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The Power of Bicycles

 

What I Learned From Commenting on Other Blogs

If you read my January Goals then you know that one of my goals this month was to leave 200 comments on blogs that I love. I have a bad habit of NOT leaving my Google Reader and just browsing through all the blogs posts in less them 10 minutes. Meaning... I was not reading the whole post and sometimes I was just looking at the photos. 

One day I was sitting here getting upset at how low my blog stats were getting and then it hit me. Why would anyone want to take the time to come read my blog and leave a comment, if I was not doing the same for them. Does that make since? I was not taking the time to click out of Google Reader to view the post in its entirety and leave a thoughtful comment. 

For the Past 30 (31) days I have been clicking outside Google Reader and visiting all the blogs I love. Here are a few things that I learned about commenting on other peoples blogs 

1. I love leaving comments on blogs

2. By leaving comments, other bloggers were leaving comments on my blog 

3. My stats have gone up a ton 

4. Finding new blogs from other bloggers and comments 

5. Seeing all the beautiful blogs out there and their designs

6. Feeling more connected 

7. Enjoying my morning blog reading time. I look forward to it everyday

8. I don't really love Google Reader 

9. Learning how to be a better blog friend 

I loved this goal and I will continue to take the time to leave comments on other blogs. There was something so fulling about this goal and seeing it all the way through.

Happy Birthday Lauren

Even though you are no longer with us, I still wanted to wish you a happy birthday.

Happy Birthday Lauren! I will love you always.

21 Days of GREAT Hair// Update

This Project was kind of a BUST.

One thing that I learned about about hair from this project was is my hair hates San Francisco weather. Most people don't know this but, I have really curly hair and ever since I moved to San Francisco my curls don't like to come out. I hate this because then my hair just looks like I need to brush it and that is why I am always pulling my hair back. 

During this project I have tried to curl my hair and the curls last about 10 min and this was getting really frustrating. Last weekend I just decided to get my hair cut. I am still trying to grow it out, but I trimmed my hair and got new bangs. 

Here are a few photos of my hair nothing exciting because I basically gave up. I am going to keep trying to do my hair and come up with something that works for me. 

California Lovin// My New Tattoo

I have been slowly working in my sleeve over the past few months. I would really like to have it all done in the next 3  months, but we shall see. 

On Monday night I got California tattooed on my left arm. I was born and raised here and no matter how much I want to move to NYC, California is my home. 

If you want to see all my tattoos you should check out My Tattoo Story. I will be updating later today. 

I don't think that I ever shared my elbow tattoo. I got a rose (top view) tattooed on my elbow back in December. I know that it make not look like a rose, but it is and I really love it. 

I think that I will start getting these tattoos colored in starting next week. 

Whats next for my arm is another rose (traditional view) and some filler tattoos.