I don't know if it's just me or what, but my Minnesota Long Goodbye has gotten way longer in the last few months. What used to be just half an hour to an hour of repeated snack offerings, and recapping the 4 minute conversations that preceded the Minnesota Long Goodbye has turned into an all out assault on making sure the person I'm talking to
Welcome to day 3 of Start Your Own Blogging Business! Today It's all about Plugins! Plugins are little apps that you add to WordPress to do the things you would otherwise do if you knew how to write code. Some are necessary, and some are just really helpful, some are just plain cool. As always, if you have any questions please leave them in the comments
Welcome to day 2 of Start Your Own Blogging Business! Today we'll install WordPress if you haven't already (some of you might have installed it when you signed up for hosting), choose a theme and do some customization. As always, if you have any questions please leave them in the comments or post your questions in the Facebook group. If you haven't already joined the
Welcome to day 1 of Start Your Own Blogging Business! Today we'll be covering your NICHE, DOMAIN and HOSTING. If you've been wanting to start a blogging business, but haven't known how to get started this course will get you well on your way. As always, if you have any questions please leave them in the comments or post your questions in the Facebook group.
This is one of my all time favorite salads. It's perfect on a hot summer day when the last thing you want to do is cook a heavy meal on the stove or in the oven. The recipe can be made with any of the vegetables in your garden including tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini and celery. I use Wishbone Italian dressing because it has
After at least 15 bazillion titles I have finally settled on Minnesota Nice as the title of my memoir. According to Wikipedia Minnesota Nice is: the stereotypical behavior of people born and raised in Minnesota, to be courteous, reserved, and mild-mannered. The cultural characteristics of Minnesota nice include a polite friendliness, an aversion to confrontation, a tendency toward understatement, a disinclination to make a fuss or stand out,
Today I’m partnering with Traffic Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Filling Your Websites and Funnels with Your Dream Customers to share with you the Traffic Secrets 30-Day Challenge. I have been participating in the Traffic Secrets 30-Day Challenge for the last 20 days. The goal of the 30 day challenge is to increase site traffic by really figuring out who your traffic is. The idea
This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. For the last few weeks I've been writing about a new way of eating I've been trying (again) You can read the first post here, and the second one here, and last week I shared my progress. This week I'm wrapping up this series of
This is a deliciously moist cake that isn't too sweet - perfect for a summer BBQ. This is a recipe my dad and I perfected over many weekends at the cabin. My dad's been gone for nearly 15 years, so I think of him and how much fun we had figuring out the best Pineapple Upside Down Cake recipe. There was very likely alcohol involved.
This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. For the last few weeks I've been writing about a new way of eating I've been trying (again) You can read the first post here, and the second one here. This week I'm sharing the progress I've made by following the program set forth in
