Week 12

Okay, here is the weekly blah blah blah update! I lost one pound for the week. Which puts my weight-loss at minus 16!! Only (ha ha ha! I made a funny I used ONLY) 14 pounds to go!! WOOOO HOOOO!! I walked with Kaki all week. Added another half pound weight to the weight vest. Played the wii (ya’all remember the whining about the sore achey muscles….) I even made good food choices all week…. even on my cheat day (Wednesdays after I weigh in!) I didn’t MEAN to make good food choices today but DH RH (ROTTEN husband as he shall now be called!) took me to breakfast…….. I was looking forward to my ‘usual’ eggs, bacon, hashbrowns. UMMMMMM. DH sorry RH says “I thought you were going to cut out all the potatoes. I’m ordering fresh fruit instead of hashbrowns myself” UGH!! ARE YA KIDDIN’ me?!?!? Bacon & eggs without hashbrowns is just not natural!! But OKAY! FINE!! I order fresh fruit(ewww if only you could only hear the sarcasm dripping from those 2 words! NOT to mention the FACE I’m making!!) So the order arrives…. eggs, english muffin, fresh fruit. I’m staring at the plate confused cause the whole fruit thing has thrown the balance of the entire plate off…. it looks ODD. It looks empty and?? RH says “what’s wrong?” “What’s wrong is ….HEY!! Wait!! There’s no BACON!” RH: “You didn’t order bacon. I thought that was odd but I thought you decided to be extra good” HELLO!??! DO you NOT UNDERSTAND the whole concept of A CHEAT DAY!?!?!?!?!? Sooooo I ate healthy alllll week. (BUT NOT on purpose!!)

No matter what DH tells you I’m not doing it on purpose!! I did not make the old lap top a paper weight so I could have a shiny, new, perfect (very fast) laptop. Just like I did not break the car to get a new one….. If I was doing that I would have broken the cell phone not the car!!! I love my little car!! Okay it’s not broken exactly…. (I HOPE!! Please keep your fingers crossed!) so much as the check engine light came on during my drive home…. so tomorrow morning at 8am I’ll be sitting at the Audi dealership. Which means I won’t be walking with Kaki in the morning. I’m tellin’ ya I’m having a very hard time staying motivated lately!! I would rather just go hide under the covers. BUT before I go…..remember….. DH is wrong!!! It’s not on purpose!! HONEST!!

It’s January 2026! A long way from the beginning of PBnWhine.

Giving My Old Blog Posts a Glow-Up (Because Google Has Standards)

You know that drawer. The one stuffed with cords from electronics you no longer own and a manual for a toaster that died during the Obama administration.

That, dear reader, is what old blog posts look like to Google if you ignore them long enough.

So I’ve been rolling up my sleeves and revisiting older posts on peanutbutterandwhine.com. Not because I suddenly enjoy technical chores, but because SEO is basically Google’s love language and I’d like to stay on speaking terms.

Why Update Old Posts at All?

Turns out, Google doesn’t just want new content. It wants useful, current, and less embarrassing than your 2014 writing voice content.

Updating old posts can:

Improve search rankings without writing from scratch
Refresh outdated info and broken links
Add better keywords humans actually search for
Keep Google from thinking you abandoned your blog to run off and join a goat yoga commune

According to SEO experts over at Moz, updating existing content is one of the easiest ways to boost traffic without reinventing the blogging wheel. You can read more about that here:
👉 https://moz.com/blog/content-refresh-seo

See? I added an outside link. Google loves when we make friends.

What I’m Updating (Besides My Attitude)

When I refresh a post, I:

Rewrite clunky paragraphs that made sense at the time (they lied)
Add clearer headings so Google can skim like it’s late for a meeting
Fix links that go nowhere or lead to a 404 sadness spiral
Sprinkle in internal links so readers actually stick around

Which brings me to something you should absolutely click…

Speaking of Internal Links…

While you’re here, you might want to wander over to my $50 Your Way Monthly Giveaway. (check the sidebar) It’s exactly what it sounds like. One winner. Every month. $50 sent your way via PayPal, Venmo, or gift card. Worldwide. No hoops on fire.

You can enter right here:
👉 $50 Your Way Monthly Giveaway

See? Internal linking. Helpful. Natural. Sneaky in a totally ethical way.

The Moral of This SEO Story

Updating old posts is like decluttering your house. You didn’t realize how much was outdated, unnecessary, or mildly cringe until you looked closely. But once you do, everything runs smoother, looks better, and Google stops judging you silently from the corner.

So if you notice an older post looking a little sharper lately, that’s not an accident. That’s SEO self-care.

Now excuse me while I go update another post and pretend I enjoy it.