sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 27, 2016 11:55:56 GMT -5
I keep reading how blogging can be a great source of income for people... which got me wondering, what blogs do people tend to frequent?
so, what are your favorite blogs?
I haven't really been frequenting any lately, but I used to love YoungHouseLove.com and a couple of blogs that featured recipes like twopeasinapod.com and kitchn.com etc.
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giramomma
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Post by giramomma on Apr 27, 2016 12:17:10 GMT -5
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Waffle
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Post by Waffle on Apr 27, 2016 12:48:04 GMT -5
Scavenger Life and Mr. Money Mustache. I've also recently re-discovered JL Collins blog.
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Post by quince on Apr 27, 2016 13:22:11 GMT -5
Mr. Money Mustache, although I spend more time lurking on the forums than actually reading the blog at this point. I like VanillaGarlic. Yarnharlot now and then. There's the offbeat* websites (bride, home). I also spend a reasonable amount of time on autism message boards, but you all are my first love.  |
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 27, 2016 13:34:16 GMT -5
The only blog I read sort of regularly is The Bloggess.
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 27, 2016 13:40:17 GMT -5
I follow the blog of a young friend of mine. I like her not only because she's a friend (she went to law school with one of my girls, I made her wedding cake - and I adore her husband; I remember his years in the spotlight in the '90s with the UCLA football team) - but she is brutally honest about pulling back the curtains on what a 'real' life looks like.
If you just looked at her 'from the outside' you would see a beautiful, glamorous woman who is an actress (Football Wives), pageant queen, model, TV host, spokesperson AND attorney, married to an ex-NFL player, with two adorable children and living in a beautiful home in a tony suburb of Dallas. She pals around with celebrities like Holly and Rodney Peete, Garth Brooks and Jenny McCarthy. She looks like she has an enviable, fairytale life.
BUT - she is willing to tell the dark side of what looks like a glamorous life: her husband has physical and neurological concussion damage from his years on the line in the NFL; her son has autism; she herself is struggling with some physical issues. Like all people in the entertainment industry, jobs come and go frequently and unexpectedly, often taking good income with them when they leave. She has the fears and worries and heartbreaks of everybody else out there - and is not afraid to say so. I like the way she "keeps it real" and doesn't try to KUWTJ or pretend her life is perfect.
thegridirongoddess.blogspot.com/
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sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 27, 2016 13:41:42 GMT -5
The only blog I read sort of regularly is The Bloggess. OH! I forgot about her blog! I used to follow her on twitter and then i ditched twitter and forgot all about Jenny! |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 27, 2016 13:44:01 GMT -5
The only blog I read sort of regularly is The Bloggess. OH! I forgot about her blog! I used to follow her on twitter and then i ditched twitter and forgot all about Jenny! You.......forgot?!  How can you forget Jenny?! |
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sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 27, 2016 13:54:49 GMT -5
OH! I forgot about her blog! I used to follow her on twitter and then i ditched twitter and forgot all about Jenny! You.......forgot?! How can you forget Jenny?! I can't freaking remember anything these days! seriously... i am a scatterbrain. I should go read some of her old blogs. Beyonce the metal chicken and the taxidermied mongoose and snake are two of my faves from way back. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 27, 2016 13:56:15 GMT -5
You.......forgot?! How can you forget Jenny?! I can't freaking remember anything these days! seriously... i am a scatterbrain. I should go read some of her old blogs. Beyonce the metal chicken and the taxidermied mongoose and snake are two of my faves from way back. She had a picture on Instagram the other day of her dog and cat "birdwatching". Beyonce was just beyond the corner of the house.  |
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Post by wvugurl26 on Apr 27, 2016 14:03:59 GMT -5
Beyonce is awesome!
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Artemis Windsong
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Apr 27, 2016 17:35:57 GMT -5
I follow no blogs.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 28, 2016 7:52:36 GMT -5
Does Cake Wrecks count as a blog?
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Post by WholeLottaNothin on Apr 28, 2016 14:34:13 GMT -5
Surviving and Thriving
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Post by shanendoah on Apr 28, 2016 16:29:07 GMT -5
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Post by msventoux on Apr 28, 2016 16:58:02 GMT -5
Cakewrecks, Epbot and the Bloggess are the only blogs I read with any regularity. I did like the Pioneer Woman before she became so popular. I've came across other blogs and will read them for a few weeks, but eventually get bored of them.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Apr 28, 2016 17:07:06 GMT -5
Cluck, cluck mother effer  The Bloggess is the best!!! We have a house in the neighborhood that has a chicken like that in their yard and I snicker every time I walk by it  |
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Post by gracendignity on Apr 29, 2016 23:45:11 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of patchworktimes, as well. I have several quilty blogs bookmarked and check in with them. I'm much more of a traditional quilter so most of the blogs I follow feature traditional quilts, scrappy quilts and handquilting.
I have a few personal finance/frugal living blogs I like, too. Surviving and Thriving and I Pick Up Pennies are my favorite.
And just for fun I enjoy some blogs of moms of young children. I'm a big kid person! It's not a blog, but I love the kid/pregnancy/TTC forum here at YMAM. I'm hesitant to post there, because I worry that they will think it is weird that a retired mom (i.e., my children are adults and I have grandchildren now) is suddenly popping in and commenting. *I* know I'm harmless, but *they* don't!
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Post by giramomma on Apr 30, 2016 7:34:23 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of patchworktimes, as well. I have several quilty blogs bookmarked and check in with them. I'm much more of a traditional quilter so most of the blogs I follow feature traditional quilts, scrappy quilts and handquilting.
Nice! I wish I could live like her. But I'd have goats. Do you handquilt much? Something I'd like to purse when the kids get older... |
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Post by gracendignity on Apr 30, 2016 9:56:24 GMT -5
Giramoma, I do hand quilt. A LOT! Quilting is my happy place, my muse and I've done it for many years, both for fun and profit. I use my machine for most of my piecing and will occasionally do very basic machine quilting. Fiddly piecing patterns and applique are usually done by hand. 95% of my quilting is also by hand. I just love it! I could sit and do it for hours on end.
It isn't really hard to make a quilt. There are no real rules, but there are guidelines to follow and goals to reach for so that you will have a nice product when you are finished and that will make the process enjoyable for you. It's mostly a case of practice, practice, practice. In-person classes are great, as is having a friend or relative who is willing to get you started. YouTube is a wonderful resource. Check Pinterest, too. But go to the bathroom and get a cold drink first because that is a rabbit hole that will suck you in for hours! LOL! |
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Post by tloonya on May 1, 2016 13:21:39 GMT -5
How do you even start a blog? And how do you choose where? |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 2, 2016 11:02:36 GMT -5
Giramoma, I do hand quilt. A LOT! Quilting is my happy place, my muse and I've done it for many years, both for fun and profit. I use my machine for most of my piecing and will occasionally do very basic machine quilting. Fiddly piecing patterns and applique are usually done by hand. 95% of my quilting is also by hand. I just love it! I could sit and do it for hours on end.
It isn't really hard to make a quilt. There are no real rules, but there are guidelines to follow and goals to reach for so that you will have a nice product when you are finished and that will make the process enjoyable for you. It's mostly a case of practice, practice, practice. In-person classes are great, as is having a friend or relative who is willing to get you started. YouTube is a wonderful resource. Check Pinterest, too. But go to the bathroom and get a cold drink first because that is a rabbit hole that will suck you in for hours! LOL! I have a 98 year old great aunt who quilts, by hand. Completely. Any time we take her to a quilt show she'll look at one and comment on machine quilted, calling it sewing, not quilting. I keep waiting to see someone taking offense, but so far she hasn't been heard. Or they've been good with a poker face. She has made and given away a zillion quilts to all the family, I have a couple that she says were old when she was a kid. She's tried to get me to do it, but I still have the baby quilt she gave me to embroider for my DD before she was born. Kid is 14 and I still haven't finished that part. LOL |
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