I have been struggling with finding the perfect blog planner for the longest time. About a year ago, I decided I’d just make my own. And then, you know how it goes…things come up, I get sidetracked, I put it off…and meanwhile, all of my blog plans, editorial calendars, goals, and other important stuff is…
DIY Planning Station using Make Market from Michaels
Call me crazy, but an hour of solitude with my planner makes me happy. The pens! The stickers! The washi! The getting-everything-organized-in-my-brain-for-the-next-week…it’s therapeutic. The biggest problem I face is where to keep all my junk. I carry everything back and forth between the office and home (because OMG…what if I need my pink Flair pen…
Printable Goal Setting Template
For me, the hardest part about making goals is defining them. It’s very easy to say, “I want to make a million dollars,” but it’s not easy to break that down into steps and really think it all through. Wanting to make a million dollars isn’t enough. I’ve got to have a plan. I’ve been…
Falling in Love with the Lumix G7
I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Panasonic. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. For the last several years, my brother and his family have come to Texas for Halloween. October is a beautiful time of year in Texas, and…
How Bloggers Make Money (and how to best monetize YOUR blog)
This is my second post in a new series about “Blogging for Business,” which is basically where I’m going to give you alllll my secrets for turning your blog into a business and/or using your blog to support a business. Today let’s talk about how bloggers make money and how you can put these practices into…
Capturing Everyday Moments with the Lumix G7
I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Panasonic. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. #4KPhoto #4KFun Eeek! Summer is over and all of a sudden we have schedules. Schedules! Places to be. Things to do. Commitments. Library books to return. Soccer…
How to Get More Traffic to Your Blog
This is my first post in a new series about “Blogging for Business,” which is basically where I’m going to give you alllll my secrets for turning your blog into a business and/or using your blog to support a business. Today let’s talk about how to get more traffic to your blog! If you’d sat down…
Road Trips Remembered with the Lumix G7
I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Panasonic. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Sometime in the past year or so, Jack started asking questions about the Alamo. He’s so interested in Texas history – he loves asking questions and…
5 Ways to Improve Your Blog Photos TODAY (No Special Skills or Equipment Necessary)
Let me start this post out by saying that I am not a professional photographer, nor do I want to be a professional photographer. I’m not an expert in photography. But over the last couple years, and expecially over the last few months, I’ve found that I enjoy taking and editing pictures, and they are…
Efficient Blogging Series, Part 1: Utilize Your Blogging Time
Over the next few weeks, I want to share with you something things I have learned that help me to blog more efficiently. I’m no time management expert (me + time management = hahahahaha…hahahahahahHAHA), but I have found a few little tricks and tweaks in my routine and scheduling that allow me to get a…