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It was so fun working with MaryAnn at @thebeachhou

It was so fun working with MaryAnn at @thebeachhousekitchen on her new site! She's a great lady with a great blog and some plans for 2022 that I'm really excited to see happen.

Let other people find the bugs first and be safe w

Let other people find the bugs first and be safe with your business. Always wait until there's a .2 or .3 at the end of the version number when they will have fixed the big bugs that could impact your blog.

Do you do a word of the year? I didn't pick one fo

Do you do a word of the year? I didn't pick one for myself this year, but this is my goal for YOU. There are a couple of big ideas we're working to help more of you do more of these things, in an even bigger way. Can't wait to share more! 😁

We said goodbye to our best boy and sweetheart Ros

We said goodbye to our best boy and sweetheart Roscoe this weekend. I knew it was going to be hard, but you still can't really prepare for it. Just working really hard to think clearly today. It's kinda like half my brain is missing, after such a good friend being faithfully at my left leg for 12 years and now he's not.

We had a going away party with his sister and best friends last week (if you ever need pupcakes, @themindfulhapa has a recipe that they go crazy for! And I'm super grateful my picky eater thought they were the best thing I ever gave him--or that he stole right off the plate because he knew it was his party and he could get away with it.). He always seemed to know what was happening and why, all the way to the end when he laid down for the doctor and wanted to comfort *us*.

Dogs are the best. 💕

(Pics from most recent, to laying so patiently through the Macy's parade in NYC, to puppyhood at a friends.)

What's your hobby? (And first, please excuse my ba

What's your hobby? (And first, please excuse my bad photography.🙈) Don't forget to share yourself with your readers. A personal connection with your readers can be so helpful for your long-term goals of helping more people with your blog. Share one of your hobbies with them once in a while. Also share one with me here, I'd love to read about it!

One of mine is 1/12 scale miniatures. Interior design + before-and-afters + TINY THINGS! Yes, I know it sounds lame, but it's worth being picked on for having "dollhouses" because if you love interior design like I do, it's so. much. fun. This was my mini Anthro-style boutique--only 10" tall. Even the working, arched double doors were made from scratch.

Do you write like you talk? When I started my own

Do you write like you talk?
When I started my own blog 9 years ago, as I sat down to write the first post, I decided to purposefully write like I talked instead of using more formal and proper writing. And I'm so glad I did. It's such an easy way to make your blog feel more personal and make your visitors feel like they're hearing from an actual person instead of a corporation.

If you're not sure, read your last post aloud. Is it something you would actually say, the way you would say it?

Yes...I KNOW...SEO... Just make sure to keep it balanced. And don't forget, Google itself wants you to write like a human being, for other human beings.

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