1. Mike and I are winding down our road trip and getting ready to settle down in Terrigal for the holidays. I’m so excited to put our tent away for 10 days!
2. After resisting this sort of thing for the past few years, I’ve decided to allow a bit of advertising on my site. It’s not a big deal, but I feel like I should be open about it. Personally, I don’t mind at all when bloggers blog for money…but I do find it a bit annoying when they try to sneak it past you! (Especially when you consider that many of those advertisers cast a wide net and several other bloggers were probably emailed as well, making it easy to spot). I’ve definitely noticed advertising that’s gone undisclosed on other sites and it makes me screw my face up a bit.
So, because I don’t want any of you to screw your face up at me, I’m letting you know in advance that you might see a few paid links here and there. If you have any questions about it, please send me an email so we can chat.
Basically, Australia is really expensive. A few extra dollars here and there will go towards filling the gas tank and paying for campsites.
3. In the middle of the night a few nights ago I suddenly decided I hated my blog design and needed a change. Well, I basically made it worse. So please, disregard what you see and be patient with me. I’m nearly ready to just pay someone to make me not hate it anymore.
4. Are we following each other on Twitter and Instagram yet?
xo, jill
cool! good for you! also, I like the new design!
Good for you for making some money from this site! I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with monetizing one’s blog, but like you, I really hate when bloggers try to be sneaky and place (mostly random & irrelevant) links in posts as if the rest of as are too dumb to figure out what they are doing. Just be upfront about it like you have done & I’ll continue to read & respect you! I certainly can’t begrudge a fellow traveler a few extra days on the road… I’m sure in Australia you really need all the help you can get!