Today is the day we have to finish cleaning out the MIL’s apartment, and with everything going on lately, I’ll be honest, I haven’t been reading as much as I usually do. So today, since my mind is busy pondering yet another online project (because I need to do one more thing besides this, Life by Pets, 100 Words On, and Fiction in 50), I thought I would share a couple projects that some blogging friends of mine have launched recently.

I know you normally get 6 things, but today you’re getting 3, and that’s because I still need to eat breakfast, get dressed, possibly go switch cars with someone, and be at the MIL’s apartment in less than 90 minutes.

The first two come from my good friend Jana of Daily Money $hot, who wrote such a wonderful guest post for me on Tuesday. Jana’s first side project is This Independent Life. It’s a blog focusing on all those things she (we) wished she had known when first moving out of her parents’ house. I’ve made sure to send the link to my college age cousin and her friends. I especially like this most recent post on Independent Living Skills.

Earlier this week, unbeknownst to either of us, Jana and I were sharing a psychic connection. I was reading blogs by a couple different people who are planning weddings, and I couldn’t help but think how jealous I was of them, even though I love my life where it is now, they’re at an exciting part in their lives. And yes, jealous was the right word. As I was then pondering writing a post about all the little things I’m jealous of in other people’s lives, I logged on to twitter, to find out that Jana had the same idea, only bigger (and better). Hence The Jealousy Files were born. Like me, Jana is jealous of lots of things, just like me, including People Who Live in Clean Houses.

And finally, because goodness knows, if I’m going to start another project, perhaps I could learn to do this blogging thing right, Andrea from So Over Debt is putting all of her blogging expertise out there for the rest of us at Curiosity Killed the Blog. I love this Beginners’ Quick Tip: Schedule Posts in WordPress. Not because I don’t know how to do so, but because I need to remind myself to write posts maybe a little bit in advance and schedule them to go up at the right time, especially for 100 Words On, since I’ve gotten out of the habit.

Was this little guy somebody's side project? -Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, BC