently made a shit joke as a prelude to introducing farts. I’m almost proud of that.

Favorite thing that happened to someone else

Congrats to my girl Steph from Life According to Steph on her Huffington Post Live segment! I’ve known Steph a LONG time and she’s always been one of the most well spoken people I know. I’m glad she got a chance to share that with even more people.

Favorite new product

I am on a constant quest for a good body lotion. There are some Body Shop ones that are great and Bath and Body is hit or miss and some of the drugstore brands aren’t so great. Then I tried Johnson’s Baby Creamy Oil when we were visiting my in-laws a few weeks ago and I liked it and it’s totally for adults I think and bought some and now I probably won’t use anything else. Hands down, best lotion ever. And Johnson’s people, if you’re reading, I do accept free stuff. Just sayin’.

And that’s all she wrote this week, friends. Enjoy your long weekend!

Linking up with Amanda from Meet at the Barre

Humpday Confessions: Makes me smile

May 21, 2014 by Jana 30 Comments

It’s confessions time again!

Last time, I confessed some things that make me angry. I might have ranted a bit. Fine, I ranted a whole lot. Then I promised that I would talk about what made me happy because you know, balance and all that. So while I was sitting in line waiting to get my daughter from school (an activity that makes me decidedly unhappy), I wrote a list of things that turn my frown upside down.

They’re mostly small things because if I can find joy in the minutiae then I can find joy in the big stuff. Also, it’s easier to identify the big things that make me happy; the small stuff isn’t always so easy to find. But I managed,

Without further ado, I confess that all of these make me incredibly happier than maybe they should:

Finding money or gift card with money left on it. Because free shopping.
Hearing a song I love on the radio. Especially if it’s a song that I almost never hear. Like this one.

http://youtu.be/8O317T6Zlno

Meeting someone who loves (or hates) the same things as me. You hate coffee? I hate coffee. We’re BFFs now.
Getting something on sale unexpectedly. Now I can buy more things. Score!
Parking in a really good spot. It’s even better if the lot is crowded. I win. You lose. Good day.

GIFSoup

Sleeping through the night without having to get up to pee at all during the night. Bladder control FTW!
Frosting shots. Because cake is just something to hold up frosting.
Getting a text from someone you’d been thinking about and hadn’t talked to in awhile. It’s nice to be thought of.
Taking a BuzzFeed quiz and getting a response that makes sense. Or is the response I want. Like that I would belong to the Freaks and Geeks clique.
Reruns of my favorite shows when I am not expecting them to be on TV. Particularly if it’s Roseanne or Freaks and Geeks (two of my favorite shows of all time). Don’t expect me to move until they’re over.
Buying a nail polish color and it looks more amazing than anticipated. Like this one (Essie I’m Using My Maiden Name).

Repins. I love having my good taste validated.
The fact that my most repinned pin is this picture of Wentworth Miller:

Blog comments also make me happy so go ahead a leave a comment with a few small things that make you happy.

Linking up with Kathy from Vodka and Soda for Humpday Confessions

Blogging thoughts and other stuff

Friday favorites, volume 6

It’s my birthday and other stuff

Friday Favorites, volume 4

Humpday Confessions: Makes me smile

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