My Favorite iPad App Games

Iโ€™ve always been a fan of puzzle games. I was barely old enough to read when I started enjoying word search puzzles. By 5th grade or so I was into Sudoku. Tetris, Snake, all of those simple games could keep me entertained for hours.

It drives my boyfriend a little crazy, but I really like app games too. I donโ€™t usually think to talk about the games I enjoy but I thought I would share fora ny followers who might โ€ฆ Read the rest

Do Pugs Stink All The Time?

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One of the questions that I get asked frequently as a pug owner is โ€“ โ€œDo pugs stink all the time?โ€ or โ€œDoes your pug stink? I heard pugs stink.โ€

Iโ€™m not really sure where this idea comes from but Iโ€™ve been asked that by at least half a dozen people in the past couple of years which seems unusually high. I donโ€™t know why that idea gets passed around but I thought โ€ฆ Read the rest

Is Blogging For A Living Right For You?

There is a ton of content on the internet about how to blog for a living. It is possible to do. I have been a full time blogger for about three years now, though the first year I didnโ€™t make the income of someone working full time (even at minimum wage). Now my yearly income is about that of someone earning $10 an hour, full time. While I have considered blogging my job for three years, I started blogging 8 โ€ฆ Read the rest

A Life Update

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Itโ€™s been a while since Iโ€™ve done a diary style life update. None of my blog post ideas for this week were grabbing me passionately so I thought Iโ€™d just share whatโ€™s new instead.

Blog and job wise things are going really well. I generally expect January through March to be my slowest period of the month, because that has been the case for the past 3 years. However, last month was โ€ฆ Read the rest

Costs With Home Rental To Consider Before Moving

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Iโ€™ve lived in four different apartments over the past six years or so. Iโ€™ve learned more than I really ever cared to know about renting! However, some of what I have learned has helped me to make better choices each time we move. In large part this came down to budgeting differences between apartments. My boyfriend & I have always stuck to the lower end of our budget range when moving just to โ€ฆ Read the rest

Epilepsy And Alcohol

Last week I had my annual neurologist appointment. I have well controlled epilepsy so I have only have to go once a year. Itโ€™s been almost 2.5 years since my last seizure. When I first had seizures, the hospital I went to afterwards told me that alcohol is known to lower the seizure threshold. As a result, they told me I should avoid alcohol. To date, I havenโ€™t drank since I was diagnosed with epilepsy, roughly 2.5 years.

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Pinching Pennies โ€“ How We Survived On 12k A Year & Got Through Our Toughest Financial Years

I graduated high school in 2009. My boyfriend and I were both financially independent from our parents, though he is a few years older than I am. Around 2010 or 2011 were our tightest financial year or two by far. ย My boyfriend was laid off from his factory job for part of that time period, and we were both trying to get through college. I was blogging but I was barely making any money. While we are still not quite โ€ฆ Read the rest

Tips For Coping With Facebook Politics And Avoiding Conflict

Iโ€™ve been seeing a lot of people writing about how tired they are of Facebook content being so focused on politics right now. I have felt that way myself. Iโ€™ve been seeing this sentiment expressed by people on both sides of politics. Iโ€™ve been thinking about this concept of everything being so black and white and intense right now, and how to stay calm. Iโ€™ve come up with a few thoughts that have helped me quite a bit the last โ€ฆ Read the rest