Friday's Featured Friend!

Welcome back to my Friday Featurette. Today I would like to showcase a post that is from one of my favorite bloggers.  Heidi of Sacred and Profane has won me over with her honesty and humor. I had also included her in my post:  Versatile Bloggers.  I wanted to honor her here on Happy Wife, Happy Life because I think that this lady is on to something when it comes to "Happily Ever After"! Please read her her über honest post:  If I'm Being Honest . Go Heidi! You can tell by the comments from her readers that she struck a nerve with this one!


This woman is generous enough to share her tips on Top Ten Ways To Grow Your Blog. Gotta love a woman who can share secrets and helpful hints!

You can also find Heidi on Twitter because her wit doesn't just come with her blog posts! You can get a quickie laugh via Twitter!

Friday Featurette

Please excuse me as I try to clever with today's post! This is in honor of Lindsay, her marriage, and her blog Life As 5. I wanted to share this, because her post made me happy. Married life is a dynamic one and though there are tons of "mommy" blogs that address motherhood - there aren't many (that I have found) that honors married life. I've decided to dedicate my Friday posts featuring other Happy Wife, Happy Life stories!  I know that life isn't always "rainbows & butterflies" but I always love an inspiring post!

And to think that I thought that I was the only one with a super duper husband?! Hooray for husbands that love their wife!

Read her story: Life As 5: Let's hear it for the boy...: "I love my husband. Do you want to know why? No, not really? Well, too damn bad it's my blog and i'll post what I want! Time for a list! ..."

Check out Life as 5 on Facebook too!

See you next Friday - I'm on a quest to find the next inspiring post!

"First Time" Friday

Do you remember how you felt your FIRST TIME?  Were you nervous & scared?

I wanted to share. Let's do First Time Friday shall we? Oh kids, minds out of the gutter. I am NOT talking about THAT first time.  I'm talking about your very first time blogging.

I am hoping that some of you will play along and share your first blog post via comment.  Please leave a link to the very post that you have written, the date of the post, and a few of your thoughts.

I'll start:

XANGA - WHY I'M HERE Posted 10/6/2004 5:45 PM.  I was excited but nervous about what information I put out on the world wide web.  Once you put it out there - It's there. Forever.  I have since closed my first blog recently reactivated it and left only a handful of posts.  I am a little embarrassed by my first attempts but now I am a much more confident blogger.  It's now more about what I want to do, say, and share.  In the past it was more of a worry that will others like me? Will anyone read my blogs? How do I get better at it?  Then - BAM, I was addicted!  I stopped for a few years but have since returned to my beloved hobby.

Money Honey

Today I read an interesting article on Marital Finances. I was wondering how other "marrieds" felt about it. Here's my informal poll. Jump in with a comment if you have an opinion.

Check out the article and chime in:  Are Separate Bank Accounts Right for Your Marriage?

Personally, we fall into the Yours, Mine, and Ours category. It works out very well for us.