I’m a member at a couple of online forums. Dyane is one of the ladies at one of the forums I visit and her blog, Words of a Witchy Woman is one that I like to visit when I have the time. In a recent post, Dyane was talking about a Renaissance Faire that her family has been busy getting things ready for. I won’t pretend to even know the meaning behind a Faire, but I will say that from pictures that I’ve seen online, they look really cool! Some of the renaissance clothing that I’ve seen is absolutely beautiful, and it would be so cool to go to something that would give me a reason to dress in a fancy renaissance gown! Of course, all my daughter can say is that she’d look like a princess if she could wear a gown like the ones that I’ve shown her…LOL!
From the sounds of it, Dyane is very busy and has her hands full getting ready for the Faire! I hope that everything goes well for her and she has a wonderful time and I can’t wait to see the pictures!
Today’s economy has brought on some rough financial times, to the point of putting our country into a recession if you ask anyone, except our President. Many people, myself included, are looking for ways to bring some extra income into their homes. One of the ways that I do this is by writing paid blog posts and one of the companies that I occasionally write these posts for is Bloggerwave. If you have a blog and would like to earn some extra income, you might want to check them out!
Yes, my feathers do get a bit “ruffled” over the things that go on in our country. But you know, what? There are so many more things in life that make me happy and don’t ruffle my feathers, so lets talk about some of those things instead!
I consider myself to be a very blessed person. I haven’t had the easiest of lives and I’ve mad some not so good choices over the years, but even through the bad times, I always manage to see the good things.
Over the last several years, one of the things that has enabled me to keep a somewhat “sane” balance to my life is blogging. I still have the very first blog I ever created, and I often go back to it looking at how much life has changed over the years. I’ve met some amazing people because of blogging and I even reconnected with a very special friend because of her blog being featured on the local news one night!
Whether I’m down and out or flying high, I know that I can always turn to my blogs to get me through the day! Because of problems with my hands it’s nearly impossible for me to write in a journal, but typing is something I can do, so I view my blogs as my online journals, a place where I can talk about some of the amazing things that go on in my life as well as the things that make me want to give up. And when I write a post about wanting to give up I always manage to get a comment from at least one of the wonderful bloggers I’ve met online!
Unfortunately, recent news articles have tended to focus on negative things that have happened to bloggers. Some bloggers have actually pushed themselves so hard to be the first to blog a huge breaking story that it has actually caused their death. But you know what? That doesn’t represent me or the many hundreds of bloggers I’ve come across. We blog because it gives us a place to share our stories and because it makes us happy! I can’t count the number of times that I have stopped at someone’s blog and read a post that inspired me or brought me to tears. And there are even more blog posts that I’ve read that have made me realize things in my life that needed to be changed.
Anyway, blogging does make me happy, in more ways than I can count, and here’s a little video about why blogging makes me happy! If you don’t have a blog yet, what’s stopping you?
No, a pirate hasn’t taken over my blog, so don’t worry…LOL! I was in bed, sound asleep, when I sat up in bed and remembered THE treasure hunt! But this isn’t just your ordinary treasure hunt, the only people that can participate are those of us that work for the company that is holding it! And just what is the treasure for this treasure hunt? Well, I’ll let you guess from the following items that can be found at jewelelegance.com:
If you guessed a 14 karat gold anklet valued at $240, you guess right! In order to be able to get the information for the first clue I needed to write this post, so it’s a good thing I woke up like I did, because I have less than an hour left before the cut off time. Can you say MAJOR close call? But the company that I work for is absolutely awesome! I love working for them because they’re always doing fun stuff like this! It’s like they just LOVE giving things away! Besides that, they treat EVERYONE so awesome and they’re just a blast to work for! So wish me luck, and I’ll keep you updated!
Beth over at The Sassy Southerner tagged me the other day, and since I’m REALLY bad at paying attention, I’m only just now noticing. SORRY Beth!
Here are the rules for this meme:
1) Go back through your archives and post links to five favorite blog posts that you’ve written. But there is a catch:
a) Link 1 must be about family.
b) Link 2 must be about friends.
c) Link 3 must be about yourself, who you are… what you’re all about.
d) Link 4 must be about something you love.
e) Link 5 can be about anything you choose.
2) Post your five links, and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better.
Here are my posts.
I LOVE this post because it contains the first family pictures we had taken in many years. They were taken by my sister at our Christmas get together in 2006
In THIS post you’ll see just how much the honesty I get from my best friend means to me!
I had a difficult time choosing a post that describes what I am about, but finally chose THIS one
It was even more difficult to decide on one thing that I loved, but I chose THIS post
And for my final choice, which can be about ANYTHING I choose, I choose THIS post because it was my very first post here at JustSimplyHolly.
I don’t know who to pass this Meme on to, so just whoever wants to do it, let me know you did so I can read your posts!
I’m not one to enter contests, but I couldn’t help myself for this one because it’s a cookie recipe contest…LOL! If you know me in real life you know that at Christmas time I don’t give out store bought presents, instead I give something that I’ve made myself. It used to be craft type items, but eventually it got to the point that I simply didn’t have as much time as I needed or wanted to put into making things like that.
One year I was digging through one of the cookbooks that I had gotten from my late mother in law for a Christmas cookie recipe and I found a recipe that sounded interesting, so I gave it a try. I was initially disappointed because I was looking for a sugar cookie that I could frost and these cookies just didn’t look right frosted. However, to my family, these cookies were a HUGE hit. So I went ahead and made a second batch of them, but this time, before I put them in the oven, I sprinkled the tops of them with colored sprinkle sugar. It was exactly what these cookies needed and they have been a hit wherever I take them. Unfortunately for me, my friends and family members now start asking me about my cookies before Thanksgiving, reminding me how much they look forward to getting them every year. But, I don’t mind, I really don’t! I enjoy baking, but what I enjoy more is seeing people enjoy what I bake.
Anyway, I entered my cookie recipe in an online recipe contest and, if you wouldn’t mind, I would really appreciate it if you’d head over and vote for me! I think you can vote once a day, but I’ll find out for sure and let you know! While you’re there be sure to check out the rest of her website! She’s got some great tips and recipes!!
I know that you like to read blogs, but do you also have your own blog that you enjoy writing posts on? If you do, then you may want to read the rest of this post. If you don’t, read it anyway…LOL!
Smorty.com is a new service where you get paid for blogging. You’re not forced into blogging about something you don’t want to write about, you get to decide what you blog about. Smorty.com allows you to open an account, and after your blog is approved they will email you with campaign offers that you can choose from. Once you choose your campaign offers you write your post with the approved link back to the advertiser and submit it to them. The advertiser then has up to 5 days to approve or reject your post. If your post is approved you will get paid on the next weekly billing cycle, up to 7 days after your post is approved.
So if you enjoy blogging and would like to get paid for blogging, or your an advertiser that would like to learn how you can advertise on blogs head on over to Smorty.com and get started!
No, I honestly cannot make up my mind…LOL! I really just wanted something simple but also something that I felt was attractive to the eye. And since I can’t make a layout of me, I chose this one instead….LOL!
I like this one because it’s soothing to the eyes yet in some ways I feel it suits my personality also. It’s funny that it took me 3 hours to decide on this one after downloading OODLES of themes.
Along with the change of themes comes the fact that I have decided to do PayPerPost on this blog. Sometimes in life you realize that as much as you want something to happen, it simply isn’t going to happen the way you want it to. I will still very much continue to do posts here about different issues I think are important, so I hope that you will continue to visit the site. I appreciate each and every one of my readers. Without you this blog simply would not be!
OK, so I’m wandering around the web this morning and I stop over to Liberal Common Sense and see that my best friend Lisa Renee has tagged me. TY Sweetie!
Holly’s 5 favorite movies:
1. Click (because you go from laughing to crying with no warning)
2. Titanic (because it makes you believe in true love no matter what)
3. Friday Night Lights (because it reminds me of what football was like when I was in high school)
4. Mr. Holland’s Opus (because Mr. Holland reminds me of my band teacher who was a true inspiration to me)
5. Under The Tuscan Sun (because I dream of running away to somewhere like Italy, and I truly could picture myself doing what Diane Lane “a.k.a. Frances” did in this movie)
I’m still not sure who reads here, but I’ll go ahead a tag Sneaky, Roman and Jaz
