Happy #thinkingoutloud Thursday! No idea what I’m going on about? Click here!
1. Biiiiiiiiig yawn. Hi 🙂 It’s currently 1pm on Wednesday afternoon and I’m trying to shake the grogginess that comes from staying up way too late on Tuesday night. Yep, I was up ‘till a little after 2am watching the election, and I’m not even American. I’m not going to share my thoughts on the results because politics is one of those taboo subjects that you just don’t talk about with friends, but I will say that I can’t pull off the late nights like I used to. Granted, I also used to sleep in ‘till around noon whereas now a late night will have me “sleeping in” ‘till about 7:30, so there’s that. But 12 – 12:30am is currently my happy place.
2. Oh! So I had a few people ask me if it was possible to replace the egg in my pumpkin snickerdoodle mug cake with an egg white, and the answer is YES. BUT! You’ll lose some of the fluff factor in the process…
On the left is the mug cake using an egg white, and on the right is one using a whole egg. They both taste pretty much the same, but the one with the egg white comes out slightly flatter and less air pocket-y. You can totally switch it up depending on your dietary needs, though.
3. And while we’re playing the comparison game, black beans vs. kidney beans -> which do you prefer? I’m team kidney all the way, mostly for the firmer texture and earthier taste. Yay for most random question ever.
4. Okay, so this one’s for all my fellow bloggers. If you have a WordPress blog and you’re experiencing weird timeout errors or really slow load times, check if you’re using the Jetpack plugin and try disabling it to see if things improve. I had some random site issues come up last week after I deleted the plugin that I originally thought was responsible for them, and it turns out that it was actually Jetpack that was messing things up. Definitely not what I expected seeing as Jetpack is pretty much the most popular plugin for WordPress 😡
5. In other blogging news, my new photography backdrops came in!
… which might not make a lot of sense seeing as I don’t even think I ever mentioned ordering any, but I did place an order with Erickson Woodworks a couple months back and got my double sided board in the mail late last week. I really like it. Now to figure out how to manipulate the light to make it look the best.
6. Fact: Ky hates eye drops, and I hate giving them to her even more. She’s got what we’re hoping is just an infection on her lower eyelid, and she’s on drops and meds for the next week or so. She’s not overly impressed and not currently speaking to me.
7. And we’re gonna end things here with a VIQ (very important question). I’ve been thinking about the future of Link Love for a little while now, and I need your guys’ opinions because I’m not entirely sure what I want to do with them. To be completely honest, having 2 posts a week that are kind of locked in with linkups is starting to feel a little burdensome since I don’t really have all that much wiggle room as to when I post. That and there are weeks where I really have to spend a lot of extra time looking for posts to include. So my question is – do you find them useful and do you want to see them continue? Or is it okay to drop them and replace them with another kind of post? OR maybe just cut back to having them every other week? I don’t mind keeping them if you guys enjoy them, but I also don’t want to keep doing them if you don’t. Let me know!
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I’m Team Black Bean all the way, although I certainly wouldn’t kick a kidney bean out of bed.
I love the photo backdrops.
so I wanted to say something about those gorgeous boards (you’ll need to fill me in on it!) but I’m mesmerised by the strategically placed mug cakes.
I prefer link love to thinking out loud ,& slightly prefer black beans !
Oh, those photography boards look amazing! I’ve been looking everywhere for something like that. Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the tip on Jetpack too, I don’t think I have mine enabled but imma take a look.
Do what’s best for you! Being overwhelmed is the worst feeling. I enjoy your Sunday posts myself so that would be my vote to keep. You know me: any recipe I try to jump and make it because I love 99% of your recipes!!
<3 Thanks Barb! Right now I'm leaning towards cutting them back to every other week or once a month depending on how quickly I can collect the links.
Every other week (or whenever you have time to find links) would be great! I enjoy your Link Love posts, but they take a long time to read since I click on most of the links 😉 so sometimes I put off reading them until I have the time. I think every other week would be a happy medium for you and readers alike.
That’s definitely some sound advice and the direction I’m leaning right now. Thanks, Lindsey!
Yay!! I’m so glad your backdrops came! They look lovely!! I can’t wait to see them in action!
When it comes to the Link Loves…I’m torn because sometimes I have lots of time and I want to read all the good articles that you’ve recommended from around the interwebs. But sometimes I’m shorter on time and have a hard time fitting in reading all the ones I want to. I alwaysalwaysalways love reading you, and especially on Sundays because hardly anyone posts on Sundays and that makes it extra special. Of course I would understand wanting to change things up, especially if you don’t have time to post that frequently, but I really hope you’ll still have time to post something on Sundays. Love you, Amanda…you’ll always be one of my favorite bloggers! 💙
Gah! You’re seriously the sweetest, Hannah Elizabeth <3 There will definitely still be posts on Sundays - probably either another recipe, a favourites post, or anything else that comes to mind. Heck, a link love might even sneak in there every now and them. Hope you're having an awesome week, lovely xox
I’m also a Link Love fan – I always read them Sunday mornings with my cup of coffee before I get started with my day. But I can understand why they would be time-consuming! I think if you’re finding them to be too much, cutting down the frequency with which you post them would work well! If you replaced it with something else, what do you think you would replace it with?
I personally love Link Love, but it’s totally cool if you did them less often! Hope Ky feels better!
I won’t be cutting them out completely, I don’t think – just cutting back to every other week or once a month.
I really like those links but do what works for you! Maybe just cut back to every other week or once a month!
I’m definitely leaning that way. Thank for your input, Alli!
I like your Sunday linkup posts, I always find some really interesting or helpful reads. Also, would have to say I am team chickpea lol, kidney and black tend to be too mushy for my taste!
Defo black beans – my stomach doesn’t get on with kidney beans 🙁 and tbh – I only read the link love posts when I have time…which I reckon only ends up being once a month (at the most). I would personally prefer another post in place of them and then maybe a montly link love round up or something? x
That’s definitely the direction I’m going in. I definitely don’t mind doing them, but it’s the frequency that was starting to get to me.