Well I admit it, between spring break and life in general I have been a bad event host. Not only have I not posted about improving your blog-but I have neglected to actually DO anything to improve my blog. I have made a vow that I will specifically work on it the rest of this… Keep Reading

Declaring it Spring in Upstate NY is always an iffy thing. Just when you think it is safe to pack away the down coats and long underwear, and pull out the shorts and T-shirts you are likely to get nailed with a late April snowstorm. However I am cautiously optimistic. Crocuses are in bloom. I’ve… Keep Reading

I’m sure you folks have noticed a few minor changes on my blog this far in honor of “Improve Your Blog Month”! I’ve followed my own suggestion of changing up my template, and cleaning up my sidebars. I started out with my regular color scheme and format, then I decided to add a pattern to… Keep Reading

Well Princess has 10 little friends showing up here in about a half hour for her “Rock Star Birthday Party“. I will post a complete rundown tomorrow! I wasn’t going to post anything today, but found this interesting email in my inbox: Hi Jenn, Noticed that you have a successful (and rather interesting) blog on… Keep Reading

I found this nice little tutorial on Craftily Ever After on how to change your background in blogger from a solid color to a pattern. I’m still messing around with it-I think this one is a bit busy. For those of you on dial up, does the background pattern cause a slowdown? Please let me… Keep Reading

So, did anyone work on their blog for the first week in April? I made the suggestion that folks think about their template or color scheme. I’ve been thinking-but not yet implementing! Last year, I attacked reorganizing my sidebars during the second week of Improve Your Blog Month. Even though I did a pretty good… Keep Reading

Here is some interesting reading from around the net: The Feathered Nest has a very interesting spot for her pantry-and she’s made it beautiful to boot! Also included is a quick tutorial for making chalkboard labels for cannisters. Living Beautifully, Frugally bought a $145 pair of shoes (on sale) and proves that more expensive doesn’t… Keep Reading

If you are not a blogger, skip this post 🙂 I’ll be posting something else for the rest of you later today. Last year we started out “Improve Your Blog Month” with the suggestion and information on how to work on your template-I even included a bunch of free template sites (by no means exhaustive-I’m… Keep Reading

Welcome everyone to the second annual “Improve Your Blog” month! Thanks to Kaitlyn for the wonderful banner Last year I declared April to be “Improve Your Blog” month, and we spent the month (amongst the regular scheduled articles on Frugality) encouraging each other to work on (or start) our blogs and make them better. Why… Keep Reading

Of COURSE Buddy, who has been home sick from preschool for the last two days, decides to fall asleep on the couch 30 minutes before I have to go pick up Princess. And Yankee Bill is going straight from work to his NY Gaurd meeting tonight. Sigh. So either I have to wake up a… Keep Reading