The Peppermint Lane

All I wanted was a cute picture of Alice in her new hat!!!!! I wanted 2 one for Grammie. I wanted her to hold a note telling her Grammie Happy Birthday. The second photo I wanted a smiling Alice to show off her adorable hat!! That’s allllllllll I wanted. This kid!! She would smile and laugh… but not at the camera. This is the CUTEST hat!!! Thank you Kristin from The Peppermint Lane. (Kristin is so talented!!!!!) Wait till Emma shows off her new dress! OHHHH it’s SO cute!!! But it’s still a surprise so you’ll have to wait for that picture……… so….. back to the stubborn Miss Alice.

Smile, laugh and show the note… but not all at the same time.

Maybe if I add a prop?? Nope.

You know where this story is going don’t you?? Yeah…. you got it….. as soon as the camera was set down Alice SMILED like she was on TV full face…. hat perfectly placed….. yup…
Put the cell phone down??? You’re laughing…. soooo you’ve met Alice have you?? Yup, held that note like a professional sign twirler!!
Little does she know…. Nonnie’s got ALLLLLL day tomorrow to try again!!
More pictures coming soon. In the mean time you have to head over to The Peppermint Lane etsy shop!!!
Thank you Kristin, we love this hat!!! Thank you Dawn on Mom-a-logues for hosting this giveaway!

If walls could talk, my blog would whisper, “It wasn’t me.”
Because somehow, somewhere between coffee refills and letting the dog out, the Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine keeps sneaking in and removing pictures and videos.

I don’t delete them. I would remember that. I am a responsible adult who double-checks things. And yet… photos vanish. Videos evaporate. Blog posts wake up looking underdressed, like they forgot their pants.

Cue dramatic music.

After the fifth “Where did that image go?” moment, I decided to stop fighting the paranormal and use it as an opportunity. If the ghost insists on rearranging my content, then I’m going to roll up my sleeves and improve my SEO score while I’m at it.

Because if I’m re-uploading images anyway, they might as well have proper file names, alt text, and sizes that don’t make Google sigh heavily. Videos? Optimized. Old posts? Updated. Keywords? Polished like they’re heading to prom.

SEO updates aren’t glamorous. No one brings a casserole when you rename image files from IMG_8472.jpg to ghost-proof-blog-photo.jpg. But they matter. Search engines like clarity. Readers like faster loading pages. And apparently, ghosts like chaos.

While I’m updating, it’s also a great time to remind you about my monthly $50 Your Way Giveaway, where one lucky winner gets PayPal, Venmo, or a gift card of their choice. You can find all the details right here:
👉 https://peanutbutterandwhine.com (check the giveaway section)

And because Google loves good neighbors, here’s an external resource I actually use when brushing up on SEO basics:
👉 https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

So if you notice posts looking sharper and loading faster, don’t worry. It’s not a haunting.
It’s just me, outsmarting the ghost… one optimized image at a time.

6 Comments

Rosie

November 6, 2015 at 11:45 am Reply

These cute pictures really made my day – how adorable!!! the hat is a must have and Alice is so darling!!!!

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Connie

December 1, 2011 at 6:51 am Reply

LOL Trish, OOOOOhhhh my GOSH wait till you see the adorable dress that Kristin made!! AND an equally adorable model for that one too. Waiting for her Christmas recital it’s a surprise present.
Emma will be soooo cute in it!! I can’t wait!!