Carrie Wigal

My friend, Lynn Terry introduced me to a new series last month on How to Be a Better Blogger. I followed many of her suggestions on improving my Home Decorating blog, and it did wonders! So I decided to spend this month focusing on my personal blog. Here are a few changes I’ve already implemented: [...]

I just finished preparing my federal income tax return late last night and got it off in the mail today with my payment…GRRR. My husband was really hoping for a refund again this year, since we had an added deduction and major medical expenses for that delivery. But no, we had to pay! You see, [...]

I thought Mike Huckabee was the right man to preside in the Oval Office (and I still do) for many reasons. One in particular was his way of “reaching across the aisle” and connecting with those who share views of opposition. Unlike some politicians who are willing to compromise moral principles to make political choices, [...]

I’ve noticed a change in flavor over the past three months on this blog. Originally my intent was to write about “all that matters to me” and I introduced six categories: faith/religion, family, friends, home, politics & work. I thought I’d be addressing mostly family-related issues with a bit of work mingled in, since I’m [...]

I started a project many months ago featuring a product on one of our wallpaper websites, WallpaperIllusions.com. It was truly a labor of love, and I’m so thrilled to have finally finished it. (No, that’s not my bathroom on the left, but I do sell what’s on those walls.) I guess what gave me the [...]

I’ve been on Jim Edwards’ mailing list for a few years now…he helped me (indirectly) launch my most popular website, WallpaperIllusions.com. Well, I’m in the middle of preparing to launch a new product and am putting the finishing touches on my salesletter, and I just received a notice of his most recent article, 4 Reasons [...]

Today I had the rare opportunity of being at my computer just as my friend & colleague, Lynn Terry was kicking off her weekly free webinar. This week’s subject was Blog SEO: Easy Tips for Blog Optimization. I found it very helpful since I’ve been wanting to do more with this blog than I have [...]

Technically, today is day 5 of the 2020 Challenge, and I’m on day 5. That’s a pretty big accomplishment since many of my colleagues get a little stuck on day 3. But then again I had a little head start before signing up for the challenge, knowing day 3 was a tough one to get [...]

I first heard about this 20K/20Day challenge from Lynn Terry a month ago. There was a lot going on at that time, like getting my federal income tax return filed by October 15th. (I had to file an extension because my computer crashed in early April and although I had the return completed to file, [...]

I used to work as a telephone operator in sales/customer service for an 800-number in the late 1980’s…a wallpaper pirate business. We were considered “pirates” because we “stole” (legally of course) business from the local wallpaper retailer who essentially did all the work. Then several years ago, my husband and I worked with my father [...]