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Whatever I feel like talking about, which is usually my latest Squidoo lens and what I'm doing over there. But I also gab about life in general, things that bug me, what's on my mind.
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Now dropping by from Sesame Street - Zoe!
I've been hitting the Sesame Street sauce again over at Squidoo. Can't help it. Just love Sesame Street!! (Except for Elmo. Just not going to budge on that one.)Anywho, I do like Elmo's best friend (originally "girlfriend"), Zoe, so she has now joine...
Snuggling up with Sesame Street plush characters
Fall is getting close, so some of us will be snuggling up under blankets, hopefully with loved ones. But ya know, kids get that snuggling can be a year round activity, regardless of weather. All it takes is a lot of love and a snuggly friend.For my y...
Renting the top spot at Squidoo for a while
Yes, it has finally come true. I have finally hit #1 at Squidoo. And for once remembered to take a screenshot so I could remember this moment. :-)I'm not entirely sure what I thought my Squidoo trajectory would look like when I started up a year ago....
Reflections from one year at Squidoo
Today marks my first anniversary at Squidoo. My green chile lens is one year old today and I've made a whopping $10.41 in that year on it. Whee!! But you know, I had absolutely no clue when I started about the money-making aspects of Squidoo. For me ...
Next Squidoo goal met, but need some motivation
Well, with the publication of my lens on Amanda Seyfried (of Mamma Mia and Veronica Mars fame), I have passed my goal of 125 lenses. Rah. I thought I'd be more excited than this. But you know, as the list has gotten longer (and the competition keeps ...
Decking out the house with sports decor
Baseball season is heading into its second half, and pro and college football will be on us in a few more weeks. Are you showing your team enough love?During the NCAA basketball tournament this past spring, my family was having a case of Volunteer fe...
How to Boil Eggs
So I never really learned the "how" of how to boil eggs as I was growing up. Not that my mom never boiled eggs - we had them in our tuna fish all the time. But her method pretty much consisted of put the eggs on the stove and come back to get them if...
Nothing better than baseball music
In case you missed it, The Baseball Project released its first album last week -Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails. It's a random project from a couple of guys from REM among others and the original songs cover baseball greats and some infamous ...
Texas Tuesdays: Keeping Austin Weird
Everyone has one in the family. The sibling, cousin, unmarried aunt - the relative who is slightly off from the rest of you. In Texas, it's down the road from me in Austin.The thing is, Austin is proud of being so different from the rest of the state...
Introducing the Mysterious Benedict Society
I love books meant for the 10-to-12-year-old set. Frankly, they're just a lot more fun than many adult books. (Much like I enjoyed doing murals for kids' rooms better than painting adult spaces. People are more willing to take chances with stuff for ...
Introducing Baby Quilt Queen
Yes, I've gone off the deep end, starting yet another blog. But I figured this wasn't something I wanted to start getting into here at The Life of Lewister, so it seemed appropriate to start a new blog to tackle the topic.One of my many hobbies is qu...
Have you gotten caught in the iCarly craze?
If you have a pre-teen, you've probably heard of iCarly, the latest hit show in the TeenNick line-up on Nickelodeon. This show grabs hold of the Web 2.0 wave as the theme of the show, which is about the lives of teens Carly, Sam and Freddie and the w...
Journey out today with Brendan Fraser
OK, I have to admit. I'm not entirely sure I'll be going to see Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Even if it does star Brendan Fraser. (Who has been absent from the big screen for quite a while.) We went to see Indiana Jones this past weekend - ...
Texas Tuesdays: Take a spin on the Texas Motor Speedway
So it's time to take another stroll around Texas to see what's going on in our fine state (and group). Texas is a big state for sports, but not just the Cowboys or Spurs or Astros. There's also a lot of hunting, fishing, NCAA and now, cars. Yep, we'r...
How I manage my Squidoo lenses
So someone asked me the other day what kind of system I use for updating all my lenses. After all, I have more than 100 in my main account and almost 100 in my song lyrics account. So surely I have a system, right?Actually, as I’ve gotten more lens...
Making little things - like pop tabs - count
I love weird/different/offbeat ways to help out. And that's reflected in several of my lenses over at Squidoo. Enter the latest in that line of lenses - collecting and donating pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Idea was generated during a recen...
Made the Giant Squid 100 Club!
Well, my latest milestone has been hit and passed. There was a competition on for members of the Giant Squid 100 club. Entry fee is 100 quality lenses, which I passed around the middle of June. I have 108 including my group right now with 11 in the w...
Care to Sing-Along?
I've created an alter-ego over at Squidoo to house some stuff I'm doing on song lyrics. They're kind of cookie-cutter style lenses, so I didn't really want them mixed in with my other lenses. Thus the second account.My lensmaster name is Sing-Along, ...
Texas Tuesday - Lady Bird Johnson and the wildflowers
We're going to start something new here at The Life of Lewister. To help promote my Texas group over at Squidoo, I'm going to start featuring one of the lenses in the group over here every Tuesday. Thus the Texas Tuesday bit. Get it?And we're going t...
No, your socks don't have to match
I first learned about LittleMissMatched thanks to Seth Godin's blog. They're just the coolest little company who took what is usually a problem - missing socks - and figured out a solution. After all, if your socks never come in matching pairs, losin...
Trends I saw doing "market research" at the mall
So I was spending sometime at the mall recently. Not my usual hang-out, but it does allow for some good market research. So what was I seeing in the stores? Lots and lots of scarves. On mannequins, mind. It's 100 degrees right now in Texas, so no on...
Kung Fu Panda ... body spray?
I've been searching, searching, searching for new Kung Fu Panda stuff. I would have thought by now that there would be shirts and bedding and lots of that kind of stuff. But no. What do we get? Kids Designer body spray for boys. Yep. Just what every ...
Donated my Crocs!!
Well, I am now Crocs-less. I fulfilled my pledge to donate my Crocs yesterday, taking them to the Crocs store at the Dallas Galleria. Bye-bye, my well-traveled shoes! I hope they get to go back to Africa.Just to fill in those of you who might not kno...
How's the Lone Star State group doing?
Well, it's been almost a month since I took over the Lone Star State group. I've done a lot to the group page and worked hard at getting people to join the group. Most of the success in doing so has come via invitations to people who had existing len...
Miraculous find!
Well, I mentioned previously about how difficult it was to find an Abby Cadabby costume. (Not for me. For your child.) I had even put ideas for creating your own on my Abby Cadabby page.Well, there's a new costume out now! It's a little different fro...
Passed the 100 mark!
I've done it! Finally made it past the 100-mark in lenses. Hooray for me! So I can officially submit myself for the 100 Club over at Squidoo. What does that mean? Haven't a clue. But it's something special, so I want it. Besides, couldn't let Victori...
I'm in, I'm out - doing the Google dance
Well, I was all excited a couple of days ago because my novelty cycling jerseys lens had started showing up in Google searches again. I get a good 30 hits a day or so when I'm feeling the Google love. Spoke too soon, apparently, though, as we're on t...
Tacky or totally cool?
Some lenses just don't take that much effort and they're kind of fun. With that, I'd like to introduce you to an idea whose time has come - Toilet Tattoos. They're vinyl cling decals that go on your toilet seat to add a little flair. What do you thin...
Learning to let go
I have a problem.I tend to fall in love with ideas. Ideas that aren't bad necessarily, but ones that may or may not pan out based on my goals. But I hate to let go of them. I don't want to let go. They're my ideas. I love them.But I've signed up for ...
Whew! What a day!!
Cheers to me!! (It's my blog, I'm allowed to brag.) This has been a Squidoo day for the books.Woke up this morning to discover Kung Fu Panda had broken through to become #1 not only at the box office this past weekend, but the #1 lens in Movies &...
