Happy Fourth of July!!

What a great day!  First I go SOOOO much done!  Up at 7:30 to get the ribs cooking in the crock pot.  Cleaned the house like a MAD WOMAN!!  (even cleaned the fish tank!!)  My house is sooooo clean!! (Well, everywhere except my what shall we call it?  Pig Sty, office, craft room, ahhhh heck with it…… pig sty!) Which still  looks SO BAD!!  (In the daylight I definitely made it worse yesterday).
Then a 4th of July BBQ.  Food was great.  Company (and by company I mean 2 of our 3 kids, Dan and my Mom) this group is funny as EVER.  At one point DH looks at our son and says “You are just like I was at your age” and without hesitation Zac replied “What? You use to be good looking?”  My stomach hurts from all the laughing.  MAN this family is FUNNY and quick on their toes!!!!
I hope you all had a safe and fun Fourth of July!

I’m Dusting Off Old Posts So Google Notices Me Again

You know that awkward moment when you run into someone you used to talk to every day and they clearly don’t remember your name? That’s basically my relationship with Google right now. So I’m fixing it. 🧹

Lately, I’ve been wandering through my older blog posts like a librarian with a red pen, updating headlines, polishing keywords, and gently reminding Google that yes, I’m still here and still weirdly productive. Updating old posts for SEO is like changing the batteries in your smoke detector. Nothing flashy, but suddenly everything works better.

I’m tightening things up, adding clearer headings, improving readability, and sprinkling in relevant links where they actually make sense. Not keyword soup. Not robotic nonsense. Just good content wearing better shoes.

Speaking of links, if you’re curious why this matters, Google itself has a surprisingly helpful guide on how search works. It’s worth a peek if you like knowing how the internet’s brain ticks.

And while you’re clicking around, this is also me casually pointing you to an internal post or two that needed a glow-up anyway. Old posts deserve love. And traffic. Mostly traffic.

Oh, and if you spot mentions of my monthly $50 Your Way giveaway, that’s not an accident. You’ll find that happy little temptation living in the sidebar. PayPal, Venmo, or gift card. Your choice. Every month. 🎉

So if things look a bit fresher around here, that’s me courting Google with better SEO and a side of charm. Wish me luck. And maybe click something while you’re here.