I haven’t been writing on either this blog o my work website. Mostly cause I am sick of the internet and it is the holidays and no one reads blogs on the holidays. I managed to crack the secret of Pinterest smart feed. HAHAHA PINTEREST! Basically, it involved sitting your ass down and pinning thousands of pins with a pin scheduling tool. I WAS using TailWind but the I discovered board booster and got better results with that so. I was pinning so much I was pinning in my sleep. Pininterst WAS my all time favorite site but now. ugh. So I decided to give myself a break from the internets. I can feel myself starting to warm up to the idea of doing it all again come the new year. I want to follow more book bloggers on Pinterest, though. I will go through all the blogs and follow all of you or if you want to leave me a link that will be fine also. I have about all I can take of 10 ways to grow your Instagram followers. On the other hand, maybe I will tackle Instagram next, hee.
I have been reading up a storm. My hold of the Opposite of Loneliness
I finally convince mom to put the tree up. I help decorate and honestlyI wanted to decorate it with purple but mom is a traditionist and it ended up being in red.
It is still a pretty tree, though. Maybe next year I can convince her to go with pastels.
My mom also FINALLY got gas for the fireplace so I could read by the tree and fireplace. It was still in the 70’s the day she got it and I was all like I don’t give a damn it is Christmas and I am gonna wear my Christmas PJ and read by the tree and fireplace and drink my eggnog. I won that one. Two days after she had it delivered the temp dropped 40 degrees overnight and it snowed. Ha wished DO come true. I managed to capture a photo of me reading.
That book was for an online book club I am in and it was very thought provoking. It mostly talked about how we have an Upper Limit Problem and we uncousinly make ourselves sick and stuff when we reach it. Like I said it is something to think about. A review will be on here after the New Year.
This week is Christmas. I had asked for the Desire Map Planner. You can read my review of the Desire Map here. Basically, it was life changing. Instead, of goals, I am going to do things to achieve my core desired feelings. This will be the first year in my life I won’t make goals per se so This time next year we will know how this experiment went.
I know one of the things that REALLY helped before was to embrace the whole Paleo Lifestyle. I know I said before I don’t really like meat, but that’s not true. I love beef. And if the chicken is cooked right, chicken. And I can eat other things if I don’t dwell on what it is exactly. The point is I like meat enough to go back on Paleo. I have found thousands of beef recipes on the internet so I am set for a really long time. I have decided that this is the year I finally learn to cook. I love looking in recipe books and I know once I get over the hump of being frustrated I will love to cook. I just have to stick it out until I get decent at it. There is a point I give up on stuff. I know this so I gotta stick it out more. I mean take photoshop. Before I couldn’t do shit with it. Then I sat down and watched youtube and figured out the basics and now I am making blog graphics! And I LOVE it! So I gotta get over that hump with cooking.
There will be some changes coming to this blog in the new year. I will still blog about books and have reviews, but I also want to make it more of a lifestyle bloggy. The Dr found the magic combo of pills that made me want to join the land of the living again and my interests are expanding. So be on the lookout for new and different types of posts!
Look forward to your posts, whatever you’re talking about
I think the tree looks lovely anyway, but glad your mom agreed (even if halfheartedly 🙂 ) to the Christmas pjs. You should be comfortable, especially on Christmas. Of course, I wear sweatpants all the time when I’m at home. 🙂
I live in pajamas. lol I tried the whole dress as if you are working from home but ahhh I always get the all dressed up and nowhere to go feeling.
I haven’t figured out Pinterest yet, although I signed up for it. Instragram is another one I haven’t a clue how to use. Someday I may take the time to figure it out, but it won’t be today. Haha
The tree looks lovely, Hillary. Ours has no particular theme. My husband thinks we have too many ornaments, which is probably true. My 4 year old keeps adding to it, making new “ornaments” every day.
I love our gas fireplace. It’s come in handy on these chilly evenings. I love PJ days at our house. We probably have more than I should admit too. 🙂
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
I still havent figured out instagram. That is next on my list. It took me a while to figure out pinintrest. Basically it involves getting a program such as tailwind and flooding your feed until it starts ranking.
I know exactly what you mean about wanting a break. I am not necessarily unplugging completely, but I won’t be publishing any blog posts before the new year. If this year is all about reflection, then I aim to make the most of it!
Good luck and happy holidays!
Happy Holidays to you too!!!