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Camping “Greats”

Seriously, all this talk of “summer” and “vacation” is getting ridiculous! But in a good way…obviously. I understand sarcasm sometimes just does not translate on the scrolls of this blog. Ah well. What are ya gonna do? Anywhoo, I’ve been itching to go camping. I’m hearing folks talk about float trips, tent camping, road tripping, star gazing, fire sitting, day drinking, lake jumping…GAH. I NEED it. {Bubbs??} In a way to harness this need, and maybe put a bigger bug...

Weekly Wishes #11

Hope you’re having a great start to the week 🙂 We celebrated such a wonderful weekend, and we were able to start the week fresh and new. A few things I’m hoping to accomplish… Join me? +Finishing gathering everything for an upcoming trip … It was a great trip! A few road trip pics are here. +Figure out a quick and easy way to record my running time and mileage. Notepad on phone will have to do for now. +Send...

Optimize Images for Your Blog Post

Who doesn’t love a good picture? I think now, within the blogging community, it’s expected that a blogger will include photographs, images or some sort of visual element in a blog post. And that’s actually great, because including images can {and will} absolutely support a blog’s overall search engine optimization and share-ability, if that is even a word… So, with that said, here are my top five optimization considerations for blog images. Enjoy!!   01 /// File Name Do you...

DIY Yarn Pom Poms

I have a few decorations left over from Mads’ first birthday party. It’s been almost a year since the celebration but I definitely do not intend to part with some pieces because I love them! I love her name banner and I really adore the huge tissue flowers we made to accent the room. However, I wanted to add another element to accent this wall and I finally found it! POM POMS! Super easy DIY project that can be used...

Less is MORE

This thought popped into my head over the weekend: less is more. It’s nothing new or crazy or unique. You’ve heard it a million times before and probably don’t think twice when you hear it. But maybe you should… After our weekend trip to the farmer’s market, I started putting away our fruit and veggie finds. {So many great things!} And I started the meal plan for the week, assessing if we needed to make another run out to the grocery...