Oh, Pinterest. I heart you, but you’re dangerous because it is way too easy for me to wind up wasting crazy amounts of time on your site. All it takes is one result for Christian Louboutin shoes, or glittery nail polish, and that’s it – I’m off like a race horse, searching for things to pin and browsing existing pins and re-pinning pins and sorting my boards and then re-sorting them.

Are you on Pinterest? If so, look me up! I’m kissmykitty. Need an invite? Leave a comment, and I’ll send one to you!

I love Google, and I love having an Android phone that is obviously all about Google. Every single one of my Android phones have made it amazingly simple to find whatever it is I’m looking for, whether it be a must-have shade of nail polish or the going price for a small spa cover.

Google is also handy for finding/confirming my neighbor’s phone number, which I did today instead of walking down to her house (I know, I know, LAZY LAZY JENN. But hey, in my defense, I’m getting over bronchitis, and I still have a broken foot!). I was pretty sure I had her phone number, but I didn’t want to call it unless I was certain, so I did a reverse phone number lookup. It worked like a charm.

Many companies offer bloggers free products or gift cards in exchange for promoting them to their readers, and EdenFantasys is one of those companies. But while EdenFantasys is an adult company, they don’t ask you to promote or even write about their more explicit selection of products, as many other adult companies do. Sure, EdenFantasys carries a lot of sex toys, but they don’t ask you to write about them. Instead, you can blog about their ever-growing selection of bath & beauty products (I’m talking about stuff like shampoo and conditioner, body wash, bubble bath, body lotion, balms, and moisturizers!), makeup (eye shadow, cheek tints, lip glosses and balms), their lingerie, costumes, and club wear!

EdenFantasys makes it easy to blog about them. The requirements are simple:

• Word requirement: 200ish words
• 1-3 links
• Include a banner for $5; include a special linked term for $5
• Write about anything in regards to EdenFantasys (you don’t have to focus on specific products or promotions)

In return for your post, you’ll receive a $25 or $50 EdenFantasys.com gift card. It’s sent via email, so you don’t even have to wait for a special delivery in the mail. Instead, it’ll be right there in your email inbox, waiting for you to go spend it.

If you’re interested, email ambassador@edenfantasys.com for details.

Why must heat be so expensive?! Am I terribly naive or ridiculous to think that as civilized human beings we should not have to pay for heating or water, that as requirements in order to sustain life (much like oxygen) it should be a guarantee? In any case, brrr! It’s 70° in my house, which I know is not cold; but because I am very tired, sick, and lost 165 lbs of insulation over the past two and a half years, I am coldddddddddddddd. I’d hook up my electric blanket, but Ryan threw up all over it last night.

It’s times like these I’m glad I don’t wear heavy rings like mens titanium wedding bands, because when I’m cold my fingers shrink, which make my rings spin like crazy – and spinning rings, in particular heavy ones, can be a real pain to type with!

This morning I found out about Connect.me from Nile. I joined, but unfortunately I need to be vouched for before I can complete my sign-up. That’s a little ironic, seeing as how I joined just so I could vouch for Nile. Heh. Oh well – at some point there’ll be somebody on Connect.me who’ll vouch for me, right? But that begs the question: exactly who is on Connect.me to vouch for others when they haven’t been vouched for themselves?

I’m thinking Connect.me might eventually become more company-oriented, with companies that sell quality, popular items like titanium wedding bands being “verified” and approved prior to personal users like Nile and I.

I am obsessed with the amazing social bookmarking/sharing goodness that is Pinterest (find me here: kissmykitty). I have found SO. MANY. AWESOME. THINGS. on Pinterest. Everything from Deborah Lippman (creator of a very awesom collection of glittery nail polishes) to ornate wedding rings to short prom dresses to home organization ideas to recipes. Of course I use Pinterest to share things, too – and to bookmark things for me to check back with later.

Are you on Pinterest? If so, add me, and I’ll add you back!

Summarized quote:

I’m having trouble with my Facebook account today, so if you see this message could you please click “like”? Teehee!

Translation:

I’m today’s version of a hit whore and I’m dying to see just how popular I really am. In reality, there’s nothing wrong with my Facebook account, or me. I just want to see who all’s out there and how many “likes” I can get!

Conclusion? You are lame.

This morning, somewhere between being fully asleep and being fully awake, I daydreamed (or perhaps just dreamed) about guestbooks. Once upon a time guestbooks were all of the rage with websites. Of course, this is back when blogs weren’t called blogs – they were called online journals, websites, domains, even homepages. So I think, after I get some work out of the way today, that I may mosey on over to WordPress’s plugin repository to see what guestbook plugins are available. And if I don’t find a plugin that’s suitable, I’ll simply install a standalone guestbook script. Why not? That’s how it was done in the “old” days.

I am in the process of transferring all of my domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap. As if the whole elephant hunting fiasco isn’t enough, then GoDaddy had to go and align themselves with those who are pro-SOPA. What the eff? I believ I have the right to state my opinion on everything from CNN’s latest advertisers to my thoughts on house cleaning services holly springs, without worrying about my website being shut down because someone disagrees with me.

Don’t get me wrong – I see how SOPA may have been founded on good intent, to root out major piraters. But this is definitely going the wrong way about it all, especially when you stop to consider all of the little people who may be caught in the crossfire.

So I bid you adieu, GoDaddy. And hello Namecheap!

I definitely take issue when my home doesn’t smell as good as I think it should. Since I work from home (I not only blog, but I do other things too, like help with putting together designs, and writing content, and troubleshooting designs and WordPress installs), I notice pretty quickly if my house isn’t smelling too good. I usually rely on electronic plug-in air fresheners, but lately I’ve been branching out more and using things like soy candles, scented wax melts and warmers, and more recently, Ribbonwick candles. Candles and wax melts are nice alternatives to electronic plug-ins, since they don’t contain all of the harmful chemicals that the commercial products do.

How do you make your house smell good?