Yesterday was the first day of NaBloPoMo, or "National Blog Posting Month". San has all the details on her blog, but it's an annual thing in November where bloggers post everyday for 30 days. I have never participated in this, though I did post almost daily during my early blogging days in 2020. LOTS of… Continue reading Blog challenge + post length
Two things today: #1. AN IMPORTANT PSA to any blog readers of Elisabeth Frost!!! I got a text from Elisabeth yesterday saying that it seems her blog has accidentally been possibly permanently deleted!!! There was some sort of accidental server deactivation which apparently deleted her site.... and all of her amazing content!! This is so… Continue reading An important PSA and 2 quotes
I need some help! Google and searching is not really giving me what I'm looking for, so I figured, why not turn to good, old-fashioned people? My question: How do you back up your blog posts? Background info: My blog started on Blogger in spring of 2020. Then I transitioned it to a self-hosted WordPress.org… Continue reading Blog friends: I need advice!
Weekend Update: SPORTS It was supposed to be a really busy day yesterday. Ethan had 2 volleyball games in the morning ( 8 and 10 am), and then Ivan was going to take him to a soccer tournament all afternoon (an hour away). Well, it snowed again, as it does on April 2 in Wisconsin… Continue reading Weekend so far + Blog update!
Okay, I'm suuuuper tired right now because I am just getting over a cold AND I managed to wake up at like, 2:30 a.m. (after not going to bed until ~11:00 p.m....) and never fell back to sleep. 😩😩 (Why? Why? Why??!) But I'm feeling chipper enough to share something that has me really excited!… Continue reading Printing my blog into a book!
February 1st today!! We're 1/12 of the way through 2022. Crazy. "It's a long month...." You often hear people lament that January is a long, slow month- it's the thick of winter, the holidays are over, everyone is trying to implement their "New Year's resolutions"....it's kind of like one big, long Monday all month long.… Continue reading Too many ideas, not enough time
Vacation Day --> Sick Day So, my vacation day yesterday ended up being a bust. I woke up with a bit of a headache (I kind of had a "stress" type headache Sunday afternoon, after the meet). I figured it was just from not sleeping well + all the activity + stress/ anxiety over the… Continue reading Take 2 vacation day and some sad news
Happy, Happy Easter!! (Picture= a bunch of plastic eggs ready to hide for an egg hunt in the yard later this afternoon with my niece and nephew + Ivan's sister and mom.) We are going to do an egg hunt for the first time in a long time (outside!). The weather is supposed to be… Continue reading Happy Easter and my Blogiversary!
Housekeeping: First, a couple of quick housekeeping items. #1: If you are still accessing my site from the old gratefulkae.blogspot.com URL, please take a quick moment to update however you access my blog to the new gratefulkae.com site! If you follow me on Feedly, I don't think my posts will show up there anymore, unfortunately.… Continue reading Housekeeping + Would You Rather
If you recall, back in July I wrote a "Milestones" post, referring to both my 100th blog post and my son's 12th birthday. Well, today I'm writing another one! Let's call it Version 2.0 🙂 It's another two-parter. #1: SIX months of blogging + NEW SITE!!! Whew, this one feels huge to me right now.… Continue reading Milestones v. 2.0
GRATEFUL KAE 