A little bit of this, a little bit of that…

Time for a bit of miscellaneous stuff today.

Sonia started a blog!

She’s been wanting to try her hand at blogging for a while, and I helped her come up with an idea and name.

I signed her up for site through Bluehost, where I paid a little less than $200 for three year’s worth of hosting (plus a domain name).   Her blog isn’t going to be making money at first, of course, but I think over the course of three years, it shouldn’t have trouble earning back that investment.

I’d never used Bluehost before, but it was ridiculously easy.   Like, waaaay easier than self-hosted WordPress used to be back when I started my own blog.   So, if you’re thinking about starting a blog, I can whole-heartedly recommend Bluehost as a great way to go.

(I use Synthesis web hosting for my own blog, since I need something a little bigger than what Bluehost typically offers.   But for someone just starting out, like Sonia, Bluehost is perfect. And affordable.)

Anyway! Sonia is alllways making something, from paintings to slime to knitted creatures.   So we thought it would be fun for her to have a place to share her creative endeavors, and we named her blog Sonia Makes.

You can visit it at SoniaMakes.com.   Sonia will probably be posting once a week or so.

(Bluehost emailed me a referral link a while back, but I never used it because I hadn’t tried out their service.   But I can happily share it now because I’m sure that you will love Bluehost.   SO EASY.)

I’m doing a 52 project.   At least I hope I am.

Joshua and I attempted one of these last year, but found it difficult to keep coordinated.   So I’m trying one all on my own this year, and we’ll see if that helps me stay caught up.

I’m doing it because I think it’ll be fun, and it’ll give me a chance to practice photographing stuff that wouldn’t normally fit here on The Frugal Girl.

You can check out my 52 blog here.

I’m getting ready to do my taxes.

Ohh, joy.   This is never a fun job, but Turbo Tax does make it pretty easy.

(By the way…next week I’m giving away a copy of Turbo Tax, so keep an eye out for that! I had to buy my own, but one of you is getting yours free. 😉 )

I tried Milk Street Cooking and didn’t love it.

This is a magazine started by Christopher Kimball after his rather dramatic exit from CI/ATK/etc.   I got the free charter issue and decided I’m just gonna stick with my Cook’s Country subscription.

Milk Street wasn’t bad, per se, but I think it’s aimed at people who are possibly a bit more serious about their food than me.

For instance, in one article, he talked about the perfect temperature to warm your plates to when serving scrambled eggs, and I was just like, ummm, I do not live a plate-warming life. I make food, I put it on the table, and we eat it on room-temperature plates.

I give myself gold stars for managing to consistently churn food out of the kitchen, and I just don’t see myself spending any time on plate temperature, luxurious though warmed plates might be.

But hey, it was a free issue! And even though it’s a bit high-brow, I still think it’s way better than a lot of food magazines out there, and it’s full of content, not ads, which is lovely.

Thus concludes this edition of Miscellany.

Before I go, I have to know…do you ever warm up your plates?

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