That’s the way to start a day!!
I’ve been overwhelmed and the tinest bit grumpy (just don’t ask my kids or DH for that matter! JUST how grumpy!) Just know that, I’m calm and peaceful again…… My day started with a LOVELY WIN from Annette at FitMomsFitKidsclub.com I won a set of SweatyBands! I sooo love the name! So CUTE!! Stylish little headbands! I can’t wait for them to arrive. Being home with DH so much lately I am always grabbing a headband now they’ll be CUTE headbands!! I won with just ONE entry!! SEE?!!? Didn’t I tell you this was a FUN hobby!!?? And you really only have to enter ONCE to win!!
So, after I answered my email to Annette, then went to get the mail (mailbox I check everyday!) in the yard I mow every Friday…. laying in the grass (ok, the weeds!) was this…….. remember me? I love love love to collect hearts found in nature…. heartshaped rocks, wood, leaves… LOVE THEM!! This one is perfect!
Next step in my calming day was an emailbox of encouraging emails from my girls “the loop” (The Loop, consists of these 6 amazing women! The 7 of us have been on line friends for 16+ years! I’ve only met 2 in person and yet we talk every single day! These women are my rocks) This mornings emails were so encouraging and comforting I didn’t think my day could get any better! And yet, it did…. I was able to get away and go enjoy a 90 minute massage!!! (compliments of my daughter Selena)!! I can’t even tell you how much I needed that massage….. during the massage the song “From a Distance” came on, the lyrics “God is Watching us….” the song has been playing over and over in my head all day. Reminding me, God will never give me more than I can handle.
Updating My SEO Because Even the Internet Needs a Good Declutter
If you’ve been poking around peanutbutterandwhine.com lately and thought, “Huh, something feels different,” congratulations. Your instincts are sharp and possibly paranormal.
I’m deep in the process of updating my SEO. Not the glamorous kind of update where confetti falls and Google personally thanks me, but the gritty, behind-the-scenes kind where old posts get dusted off, links get refreshed, and keywords are gently coaxed into behaving better. Think less makeover montage, more haunted house cleanup.
While revisiting early posts, I discovered something unsettling. Many of the original photos and videos have completely vanished. Not broken links. Not corrupted files. Gone. Poof. Into the digital ether. This can only confirm one thing: peanutbutterandwhine.com is haunted.
There is no other explanation. Sure, it could be old hosting changes, platform migrations, or me being wildly optimistic about my organizational skills a decade ago. But let’s be honest. It’s ghosts. Internet ghosts. Possibly annoyed by my early font choices.
So here I am, updating old posts with new images, clearer formatting, better internal linking, and SEO-friendly structure so Google can finally understand what I’ve been yelling into the void all these years. I’m also making sure posts connect to each other logically, like linking back to my ongoing fun stuff such as the Monthly $50 Your Way Giveaway right here:
👉 https://peanutbutterandwhine.com
Internal links help readers stick around, help search engines crawl the site, and possibly appease the spirits living in my archives.
I’m also adding relevant external links to trustworthy sources, because Google appreciates good neighbors. For example, SEO best practices straight from the pros over at Moz:
👉 https://moz.com/learn/seo
The goal isn’t to rewrite history. It’s to make sure my content is still useful, readable, and visible in a world where the internet changes faster than my craft room fills up.
If you stumble across a refreshed post, missing photos, or suspiciously improved clarity, just know it’s intentional. And if something disappears again overnight… I’ll be lighting a sage bundle and updating my alt text.
Stay tuned. The ghosts are watching. 👻