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Blogiversary IV: How Do Bloggers Make Money?
Like previous blogiversaries, we're gonna use this week as an excuse to take a look at the business side of blogging (at least as we know it). As you've probably gathered by now, we never intended to start a business when we wrote our first post back in Sept 2007, nor did we ever construct a formal business plan. So this whole adventure has been a learn as we go / roll with the punches / adjust along the way / insert more cliches here kind of deal. And just like we don't claim to be DIY experts or trained interior designers (we're just two people with a chihuahua and a baby), we're not about to pretend that we're the savviest business people out there either. But like everything else we do, we're just gonna share our experiences in an effort to help someone out there who might be trying to grow their blog… or is just curious about what we do all day. We've lightly touched on some of this info in past blogiversary posts, but this year we've added a lot more details along with some new visuals: PIE CHARTS. Oh yeah, you read that right. Sherry's math-teacher dad is about to do the happy dance. So get your fork out and prepare to dig in.
Let's start with a look at how we spend our time… a slice (har-har) of which was somewhat encapsulated in yesterday's day in the life post. But this is a more global look at all the things we do as opposed to the somewhat random and always-changing things that we do in a day. Oh and to be clear, this is a look at when goes into running Young House Love (so it excludes things like parenting a sixteen month old and other general I'm-an-adult duties like cooking and cleaning). Behold, a very simplified / approximated breakdown (all the pie charts in this post are very general guesses, btw):
The main thing that might surprise you here is that we actually spend a very pretty small sliver of our time actually doing projects (aka "DIYing"). In fact, some weeks it feels like we barely have any more time to tackle our to-do list than we did back when we both had full-time jobs in advertising (that was pre-Clara too, so we might have had more energy, haha). Our weekends (along with weeknights after 7:30 when Clara's in bed) are still our most productive days in terms of making house progress because the blog is "quieter" (as we say around here). So we can focus more on tasks and less on answering comments and proofing & posting posts. But that pie chart isn't complicated enough, so…
Here's a further breakdown of the breakdown above (yup, we broke down a breakdown) to give you a better sense of what we really do within those general categories:
- Comments: Our philosophy is that if you take the time to read what we write, the least we can do is return the favor. So we manually moderate all comments so that one of us – usually Sherry – can read it before it risks getting lost in the count and so that we can answer any questions that come up (the only exception to this is giveaway entries, which get approved in bulk since they routinely top 3K and actually topped 10K yesterday, and stopped loading, so we had to start a second giveaway post). Yes, it's time consuming. And no, it's probably not the most efficient system. But being part of the conversation on our blog is very important to us and we hate leaving any question unanswered. Farming that duty out to someone like an intern just feels too "answering service" to us, so we're happy to stay grass roots and hands on.
- Twitter, Facebook & Email: Similarly, we try to be as responsive as possible on other social media. We don't hover on our Facebook page as much as we used to, but we still try to poke in to respond where needed. And Hootsuite helps us track @mentions on Twitter so we can do our best not to let a tweet question or comment flutter by unnoticed.
- Posts: Well duh, a blog has to have posts right? We're wordy and we know it (clap your hands!), so this is another major chunk of blogging. And we write around 35 a month, so it keeps us busy. But we're not sure how you can be a good blogger without spending a good portion of time on your posts. Plus it's our first love, along with DIY. Writing posts is what we used to do on nights and weekends after long days of working in advertising just for fun. And we still feel that way – it's a good time.
- BabyCenter & Do It Yourself Magazine: We've been lucky enough that writing our blog has spawned other writing gigs, like our weekly post on BabyCenter's Momformation blog and a regular column in BHG's Do It Yourself Magazine. So between coordinating those with our bosses over there, coming up with ideas, writing them, taking photos (or briefing an illustrator or photographer in the case of DIY), and answering comments (on BabyCenter), they're sort of a part time job on their own.
- Book: We're writing a 260+ page book (due out in Fall of 2012) full of hundreds of projects and photos (more on that here). Some weeks this slice of pie should be muuuch bigger, and some a little smaller. Now that we have 90% of our manuscript turned in (whew!), this slice may actually get permanently larger since it's time to actually do all of the projects that we talked about and have them photographed at our house by a pro before Christmas (yes, hundreds of them). Should be interesting…
- Projects: This is the actual doing of stuff to our house, which we then blog about. Most of these projects might have gotten done even if we didn't have a blog (DIY is just something we love)… but we definitely take on projects sooner, faster, more thoroughly, and with more gusto than we may have if we didn't have an audience. The fact that you guys are watching adds pressure, but it's the good kind that keeps us going. Promise. You guys = momentum.
- Gathering Supplies: This is the part that makes us best friends with the employees at our local thrift stores, home improvement stores, craft stores, fabric stores, lighting outlets, etc. Sometimes running errands (aka: gathering supplies) can take less than an hour. Sweet. And sometimes it can take more than a day to track down something we need. Hunting stuff is always kind of a wild card item on the to-do list. But you know what they say about the thrill of the chase…
- Photo Taking: Sometimes this is just taking a few moments during each step of a project to snap a few shots. Sometimes it's cleaning up and styling rooms for "after shots" or "house tour" pictures (Hurricane Clara can leave quite a mess before we swoop in and straighten up so you guys don't have to stare at a giant stack of books in front of the new desk that we built). This also includes the technical aspects of photography that still take us more time than we'd like (using the tripod, adjusting the aperture, waiting for different times of day to see which light is better, etc), which is why we have…
- Photo Editing: These are things like adjusting the color, exposure, size, and the way that our photos are cropped (sometimes even after thinking we've mastered the camera things are too blue or too yellow or too wide or off-center, so we try to adjust them so they look as true to life as possible). This also includes uploading and sorting through the hundreds of pics that we take each week. Wish I were kidding about the "hundreds" part, but we usually average 50-200 photos per post (which can tip the scales at 1,200 photos snapped each week). We then boil them down to under 20 per post and size & upload 'em).
- Sponsors: This is where most of our money comes from (more on that later) so it involves a lot of fielding advertising requests, notifying sponsors about renewals, sending invoices, and uploading ads to our sidebar. (FYI, we use Google AdManager to serve our sponsors' ads to our site, which takes a bit of "supervision" but not too much beyond the whole client-relations thing that we do via email).
- Giveaways: We make no money doing this, but it's our way of "giving back" to our readers (and a way to deflect the free products that we're offered but no longer accept). Coordinating each week's giveaway involves a bunch of emails to confirm the prize details, notify the winners, and facilitate the prize delivery. There's also the task of being the bearer of bad news to folks since we just don't have room for every prize that we're emailed about (and sometimes they don't feel like the right fit for you guys). Which leads me to our next point…
- Saying "No Thank You": We're people pleasers, so this is a hard one for us, but we get so many requests each week that we 1) just don't have enough hours in the day for (i.e. attending a local – or not so local – event), 2) don't really blog about (i.e. "could you pretty please write about my dog walking service?") or 3) have a policy against doing (i.e. reviewing a product, adding paid text link ads to posts) that we find ourselves having to decline a lot. Sorry if you've been on the receiving end of this. We've learned that saying no is difficult, but sometimes it's necessary for reasons of principle and/or sanity.
- Bookkeeping: Ugh, this bores me too much to talk about. Just pretend I said something interesting about paying bills, filing quarterly taxes, renewing our business license, paying for our own health insurance, managing our site-hosting fees, and organizing receipts. Wish it was less yawn inducing, but it's a necessary evil when it comes to running your own business (more on that here).
- Technical Stuff: On a good week this slice could all but disappear, but on a busy week we may be installing updates, dealing with server glitches, craaaaaashing entirely (which gives us approximately 50 gray hairs each time), or even doing a whole blog redesign like the one we did a few weeks back (we probably spent 40 hours total on that over the course of about four weeks). Since we're not technically trained I'm sure all of this takes longer than it should.
So now that we've taken a general look at the time aspect of running our blog, let's talk money. Before you get your hopes up, we're not gonna detail how much we earn. Call us old fashioned, but we feel like "how much do you make?" joins "who'd you vote for?" and "are those real???" in a our list of conversations not to be had with the entire planet (anything we don't talk about with friends at dinner usually = off limits here in blog world). In a general sense, we like to say that we make a modest living (we're not rolling in cheddar, especially after we pay our business-related expenses like hosting fees – which we outline at the end of this post). But we actually think is a good thing because we blog about living modestly, so it all goes hand in hand. But we're happy to talk about where our money comes from and how that has changed over the last four years. Let's do it.
Waaay back in 2009 we spoke on a local panel about making money blogging. At the time we sung the praises of a "multi-channel" approach to earning income from your blog. Because, at the time, we (though mainly Sherry, since she was the only full timer then) got money something like this (again, this is a very general guestimate):
We'll breakdown some of those terms further under the next pie chart, but let's talk generally for a second. A few years back, despite our best efforts, money from advertising just wasn't cutting it. So Sherry branched out and started selling inexpensive art prints that she had printed locally and shipped herself (she's got a fine arts degree). It was sort of like being an Etsy vendor (but she created a shop page on our site to vend them instead). At that time Sherry also began offering custom mood boards to help readers with their "Design Dilemmas" (and briefly even offered smaller services like paint color advice and even short phone consultations).
When it came to pricing those mood boards out, Sherry did some for free first, just to get interest up and a few under her belt. Then she slowly raised her rate using supply & demand as the guide. After being free for a while they were $30, then $60, then $100, and slowly built up to $250 when supply/demand increased over the years (Sherry refused to sell them for more than that, even when the two per week that she would offer up would sell out within two minutes). Oh, we were also writing for Do It Yourself Magazine and our local R Home design magazine, so that's where we got the whole multi-channel method thing from. We were doing lots of stuff to make a small income. Which was necessary because ad income alone just wasn't cutting it (I should mentioned here that Sherry took a huge pay cut to go from advertising to blogging, but she just wanted to see it through, and looking back it was a risk that we're so glad we took).
But now let's look at a new pie chart. Times have changed, and luckily for the better. As our traffic grew, so did our ad revenue, which meant that we were able to spend less time on services and selling prints (both of which we discontinued after Clara's birth in May 2010 out of sheer no-time-at-all necessity). The elimination of these services allowed for more time that we could spend focusing on blogging. In fact, while
baking making these pie charts I noticed that our currently weekly Google Ad income is larger than what we pulled in our entire first year via Google. This is not to indicate that we're making an enormous amount now, but rather that what we started at was so laughably small. Hopefully this encourages anyone who is currently earning a few cents a day to stick with it for four years and 2,000+ posts (if you love it I guess, haha, don't stick with it for the uncertain years-down-the-line dividends). So now our income sources look more like this (this chart might be completely inaccurate since we didn't really calculate things so it's not made up of actual percentages – it's just representative of the general shift in our income sources):
It's still "multi-channeled" in a way, but the majority of the channels are advertising-based. We still keep our income split across different sources so that if one falters, we aren't sent into a panic. And in case you're scratching your head at any of those labels, here's a quick breakdown:
- Google Ads: These are labelled as such on our sidebar or at the bottom of a post (they're by the geniuses at Google who take words from our page – or hints from your browsing history – to show you ads that they feel are most relevant to you). We have little say in what's shown here, except for blocking inappropriate ads. But we love that they're pretty self-sufficient, which means more time for projects and writing posts.
- Ad Networks: Lots of blogs substitute or supplement Google with ads from a network, which allow for more home improvement specific ads that can also pay more (since they don't usually have enough "inventory" to fill all slots, we usually use a back-up method that shows Google-Ads when they're not running). Our ad network is Haven Home Media for anyone wondering, now owned by Reader's Digest. And they came to us, so we're not sure how you sleuth an ad network out (in general we believe in focusing on keeping projects/posts great and sponsors/networks will hopefully come to you).
- Sponsors: These are the ads that you see on our sidebar marked as such (as well as folks who get shouted out in a thank you post once a month). These are people/companies that we work with directly, who come to us because they think we'd be a good fit. If we agree (and have room for them, since sometimes we're "full") they come on as YHL sponsors and we send them lots of virtual wet kisses. We have a lot of love for them because unlike the random ads that come through an ad network and Google, these folks choose to work with us directly, which is pretty cool of them.
- Amazon Affiliate: There are lots of affiliate programs out there where basically bloggers earn a very small cut (usually around 4-7%) when someone purchases a product that you recommend. The only affiliate links you'll find are in our "We're Digging" sidebar column with a label under them that says "links contain affiliates"(we're sticklers for labeling ads, sponsors, and affiliates to try to keep things 100% transparent). They're all items on amazon.com that we love (some of which are things that we've actually bought ourselves – like a specific book, camera accessory, decor item, or toy for Clara).
- Writing Gigs: These are the aforementioned BabyCenter and Do It Yourself columns that we write, as well as random things that come our way once in a blue moon (like an opportunity to write an article for another publication).
- Book: Yup, they're actually paying us to write a book. We can't believe it either.
But of course, no business is without expenses. And it easy to assume that blogging is a free endeavor (after all, it was when we started in '07, we even had one of those free urls with wordpress.com at the end of it). But as our traffic and business grew, so did our costs – such as:
- Hosting: Between paying for our site (on LiquidWeb <–affiliate link, fyi) and our images (on Amazon S3) we're headed towards a five figure year when it comes to hosting expenses alone. Yes, that's tens of thousands of dollars just to host our site so you guys can read posts and see pics. Totally worth it though. Blank blog page = no readers. And we like having you guys around.
- Taxes: Not that anyone is immune to these, but since no employer is taking out taxes for us upfront, it takes some extra planning on our part (i.e. remembering that about a third of every paycheck needs to be squirreled away because it's going right back to the government in the form of quarterly tax payments).
- Insurance: When I left my advertising job last May we were suddenly on our own when it came to securing and paying for our own health insurance. And it's not exactly cheap, but with a little one, good coverage is definitely worth the peace of mind.
- Retirement: Without an employer automatically socking away bits of a paycheck into a 401k (or doing any sort of matching for us), Sherry and I each opened a SEP on our own, which we're responsible for contributing to regularly.
- Business License/ LLC Fees: Since we're a legit LLC in Virginia, we pay annual license fees and taxes.
- Professional Help: I know that sounds like a therapist, but what we mainly mean is that we pay our accountant (who does our taxes) and the occasional programmer to help us navigate technical issues (ex: we crash four times in a week and feel like throwing our computers out the window). Though maybe we should consider the therapist sometimes…
- Equipment: If it weren't for blogging, we probably wouldn't own a second laptop, a DSLR camera, an HD Flip video camera, an external hard drive, or an iPhone (among other items that I'm probably forgetting right now). But it definitely helps to have some decent "tools" for blogging as efficiently as possible, so we're glad to invest in them (and yes they're write offs, which doesn't make them free, but it takes away a bit of the sting).
- Project Costs: Arguably a lot of these costs would probably have been incurred eventually since we were DIY junkies even before we started our blog (so we would do most of this stuff anyway). But as I mentioned earlier – some of our projects happen (or at least happen at the pace and scale that they do) because of this blog. So we might have done all the things that we did to our current house in two years instead of in nine months if we weren't home bloggers. Oh and since we get asked this a lot: none of our projects are write-offs since we're doing them to our primary residence (our house isn't zoned as an office building, which is a good thing because if it was – and we wrote projects off – we'd owe a big chunk of money to the government if we ever sold it).
If you want more info on the expense side of blogging, we actually wrote about it in more detail last year. But that's enough out of me for now. Hopefully "peeling back the curtain" helped – whether it's to use this info as you plan your own blogging business (or other somehow-related venture), or to just help you better understand what goes on behind the scenes around here. It's certainly a lot more than just doing projects and writing about them, but there's nothing else we'd rather be doing. Seriously, we're completely amazed that we ended up "here" and our cup runneth over with gratitude. In fact a pie chart of our gratitude would be 101% full. And now as anything with charts should end – who else is hungry for pie?
Psst- The lady wife did a fun little interview about how our blog has grown and revealed a lot of behind the scenes blogging and book-writing info for anyone interested right here (it's long, but full of tons of juicy stuff, at least in my humble husband opinion). Some of you may have already listened to this, but we figured it was a good thing to add for anyone who hasn't since it's on the same subject.
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Right next to the section about Amazon affiliate links is that picture of an ADORABLE "cut up the fruit" wooden toy thingy. Off to add it to my baby registry!
(Wondering: I know you get a cut if I buy it right away from your link, but if I add it to my registry from your link and someone else buys it, will you still get a cut?)
I have a daycare and the only food I have for my kitchen set is Melissa and Doug wooden food and homemade felt food. It just holds up so well. I hope you get it from your registry and for Clara! :)
I have to say that I appreciate the time you guys put into responding to comments, both here and on Pinterest, etc. That's some dedication to your fan base!
I totally agree – I LOVE that you answer ALL questions! nothing is more annoying then reading someone's blog comments and seeing unanswered questions (bc usually I am thinking the same question!) so it's like why bother commenting if they dont seem to care enough to respond. (and its even more annoying when its a small blog bc its not even that many to answer! :) )
We feel the love from you guys though!
Happy Blogiversary. You've achieved so much in 5 years. Two houses, a business and a baby. Youse are awesome. times ten to the power of a multitude of billions.
I love all these behind the scenes details….I started my own company last summer (a nanny agency). I help families find nannies. I have zero business background and have been learning a lot as I go & loved reading everything you guys have learned along the way. It's true, way more goes into owning a company than most people ever realize…but so worth it to work from home :)
First off, thank you for this blog and the amount of time and effort you guys put in. It is the perfect getaway from everyday activities. Plus, you guys are such good people to look up to.
I have some questions about your photo storage and organization (my apologies if you planned to touch on this in an upcoming post).
You mentioned you take approx 1200 photos a week- do you have multiple SIM cards or do you dump them quite frequently? If you have multiple SIM cards do you label them so you remember which one was used for what?
Next- do you keep ALL the pictures you take or do you delete them if not needed?
How do you organize all the photos- IE- do you label a folder 'posts' and by date or maybe they're all in one HUGE folder haha or maybe its super chaotic and you guys leave that section a mess?
My apologies for so many questions but I have a hard time organizing folders sometimes and maintaining that organization system I finally put in place and thought I could ask the 'pros' :P
Not sure if you've said you use Photoshop for your photo editing, but I just wanted to mention the option of automating batch actions. For instance if you have a bunch of photos and you need to re-size, rename, crop, rotate etc. all of them, there is a way to automate it all in one fell swoop. Batch automation and creating action scripts for tedious editing things are a HUGE time saver! I would think other photo-editing programs have these capabilities as well as Photoshop, but if you use Photoshop here is a link that may better explain my gobbledygook, hope it's helpful! http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshoptutorialsactions/Actions_Droplets_and_Batch_Processing_in_Photoshop_and_ImageReady.htm
And since videos are always awesome-er: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4IqS9qAZc
Even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4IqS9qAZc
I'm sure it's difficult to say no to free stuff so I just wanted to say a quick thank you for the no swag policy. I have a lot of respect for it and it makes me appreciate your blog even more.
Also…hundreds of projects by christmas! Oh my gosh how are you not hyperventilating?
I haven't finished reading this post yet, but after reading the link you added to your previous post about free swag, I wanted to let you guys know how much I appreciate and have learned from your blog. I have told friends in the past that my understanding of home deco is based on the HGTV model: Get it all done at once, get it all right the first time, and have lots of money ready to spend on it. Gee, I wonder why I could never get started on a decorating project then. Thanks guys for breaking it down for real for us readers, and emphasizing again and again that it doesn't have to be perfect, you can always redo it, and it doesn't have to be expensive! You rock.
interesting, but I know the one question everyone's dying to know is what is a "modest" living…. $40k, 60k, 100K…. [Totally respect your privacy so don't answer, just saying this is the main type of question I am asked about the bloggers and sites with whom I work from people wanting to know if they can quit their day job, lol]
Your hosting costs seem kind of high, even with your traffic. Maybe you should look into buying your own server and housing it, & hire a P/T sysadmin person to monitor? Probably save lots of money in the long run.
S3 is super cheap, but I guess you DO have to keep print ready (ie large) sized files in case you use from them for print…
To put it in perspective – we helped a start-up spend about $3000 to set up up the hardware – they had to be cost sensitive; mostly using Dell servers. They have 5 static IPs and pay about $600 month for a dedicated rack (same facilities with security blah blah). It's a social networking site so has as more pics stored (in the millions now) which uses S3 as a back-up. Anyway that's all technical but if you ever want to explore, be happy to give you some names of folks to talk to.
You know, as a reader I really miss the number of decor-related posts you used to have. The reader redesigns were good reading and filled the spaces in between your projects. I think the amount of time you spend on comments could be way better spent doing posts featuring actual DIY stuff, whether it's yours or someone else's. As feedback, I read Chez Larsson and Censational Girl before I read you guys because I know they'll have real renovating posts. And I don't particularly care if it was them that wrote the post – CG has quite a few guest posters.
Hey! It's their blogiversary! Let's celebrate all the things we love about YHL!! Don't be a party pooper now!
I totally disagree. I read CG and truly admire her decorating style and DIY projects, but it really bothers me that readers ask legitimate questions in the comments that never get answered. If I could only choose one blog to read ever again, it would be YHL *because* of the interaction in the comments. Why would you suggest they change one of the things that make them stand out most in a sea of decor/DIY blogs?
Me and my mom just started a blog and you guys have been our numero uno inspiration.
I must say.. I'd been very envious of all you've accomplished and created! But now I feel overwhelmed and in need of a nap! Haha :)
"So we might have done all the things that we did to our current house in two years instead of in nine months if we weren't home bloggers."
I felt a sense of relief wash over me as I read this line. Not sure why I would ever compare my house/progress to yours, but I do it all the time and really need to stop. You do this FOR A LIVING and I sit in an office all day. Time to be okay with the slow pace of my projects!
I agree, Lauren! We've been working on the lower level of our tri-level since the beginning of July, and we still have a few odd pieces of molding to reinstall and some paint to touch-up. I feel like it's taking forever when I read about what some bloggers do over the weekend!
Thanks for a glimpse into what makes YHL work. I had no idea it was all so complicated. LOL
One thing I always wonder when I'm reading a post… you're so good at including links to past posts, diy projects and how to's.
How do you keep track of all these links you reference?
I love this post so much I read it twice- so interesting! I CAN'T WAIT for your book! Are there any projects you want to get done before they come to photograph your house? I'm thinking you have a list…
I didn't realize it took so long to approve comments, but when you break it down, I see why it does! This is one of the features that makes your blog GREAT. There are other blogs I read that I like, but "blogger-reader" relationship isn't there because they never respond to their comments or what the readers are saying. I feel more connected to your home's process when I know you take the time to read our remarks. :)
I love that your piecharts are done in Sue the Napkin colors!!!
Love this post! Reading your blog is a daily (sometimes double-daily) treat, and it's so interesting to read about the behind-the-scenes of how it works! Out of curiosity, will the book be a greater revenue generator for you when it is published? I'm sure you'll have a whole bunch of fans out there camping out for a copy!
When my mum got royalties for old books she'd helped write (foreign language learning books) she always bookmarked the royalties for "treats" – this meant she never banked on it for essentials then had to scramble if it fell short and never felt guilty about spending it on treats. (There was never very much).
It worked out well as royalties always seemed to come at the beginning of the school holidays!
Totally intriguing. What do you do on sick days? I assume you have gotten sick in the last 4 years. I ask because right now in our home a stomach bug traveled from our little girl, to me, to my husband and we don't want to mooovveee! I can't imagine trying to run a business during those circumstances.
Dude. Mad props for working through post partum recovery. That is so crazy.
When I read yesterday's post, I wondered what you guys did about working while sick/post-partum too… and I immediately got a mental image of Sherry with a fever/red nose, camped out in bed, surrounded by used tissues, furiously typing on the laptop. And I knew it was true :)
You guys rock – your blog is the only blog I read daily. I love it and really respect you guys. Congrats on living the dream!
Thanks for sharing!!! I always have wondered about monetizing blogs.
Just wanted to let you know that I really appreciated this post! Great information for anyone that wants to move their blog to the next level or even run a web based business. I'm a huge fan of you guys and I hope you're making a ton of money doing it!
Just curious – I totally understand not wanting to share the specific dollars and cents you are making, but would you be willing to share if you are still taking a pay cut from when you were still both in advertising? I would hope that with taking on the risk of your own business, you'd be rewarded with more, but then again, it is wonderful to have the more flexible schedules (even though you work your butts off) to spend time with Clara. Take care! Amanda
Wow, that was one long post, but really informative. Thanks so much for breaking it down for us!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a detailed breakdown and "behind the scenes" view of your income and expenses. I think it is absolutely fantastic that the two of you are so open about this. You don't owe it to any of us to explain but doing so really gives me a LOT of respect for you. It's funny, because of your transparency, it actually makes me want to click through the ads on your page moreso than other blogs who simply have a multitude of ads on the sidebar.
Knowing that the two of you work very hard to deliver quality content to all of us makes me (and I'm sure many others) want to contribute to that success.
Keep up the wonderful work! :)
This is really interesting information – am trying to grow my blog so is useful to see all your points. Thanks for sharing – will keep an eye out for future posts!
WOW, this is a great post. Thanks for all the info. It really puts things into view this way. There is soooo much more that goes into a business blog then just posting. You guys do an amazing job. :)
Can you believe that your giveaway yesterday has close to 15,000 entries and still counting? That is absolutely crazy to me. Congratulations on all of your success and I wish you many more years of blogging (and family) happiness!
As a CPA, I loved this post! It's so interesting to see the business-side of it all…thanks for sharing! :)
Same here, Rachel! CPA YHL fans, unite!
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George Clooney Inks Overall Deal With Sony Pictures TV
The Oscar winner's production company Smokehouse Pictures will develop new projects for the studio.
George Clooney is joining the ranks of big-screen stars heading to the small screen.
The Oscar winner's Smokehouse Pictures -- which he runs with partner Grant Heslov -- has inked a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop and produce comedy and drama series for all platforms, including broadcast, cable and digital, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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The deal expands Clooney's relationship with Sony, where Smokehouse has produced features including The Monuments Men, August: Osage County, Argo and more. The company previously had a first-look TV deal with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television. Under the latter, Clooney and the company produced TNT's Jason Lee cop drama Memphis Beat, which ran for one season on the cable network.
Heslov, meanwhie, has a long roster of TV credits as an actor. As an exec producer, his credits include Memphis Beat, Unscripted and K Street.
At SPT, Clooney joins a roster of producers including Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan, Shawn Ryan (The Shield), David Shore (House), Barry Josephson (Bones) and Televisa, among others.
Clooney becomes the latest big-screen star to ink TV deals. He joins Steve Carell and Jessica Biel (both of whom are based at Universal Cable Productions), among others.
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Voxelands is a fork of Minetest-C55, aiming to create a fun to play all-inclusive game. It aims to be a fast, polished 3D sandbox voxel world game, rather than just a base for modding. Voxelands features hundreds of blocks, official and player-run servers, a growing community, rapid development, and a growing number of packages for various GNU/Linux distributions and other operating systems.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, noun That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, adjective [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See {Same}, adjective, and cf. {Simulate}.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
{Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated.
{Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional.
{Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
1: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: {dissimilar}]
2: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: {alike(p)}, {similar}, {like}] [ant: {dissimilar}, {unalike}]
3: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: {like}, {similar}] [ant: {different}, {dissimilar}, {unlike}]
4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings
5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: {exchangeable}, {interchangeable}, {similar}, {standardized}, {standardised}]
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Want a 'Star Trek' tricorder? Your smart phone could be getting close.
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The "Star Trek" tricorder, that invaluable tool for figuring out if Capt. James T. Kirk's next breath on a new planet would be his last, may not be that far from its debut.
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I recently purchased a Yugoslavian SKS. I read a lot about that I should change parts to Made in the U.S.A. parts for some reason or other, but I can't find out why. Why should I change parts to U.S.A. made? Anyone here have an answer to this question? I await your replies, patiently.
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As long as you do not modify it into an "evil assault rifle" by changing out the stiock to a pistol grip/folder/collapsible, add a detachable magazine or flashhider, you have nothing to worry about.
SKS's are exempt from the provisions under section 922r because they have fixed magazines and non pistol grip fixed stocks.
So basically if you start, you have to go all the way. All or nothing in other words. I've wondered about this myself.
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ive got an uncle inlaw that showed the fam his his sks like 11 yrs back that he had upgraded with all sorts of gimics that made it "ilegal" cuz of the bayonet hi capacity mag and the sorts. that was illegal thanks to good ol slick willy. he was very scared to bring it out of the safe. i wonder if he still has her!!!?
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Recyclers and some paving contractors are eager to recycle asphalt shingles, but end markets could use a boost from a healthier economy.
Since Construction & Demolition Recycling last published its list of asphalt shingle recyclers in 2011, some of the listed companies have backed away from the business or, unfortunately, are no longer in business at all.
However, other companies have spent the past two years solidifying or expanding their shingle processing operations and also have watched as new competitors have arrived on the scene in their geographic regions.
Comparisons between the accompanying list of asphalt shingle recyclers and the one that was published in 2011 reveal that some of the names have changed and the total number of shingle recycling locations has fallen in two years.
Some of the rising and falling fortunes of shingle recyclers vary by state and region, and some also are tied to wider overall economic trends.
Bill Turley, executive director of the Construction and Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA), Aurora, Ill., says investments in shingle processing can still vary greatly from state to state.
"We have seen places in the country where shingle recyclers have done well but others where activity has tapered off," says Turley, who was preparing for CDRA's Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum in Denver in early November 2013.
The single largest state in the U.S., California, is a long way from having the largest roster of shingle recyclers on the 2013 list. However, Turley says he believes the Golden State may soon see an increase in asphalt shingle recycling. "California is just starting to get a little more active, and the state is developing a spec [to use processed shingles in roadway applications]. I expect to see shingle processing do better there in the future," Turley comments.
The existence of a recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) specification can help build momentum for the use of processed asphalt shingles by paving companies and the highway and streets departments who are reviewing project bids.
While shingle recycling appears to have room to grow in California, in some other regions of the United States, processing capacity may have exceeded end-market demand.
A spokeswoman at one recycling company in Missouri that appeared on the 2011 Asphalt Shingle Recyclers list says her company no longer accepts shingles for processing. "We have a good sized stockpile and no one to sell them to," she remarks.
"I've heard of places not taking more shingles in because they are full up," agrees Turley. "It ebbs and flows."
One of the hurdles asphalt shingle processors are facing involves competing with recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) as feedstock in asphalt hot-mix plants, Turley says.
"There are large piles of RAP around the country," says Turley. He adds that contractors "have to get rid of that material, especially when it is generated on government projects."
Thus, a paving contractor may remove and "mill up 100 percent of an old county roadway or state highway, but often the contractor only uses 10 to 20 percent on site," says Turley.
Establishing specifications for RAS will remain a CDRA priority, according to Turley, who notes that the association maintains an information clearinghouse for advocates and champions of shingle recycling at its www.shinglerecycling.org website.
The website lists the following states as allowing up to 5 percent manufacturers' scrap RAS to be used:
Also, Ohio Department of Transportation (DOT) specifications allow for up to a "certain percentage of recycled material." As well, Turley says the CDRA is promoting the use of RAS in highway base courses to expand the end market for processed shingles.
Nailing It
In most of the states where RAS has gained approval, state DOTs and paving contractors alike are more willing to use manufacturers' shingle scrap rather than tear-off shingles. The primary fear with tear-off shingles continues to be the existence of roofing nails in the tear-off stream.
A Central Location
For nearly a decade, the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA) has maintained the www.shinglerecycling.org website as a resource for those wanting to know more about the state of the recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) sector.
The website also includes a database of shingle recyclers and processors (searchable by state) as well as information on state department of transportation contacts and links to applicable research reports.
The website's Environmental Regulations section also offers links to state regulatory contacts as well as a case study of how Commercial Recycling Systems of Scarborough, Maine, worked with state agencies to promote asphalt shingle recycling.
Summaries of research projects in two states, Minnesota and Missouri, also are hosted on the site. Each of these studies considered the viability of using tear-off shingles in recycling applications.
The CDRA's Turley says responsible scrap shingle processors can overcome this perceived quality problem with one essential step. "That's why God made magnets," he quips regarding the removal of nails from the tear-off shingle stream.
"The good recyclers have learned how to clean up their material to the point where it meets the specification," Turley continues. "We really don't see a problem with nail contamination."
More so than the processing limitations, Turley and the CDRA are concerned about "sham recyclers" who charge a tipping fee to collect asphalt shingles for recycling but then either fail to process the materials or begin to process them but never cultivate end markets. In either case, the full recycling loop is never closed, and an environmental hazard is created in the form of a stockpile.
One recent example of this occurred near Knoxville, Tenn., where in 2011 a company called Greenphalt Recycling set up shop to accept scrapped shingles.
According to the website of Knoxville TV station WBIR, www.wbir.com, the owners of that company "skipped town with thousands of dollars in [tip] fees and left a big mess behind."
Subsequently, the city of Knoxville has contracted with Mark Hinton, owner of River Road Shingle Recycling, Louisville, Ky., to send in a crew to process the stockpile and market the resulting materials.
Hinton estimated some 28,000 cubic yards of shingles were abandoned at the site; but, according to WBIR, he has committed to grind through the entire amount and clear the site by the end of 2013. "By the end of this year, the site will be level and clear as if nothing was here," he told the TV station.
Once the stockpile is clear, Hinton says he plans to maintain a presence in the Knoxville market as Knoxville Shingle Recycling, thus providing one of the new company names appearing on the 2013 version of the Asphalt Shingle Recyclers list.
The author is editor of Construction & Demolition Recycling and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com. Managing Editor Kristin Smith also helped assemble and verify information for the list.
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As concerned citizens we believe our environment & health is being negatively affected in our community. Apathy lack of oversight and patterns of disinformation have led us to a tipping point. It is our intent to inform the community with the truth and provide a rally point for change.
This is a health & public safety issue with the EA-18G from the noise levels in excess of 150 decibels & fuel they expend in to the environment.
Please visit our download / LINK page for the noise studies and LINKS & Who to Contact about this issue
Article Jan 17,2014 Senator Murray, Representative Kilmer Introduce Legislation to Protect Olympic Peninsula.
I know this is a busy time of year but we can't let the NAVY destroy our National Forrest.
Comment period ending soon January 9, 2015
Navy to Host Public Meetings on NAS Whidbey Island EIS for Additional 36 EA-18G
(Navy press release page )
A Notice of Intent (NOI) will be published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2014, announcing the Navy's intent to revise the scope of the ongoing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for EA-18G Growler airfield operations at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island and to announce public scoping meetings. The EIS will now address the environmental impacts associated with the potential addition of up to 36 EA-18G Growler aircraft.
Meeting dates for:
LOPEZ & Port Townsend
NAVY has expanded scoping meetings Lopez and port Townsend
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Lopez Center for Community and Arts
204 Village Road
Lopez Island, WA 98261
Thursday, December 4, 2014
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Fort Worden Park Conference Center – Commons B and C
200 Battery Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
All written comments must be postmarked or received (online) by January 9, 2015
1. Provide written comments at any of the scoping meetings
2. Speak with the stenographer, who will record oral comments at the scoping meetings
3. Submit comments electronically
4. Mail comments to:
EA-18G Growler EIS Project Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
6506 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23508
Attn: Code EV21/SS
Northwest Training & Testing Complex
including a scoping period, open house information sessions, and public hearings to be held when the draft document is available for public review. All public comments are considered in the development of the EIS/OEIS.
LINK: http://nwtteis.com/Home.aspx
Public Review and Comment on the Draft NWTT EIS/OEIS
The Draft EIS/OEIS is now available for public review.
Updated 12/25/2014
Public Review and Comment on the Supplement to the Draft NWTT EIS/OEIS
The comment period on the Supplement to the Draft EIS/OEIS is through February 2, 2015.
Here are some Sample talking point from the First Meeting of the NWTT.
FREINDS OF the San Juans
FSJ cmts re Navy DEIS.pdf
WEAN talking Points: COMMING SOON
Citizens of the Ebey's Reserve TALKING POINTS: COMMING SOON
location of upcoming meetings .
Open House Information Sessions: 5-8 p.m.
|Monday, January 12, 2015
|Poulsbo Fire Station Conference Room
911 NE Liberty Road
Poulsbo, WA 98370
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|Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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1620 Edward P. Smith Drive
Aberdeen, WA 98520
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825 NE 7th St
Newport, OR
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The Best things to do in Los Angeles - Part 6: Art
Our fifth installment of the Cityguide series is Arts. Next stop on our tour is LA><ART, an independent nonprofit art space presenting experimental exhibitions and public art initiatives.
X marks the spot for the LA><ART space. Not only do you get to see emerging art and design, but it also has an amazing public programming schedule. From lectures and exhibitions to magic shows involving sawing a woman in half, the spontaneity of this place is what makes it a must-see.
From the book 'The best things to do in Los Angeles – 1001 ideas', by Joy Yoon (Universe / Rizzoli International).
See our map on Pinterest!
2640 South la Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles 310-559-0166 www.laxart.org


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Marvel Now/ReEvolution Ongoing Discussion (Spoilers)
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Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.
Re: Marvel Now/ReEvolution Ongoing Discussion (Spoilers)
Go Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back to the Mutant Massacre.
Kitty was trapped in ghost form.
Stuck, but fortunately not starving to death.
(Which would have been funny)
Cue the Fantastic Four vs. Avengers Miniseries when the X-Men hand over Kitty to Reed Richards in the hopes that he can fix her. He can't. Reed is stumped. So he rings up Doom transatlantically and asks for a solid, who can't help but seize the opportunity to prove that his intellect is so much more massive than the so called Mr. Fantastic.
(Seriously? I hear people call Sue "Mrs Fantastic" more often than anyone ever calls Richards: Mr Fantastic.)
Doom and Kitty developed a relationship.
Doctor/Patient... Friends?
Doom cured her and that put a soft spot in her heart for him.
In recovery, the X-Men die (fall of the Mutants) and she goes to live in England with Excalibur.
Cue Excalibur 37 or 38, where Doom tries to conquer Limbo, but before he does the back stabbing scorpion thing, Kitty lets him into their Lighthouse homebase past security and gives the despot a big hug calling him "Uncle Doom".
Some asshole saves your life, and it generates a peachy blindspot.
In season two of House, (a blond) Leighton Meister from Gossip Girl (The Brunette with the Jackie O fetish.) gets a wiggy psychological disease that makes her super horny whereafter the 15 year old child offers her virginity(?) to House... I thought that was hilarious and water under the bridge, but yesterday I saw a movie called "The Oranges" where a 29 year old Meister is reverseMrs-Robinsonning Hugh Laurie during a series of passionate and intimate PDAs, some seduction secens and at least one sex scene where you don't see anything.
Lots of tongue.
If there's a psychological situation (transference?) where a patient can't help but develop loving feelings for their Doctor, is Blair Waldorf and Greg House any more less likely a hook up than Victor Von Doom and Kitty Pryde bonding platonically?
Now in your head all you're thinking is "Hugh Laurie as Doctor Doom? Wow. That'd be so cool. How do I make that happen?"
"Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft."
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text: Michael Vannice Share Woodwinds, Guys and Dolls In nine seasons at OSF: Reeds, Animal Crackers; composer, Oo-Bla-Dee, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Crumbs from the Table of Joy; musical arranger, The Man Who Came to Dinner; musician in The Threepenny Opera; Green Show musician. Other credits: Played and recorded with Anthony Braxton, Robert Cray, and Lowell Fulson. Collaborated on songs recorded by Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, and Albert King. Education: Degree in Music Composition, University of Oregon; additional studies at San Francisco State University.


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Book your room at Holiday Inn Express Santa Fe Cerrillos
Standard Room, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children)
Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Suite, 1 King Bed, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
Hotel in Santa Fe with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Situated in Santa Fe, this hotel is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from College of Santa Fe and 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Liquid Light Glass. New Mexico State Capitol and San Miguel Mission are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a 24-hour fitness center, this hotel has a 24-hour business center and coffee/tea in the lobby. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a seasonal outdoor pool, laundry facilities, and free newspapers.
Room Amenities
All 76 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus coffee makers and TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include free local calls, hair dryers, and desks.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Holiday Inn Express Santa Fe Cerrillos features a 24-hour fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). This Santa Fe hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Total number of rooms - 76
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free airport transportation
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 3
- Laundry facilities
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free local calls
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Television
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 1, Pet maximum weight in lb is 35
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pet fee: USD 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15 per night
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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58' 720 Plasma versus 50' 1080?
bstnjohnDecember 26, 2007
I've been looking at the Panasonic plasma TV's. Have put off the purchase because of falling prices but am ready to make the move now. Was all set to buy a 50 inch unit. The 720 was great but the new 1080 doesn't cost much more. Now they have a 58" in 720 at about the same price of a 50" in 1080. Should I go with a large screen or higher resolution? comments are appreciated.
if you sit 12' or greater go with the 58" otherwise 50"
viewing distance is important, you did not indicate what that is. the 50' 1080 will always look best (sharpest) however if you sit far enough away the 58"720p will always have the most dramatic display. no one watching the 58" will care if its 1080p or not.
if you sit 12' or greater go with the 58" otherwise 50"
hd dvd and blu ray will work great with both.


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The agent representing Manchester United transfer target Daley Blind says no bid has yet been made for the player's service, reports The Telegraph.
Blind has been strongly linked with a move from Ajax to Old Trafford in recent weeks, but his agent Rob Jansen has claimed that thus far there has been no contact.
"At this moment Manchester United have not been in touch with me or Ajax about Daley and I'm not sitting here waiting for the call," said Jansen.
The 24-year-old utility player is well known to new United manager Louis van Gaal from his time as Dutch national team manager, where Blind's father Danny was also part of the coaching staff.
Blind has accrued 19 caps for the national team since making his international debut in a 1-1 friendly draw with Italy in February 2013. He was an ever present in the recent World Cup in Brazil, and scored one of the Netherlands' three goals as they thrashed the hosts in the play-off game to claim third place in the tournament.
Blind is one of a number of players being linked with United in what could be a busy final week of the summer transfer window at Old Trafford. Real Madrid's Angel di Maria is set to join imminently, while Arturo Vidal of Juventus is reportedly also on van Gaal's radar.
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Getting to Happy: Neither Happy or Sad Sticks Forever
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Completely Unhappy with Getting to Happy [SPOILERS]
Ashleigh Burroughs commented, June 26, 8:36 pm
McMillian Delivers the Happily! Ever! After!!! (And Yet I Was Bored to Tears)
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Terry McMillan Writes With a Healthy Respect for Real Life
Remember Waiting to Exhale? Join us for Getting to Happy!
Behind the Book: Terry McMillan on Why She Writes
Reunited With Old Friends
If you have ever found yourself at a point in life where you are just not happy, where things have not turned out the way you thought despite all of your hard work, or in a relationship that is not giving you what you had hoped for, then maybe Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan is for you.
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When I first picked up Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan, I realized it was the sequel to the very popular book (and movie) Waiting to Exhale > -- which, of course, I'd never read. Or seen.
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What is happy and how does one get there? That is the question that this book asks and the people in Getting to Happy answer, or at least try to. I will say that I have never read Waiting to Exhale, cover to cover, but I did see the movie. This book is a follow up to that, several years later. Read more >
I am probably one of only a handful of people who not only never read Waiting to Exhale , but I also never saw the movie. I know! I checked to see if it was available on Netflix instant, but sure enough, it was only available on DVD, so I couldn't even watch it on a whim. Read more >
Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel -- its publication was a turning point moment in literary history. Her feisty and animated story about four African American women struggling to find love and their place in the world touched a cultural nerve, inspired a major film, and generated an audience craving more. Read more >
Some sequels are best left to the imagination -- and sadly, Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan, is no exception. Read more >
Getting to Happy is Terry McMillan's sequel to Waiting to Exhale a book (and movie) many have grown to love. For that reason, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review this story. Now that I've finished, I am still trying to figure out exactly what it is about these characters that everyone loves so much. Read more >
So remember at the end of Waiting to Exhale when we were all so happy Gloria had found sweet Marvin, Robin decided to have Russell's baby even though he was bad news, Bernie spent that romantic, fully-clothed night at the hotel with James (after she threw all John's stuff in his car and lit it to high heaven), and Savannah had finally stopped waiting on Kenneth to leave his wife because she didn't need a man? Read more >
In Terry McMillan's sequel to Waiting to Exhale , Getting to Happy, we are reintroduced to the four friends Savannah, Bernadine, Robin and Gloria, fifteen years after we left them exhaling. The four strong black women we first met are still feisty and fierce, and most importantly still best friends. Read more >
The first time I read a book by Terry McMillan I was a recently married young mother full of hope for our future; in Waiting to Exhale I found engaging characters with touching stories laced with hope. In the long awaited follow up Getting to Happy, we revisit these beloved characters fifteen years later. Unfortunately it's a visit I didn't enjoy. Read more >
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