by Nicole Etolen | Mar 4, 2013 | Blogging, Lifestyle
Wow, I’ve made it to Day 4 of the 31 Day Blog Challenge, which is about two days longer than I’ve ever managed to keep up with any other challenge. Are you proud of me yet? Come on, that’s impressive for me! Today’s prompt is: Your Favorite...
by Nicole Etolen | Mar 2, 2013 | Blogging, Lifestyle
Oh boy, this one has the potential to be a very long post! Today’s prompt is my favorite quote or quotes. I have many of them! In fact, I’ve done a bunch of quote-related posts on Pretty Opinionated over the last few years. Check out Wonderful Words:...
by Nicole Etolen | Mar 1, 2013 | Blogging, Lifestyle
I thought it would be entertaining (for me, anyway) to do the 31 Day Blog Challenge, a fun writing prompt challenge created by Fabulous Finds by Tiffany. It’s a good way to get to know other bloggers, and for all my readers to get to know me a little better. If...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 19, 2013 | Lifestyle
About a year ago, as I was putting Jake to bed one night after he lost a tooth, he informed me that he thought I was the tooth fairy. He was only 6! How could he already know that! I, of course, overreacted and said “every time you say something like that, a...
by Nicole Etolen | Feb 10, 2013 | Lifestyle
With all the hype about Nemo over the days leading up to the storm, I was expecting to be shoveling snow for at least two days. While the national media was mostly covering Boston (and rightly so, they really got slammed!), my local media was calling for anything from...
by Nicole Etolen | Jan 16, 2013 | Gift Ideas, Lifestyle
Did you know today is Appreciate a Dragon Day? Yes, there is an entire day devoted to appreciation of one of the coolest mythological beasts of all time. I mean, who doesn’t appreciate dragons? That should be a daily event! To celebrate this awesome holiday,...
by Nicole Etolen | Jan 4, 2013 | Gift Ideas, Lifestyle
January 4th is celebrated around the world as Trivia Day, a day when all Ken Jennings fans and lovers of random facts (myself included!) gather in the streets, get rip-roaringly wasted on super-caffeinated espressos, and share their love of useless knowledge. Okay,...
