Remember when I told you about my new blogging project, The Little Gourmande? Well, it’s my latest and greatest excuse for the lack of updates here. I’m still posting recipes there, and I really, really think you should have a look. With the rest of my free time (now abundant since I’m only partially employed), I’m working on boosting my CV and pounding the pavement both literally and figuratively. On that note, hire me!
Okay, my happy blogging news is ready to share! I’ve started a new blog called The Little Gourmande. There I’ll be sharing recipes I create and adapt from other sources, along with the stories that accompany them. I’m a firm believer that everyone - even poor college students (or struggling recent college graduates like me! Woo!) can eat well with the dedication of a little bit of extra time in the kitchen and high quality, natural ingredients. My first post just went up this morning and I’d be very much obliged if you’d hop over there and then tell me what you think. I’m sure that, like Grown-Up Lessons, it will undergo many transformations in the coming months. I’d like those transformations to be inspired by the reader’s needs and desires as much as my own.
Today marks one year since I started this little blog. Wow! It has served me well over the last year as many changes have taken place in my life. I’m not sure yet exactly what the second year will hold for Grown-Up Lessons since I’m nearly ready to launch a new blogging project, which I cannot wait to share with you, my lovely readers! I really think you’ll love it (I know I do!). Please stay tuned through the dearth of posts on Grown-Up Lessons as I ready my new site for unveiling. And fret not; I’ll continue updating Grown-Up Lessons, though some content may become a bit redundant once you see my new baby blog… You’ll see what I mean soon!
I’m going to do something that some of you are bound not to like. Fortunately, I’m the webmistress here so you’ll just have to deal!
I’m going to be doing a bit of blog cleanup over the next few days as I prepare for the biggest and best redesign yet. Soon, thanks to some valuable personal advice from Jessica of What I Wore, a web designer, and my lovely boyfriend, Grown-Up Lessons will be easier to navigate, cleaner, and will hopefully load faster!
In order for me to fully make this transition, some of my prior posts will change a bit, some will lose their DISQUS comments as a move them from one post format to another, and others will disappear entirely. This is a necessary clean-up effort in order to make posts uniform under the new design.
I’m not tearing my hair out worrying about losing valuable information and neither should you. If there’s a grown-up lesson to be learned from this I’ll probably have to learn it the hard way, but the truth is I’m just not that sentimental. I’d just as soon delete terrible bygone content and forget all about it than have an embarrassingly messy archive under later incarnations of Grown-Up Lessons.
In exchange for your understanding of the inconvenience of this redesign (and there will be HTML dust for the next couple of weeks), I promise that I won’t be selectively deleting any content in the future. I’m just trimming the dead branches now so that Grown-Up Lessons can grow into a bigger, more beautiful blog.
Please keep checking back for exciting new changes (and if you know anything about HTML and want to roll up your sleeves and offer your services, I’d welcome it)!
Okay, so today’s post has absolutely nothing to do with style of any kind, as clearly demonstrated by today’s bland (but practical for being on the go) outfit. What this post is really about is a wonderful new addition to Grown-Up Lessons that will make it easier than ever for me to stay on top of outfit posts. “Psh, Elizabeth! We’ve heard that before!” I know, I know, I’ve been terrible, but my excuses to not putting up outfit posts are dwindling thanks to my now being the proud owner of a tripod. Believe it or not, I’ve made it so far without one, balancing my camera on chairs, tables, fences, etc. or by coercing my little sister/photographer into following me outside into sub-zero temperatures…
Even though I woke up late this morning, sucked down two cups of coffee and threw on a pair of sunglasses to hide the dark circles under my eyes, I just had to post a photo of my I’m-not-a-morning-person-today self, so excited was I that taking this shot with my new tripod took even less time than it did for me to throw on this ratty tee shirt and jeans!
Tee, American Apparel; jeans, JBrand; gladiators, UO; sunglasses, Fred Flare.
If you know me personally and you’ve ever asked me what I’m in the mood to eat/play/do, you may know I’m fond of telling people that I’m not indecisive - I just like everything! (Well, not everything. That’s a downright lie.) I like other people to decide for me sometimes because I end up trying new things that I wouldn’t have necessarily chosen for myself.
Even if you don’t know me personally, you’re sure to have noticed the constant changes in my blog design ever since its inception. I guess it’s time to ‘fess up: I’m really indecisive! I’ve admired lots of other, beautiful blogs but am having so much trouble feeling like this one really represents me. I have lots of design ideas but am not versed enough in HTML to bring them to life. I also really like working on Tumblr but lately am feeling like I can make more of a blog using Blogger.
So just as I’d rather you pick a restaurant for me, please, please, please comment on this post to weigh in on any ideas or inspiration you may be able to offer! I don’t care how random or even uninspired your ideas may feel to you - please share any thoughts you have on color, images, text, content, etc.!
A DISCLAIMER: My longest standing life philosophy is “all by myself” and I am apt to listen to your wonderful words and then do just the opposite of what you suggest. But it doesn’t mean your advice isn’t valuable! On the contrary, sometimes it’s important for me to hear a lot of opposing ideas before I can decide what I really want.
I am having more inspired ideas for this blog than ever, yet have less time than I’ve ever had. Can you other bloggers relate? Help!
Outfit posts, apartment photos, job updates and more grown-uppy things to come as soon as I can manage! In the meantime, check out these blogs I’ve been particularly enjoying: The Glamourai and Naturally Nina for seasonal inspiration.
… an enormous sense of responsibility. And believe me, where this blog is concerned I do try to push myself to update regularly and to act all responsible-ish, as everyone knows real grown-up girls do. The problem is that extraordinarily grown-up-like things keep happening to me and distracting me.
As of this past week, for example, I am the proud bearer of a set of keys to my very own apartment. My very own! I’m very excited, but the experience of moving is keeping me very busy (as a very grown-up person such as myself ought to be), which leaves little time for blogging. Sigh.
So far I’ve yet to spend much time in my soon-to-be posh new flat without my hands simply covered in paint, dirt, or sudsy water, but as soon as I do I’ll pick up my camera and take some pictures.
And I promise to try not to be so boring. Oh, you think all grown-ups are boring? Well, I beg to differ, thank you very much.
My January stats just came in and I’m happy to say that more of you are reading Grown-Up Lessons than ever! Thank you. It’s truly my pleasure to have you visit my humble little blog.
These are some of my current favorites among the blogs I keep in my RSS feed:
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