Summer Blog Series: On the Road Part Five: Festivals & Fairs

A little bit late in the day with this post (I’m still awful at scheduling so I do them by hand – life gets in the way!) and I’m getting it in barely under the wire but here’s the tail end of my journey. Home again to the NW Missouri State Fair – at least I think...
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Summer Blog Series: On the Road Part Four: The Road Home

The way home had more adventure than the way up – first, we stopped in Atlantic City! None of us had ever been there before, except Cowboy who’d been there once as a child in the 1960s. Disappointed to find out that it’s all casinos and fast food, nothing really fun to do and...
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Summer Blog Series: On the Road Part Three: New York

Our next stop was New York, first Peekskill then straight into Mahattan!
Crossing the Delaware!

… and headed to/in Peekskill Lake Community!

I didn’t take many photos of New York City (nor did I see Lady Liberty, which I desperately wanted to)  as we were ...
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Summer Blog Series: On the Road Part Two: Pennsylvania

The next trip gallery is in Pennsylvania (specifically our blow past Philadelphia that I thought I got photos of but didn’t – doh!)
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Philadelphia was lovely. The scenery in Penn state is just beautiful! Unfortunately, between coasts there...
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Summer Blog Series: On the Road Part One: Getting There

One of the things I love the most about my job is that it takes me far from home and I work with some of my family so business trips are often much like family road trips – blessing and a curse, but I love them!
I’ve had a big few weeks. We’ve spent a lot of it on the road and ...
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Queen of the Road

We’re halfway there, just passed Toledo, Ohio! The journey is uncomfortable because I’m with friends and family which includes a stereotypically bratty, fussy, grown man who’s in a snit and making sure everyone is stressed!
We have seen a lot of road work, a crazy amount that...
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On the Road; New York or Bust!

Blogging on the road is a pain in the actual buttocks. I’m sure it’s happy and fun for some people, but I’m traveling with Cowboy and as much as I adore him, he’s not what I’d call a reliable travel companion. Since he can’t stand anyone else to be in charge...
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How to Find Motivation to Blog When Life Gets in the Way

Blogging motivation. It’s hard enough to startblogging, it’s a skill. There’s software to learn, search engine optimization, social media marketing, video editing and those barely scratched the surface. For someone with no tech experience or no experience in freelance writing,...
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I Know My Own Worth

Always remember your #worth. You are loved, you are #cherished and you are #beautiful! #selfworth #dailyaffirmation #bodypositive #positivity #love #allyoyneedislove #loveyourself
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Meeting new people terrifies me.

Meeting new people terrifies me.
Meeting new people terrifies me. Alright, a bit off blog topic and I know it does for a lot of people and I’m just being a great, big baby but the truth is that I’m scared of people and I pretty much always have been. Generally, though, I’m cool...
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Podcasting. I tried it. This is what happened.

Podcasting. I tried it. I stank at it. If you’re an oldie in the podcasting community then you’re about to hear the hilarious tale of a newbie trying to podcast for the (almost) first time.
Today’s blog post was supposed to be an audio post on the subject of staying motivated...
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Video: Hank Green Discusses Obesity on SciShow

Good morning everyone, hope you’re having a fantastic weekend so far! Unfortunately I’m not getting too bloggy this week as I am out of town (in Arkansas, to be exact!) to see a man about a car (more on that later!). So to tide you over I thought I would post a fantastic video about...
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VLOG #0001: Where the Heck Have I Been?

My very first VLOG for ExtraNancy.com! I still don’t know how to do fancy effects/edits or effectively use music but I figure that’s a back-burner thing since my camera’s crappy, anyway. And this is just an update to let you guys know I’m not gone (just busy, campaign...
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Trying to Stay Positive

I’m having crunching’s in my knee and I still can’t put any pressure on it, so I’m kind of stuck here, inside. Trying to make the best of things but I’m not sure how.
Truly, I’m thinking of binging on Supernatural and pretending a smoothie is a milkshake, lol....
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Make Me Like You by Gwen Stefani - Valentine's Day Anthem

Gwen Stefani’s ‘Make Me Like You’ is being mean to me, making me blog out of turn. Oooh, Nancy posts something on Saturday! Yes, yes, applaud sarcastically. I deserve it. But I just heard a song on Spotify that I’ve never heard and it’s awesomely cute, gloriously...
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TGIF! No, Really. Get Your Gratitude On For A Great Weekend!

TGIF! Everyone says it and usually it just means that the work week is over and there might be a day or two of down time to play with. Of course, that’s not the case for freelancers unless they’re doing well so I’m sure many of you other bloggers, designers, developers and...
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Having a Happy Nostalgic 90s Trip

I’m having a nostalgia trip. Ever done that? I was a teenager in the 1990s so my nostalgia trips are filled with goth wear, skater and club culture, velour, leather, sheer and happy, upbeat sounding music with moody or downright creepy and introspective subject matter.
This was the era of...
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Wishing You Joy & Luck in the Year of the Monkey!

Well, a new look for a new year – like? It’s a Sharp theme called ‘Senses‘ which needed a good thrashing as it was labor intensive to get it to do what I wanted it to do. I’m still figuring things out so a review of it will have to wait but that’s alright...
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Video: Dita Von Teese Talks Body Size & Glamor

It’s not a super long discussion and it’s obviously not the theme of the video but I thought my vintage sisters out there would get a kick out of this! The gorgeous and immaculate Dita Von Teese talks to Vogue about her fashion line back in 2011:

Glamour isn't about how small you...
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