Dec
3
A Letter to Those of You who Arrived at FiveBlondes via Search Engines
Filed Under SEO, answer, blogging, erica, facebook, google, internet, life, random, scrabulous, technology | 2 Comments
Firstly, thank you for visiting. If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake.
To the visitor who searched for “where is nudge button scrabulous“: alas, Scrabulous has altered the use of the ‘nudge’. No longer can you nudge at will; now they make you wait a few days. Personally I enjoy that feature as I have had up to 12 games on the go at once. It can be hard to keep up!
For our many visitors who arrive with inquiries on how to keep track of who has visited your Facebook profile page: I must redirect you to Facebooking101.com. They note that there is currently only one FB (same initials as FiveBlondes…coincidence? Yeah, prolly) app that tracks who visited your page - and those viisting must also have that app for it to work properly (if at all). Anyway, it’s called Trazkor, and it doesn’t seem to work.
Looking for Erica Lauren, adult film star? Well, we have Erica and we have Lauren, but sadly (for you) no Erica Lauren.
Lastly, we have what is perhaps my favorite source of traffic. Those of you looking for “Lululemon Butt Pics”. While we do love our Lulu, if there are any pictures of our butts in them, it is not intentional.
So, to all you disappointed visitors I extend my apologies and st the same time I thank you for visiting. I hope you found something you liked.
Thanks for reading! Did you know you can get Five Blondes delivered (semi) daily? Just click for our RSS feed. See you soon!
Oct
4
Feeling Scrab-U-Lo-Riffic! FiveBlondes + Scrabulous = Love
Filed Under Family, erica, facebook, friends, games, internet, life, review, scrabulous, technology | 2 Comments
So I’ve been watching Scrabulous catch on among my Facebook friends over the past few weeks and months (over 10% of my FB friends have it!) and have been thinking to myself “Oh, seems cool, but I won’t have the time”. Finally early this week Mom-the-fabric-snob sends me a request to play a game with he. I thought, ‘why not’, and installed the app (I don’t like to install FB apps generally).
I’m addicted. It’s amazing. I love it. Before this week, Scrabble has always been an occasional family event at my Oma’s house that reminds me of my Opa, who was always up for a game of Scrabble. Or Rummikub. Now that would be a great game for a Facebook app (hint, hint). But I digress - back to Scrabulous. Playing a casual game game of Scrabble in this format allows you the time to really look for words and make the most of all of your tiles. I actually played one word that used ALL of my tiles! GRANOLA - 62 points. You can play with many friends at a time, no matter where they are! Right now we have a game going on with Leah, Micaela, and I…although Micaela hasn’t made a move yet and Leah and I have made 2. Time for a friendly nudge.
Another fun part of Scrabulous is that you can play with absolutely anyone, anywhere. I put out a call for a game with someone random, not necessarily a friend, and am now playing with “Janet C”. After several moved I wondered to myself, who is Janet C? Turns out Janet is from Los Angeles. Pretty neat.
So if you’re looking for a way to spend a little time online and improving your vocabulary at the same time, try Scrabulous. Fun in every move - guaranteed!
Sep
26
Downhill…?
Filed Under answer, blonde, facebook, lauren, psychology | 1 Comment
Ladies. We’ve gone significantly downhill in our views. EIGHT today. eight! So I’ve decided to come out of my hiding place and write a blog… I have my first midterm tomorrow in Psychology! I’ve been studying nonstop for hourrrs today, so I need a break! In other news, I’ve added the Wordpress Application on Facebook, so maybe we’ll get some viewers from “carletoncanada.facebook.com” in our stats! 
hmm what to tag this as…I put answers because maybe someone will give me the answers to my psychology midterm….
I’m coming home next weekend! Is anyone more excited than I am? Didn’t think so!
Kate, if you are in need of really nice looking furniture for your house I am more than willing to provide you with a nice shelf, a very useful desk, a beautiful nightstand(which I actually hit my head on once in a while) and a squeeky bed! Great fun!
Looove Lauren
Sep
7
It’s the Weekend - Time to Relax!
Filed Under Wedding, blogging, blonde, facebook, humour, internet, photography, random, review, shopping, sisterhood, technology, webpages | 2 Comments
Happy Friday y’all!
We have some cool links for you today, a blog promotion tip, and - the best - ANTICIPATION! Kate and Scott’s Stag and Doe is this weekend. The planning and preparation is pretty much over. Judging from the last Stag and Doe we all went to, there will be some crazy pictures resulting. Plus, we’ll tell you how to plan a super-successful stag and doe / buck and doe / jack and jill / wedding social. Definitely the most entertaining way to celebrate and help fun your wedding!
Blog Promotion Tip
Are you on Facebook, and have a Wordpress blog as well? Let your friends know about it by adding the Wordpress app to your profile. We found a blogger who posted great instructions on adding the Wordpress app to your profile. Thanks, Thomas!
Erica, Micaela, and Katelyn have it on their profiles, and FiveBlondes has seen a good amount of traffic come through from our friends clicking through. Thanks, friends! Now, go tell your friends who don’t know us, ok? OK!
When it comes to shopping and fun finds, there’s one website I check every day: Outblush is “The Shopping Blog for Women” - what could be better? Outblush always finds the cutest and trendiest clothes, accessories, home decor, gadgets, books, and more! They have a newsletter and RSS feed so you can get the best stuff, however you want it. What’s your favorite item this week?
Our fun online find this week is a custom email image generator. This is great tool to use for your blog or website - put it in your sidebar if you want to let people know how to reach you, without falling prey to an evil SPAM-BOT trolling the web for your email address! If you have an address with a common provider such as Gmail or Hotmail (check out the list!) , you can get an image with their logo on it. This is fantastic for people with visual memories! If your email provider isn’t represented, no worries - you can get a custom button made, and even pick your own colours. I made two - one for our GMail addy, and a custom button for our fiveblondes [dot] ca address.
Why don’t you email us? We’d love to hear from you.
