This month went quite differently than last.  Last month, the blog was the only thing I ever wanted to think about.  I was constantly commenting on Facebook groups, reading other blogs, and doing everything I could to 'force' traffic to my page.  This month, I focused a lot more on using multiple social media outlets rather than posting on multiple Facebook posts. I opened a Bloglovin' account and claimed my blog, created a Facebook page, and reclaimed my old Twitter account.  For the first two weeks of the month, I posted in every Facebook thread I could find so I ...

  I have the smallest backyard ever!  At least, one of the smallest backyards in my neighborhood.  One of my biggest issues with my backyard is that I can't turn the lawn mower around while mowing the lawn. So, after three summers of using a freebie lawn mower that was on it's last leg when I got it, I've decided that this is the last summer I will struggle with the large lawn mower. My search began with browsing my standard internet sites, Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot.  I decided on the type of lawn mower that I wanted.  A small ...

Original recipe here from Made It, Ate It, Loved It How do you make your sweet and sour chicken?  I've seen so many different recipes and each of them tastes completely different. Growing up, sweet and sour chicken always included pineapple and those little hard noodle looking wheat things.  I was never a big fan. I recently made this sweet and sour chicken which was delicious but I would actually prefer it to be more sour.  What do you use to make your chicken sour?  The recipe above uses vinegar. Please share your favorites! ...

Buy the digi book here. Buy the hard copy here. After finishing your story outline, you are ready to write your first rough draft.  This is where knowing your audience is really important.Let’s say I was writing about a bouncing ball.  Watch how the simple story ideas change as the audience changes.  Can you guess who the audience is? I love to be outside.  I eat outside, I run outside, and I play outside.  I like to play with my ball outside.  I throw the ball in the air.  It comes down and bounces up real high.  I like to ...

Last week, we discussed how to reconcile your checking account based on your projections.  This week, we will begin reconciling the savings account as well. In our projections example, the first month we transfer to the savings account is April.  To reconcile this transaction, begin by reconciling the checking account the same as previous months. When you get to the 'Transfer' line, C37 in our example, we will use an equation to get the total amount to transfer.  You could also grab the transfer amount from the Projections page but I prefer to use the equation because it acts as ...