If you’ve ever wondered how (or if!) a blogger gets paid…
(& fun NEWS to share !)
Although I have no way of calculating percentages, I know my readership is comprised of both bloggers and non-bloggers. One of the most-common questions I'm asked by those who know me outside of the blogging worlds is "Do you make any money...
Woulda, coulda, shoulda…phhhhbt!
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 16 ~ Now that we're over the half-way point in my series, I realize there's something I should've made clear from the beginning: Give yourself a break You're the perfect parent for your...
Remember the village, people!
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 15 ~ Parenting isn't for cowards. Parenting isn't easy. In parenting, you impact the future. So do what you can to stack the odds in your favor, lesson (imagined) fears of failure and minimize...
A marriage made in heaven
For all things magically delicious, pleasesubscribe to PENSIEVE in a reader or by email! Thank you! Bacon + Chocolate = ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Dedicated to Lisa-Jo, Deidra, Alli, Tsh…and bacon-n-chocolate lovers everywhere! I found...
Cell phones: the good, the bad & the ugly
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 14 ~ Eventually your t(w)een will get a cell phone; statistics suggest it's only a matter of time. According to a Pew Research Center article, 75% of 12-17 year olds own cell phones; one-third sends...
Braggin’ rights: Chattanooga is BETTER than Disneyworld!
Well, now…if this isn't a Chattanooga Convention & Visitor's Bureau dream, I don't know what is– (Read the backstory here.) With all that whine, though, I think I'll pass along a hunk of cheese and a link to my parenting...
Blame game
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 13 ~ Parenting is swimming upstream, especially when you're countering culture. There are so many pressures and "acceptances," it's easy to become desensitized to issues worthy of The...
Hunger pangs
She is full and hungry when she arrives. And ready. I didn't like that part, though. Ready made me wait. But Ready made a heart grow impossibly fonder, love smothering complaint like snow blanketing barren ground. I'm...