En route to America.

She's packed up her shit and she's now  officially en route to America.

Holla hollaaa!

Where she has been...

Good riddance!

Dat flow tho.

I know what you're thinking "emily, STFU about his hair..."

First of all, that's mean. Second of all, I can't help it! I mish it.

I think he got a whole new attitude with his new haircut & I don't know how much I love either of them.

On her way home from war.

This badass soldier on the right is on her way back from war in T minus, 4 DAYS!

Hell. Yes.

She's been in Afghanistan the last 9 months and I'm DYING to hug her.

I'm just dying.

 

What the F%#K was I thinking?

 

Seriously.
What. Have. I. Done?

I mean, OKAY. He looks adorable no matter what... Obvi. He's my child.
But I miss his luscious brown locks and crazy bed head!
What can I give him to make his hair grow faster?
Protein shakes? Prenatal vitamins? Steroids?
Anyone...?

Sometimes {preschool edition}

Sometimes your newly 3 year old baby boy heads off to preschool for the very first time.
He lets you kiss him on the cheek AFTER he's hung up his backpack.
He says okay bye mom! & runs to sit down...
And then you go cry in the car because suddenly, your baby boy, isn't so much a baby anymore.

What kind of blogger are you?

And I don't mean like
"Oh me?! I'm a fashion blogger" or
"I blog about fruit & veggies and how it affects your animals!" or
"Well I'm a mom soooo, mom blog!"

No. I mean...

1. Do you post everyday?
2. Are you the kind of blogger with advertisements all over & the sneaky ones that randomly pop up?
3. Do you review products? If so, how often?
4. Would you subscribe to a blog based on the number of  readers they have before checking out their content?
5. Do you host link-ups?
6. Do you host or participate in giveaways?
7. Do you appreciate comments?
8. Are you always happy blogging or does it sometimes feel like a chore?

Imma break down these questions that pop in my head when finding new blogs and/or debating whether to unsubscribe to a blog.

one. Do you post everyday? This is something that is very common among most blogs that I read. I don't mind it. Obviously, if I'm subscribed to read your blog, I'm not going to be upset when you have new posts to read everyday. And if you take 3-4 days in between your posts, I don't mind that either.

two. Advertisements. Okay... c'mon guys. There should be a limit to your side advertisements. I don't like it & I prob won't continue to read. Sorry I'm not sorry. I don't like clutter & I reeaallly don't like when advertisements pop up in the middle of the page and follow me as I scroll down. I'm reading YOUR blog. Not Mr. Clean's.

three. Do you review products? Let's get one thing straight. If you have a product you love and you want to share with your readers, your neighbors & pretty much anyone who will listen, great! I want in on this awesomeness. However, I don't give 2 shits about reading your blog when there is a review 5 days out of the week. My friend told me she unsubscribed to a blog because the blogger was reviewing items/products that she had never even used! Whyyy? Oh you get compensated? Cool... 

four. How do you choose what blogs to read? I have to admit, I was guilty of this awhile back. If I saw there were more than like 500+ readers, I thought well she's got to have something goin' on, look at her readers... When in reality, they sucked and I could care less about what they blogged about. Now after cleaning out my feed & being even more picky about the blogs I choose, I'm happy to scroll down my blogger home feed without the usual, meh...lame...how do 1500 readers love her outfit?...another review...8th post in a row about her lawn...awesome non-existent baby bump, not...

five. Link-ups. Who doesn't love a link-up? I love them. And I know you love them. I've found some of my most favoritest blogs from blog hopping. But I need to know... why the fk would you have a co-hosting fee? Listen, I don't care how many readers you have or how popular your link-up is. You shouldn't charge anything. I don't want to "buy" my readers, but if you are co-hosting a link-up in hopes of some exposure and maybe some new readers, isn't that what you're kinda doing? Are those just my feelings? I want READERS. Not just subscribers.

six. Giveaways. You know I love me some giveaways. I love entering them with the giddy hopes that I'll win. I've hosted 1 giveaway, which was great. It had a good outcome & the winner was very pleased with her prize. But I was glad when it was over with. I didn't enjoy it enough to keep doing it. I've been offered a couple times to promote some things and host another giveaway, but I feel like a teenager who wants to clean the house and then her mom TELLS her to clean the house and then all of the sudden, she doesn't want to do it anymore. My only dilemma, don't over do it! Same thing with the reviews. After a certain point, I don't care anymore what you're giving away because I've unsubscribed to you...

seven. Do you appreciate comments? I've talked about this before, but really. If people are taking their time to comment on your blog, the least you could do is respond back. Right? Right. No if's, and's, or but's about it. Just do it. Even if it's only a quick, thank you! It'll be appreciated on the other end. If you are a comment-er and think you may be getting ignored, go HERE to see if there is something you can do about it on your end.

eight. Are you an always happy blogger? Or does it feel like a chore sometimes? I love blogging. It's one of my most favoritest things to do. I never ever ever want to feel like writing a post or hosting a giveaway is a chore. And once it does, I will probably stop doing it. But for now, it's just a hobby that I'm happily dedicated to.

So what kind of blogger are you?
Whatever kind you are, I'm sure you rock at it.
Unless you fall into 1 or more of these categories, then you prob suck. Ha, kidding!... sorta. 

And if you need more of my bitching, go HERE.

I hope I didn't offend anyone. If I did tho, get over it. Wuss...

Labor Day // Bye Summer

Everyone says the 1st day of Sept marks the start of fall. Well, I've got news for you.

Fall doesn't start till October. Bitches.

What makes you so sure you say? Because that's my birthday month and because I say so.

What?

I 'm going to enjoy the rest of this month half naked as much as I can.

Because while I do love fall {ode to fall coming in oct}, I love my summertime rays.

Summer don't goooo!