Chris Brogan loves me!

He reads me every day.

He lives for my photos,

loves that one above.

When I got the e-mail

he was following me back

on Twitter, I was all…

“Yessss, he knows my

brilliance now!” (That  

feeling lasted a full 3

days until I clicked on

his profile to see he’s

following 130,000+.)

Anybody big following YOU on Twitter and hanging on your every bloggity word?  :)

(That’s a photo I took here on Lake Austin last fall. I posted it once before, but much smaller. )

See you soon!
xoxox

Color me even crazier than usual – but today I tweaked this blog to upgrade my photos from 700 pixels wide to this all-new 740 wide!!

[My Canadian hometown, 2008. Kelly, Alyssa, nephew Austin.]

Okay, so My Amazing Camera is still a thing of the future, but what do you think of these 740 px wides??

I would be SO grateful if you could please let me know your most intimate thoughts pertaining to my new Ludicrously Wide photos.

[Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 2008. Sister Rosie, Alyssa, Kelly.]

In the poll below, please check ALL that apply.

Thank you all so very very much a lot!!!!

And feel free to leave any additional input in a comment below.

xoxoxo

All y’all are so darned tootin’ sweet!!

A few weeks back when I asked why y’all might recommend newcomers to subscribe to my blog, y’all came through with more beautifully touching words than I could’ve ever imagined in a whole lifetime of chasing hogs, ropin’ wild turkeys and jumpin’ nekkid into the cement-pond at night. 

THANK Y’ALL SO MUCH!!

I’ve incorporated y’all’s ideas I feel best reflect this blog into my new 18 Reasons To Love This Blog page, linked up for all perpetuity. And such.

Now, I know toutin’ my own blog could seem I have Texas-sized ego. But friends… like Mama done told me in the carrot patch when I was seven — “Jannie Junebug, you give the world your very best, and you’ll always be on your own sunshiney path to glory.” And Mama knows some stuff! Lots of stuff!!  Like how to blanch string beans, spot rhubarb at 200 paces, and field-dress a moose in a blizzard make her own cheddar.

So, thank all y’all, again. I love all y’all so much!

Thanks also for bearin’ with my blog construction dust as I further whip my design into shape.  I’ve gone as far as I can on my own, makin’ and puttin’ in my new nav buttons. Next I have to git with my Wordpress Consultant Guru to pull my search button down yonder, and get rid of the top nav bar altogether.  Wish me luck, sweet Peeps — a design vision came to me in the night, and I daren’t rest until I lay that sucker to bed.

HAPPY EASTER, y’all – it seems we reached our goal of 500 blogs participating in the Hershey’s baskets!! Woo-hoo!!!

And lastly — a question… have you ever been to Texas?  If so, what did you like about it?  And if you’ve not yet been… what in tarnation is keepin’ ya, and what would you like to see and do in Texas?

xoxoxoxoxo, and such.

And a post I fell in love with by The Mogul Mom about an hour ago…Tim Ferriss’s 3 Simple Blog Tips That Have Big Impact.

Mogul Mom quotes Tim, “Why should [your readers] subscribe to your blog posts, newsletter or free ebook? What do you offer them? Exclusive products? Advance notice of sales? Discounts? Free shipping? Fresh content they can’t find anywhere else?”

This so inspires me to revamp my Suscribe Page to reflect the WHY of subscribing here. And maybe you can help me with it!

Is “Ye Olde Jannie Funster Blog” subscription-worthy?  And if so, why??   Please share any ideas you have, however nutty they may seem.  Don’t be shy — just let them fly. We’re all friends here.

And whichever ideas I use from your comments, I will credit you for – and link you up FOREVER on my Subscribe page!

Whoo-hoo!!!

(I could use some help with my still-lame About Page too, but I guess that can wait for another day.) 

So…?

Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and your blog was gone. Totally gone. Forever.

How much would you pay to recover your site? $500.00?  $1000.00?  Thousands?   A LOT more thousands?

I’d probably pay at least several hundred bucks to get all my precious bra-flinging tales and your wonderful comments  back.  And all the contact information contained within my blog — lost? Devastation.

Hey, don’t believe a malicious hacker would ever try to get into your blog? Think again. A site attacker does his evil deeds…

• Because he can.
• Because it’s there.
• Because it’s thrilling.
• Because it’s a challenge.
• Because he thinks it’s fun.
• Because he can brag about it.
• Because he’s training for bigger attacks.
• Because he doesn’t like you or what you stand for.

But blog invasion can be prevented in the first place!

Today one of our own, and a really good guy — John Hoff — is launching his “Wordpress Defender” Blog Security E-Book with its companion 1.5 hours of video on how to implement many of the security features.  There’s even a bonus — an affiliate program through E-Junkie to earn “Wordpress Defender” owners a 40% commission. Cool, eh?!

John learned the hard way from his wife’s site vanishing that he never ever wanted himself or another person to go through the agony and the fury of a hacked site.  So he poured his heart and soul into writing this 150 page book and producing the videos.

How would you feel if you could be 100% confident that no spammer or hacker could attack your blog – EVER? John Hoff’s “Wordpress Defender” blog security package will put your mind at ease.

“Wordpress Defender” gives you 30 security strategies you can implement today to fight back, defend and protect your blog from malicious hackers out to destroy what you worked so hard to build.

Some of you may already know John through his WP blog, or from his WP Blog Host site.  Follow him on Twitter here.  John is a good guy.  You can’t go wrong with his program.

What you’ll glean is GOLD. And easy to use. And at $39.00 it’s a gift.

Most of us put off blog security.  I know I did.  Don’t YOU put it off, PLEASE!!

Any questions you may have — I’m sure John will be happy to speak to directly in the comments.

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Other respected bloggers who recommend  Wordpress Defender Blog Security E-Book …

Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without A Blog

Davina Haisell — Life Coach, Shades Of Crimson Blog

Hunter Nuttall — Personal Development For Polymaths

Betsy Wuebker — Passing Thru Blog