“Yo yo yo, this is your girl L-Money, comin’ at you live on the microphone with a bliggitty blogging tip to help give your John Hancocks some suga’ and spice. Bricka, bricka, what?! It’s gonna be tight, y’all. You feel me?” Before you all run for the hills, let me explain that intro. I taught 9th grade English for three years when we lived in Ohio, and I would sometimes start my classes in a {read more…}
One small step for YouTube. One giant leap for The Thinking Closet. Today, I share my first ever video tutorial, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. Sure, I’m a theatre person, and I’ve gotten up in front of some tough crowds in my day (remember, I teach high school students). Still, there’s something about putting yourself out there on video for the world wide web to see that is a little {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. (It’s a very good place to start.) I’m baaaaaaaaaack with part 4 of My Blog Migration Story. A week ago today my lil wordpress.com blog migrated to wordpress.org. And she’s growing up so fast…{tear}. Before I get overly emotional, let’s review. In Part 3, I introduced you to the two lovely ladies behind my new blog design and migration, and I gave {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, it appears as if all of my subscribers safely made the journey from my old WordPress.com site to the new one…even my WordPress Reader followers! After having read so much about what to expect and bracing myself for the worst, it appears that I’ve been blessed with the best-case-scenario; the one that I didn’t even {read more…}
If you’re just tuning in now, click here to start with Part I of My Blog Migration Story. So, in Part 1, we covered the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and why I’m choosing to migrate to WordPress.org. Today, I’m going to devote this entire post to answering one simple (or maybe not-so-simple) question: Q: How does one prepare for such a move? A: Preparation is my middle name…or at least, it should be, and {read more…}
In the wintertime while birds migrate from north to south, bloggers migrate from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. At least, this blogger does! As many of you know, one of my goals for 2013 was to make the migration to WordPress.org. After several weeks of work behind the scenes, the new site is slated to go live very soon, my friends…very soon. Maybe even later this week! Suffice it to say, I’m teeny weeny bit excited about it. {Lauren {read more…}
Fact. My “About” page hadn’t been edited since I first started blogging in September 2012. Fact. My “About” page was written in the third person, like an author bio on the inside back cover of a book. All of my posts are written in the first person. The disparity was killing me. Fact. My “About” page said very little about me and my blog at all. How much can be said in one paragraph of six sentences? {read more…}
This would be an opportune time to grab a snack, a cozy blanket, and perhaps silence your cell phone. Why? Because it’s story time, folks. Gather ’round for… Once upon a time, there was an old chair. And there was a girl who sat in the old chair. But because it was an old chair, an old folding chair, it was an uncomfortable chair. It made her back hurt and ache. When the girl sat {read more…}
For those of you lovelies who may have missed my guest post last week: When Jessica and Linz generously invited me to share something on their blog Sweet Athena on the theme of celebrations, I got to thinking not just about the grand fanfare celebrations, but the little ways one feels celebrated in a day. You know what I mean? Like that hug that you get out of nowhere from a friend. Or that tilt of the hat {read more…}
Guest posts are kind of like playdates, aren’t they? You get to go over the house of your fun new friend for an afternoon, share your stories, meet their family and friends, and return home a renewed gal…(and probably wanting a new toy). Well, today I get to have a “playdate” over at Jessica and Linz’s blog, Sweet Athena. If you don’t know Sweet Athena, you should. Part of what I love about that blog {read more…}
My poor sewing machine was totally and utterly neglected over the holidays. My crafty projects just seemed to call for a hammer and nail or glue gun instead. I even thought I heard my “Brother” crying during those eight hours of working on my No-Sew Christmas tree skirt. Let’s just say I had some making up to do. Yesterday, I pulled my Bro out of the closet, sat him on the table, asked for forgiveness, {read more…}
In case you missed my guest post on Blissful & Domestic last week, here it is in full! Keep in mind, this is meant to inspire- -not to inflict guilt. There are many ways to love our environment. These are just 10 of the ways…. So, let’s talk Christmas cards. I don’t know about you, but the thought of compiling address, stamping envelopes, and signing 70 Christmas cards during the busiest time of year makes {read more…}
Today is an exciting day because my first {ever} guest post goes live over at the blog, Blissful and Domestic. Danielle was gracious enough to invite me to share my ideas for “going green” this holiday with her incredible audience. The inspiration for this post stems from a new tradition that my husband and I started two years ago: we send our Christmas newsletter to family and friends via email instead of snail mail. However, {read more…}
Since moving to Florida this summer, Mark and I have taken the initiative to create a bit more structure in our lives…from the food inside our cabinets, to our exercising, and now…to our meals! Menu planning is one thing we both agreed would not only make our lives easier, but so much healthier. We’ve never done it before (chalking it up to busyness), but we’ve gotten into that chips-and-queso-for-dinner scenario one too many times of {read more…}
It was two months ago today when I clicked that glowing button on the WordPress homepage inviting me to “sign up now.” After much deliberation, I gave my blog a name, wrote my first post, and bolted full-speed ahead into blogland. Wow. To think that just two months ago, blogger jargon like “link parties,” “trackbacks,” and “grabbing a button” might as well have been Greek to me…. I have learned a lot in these first {read more…}
My dear friend from high school, Fran, is getting married to the love of her life, Arturo…TODAY! They have already been on many adventures together, traveling the world, but I trust this new adventure of marriage, will be the best one yet! It was all I could do to hold off posting about my wedding gift to them until today. I’m über excited about it. Here it is: their wedding invitation ornament. This project was {read more…}
5 Pearls of Wisdom from 5 Different Bloggers
I love reading other blogs. I just gain so much inspiration and insight from the words of my fellow bloggers. Here’s my routine at the end of the day: I hop onto bloglovin’ and scroll through the list of new posts from the 75 blogs I follow (yes, 75). I click over to the articles that catch my eye. Sometimes it’s the title, sometimes it’s the photo, and other times, it’s the first few sentences that pull me {read more…}