Yummmy

YUM!!  I found the best recipe for homemade sweet potato fries.  SO good!
Trust me! They are SO GOOD!!
Here is the recipe:
1 big sweet potato is plenty for 2 people as a side.
Pre-heat the oven to 450
Don’t wash the sweet potato you want the potato to be as dry as possible.  Peel the potato.(See?!?! There was no reason to wash that ‘tater anyway!)  Cut your fries.  We like ours a little thinner to get them a little more crispy.  You can use a bowl (I like using a zip-lock bag …. less mess to clean up) add about 1/4 cup olive oil (I just eye ball it …. but, you want enough olive oil to coat the fries) a good sprinkling of sea salt and ground fresh pepper.  This gives you a good mix of sweet, salty and a little bite as well.  Shake that zip-lock bag of fries till they are all coated.
Spread them out on a cookie sheet with as few as possible touching (It just makes them more crunchy if they don’t touch each other)
Bake them 15 minutes on the first side.
Take the fries out and turn them over and back into the oven for another 15 minutes. That’s IT!! Super easy. Super TASTY!!
A little ranch dressing to dip your fries in and YUM YUM YUM!!!  MAN I wish I had another sweet potato in the house!  I’ll tell ya what… you make up a batch and I’ll taste test ’em for you.  So ummm come on over.  PLEASE?!

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.