Thursday, September 18, 2014

Narcissistic Fragments

Happy Dance picture because it's Friday, and that's what I do now here on Friday Frags:


You go, Captain Picard, you sexy galactic traveler, you.

Frag #1
I spent the better part of last weekend redesigning my blog when I should have been cleaning house and paying bills. It's looked the same for a long time and needed a makeover. As Hassan says in The Hundred-Foot Journey, "Perhaps 200 years is long enough." Or three years, in my case.

So...What do you think? I made it wider and changed the header and my blog button. Is it ok? Do you like it? Do you hate it? Do tell. Be honest, I can take it.

Frag#2
As you can tell from the quote above, I saw The Hundred-Foot Journey with my sister last weekend and loved it! Such a great message about being open to new experiences and new people in our lives. When we open ourselves up, we invite in opportunity and adventure. One small change or event in our lives that seems meaningless at the time could be the catalyst to a whole new exciting path for us. I recommend this movie to everyone!

Frag#3
I participated in Mama Kat's writer's workshop this week and wrote a tongue-in-cheek post about why I want to live in a travel trailer. You can check it out here if you want:


Frag #4
So, remember I told you I took a  class to learn ways to use Pinterest to drive traffic to my blog? Well, today was the last day of it and I learned a ton, I tell ya, a ton! Like the importance of making graphics like the one above and putting them in your posts so they can be pinned on Pinterest. 

I would recommend this class to anyone who wants to drive traffic to their blog and likes Pinterest. You'll learn how to arrange your boards, how keywords on your pins and boards help, and lots of other stuff. You can get details about the next class from Melissa over at Blog Clarity.

Do you Pinterest? If so, wanna be Pinterest friends? follow me from the widget in my sidebar and I promise to follow you back. Here's a peek at my Halloween Craft and DIY board: 

Follow Tiny Little Reveries's board Halloween Craft Reveries on Pinterest.

Fun, right?

And I just realized this entire post was me, me me. Do you like me? Did you read me? Will you follow me? Narcissistic, much?

Short frags this week. I need to back up my iPhone in hopes of getting an iPhone 6 tomorrow. I know. First world problems. And more me. How boring can I be??

Obtusely and narcissisticly yours,
Lori

Thanks to Mrs. 444 at Half-Past Kissin' Time for hosting Friday Fragments! You can read more frags or link up your own here:

Half-Past Kissin' Time

7 comments:

retired not tired said...

Yes I like your new blog design. Pinterest classes aren't available here. They seem to work for you.

My New Happy said...

Love the new look of your blog! I started following you on Pinterest, and I signed up to find out about the next class. Something I definitely need to work on. Have a great weekend!

Suburban Correspondent said...

Blog looks great, and fragments are SUPPOSED to be short. So you did it just right!

Karen and Gerard said...

Your blog looks nice, has a very "clean" look. I never used pinterest--frankly, I just don't want to get into another thing that eats up my time. Already I can't get everything done in a day that I would like.

ljsreveries said...

Thanks! I'm following you too on Pinterest. Testing out this new comment platform, Disqus, so hoping this email gets to you. Hope you have a great weekend too!

Lori said...

Test comment

StarTraci said...

I like you. I feel you. And I love the new header.
Yay for a happy dance with Patrick Stewart!
:-)
Traci