Wrap Up for Fall Bloggiesta 2015

What a weekend!  I feel like Bloggiesta has really flown by, but considering I lost pretty much all of today to a migraine, I got much more done this weekend than I thought I would.  High-five me!  Here's how I did with my to-do list:

• Participate in at least 1 mini-challenge & Clean up my blog roll on Feedly - it's getting out of control! - Done!  I combined these two items as part of the Blogroll Overhall mini-challenge.  Since I don't keep a blogroll on my sidebar anymore, I cleaned up my Feedly blog roll instead.  There were a lot of blogs that no longer update, and some that had been taken offline.  With a few exceptions, anything that hasn't been updated in the last year or so got removed.

• Participate in at least 1 Twitter chat - Done!  I participated in Friday's Twitter chat about interactions.  It was very engaging, and left me inspired to not be afraid to seek interactions with my readers beyond comments.

• Finish and schedule my post (posts?) about tools for self-love - Done!  The post is scheduled to go up next Thursday.

• Write and schedule another Witchy Pinterest Finds post - I wasn't feeling particularly inspired by anything I've seen on Pinterest lately, so I decided to put this one off for a few weeks and see what comes up as Halloween/Samhain gets closer.

• Read and comment on other folks' Bloggiesta posts - Done!  I've really enjoyed visiting so many folks' blogs, and whenever I tried to leave comments with substance whenever possible.

BONUS to-do items!  Because I finished most of my to-do list, and felt inspired to work on other things, I also did the following:

• Write up a post with my favorite photos from our wedding - I wrote and posted this yesterday, you can see it here.

• Write up a post with my favorite "outtake" photos from our wedding - It's scheduled to go up on the 28th.  

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Our Wedding Photos!

Not long after I woke up today, I realized that today it's been exactly 6 months since Jack and I tied the knot.  Wow!  Happy half-anniversary, my love!!

I never did share our wedding photos on here, so I decided today was an excellent day to share some of my favorites.  Our photographer was my dear friend Tanya Kang, who I've known since college.  You can see more photos from our day over at Tanya's website.

I love how gleeful I look in this photo, and our officiant smiling in the background.  I was fully expecting waterworks because I'm a crybaby, but surprisingly, I didn't cry at all that day.

It was rather chilly that day, so in pretty much all of our photos outside I was wrapped up in a scarf.  It was insufficiently warm, but so much nicer looking than my bulky winter coat!

We found a comic book shop whilewalking through downtown Annapolis.  I squeed over the mini Gojira in the window.  There was also a really cool mock-up of the Infinity Gauntlet. 

Duckies down at the harbor!  I couldn't stop giggling because I quacked at them and they would quack back.

 Hot chocolate / coffee break at Starbucks to warm up!

I hope you enjoyed these photos!  I'll be posting some of our sillier "outtakes" later on.  And if you're new here or weren't already aware, yes we eloped - it was just us, the Anne Arundel County clerk, and Tanya.  Feel free to pop over to my post from earlier this year to read about our elopement.

Fall Bloggiesta 2015: To-Do List

It's time for another Bloggiesta!  It's been a couple of years since I last participated in Bloggiesta, so I'm kind of excited to join in the fun again.  I've been feeling the pull lately to start blogging more, so I thought I'd give it a go and see what inspiration arises and what I'm able to accomplish myself :)

I'm keeping my to-do list a bit light, since I won't have the entire 4 days free - I have to work tomorrow and Friday, and (health willing) I'm planning to be at DC Pagan Pride on Sunday.  I'm sure I'll still have plenty of time to dedicate to sprucing up my blog, take part in the Twitter chats and mini-challenges, and read all about what other folks accomplish with their weekend.

So, yes!  Here's my to-do list for this round of Bloggiesta:

• Participate in at least 1 mini-challenge
• Participate in at least 1 Twitter chat
• Finish and schedule my post (posts?) about tools for self-love
• Write and schedule another Witchy Pinterest Finds post
• Clean up my blog roll on Feedly - it's getting out of control!
• Read and comment on other folks' Bloggiesta posts

If you're wondering what Bloggiesta is, hop on over to Bloggiesta.com to see what it's all about, and don't forget to sign up for this round!

4th Blogiversary

Well, would you look at that?  Today is the 4th blogiversary of Stormy Heart!  Whee!

Fist bumps to all my followers!  (Ba-la-la-la-la-la)

Last year at my blogiversary I decided to re-brand my blog with a new look and a new name.  I haven't heard much feedback about it from you guys, so... I hope you've liked it?

It's interesting how much my blogging style has changed over the years.  When I first started blogging waaaaay back in 1999 over on DearDiary.net, most bloggers that I followed used their blogs as online diaries.  (If you want a laugh, go check out the emo ramblings of teenaged Stormy.  SO MUCH DRAMA.)

Now, it seems to me like blogging is much more about sharing ideas and entertaining your audience.  Sometimes that involves sharing your life, but it rarely seems to be with the intensity and depth it once had.  That may be for the best in some respects, given how we seem to share so much of our lives via social media already.

I know the changing blogging community has been on the minds of many bloggers lately.  What do you guys think about it all?

Anyway, thanks for stopping by to celebrate the anniversary of my little blog with me!