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Posted in My Thoughts, tagged blogging, My Thoughts on September 8, 2014|
Well, how is everybody? Me? I am just fine and finally feeling like blogging again. For some reason, this summer just took its toll on me and my inspiration well had run completely dry. Thankfully, the urge to cook, take photos, and (most importantly for this space) write about it is finally coming back.
I guess I can blame it on the hot weather, but that’s not really it. There have been a few family health issues going on which thankfully are resolving themselves nicely. Praise God!! C & I also have a big personal project we are diving into and, hopefully, I can fill you in on that a little more in the near future. It’s a wonderful opportunity but a BIGGIE!!! In fact, if you want to say a little prayer for us, please and thank you, that would be just great.
Do you ever have the feeling that your brain is evolving into something a little different? I guess that sounds weird, but I have been toying with the idea of changing my blog name to something that seems more “me”. For some reason, PPC just doesn’t seem to perfectly match what I want this space to be. I am far from perfect and even though (as my tag line says) cooking and photography are my perfect hobbies, I have never been really comfortable with the word “perfect” in the title.
Maybe I am being too sensitive, but I really don’t want to try to be perfect because I know I can’t be. Only God and Jesus are perfect and I can only strive to be even just a tiny smidgen like them. There may be a few changes in this little space, but maybe not. Can you say, “Indecisive”?
Thanks for sticking with me through my dry spell until I felt the proverbial rain filling my well again. Stay tuned for some fun things to come!
Posted in My Thoughts, tagged blogging, My Thoughts, Pinterest, Print Friendly, Wordpress on February 21, 2013|
Since the President gives the country a State Of The Union address and our governor gives a State Of The Commonwealth address, I thought I would give my own version, The State Of The Blog address. As of March 9th, 2013, I have been blogging for 4 years at this little site. When I look back at some of those first posts, I will chuckle at myself and realize how far I have come in my writing and photography skills. I am still not the greatest, but at least I have improved. While my dad was in the hospital and rehab facility for weeks these past few months, I worried that I would have to give up blogging for a while since there wasn’t much free time. Thankfully he is now at home and doing great so back to blogging I go, very happily I might add.
This is my creative outlet. The cooking of the food, the photographing of the food, and, finally, writing about all of it brings me joy. This is kind of like my alter-ego and it is a place I can go express myself and write about what I want to write about.
Since this is definitely not my full-time job (hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?), I try to keep my hobby as inexpensive as possible. The most expensive thing I have bought for blogging is a new camera, but we use that for many other things. I have purchased a few bowls, plates, and pretty dishtowels to use as props, but that is about it. I love to look at other blogs that are professionally designed with all kinds of buttons and gadgets, but didn’t want to pay for it. Enter my amazing husband, C!
A few weeks ago, I needed to learn how to enter HTML code into a blog post using Windows Live Writer (another great FREE product). While C showed me how to do it, he asked if there was anything else I wanted to add. YES!!! Many blogs had “Pin It” buttons so readers could “pin” their posts and I wanted one. We did a little searching on the WordPress site and found by going to “Settings” and “Sharing”, we could make those buttons a reality. Now at the bottom of every post, there is a Pinterest, Print, Twitter and Email buttons. Love it!
Speaking of the print option, this is due to another freebie that C knew about call Print Friendly. Just go to their site and click on “website button” at the top right and you, too, can have a print option on your site. I really like it because it pulls the photos to one side so all of the text is together and that makes it much easier to read as an actual recipe. Also, you can hover your mouse over sections and delete them so they won’t print and empty your ink cartridge. Genius, I say, just genius.
I also added a “Follow Me on Pinterest” button right under my “About Me” info on the right hand side of the page. I love Pinterest so please follow me and see all of the stuff I may never get around to doing or buying. Ha!
If you are new to this space, thanks for stopping by and I hope you return many times. If you are a regular reader, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I love doing this and if only one person gets enjoyment out of besides me, then it is completely worth it.
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