So somehow it's been seven years since this Geek and the Beast started dating. We've been married 4 1/2 years, and we've been parents...and bloggers..for a little over 3 years if you're trying to keep score. A little flashback Friday, and this was almost a year after we had been dating. I'm so lucky to have been able to spend my entire adult life with my best friend ...
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What do you want to be for Halloween?
What do you want to be for Halloween? It’s a question we started asking Aliceana weeks ago. We talked her through a lot of options, and even took her to one of those overpriced Halloween specialty stores, just to make sure she knew what was out there. She had a few suggestions of her own, a spooky ghost, a knight, or maybe even a firefighter, but we kept circling back to ...
Which Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC is worth getting?
I finally did it. After completing Dragon Age Inquisition, yes even taking out all of the Dragons and finishing every side quest ever. (Except the darn horse race in the Hinterlands, I just can't complete stupid races.) I decided to download the DLC expansions. On a sidenote: The other day I watched AJ play Dragon Age for the first time in months, like so long he forgot the ...
Introduce your kids to Star Wars with the Machete Order.
I consider myself a late blooming geek, I mean the tell tale signs were always there, I would farm in every video game even when resources weren’t a big deal, but hey, I always wanted 99 lives in Crash Bandicoot, and all the apples in Aladdin on Super Nintendo. I even dabbled in Pokemon in grade school, but I traded all my good cards for the cute ones. I’ve always been the ...
Affiliate Marketing 101 for new bloggers
Affiliate marketing can be super intimidating at first, but I'll break it down to be as simple as possible. I've even included some super simple walk through videos. Here are my top five tips for affiliate marketing. I use these tips all of the time, so I can definitely say that they work. Think of affiliate links as assets for your readers instead of a paycheck for yourself. ...
When should I monetize my blog or website?
A really common question is when should I monetize my blog? Do I need a certain amount of followers or page views before I can start making money? The truth is, you should have started monetizing your website yesterday, here’s why and my favorite two ways to easily start out monetizing your website. ...
The Boxtrolls Movie Night Popcorn Boxes DIY craft
We had such a fun family movie night last week when The Boxtrolls came out. You can now stream it on Netflix! #StreamTeam I love that the family is always home on Tuesdays so we can watch movies on the days they're released, there's something special about buying and watching a new movie on release day. We had so much fun watching this movie, all cuddled up on the couch, ...
Simple Office and Desktop Cord Organization
January is National Get Organized month, and getting organized happens to be one of my big New Year's resolutions. I've been going a little bit nuts with the organization. I completely overhauled my kitchen this past weekend, I threw tons of things away, donated a huge box of items that weren't our style anymore, and reorganized all of our cabinets. This post contains affiliate ...
How to kid proof your iPad mini
My toddler, Aliceana, has her own iPad mini, mostly because I received it from a company that I work with and I'm not an Apple girl what-so-ever. She's also used a Kindle Fire HD and a Nabi 2 and each of those come equipped with a nice bumper. So I fell in love with having bumpers on tablets for toddlers, it's easier to hold and it protects the tablet from the destruction that ...
Our Family Christmas Traditions
This post about celebrating our family Christmas traditions is sponsored by Netflix. This holiday season we have a little list going of all the fun and festive things we get to do as a family to celebrate Christmas. For our family Christmas means spending time together, whether we're baking cookies or cuddled up on the couch with hot cocoa streaming our favorite Christmas ...
Thanksgiving Table Runner DIY Burlap and Sharpie (no sewing!)
This DIY burlap table runner tutorial contains affiliate links. I knew I wanted our Thanksgiving, or #Fakesgiving as I like to call it, to have some sort of pretty tablescape. I wanted something simple, and I thought a burlap table runner would be perfect. I wasn't able to find a burlap table runner on short notice, and I bet if I did it would be quite pricey. So I ...