blogging – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 A Little Q&A With Cait /post/2016/03/03/caits-cozy-corner/ /post/2016/03/03/caits-cozy-corner/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:00:11 +0000 /?p=6427 One of my biggest challenges in being a blogger is finding people who can relate to what I’m working on. My good friends are barely into social media and the internet in general, much less the blogging world, so they have … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/03/03/caits-cozy-corner/feed/ 4 Why I Switched from Bloglovin’ to Feedly. /post/2016/02/16/feedly/ /post/2016/02/16/feedly/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:14:33 +0000 /?p=6358 I recently made the switch from Bloglovin’ to Feedly, and I must say, I’m happy with my decision. I know Bloglovin’ is all the rage right now (and has been for a while), but for me, I was seeing too … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/16/feedly/feed/ 22 A Naptime Blog Rebrand /post/2016/02/03/rebrand/ /post/2016/02/03/rebrand/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:49:09 +0000 /?p=6293 My original intention was to wait until the weekend to officially re-brand this little blog from ‘Two Martinis’ to ‘Naptime Chai‘. However, patience is not a gift of mine and when Rachel sent me the incredible new design, I just had to … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/03/rebrand/feed/ 34 A better way to comment using Disqus. /post/2015/01/14/isqus/ /post/2015/01/14/isqus/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:40:00 +0000 http://8268c005-ded2-4778-8f6e-827844a571a0 I’ve used Disqus on this blog for quite a while now. Actually, I think I’ve used it forever. The first version of this blog was on WordPress and now it’s self-hosted, so Disqus has always been the tool of choice … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/01/14/isqus/feed/ 0 Too much scrolling and not enough participating. /post/2015/01/12/social-media1/ /post/2015/01/12/social-media1/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:30:00 +0000 http://d5fa8170-ecec-4432-b210-53e41fc271f8 One of the things that stands in between me and being truly intentional with my time is the time I waste spend on social media. I just can’t seem to figure out a ‘trick’ to ensure that the time I’m … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/01/12/social-media1/feed/ 1 A new blog idea/direction. /post/2015/01/06/continuous-improvement/ /post/2015/01/06/continuous-improvement/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:28:00 +0000 http://3a06e748-90af-4896-b122-23e256d93403 Sometimes I think about the big picture of this blog and even I get confused as to what this blog actually IS. I mean, it’s definitely a lifestyle blog, but who does it serve? How does it help? I like … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/01/06/continuous-improvement/feed/ 1 Thinking of topics is not the most challenging aspect of blogging (for me). /post/2014/12/18/blogging-is-hard/ /post/2014/12/18/blogging-is-hard/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:08:00 +0000 http://fe9dc323-6912-45c5-b234-659dba3d41f3 There are a few things I think we can all (if you write a blog) agree are challenging about blogging. This ‘list’ might include: Thinking of prompts. Finding the time to actually write cohesive thoughts into a post. Formatting/HTML/etc. Running … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/12/18/blogging-is-hard/feed/ 0 My (not so organized) writing process. /post/2014/05/13/writing-process/ /post/2014/05/13/writing-process/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 08:33:00 +0000 http://1e458714-085b-4aa7-9b65-88ad234d0028 The lovely Katie was kind enough to pass along the baton of the ‘writing process’ blog tour to me, and of course, I was supposed to post yesterday and somehow it’s today already and I’m pretty sure that means I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/05/13/writing-process/feed/ 0 (Not-so-deep) blogging ‘confessions’. /post/2014/05/07/blogging-confessions/ /post/2014/05/07/blogging-confessions/#respond Wed, 07 May 2014 08:01:00 +0000 http://d8acacae-2355-4e69-ad1b-476e0ba511b8   //  I (still) get really excited when a ‘big’ blogger comments on one of my posts. //  I would rather promote other bloggers than myself. It just makes me uncomfortable to self-promote. //  I’m immediately jealous of any blogger … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/05/07/blogging-confessions/feed/ 0 This is a very time consuming (and rewarding) little hobby! /post/2014/02/06/blogging/ /post/2014/02/06/blogging/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:37:00 +0000 http://78aed9a1-df9f-4c80-a7d8-788884df5bc3 I have this ‘disease’ (I’ll call it) that pretty much renders me incapable of writing a blog post during normal daytime hours. Instead, I usually start writing a post around 10 or 10:30 and publishing it before midnight. And that’s … Continue reading →

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