My blog is turning two!
This morning I have been working on my blog. Adding and deleting affiliates and so on. I was a bit sad to see that my favorite affiliate - Oxygen Fitness had dumped me. It seems I just don’t have enough people that want to be fit. lol, cause nobody has clicked on their links.
Not to fear though - I joined the Activa affiliate program. They got great clothing styles to chose from like Nike and Saucony and also exercise needs like watches and stability balls. And their shipping is only 7 bucks on your entire order! And, if you join the Diva’s club for $34.99 you get free shipping on ALL your orders.
Anyway…back to my original topic I wanted to discuss…lol.
While I was going through some of my side bars here - I noticed that my blog is almost two years old!
Can you believe that!
I do not think I was even paying attention when it became a year old last December! How bad am I to not even celebrate my blogs birthday! Bad blogger owner I am.
Time really does go by pretty fast when you are not looking!
I also noticed that - like my exercise - I am a seasonal poster too. I have like 25 posts on average in the winter months and maybe 8 in the summer and fall.
Somehow my blogs Birthday must have wizzed right by me because of all the stuff going on. It might have been the stresses of Christmas (remember my Grinch post?) or the fact that I was preoccupied with my lovely medical procedures I had to go through.. I am yappin about the New Year though…
And OMG! What was I thinking when I posted these photos..lol. I look amazingly crosseyed. Hahaha…
And when I first started writing in the open I was yapping about my fitness rountine and my delish “chicken stir fry” which - I still love to eat BTW.
Much has happened since I started to write here.
- Many different blogs were born, and some were sent to rest. Some have taken off and are bringing me in a smidge of cash. Others have just been a glimmer in my mind and will forever remain there. And some are just domain names, waiting to be built.
- V and I also broke up a few times and then gotten back together again. We have been together for a total of five years and at times it has sucked royally, and others have been amazing! I guess that’s what happens in a relationship - you get ups and downs. I just gotta learn that you don’t dump someone when you get pissed at them. After being in a relationship that was very volatile for 17 years, the fears that had shaped my relationship views are hard to break. But I think I am getting better at it. We are actually looking towards the future and learning how to deal with all our attitudes and differences. He’s my super duper handsome man and I love him. : )
- My job got a whole lot worse. With the addition of out new manager many people from my department have left. And still are. Our manager has a lack of respect for all his employees there. I have tried a million times to talk with him and tell him what is going on and how he can improve/not get others to leave, but he just does not care it seems. I am done trying to play the fixer of the department - so I am just being a bitch and doing my job and removing myself from the emotional aspects.
- For the most part - I think I have stayed true to myself and written about the real life of me and what direction I wanted to take when I was new to this “world.” - with ads and affiliates thrown in. Some affiliates are awesome and others suck. This is why I am constantly changing my affiliates. And trying to fing good programs that I actually use and like. Like my “Inbox” dollars. They are real and they pay great money. How easy is it to click on a link in an email and get paid a few cents for it!
- This year - I would like to plan something special for my blog. Nothing too big or extravagant. I was thinking of giving out a $50.00 gift card for new subscribers since it’s right before the holidays.
I will figure it all out as the time draws near! Will keep you all posted as to what is going on.
My blog was featured on Blogsvine
Well, talk about a nifty little surprise! Tonight, my Blog Simple Mindz, was featured on Blogsvine!
Blogsvine is a really decent social networking site that rocks! I first heard about Blogsvine from Mr. Javo.com. I followed his link and signed up. And I am fast becomming a fan of the site!
Blogsvine seems to be climbing to the top rather quickly. It’s still in it’s Beta stages, but that does not matter because the site is really well put together and I have not run into any glitches at all.
Seriously guys,….Go there and sign up. If you like Mixx, Digg and all those, you are going to really love Blogsvine. They also have a “vote me” plugin for wordpress.
(—Waddya mean you can’t see it? It’s right THERE…in the upper left hand corner of my post!—)
::snickers:: 
I love that they actually have a good amount of categories that I can add posts to. (Unlike Digg, who offers hardly any)
Go there. Sign up. Cause I said so….
