{"id":15,"date":"2017-12-01T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T03:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T19:06:25","slug":"starting-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/starting-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Starting a Blog! Now What?! Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:149.81949458484%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:58.695652173913%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}<\/style><p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-445 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/We-Started-a-Blog-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"415\" title=\"\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/We-Started-a-Blog-1.png\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"wp-image-445 alignleft eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20277%20415'%3E%3Crect%20width='277'%20height='415'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"415\" title=\"\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/We-Started-a-Blog-1.png\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/We-Started-a-Blog-1-683x1024.png\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">We are starting a blog! Today marks the beginning of this new adventure for us! We are finally doing it! We have been talking about starting a blog for 6 years now!! What the heck took us so long right!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I&rsquo;ve been dabbling with websites and interactive marketing personally and for companies throughout the last ten years! All that experience should bring me some comfort with this adventure right!!? Wrong. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-544 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png 322w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-320x189.png 320w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-150x88.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" title=\"\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-544 alignright lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png.webp 322w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-300x176.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-320x189.png.webp 320w, https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag-150x88.png.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" title=\"\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/ourfamilycode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Yellow-and-Black-Name-Tag.png\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\">First, a little bit about me (Toni!):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I&rsquo;m nervous! Now that I&rsquo;m finally pulling all of the pieces together and getting this blog moving along, I&rsquo;m starting to question what I bring to the table. The little positive mouse inside my head is squeaking &ldquo;you bring the table, you bring the table!&rdquo; I&rsquo;m gonna hold onto that little squeak until I calm my nerves a bit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">So what makes me think that I have something to share that you want to read about? Well, I don&rsquo;t have all the answers to life and I&rsquo;m not a journalist or a writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Throughout my adult life, people have referred to me as someone who:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Has a lot of horsepower behind her<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Is doggedly determined to succeed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Can be too smart for my own good<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Inspires people to work for<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Is honest and committed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">That sure sounds like someone pretty awesome that I&rsquo;d like to get to know. But let&rsquo;s be real, when it comes down to it, I&rsquo;ve lived a lot of life and I have a lot to share and a lot to give to the world. I&rsquo;ve seen the bad, the really bad, and the worse sides of life and I&rsquo;m still here. I&rsquo;ve also experienced the great, the amazing, and the freaking most outstanding joy that life has to offer too. I do things wrong a lot. I also curse when I make mistakes. I&rsquo;m super duper clumsy, but I&rsquo;m also very coordinated (how is this even possible!?). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I&rsquo;m just a girl who loves a boy and is raising four little people into good human beings. I don&rsquo;t do everything right, but they are still alive so I must be doing something right some of the time! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I work more than full-time as a leader in big-box retail. It&rsquo;s a tough job. I love the busy days and the endless stream of people to serve because I live my life with a purpose to serve others and to be the joy. I serve my direct reports by holding the rope and teaching them that leaders lead by showing the way, not telling the way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">So why do I think that I have something worth blogging about? Well, I&rsquo;m a pretty damn good mama. I&rsquo;m a strong boss and leader. I am an expert shopper and I&rsquo;m awesome at finding great deals and saving some money. I&rsquo;m annoyingly persistent, but I&rsquo;m also super relatable. I like to try a lot of things and products. I also have opinions about Every. Freaking. Thing. (ask Travis). I&rsquo;m a crafty lady with a knack for seeing a project in all of the scraps of the world! I love helping people and I have a ton of normal goals I&rsquo;m working to achieve that I bet you are working toward too! So let&rsquo;s do this!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We are starting a blog! Today marks the beginning of this new adventure for us! We are finally doing it! 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