I realize that this has nothing to do with writing, but I need to rant. I have learned WordPress out of necessity, but Gutenberg, which is the new way to add content to the site, befuddles me. Before if I had a layout issue, I would sort though CSS files, figure out what to change
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On Self-Promotion, How to Embarrass Yourself With
Before Christmas, I offered readers a thread to share their best reads, books and blog. The rules were simple. List no more than three of your favorite reads and tell others why you liked them. The thread is full of awesome recommendations, and I really enjoyed reading them until I came to this nugget of
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Holiday Updates and Awesome Pictures
First things first, your recommendations are now preserved for posterity. If you look in the top menu, you will see BDH Recommends, which will take you to the best reads post before this one, so you can keep it for reference. The Incomparable Brandi will be gone over the holidays. She has been working on
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Money To Burn
Lately when I browse Facebook, it shoves advertisements for luxury stores at me. I have no idea why. I am cheap. In my experience, women tend to break down into two categories. Category 1: Woman 1: Great shoes! Woman 2: Oh yes, these are Valentino Garavani. I paid $1,000 for them. Worth every penny. Category
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Stopping Annoying Phone Calls
Update: we do not have a true landline, but we do get phone service through our cable provider bundled with the internet. 🙂 The discussion in the comments of the previous post veered into receiving spam telemarketer calls, which at best are annoying and at worst trying to scam you out of your money. We’ve
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Just You Wait
My cell rang. An unlisted number. Oh good. Ten to one, somebody wanted to sell me super-special medical insurance or inform me that the IRS was about to arrest me unless I dropped everything and bought an armful of gift cards at Wal-Mart. I answered it. “What is it?” “You’re tracking me,” Alessandro said. Runa’s
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Get It Together, Get It Together
Me trying to write SAPPHIRE FLAMES.
Honesty
I am still going through the yarn suggestion comments. So much pretty. But wanted to share. Me, email to Gordon: Do you think this is pretty? Gordon, email back: No, it looks like it might have been nice yarn that somebody put in a box in the garage and forgot about it. Years later their descendants
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Knitting Things You Covet
We’ve been so busy that I haven’t had a chance to make a Christmas List. I would like to get some yarn, but I have zero clue what to get or what the cool new popular projects are. I tried looking on Ravelry and just ended up overwhelmed. I’m still working on Gordon’s Ranger Cowl
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Dreams I have
I dreamed that Gordon reenlisted. He was back in the Army. We were standing around at a unit Christmas support event, and the battalion commander was a total dick and wouldn’t let anybody go home. Literally, I am standing there with a bunch of Army spouses and grinding my teeth, because we are not spending
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Snippet: A Simple Menu
Just a few things on a weekday morning… 🙂 Since it was my turn to cook breakfast anyway, I headed to the kitchen. Cooking was basically my and Mom’s job. When Nevada lived with us, she was too busy keeping us fed and clothed. Bern and Leon usually made meat, preferably, steak, and they served it
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Sugarfree Gummies
I have a terrible weakness for gummy bears. I will eat as many gummy bears as I can, which is why I haven’t bought any in years. Sugar free gummy bears are known for their unintended laxative effect, so I don’t buy those either. Imagine my delight when I stumbled onto this lovely gummy bear
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