Word on the internet is that Google Reader is being retired as of July 1st. Say what? I use it multiple times per day to catch up on all my blog friends' posts and I find it easy, since I already use Blogger to write my posts in the first place. I can check my blog stats and read blog posts at the same time. I am truly annoyed that Reader will be discontinued, as I am generally a fan of Google products.

If indeed it does retire (even after the outcry of die-hard Reader fans), I am going to be using Bloglovin' more. I had signed up a while back and don't use it much...because...well...Google Reader is already built into my Blogger account...anyway, I will use it more to follow blogs that I love once the retirement date nears.

I encourage you to use Bloglovin' (or another RSS equivalent) to continue reading Turt&Elephant (or whatever name I choose to move forward with in the future) and I will do the same for you.

Hey folks, just a little reminder that there's still a spring sale going on at my shop. Be sure to check it out and scoop up these little frames and assorted items before they sell out!

Finances are not usually something that I discuss here. I have a few blogger friends whose posts I read through that do talk about their finances. They are happily slogging away at paying off their student loans, car loan or credit card debt and share tips on how to do so. For me...yeah, those types of debt exist, but I cannot warrant an ongoing post about the topic. It's not a topic that I, myself, could make interesting and share with folks.

However, this doesn't mean that I am not happy once I have made a financial victory.

What is a financial victory, you may ask? Well, today's example is that I just paid off my smallest student loan! Hooray!

Student loans seem to be those things that hang around forever. You pay them in perpetuity and hardly seem to get anywhere in paying them. Finally, I seem to be at that point where I am making headway...and it is thrilling!

Have you had any financial victories as of late?

front view

shaved side view

And I love it! The 1/4 head shave part is the part that I love the most. It's fuzzy and easy. The other side I can do whatever I want with and is generally pretty similar to my prior hair style, but shorter. Also, the messier the better which works well with my get-up-and-go-in-the-morning routine.

On the way home, I wondered if Tater would recognize me. Of course she did! She likes having more access to my right ear for licking, too. Hehe. Here she is, holding down the fabric for me while I cut out  fabric for a blanket. That stinker!