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Everytime I go into a bookstore – I end up walking out with some sort of craft book. I just HAVE to share the book I found today because it combines two of my favourite things…Crafts and Blogging! Awesome!

The book is called Blogging for Bliss and is basically about taking your creativity and transforming it into a successful blog.
It contains 50+ other blogs to check out as well as some helpful tips. I haven’t started reading it yet as I spent the weekend being very unproductive and I’m making up for it now!

I’m excited to get some inspiration and to also check out all of the other blogs listed in the book. I love finding new things to read.

Speaking of things to read – I really need to find an alternative to google reader. I have so many blogs I read on a daily basis but I feel terrible reading and never commenting. The only reason I don’t comment is because it’s such a hassle to read the blog through Google Reader and then have to navigate to the post in order to comment. If anyone has suggestions that would be great – maybe there’s a greasemonkey script??

I’m off to do more work! I’ve made it through 8 straight days of blogging! Wahooo!

So far this posting everyday thing has been quite a challenge!
To be fair, I was working since 9:30am anddidnt get home from school until 9:30pm so that doesn’t leave much time for a well thought out blog post!

I’m currently writing this post from my iPhone so I thought I’d give you a rundown of my favourite apps right now (Maybe the teens on Jeopardy could have used this post sooner!). I’ve now added in some screenshots (found on Google Images), and I checked the App Store – Boxcar is still free to download + 1 service is free. I definitely recommend grabbing that while you can!

1) Facebook
I’m really enjoying the new Facebook app, especially since the recent changes to the real Facebook interface. I rarely browse Facebook from anywhere but my iPhone anymore!

2) Tweetie2
Such a great new Twitter app. I had been using Tweetie since it first came out but the new version is great. You can check out nearby tweets and they’ve made it really easy to add attachments to your tweets.

3) Boxcar
I managed to grab this app while it (and one service) was free! Essentially it allows you to have pah notifications from certain apps that don’t allow for it. Right now I’m using it for Facebook and Twitter. It’s so nice to be able to see things when they happen. It really keeps me from checking Facebook/Twitter a million times a day.

4) Byline
I had been searching for an RSS reader for quite awhile now. I couldn’t find many people who had used one so I took the plunge and went with Byline. I’m extremely happy with it! I was easily able to import my google reader feeds and the app will download all the unread items to read while you’re offline. This is a great feature for my TTC rides in the morning! I haven’t figured out how to keep items unread(Sometimes blog posts have links I want to check out later!), but I’m able to “star” the posts and Byline keeps them in a separate folder for me.

5) Word Warp
This game has been out for quite some time now, but it’s the only one I play on a regular basis. It’s quite addicting – and free!

That’s all for now, but if you’ve read my blog in the past you’ll know that I’m quite obsessed with iPhone apps so more reviews will come!

I can’t believe it’s November 1st already! I’m gearing up to post everyday this month =)

I don’t have the time for a long blog post today as I’m catching up on school work for the week, but I’m going to leave you with a couple of gems from weheartit.com

I think that may be rule #1!

Quick post just to say that I’m making two cakes in the next week – so I’ll have lots to share!

Life is getting busy – more on that later, but I’m going to try posting everyday for 1 month! Visit NaBloPoMo for more info!