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Review: Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing (online course)
This is a review of the online course, Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing. Some of y’all know that I lost my summer job in May 2024, and this made me start scrambling to find other means to make money.
Review: Affiliate Marketing Tips For Bloggers (free eBook)
What would it take to transform our online journal into a money-making venture?
Making Money With Affiliate Marketing
Some friends and family are skeptical that I will ever make money blogging, let alone make money with affiliate marketing. I do understand their trepidation. Making money with affiliate marketing might sound too good to be true. Maybe it sounds like some get-rich-quick Ponzi scheme. But I’ve done the research, I’ve read other people’s stories,…
An Off-Grid Sunday in Mexico
07/21/24 Here’s what we did in our off-grid life today: – Woke up around 4:30am. It’s too dark to get up, so we lie in bed reading our Kindles. – At 6am we check the battery (38%), turn on Starlink and check our messages. Then I get up to feed the dogs, while Lurko plays…
How We Did Keto in Mexico
In other posts, I have mentioned that Lurko and I are on the keto diet. In this post I’ll go into more detail about the hows and the whys. Also, the whens: We started on November 18, 2023. After a month of slow progress, we added intermittent fasting. From then on, our window to eat…
The Great Crab Migration
Years ago, I remember driving from Sayulita with my brother and sister-in-law. We often made this 16-minute drive because our mom had a boutique store in Sayulita. During the day we’d help her out, and then drive back to our parents’ house in Higuera Blanca. On this summer day the drive was unusual because there…
Birthday Plan B
Our birthdays are coming up — Lurko’s on Friday and mine on Saturday. Most years we throw a party, and Lurko grills a bunch of meat, and everyone brings food or beer which we keep in the fridge.
The Trials and Tribulations of Solar Power
I have posted about our power situation in dribs and drabs. Here is the whole story: In April 2023 we bought the property. In June 2023, we started construction…
20 Things About Julie
Hey y’all! I’m making time to write more, and it feels great. This morning, I responded to a writing prompt by Susannah Rigg, an author/ blogger I follow. She recently shared 20 facts about herself, including that she now lives in Mexico. I saw that we had a lot in common, so I responded with…
Blog Launch Day
07/01/2024 Historically, July 1 has been the day we celebrate the dogs’ birthdays. I don’t know their actual birthdays, but I know they were born somewhere near this date. Dutchy is now 6, and Auggie is 12(!) Today we have another reason to celebrate: Blog Launch Day! And the name of the blog is…. Lurko…
