Saving the world, one blog at a time

I'm alive!!! School has been crazy, and it is absolutely kicking my butt. We are out of the house almost all day everyday, so I haven't had time to sit and read all my favorite blogs and write all my blog posts. It makes me sad. The good thing is, some of my classes have given me some awesome fodder for my blog. The bad thing is, one of my classes has me going through quite an existential crisis.

I have always been a bleeding heart. I want to save everyone and I want everyone to love everyone and for the world to be a happy wonderful place. Unfortunately it is not. I feel like I am not doing enough to make the world a better place. I love this blog. I love all the people I've met through it. I love the blogging community. But I can't help wondering if I could be doing more. How can I use this blog (or maybe a new blog) to help make the world a better place?

Don't worry, the blog isn't going to change overnight. I'll still have my reviews and giveaways and posts about books and education. I just wanted to share where my head space is currently. I look forward to seeing you all along the way. Pin It

Things to Accomplish This Week

Other than teaching sign language on Sunday, we have a nice open week this week. Finally. So I'm making myself a honey-do list. Unless I put things down, I never get them done. My brain is just too discombobulated to keep it all straight. So I'm going to share my weekly plans with you all on here. Hopefully they'll give you some ideas. There will be crafty things, educational things, and reading things.

Bloggy Stuff
1. Finish Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) by the Bloggess.
2. Review the above book and some children's books reviews.
3. Set up another awesome giveaway. (Would anyone like some jewelry?)
4. Make a page with all my reviews linked on it. Would make life a lot easier.

Sewing

Skirt to alter.

5. If I can find some fabric that goes with it, I'm going to take apart my favorite skirt so I can add a panel in the back so it can fit me. Let's be real, I'm never going to be a size 8 ever again. Possibly going to make it a ruffle bum skirt. We shall see. I bought it in Egypt and I can't bear to part with it so I shall make it something new.
6. Hem Craigle's pants. I have had a pile of pants to hem for quite some time, so I hope to get to it.
7. Sew CJ a couple pairs of shorts. Possibly using this pattern.
8. Finish Aunika's fairy tale blankie.
9. Make name banners for Aunika, Angelina, and Ida. Kind of like CJ's here except girlier.
10. Start making letters from leftover fabric.
11. Start the turn shirts into pillows project.

Crafting with CJ
12. Make CJ a batman mask. Find fabric for the mahna mahna Muppets costume.
13. Paint a city scene on cardboard for CJ's cars.
14. Alphabet magnets.
15. Start CJ's corner fairy garden.
16. Paint rocks. I'd like to paint some ladybugs, strawberries, owls, and rocks with words on them. Possibly a few gnomes and toadstools. Depends on the shapes I can find.

Source: deliciouslyorganized.blogspot.com via Lindsey on PinterestOther Craftiness
17. Make a book page garland for Angelina.
18. Make a painting with the Be Not Afraid quote on it.
19. Put fabric over corkboard, add pins = Necklace holder

20. Start cutting Craig's shirts for t-shirt quilt.

Home
21. Paint CJ's room.
22. Continue to clean backyard.
23. Make garden/walkway.
24. Start gallery wall in living room.
25. Finish emptying boxes out of dining room.
26. Work on compost heap.

Miscellaneous
27. Menu Plan for the month of June.
28. Start planning CJ's party for realz.
29. Things to start collecting for projects : Wood, rocks.

I feel like I need a 30th thing to make it nice and round and even. Hmmmm. How about 30 is to make it a nice happy week for the whole family. Sounds like a good final goal to me. :)

Obviously, I doubt I will get even half of this done. But I know that without putting it all down for myself, I will never get it done.

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Traffic Sources

So I have google analytics on my page. It tells me how people are getting sent to my page. One of the highest ways people are getting to my page is by google search. It's awesome, but the things that they are searching for are the strangest things.

Here's what people search for and end up at my blog.

mia belly button tickle - Say what? Who is Mia? Why is she being tickled? I'm assuming this is because of the picture of CJ tickling his own belly button, but really?

cute baby wolves - Uhmm.... as far as I know, I don't have any cute baby wolves on my blog.

how would the three musketeers have dressed? - Again, what?! Have I even mentioned the Three Musketeers? One of my favorites, but what the heck?

mom on a donkey in egypt - Now this is pretty funny. Somewhere on here I posted a picture of myself on a donkey in Egypt. So now that's what leads people to my blog. Why are you people looking up pictures of moms on donkeys? I was 6 years away from being a mom in that picture though.

Well, no matter how you get to my blog, I send you my sincere thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your time here. Come on back now, ya hear? Pin It

Winner of the Back to Book Blog Giveaway Hop!

Thank you randomizer.org for the following winners. (I decided to choose two.)

The winner of a Barefoot Book : Lisa from Book Him Danno!
The winner of a book from my home (or a Barefoot Book if I don't have any that strike her fancy) : Megan from Inspired by Fiction!

Thanks everyone for entering! I plan on doing more giveaways in the future. I hope you'll all participate. Thanks again. :) Pin It

Blog Updates

I just changed around the format of the blog a little bit. I thought that the right side was getting too complicated, so I added a bar to the left side. I then moved some things around to try to even it out. (I have a weird obsession with symmetry.) I also, added some ads, but let me know if those become overwhelming so I can take them down. Let me know what you think about the general layout. Thanks!

Also, hello everyone viewing this that came over from Swap-Bot! Pin It