Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you have a special someone to celebrate V-Day with or not, I hope that your day is filled with love, laughter, and cheer. (And just in case you’re wondering, the title of this post is the word “love” in binary code.) You may also like: Life Update, 1 Year Later The […]
My Turn to Fart Rainbows
I didn’t mean to offend anyone with my last post. I think I may have made a mistake by choosing to title the post “Keepin’ it Real,” because it was not my intention to imply that my blog is more “real” or better than any other blogs out there. Yes, this blog is real because […]
Keepin’ It Real
A couple of weeks ago, I posed the following question on Facebook and Twitter: How do my internet mommy friends make the time to Facebook, Twitter, AND blog? I feel like I can only do one consistently without losing even more sleep. Admittedly, I didn’t get as many responses as I had hoped. (Sometimes I […]
Monopoly Live: A (Evil) Reboot of the Classic Game
Coming this fall, Hasbro will release a new version of America’s favorite boardgame. An electronic version. Complete with its own all-seeing evil tower (hark the Sauron references!). According to the NYTimes, the tower uses infrared light to surveil the entire board. It calculates rent, whose turn it is and where your piece is on the […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 3 – The Header
Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare Bones Another great thing about the ET-Starter theme is that it allows you to easily set your header and background — whether it be an image, a color, or both. Just navigate to the “Appearance” menu on the left side of your WordPress admin page, […]
Girl Talk, and Poop
I must have looked especially haggard yesterday morning, because as soon as J woke up he announced, “I’ll take over. Go sleep. NOW.” (I love this man.) Knowing that the baby was in good hands with her doting father, I gathered the dog into my arms and snuggled up in bed. I took a wonderful […]
Links Roundup: Super Bowl XLV Edition
With just an hour before kickoff, I figured that there has to be some Americans (like us, who are stuck home with the baby) who will not be attending a Super Bowl party tonight and will be enjoying the game at home instead. And I’m sure there are those who won’t be watching the game […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 2 – Set the Bare Bones
Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Let’s run through a checklist of things you should’ve done by now: installed WordPress in a web or local host imported content (whether from another blog or dummy content downloaded from the web) to your new blog chosen, downloaded, and installed a blank WP theme went through the PHP and […]
Motherhood for the Introvert
Just in case you weren’t aware, today marks an important holiday for the Asian community: lunar new year. This year is the year of the rabbit, and while I hardly pay attention to astrology (western or eastern), I can’t help but share this awesomely cute picture with you: (image source) Because today is such an […]
WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 1 – Setting Up
Now we get to the nitty gritty fun: developing your own WordPress theme! To make things a bit easier on myself — and for my readers so that they can see a live sample — I will detail how I built the theme I am currently using: (From now on I am going to assume […]