Even though August was so very hot and humid here in middle Tennessee, it turned out to be a great month for me and my family. I'm hoping all that good will continue as we welcome September and my eleventh year of blogging here. To start the month off on a high note, I've partnered with the Review Wire Media team again to bring you a $200 e-Gift card to Target. Read on to learn more.
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September
I can hardly believe it is the last day of September! I just had to share a Wordless Wednesday post to end the month on a pretty note.
One of the reasons we fell in love with this property years ago was because we came to view it on a later September afternoon much like this one.
Look at all the lush grass and greens calling you to come explore! Taking nature walks with my family is one of the best perks of living in the country.
On this recent, beautiful afternoon, my girls and I were captivated by the September sunlight, mild on our faces and beautiful when seen through the leaves of the trees.
We admired how it turned our pond into a beautiful mirror of light and reflection.
We stayed in this spot the longest. Transfixed by the sights and sounds of nature, lost in companionable silence. Breathing in the moment. Adding another memory to our book of life.
Happy Wordless Wednesday dear readers!
Please share in comments: When was the last time you went on a nature walk and where were you walking?
I can't wait for the seasons to finally change and I can get my true fall on at home and here on the blog. I was looking through some past fall photos and found this beautiful metal Sunflower and just loved the perfect cocoa brown center, so it became my inspiration for this months color!
Here is my Pinterest board for some Cocoa brown inspiration to help you "Fall" in love with this color too. I hope you enjoy it.
Happy September dear readers. Fall is almost here, can you feel it? I enjoyed a wonderful relaxing Labor Day weekend and hope you did too.
I needed to relax, because my August zoomed right on past me with a full plate of work,
family and school activities leaving very little time to fret about the state of my blog.
But fret I did.
See, in the blogging world, August was a really bad month
for me. Truth be told, the whole summer was bad. And while I had originally
thought I would share all the details with you because the devil is in the
details; ultimately I decided on a condensed version.
So here goes: I had my naïve little bubble popped and was
schooled on how blogging and networking with the big girls and boys really goes
down.
From buying Twitter followers to ghost writers, to whole
teams churning out content and then sharing it 24/7, I have had my eyes opened. I naively thought that some of the bloggers I
aspired to be like actually wrote most of their content or at the very least,
shared their own Pinterest pins. But no, most of them hire others to do that.
I’m not saying all bloggers are doing this, and I’m not
saying that outsourcing and delegating are bad - I’m saying I don’t want to do this to be a professional blogger. I don’t have the time or the
money to feed the blogger beast.
So, now what you say?
I’m totally taking the pressure of myself and my little blog
that could by adding another income stream. One I know from past experience
works well for me, Avon.
Yep! I’m an Avon lady!
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I just rejoined on the 28th of August and on the
29th I got my first order! Now that is a positive ROI (return on
investment) I can handle.
I won’t change things up too much here on the blog,
but I will share a product of the week with you.
If you have been
thinking of adding a new income stream, I invite you to join my Avon team. You
can read more about it here. It’s only 10 dollars to join and I know
lots of Bloggers who are also in direct sales. Inbox me at 4lkinsatgmaildotcom with any questions you may have or fill out my contact form here.
I hope September finds you safe and secure financially and
otherwise. But if you are discontent, I urge you to take out a pen and paper
and plot a change of course. September is the perfect time of year for new
beginnings.