You may have noticed, if you are a returning visitor (which Google Analytics tells me that 49.87% of you are) that the blog has undergone some renovations. Taylor has displayed stress over the loss of our teddy bears at the top of the header. They, or some other picture WILL be back. As soon as I can figure out how to not make it a huge picture at the top. But I will figure it out. Maybe. Probably. At some point. (Did you know a night of staring at HTML code will make you lose your mind?)
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If you’re a returning visitor, you are also probably on the edge of your seat about how many followers the blog has. Or you are having a kiniption about Goole Friends Connect going away in March that you don’t even care anymore. But, if you do care, we’re up to 41 followers! Although I haven’t experienced 41 yet (don’t hate) I would imagine my Blog is feeling restless. Is THIS really what Blog wanted for him/herself? Is this ALL there is to life? Maybe that’s why a renovation was in order. Mid-life crisis and all, trying to attract new people with a streamlined appearance. I’ve also noticed that the Blog has a tendancy to eat his/her emotions when s/he doesn’t get many visitors every day. There’s a chance that s/he got that from me.
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Guess what? This office STILL isn’t finished being painted. It’s like I totally lost my motivation when the living room got completed. Has anyone SEEN my motivation?
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Christmas Random Acts of Kindness are in full swing! At the end of the month, we’re going to report back our tally of what we (Mom, Casey, and I) did for the month of Decemeber. Any chance that one of you would like to buy me the new Nook tablet as a random act of kindness? No? How about a cute purple or pink small laptop? Wow. You guys are SO unkind. 😉
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Now that NaBloPoMo is over, and I’m not “forced” to write every day… I WANT to write every day. I have ideas coming out of every pore on my body. I am energized. So get reading in the coming week you are going to learn 25 Things You Didn’t Know About ME (see yesterday for Casey’s list), you are also going to learn about who I have blog crushes on, about weird places in my house that remind me of things, and when it’s a good idea to forget about self-control. Get EXCITED!
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Well, that’s it for me. My five minutes are up. And my in-laws are coming for dinner. So somebody has got to whip this house into shape. I’m guessing the dogs aren’t up for the job, unless you call serving kibble with a side of beggin’ strips dinner. However Casey always says that he wants to try a beggin’ strip. Yeah, bet you didn’t know THAT about him.
Have a great Sunday, everyone!
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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…
- Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
- Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
- Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
- Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
- Link up your post below.
- Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.
That's great that NaBloPoMo inspired you to write more! I didn't join in on the fun but wanted to. Maybe next time around.
p.s.- I'm stopping by from SOC. Nice to meet you!
I *MUST* do this sometime, I love your brain dumps! Both my blog and I share the early 40's – restless indeed! I want to change my look as well, but can't figure out how to save everything I have just in case I screw it up. And HTML – never done it, probably never will…I'm skeered! 🙂
And I'd "like" to buy you a Nook tablet, I just can't afford to…I'll let you know how the lottery goes tonight. I have a Nook color that my smart hubby converted to a tablet. Yeah, he IS that awesome…but I haven't been able to play wiht it because he's too busy racking up high scores on Angry Birds.
I love that you got the itch to write every day. I found that the more I started writing, the more my eyes opened up to the everyday world around me and I found lots of inspiration. Keep it up!!
Omigosh, so many badges so little time. That NaBloPoMo also gave me the inspiration to write every day as well as more blog activity than I ever knew existed!
Would they be named "beggin' strips" if they weren't really good? Just a thought…
I'm so jealous of your inspiration! My goal for the new year is to get better about writing to a prompt. We'll see how it goes. 🙂
I've been thinking about trying NaBloPoMo but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet! I'll have to try this out sometime too!
Wow, so Google Friend Connect is going into the graveyard (although eweek.com says it'll still work for all blogger sites). Since I'm still a newbie at this blogger stuff, is the "Follower" widget independent of Google Friend Connect? So that if GFC ends up completely in the graveyard, the followers will still be in tact because that is a Blogger thing? Just curious.
Also I love that you want to keep writing every day! (Me too!) You have such a beautiful writing style and I think it's so cool that your hubby participates too. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!
Ah, excuse me? But why can't you have the teddy bears that I've grown to love? Exactly what is the problem with that? I miss them in case you couldn't tell. I love you.
Yay to writing more!
I started following your blog during NaBloPoMo (not that I participated, but I saw that you were and was looking forward to your lessons learned – I found you via SOC Sunday.) ANyway, I'm glad I did, because you're a real inspiration! I loved your BlogHer post as well. Congrats on that!
I participated in NaBloPoMo as well. It is challenging to write everyday but I had fun doing it! 🙂
You are a hell of a fast typer, my friend! I'm very excited that your blog is continuing to grow and look forward to an update on if it is having a midlife crisis. Have a great evening!
I keep trying to comment on your blog, and I don't think they are going through! Maybe this one will post….I have to say, that's a lot of thought for 5 minutes! I have to try it some time. Wondering how much would come out of my brain. 🙂
NaBloPoMo is totally energizing! Great SOC post. Hope dinner went well!
My random act of kindness for today – giving a 3 year old one of my extra tickets to today's NFL game. Score!
I agree about NaBloPoMo. I was counting down the days until the 30th. Now that's it over I miss it! I'm tempted to sign up for December's list. But I also may just be slightly insane. And I've still mostly been blogging every day. The blogging floodgates are now open. 🙂
Keep up the awesome work and I do like the redesign (I've been pondering this for my site) but I look forward to the return of the teddies.
@Jessica Thanks! Nice to meet you, too 🙂 I definitely recommend NaBloPoMo! It's a great way to keep up with writing, but also meet lots of awesome people!
@alienbody Keep me posted on the lottery 😉 And yes! Do the SOCS, it's awesome…and they are my most popular posts! Good luck with the possible blog renovations. And good luck to your husband on Angry Birds 😉
@all.things.fadra Thanks Fadra!! You are definitely right about finding inspiration all around now!
@"Abby" Haha. Yeah, the dogs really like them! And yes, NaBloPoMo really increased blog activity, I love it!
@Leah Good luck with writing prompts! I like them, and sometimes they take a life of their own!
@Sara I would recommend NaBloPoMo (and use the feature to schedule your posts ahead of time, it's a life saver!) It's a good way to get the creativity flowing! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
@Taylor Yup, Google Friends Connect is the box that shows your followers. It is not going to work for anyone other than people on Blogger, so a lot of people are upset about it. Just make sure if you are following a non-Blogger blog, that you sign up for another way to follow it! And thank you so much for the wonderful compliments 🙂 I love the Casey participates too, it's a fun thing to do together!
@erica Thank you!!! I'm so glad you're here, and thanks for reading my BlogHer post too!! I really appreciate you following along my journey:)
@Good Girl Gone Green I know, I've been following along 😉 I'm so glad you took on the challenge too!!
@Rachel @ Totally Ovar It
yes, I am a super fast typer. Last time I was "tested" I could type over 100 words a minute, accurately! My Mom used to do transcriptions for a doctor and sometimes I'd help. It helped me learn how to touch type and I just gained speed from there!! Thanks for stopping by;)
@another jennifer Aw, man!Sorry the blog is being annoying when you try to leave comments! I got this one, and I saw you also posted a comment on my Therapist top 10! Hopefully if there are others they will come through! I love the Stream of Consciousness, totally recommend it! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
@Tricia Thanks! dinner was delicious and went well! Hope you are having a super Sunday!
@actuallyim Nice job with the Random Act of Kindness! KEep it up 🙂 And the teddies will be returning…soon! hopefully! keep up with the blogging, I so enjoy reading it! 🙂
@Sandyb Hi MOM!! Thanks for commenting!!! And they'll be back, soon, hopefully! Love you more!
@Ameena Falchetto (MummyinProvence) Yay!! Thanks 🙂
I like this 5 minute stream of consciousness! Great idea! It's reassuring to know that my blog isn't the only emotional eater out there 🙂
I find my blog changes every 6 months or so. My friend does all my HTML so I'm blessed with no nightmeres!
I didn't know Google Friend Connect was going away either (for non-blogger blogs)! This actually answered a pretty interesting question I'd been mulling over the last few days.