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Want to see my booty?

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A conversation last night:

Boo: Mommy, can I look at a part of your body?
Me: Depends which part.
Boo: Your boobies.
Me: I just don’t feel like showing you my boobs right now. If you’re lucky, maybe I’ll change clothes in the next 24 hours.
Boo: (pokes my bra) It’s empty.
Me: Thanks.
Boo: When I get older I get a bar, right?
Me: A bra.
Boo: Want to see my booty?
Me: No….and just FYI…..we don’t go around showing people our booties.

(…..except if you post pics on your blog after surgery….maybe she won’t see those….)

Speaking of surgery……there was an email conversation going around in my inbox today about plastic surgery (in general).  After 45 emails hit my inbox with everyone giving their opinion, it made me think for a moment:

1. I really don’t have an opinion about anyone else getting plastic surgery.
2. I’d get boobs in a millisecond if I could 100% be sure the result wouldn’t be “Ashley survives cancer only to die under anesthesia for a boob job.”
3. If the headline on a tabloid is “plastic surgery: what were they thinking?”…..I’ll buy it.

I saw Dr. L yesterday (oncologist….not plastic surgeon).  After a little negotiation he agreed I could start coming every two weeks for blood tests instead of once a week.  Yay.

 

Okay……I’ve got to cut this post short…..watching Deadliest Catch and someone just went overboard…..

All about White Balance

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All About White Balance #photography via lilblueboo.comWhite balance is probably one of the last camera settings that most people think to change. That is, until they look at the photo they took of their gorgeous child outside in the shade and it looks very blue. Or they notice that the photo that they took in their living room looks orange. White balance can make your photos look gorgeous or yucky.

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Pinterest Analytics

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I finally started something I should have done a long time ago….a Pinterest board to pin projects you’ve done from Lil Blue Boo tutorials! I’ve got a bunch to catch up on! WordPress notifies me of backlinks so that’s really the only way I can find you unless you tag me on Pinterest with @lilblueboo.

I spent the afternoon tracking down a few projects to pin onto my new Sharing the DIY Love board:

So I’m just going to assume everyone knows what Pinterest is……

Want to see what people are pinning from your website onto Pinterest? Type in the following:

Want to see what people are repinning from your pins? Pinreach.com is a good resource!

 

A few tips for Pinterest:

1. Send some traffic to the original source. One issue I have with Pinterest is that it is one step removed from original source.  Something to think about when you create the photos for your posts:  If you use a big collage with every step of a tutorial, and the entire tutorial shows up on Pinterest, there is no incentive for pinners and repinners to click through to the original source.  I try not to spend a ton of time on Pinterest, but when I find something I like: I click all the way through to the original author…..to send them some traffic….even if it’s just one visitor.

2. Weed out the spammers. Spammers like to take popular photos and repost them with their own spam link. Before repinning photo, take a half a second to make sure you are able to click through to the original source…..and that it is a legit source.

 

That’s all I’ve got for today….short and sweet!

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