Easy Appetizer Recipes to Impress! 34 Fast Party Pleasing Dishes

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34 Cheap and Easy Party Pleaser Recipes. The Rising DamselThe holidays are full of fun and festivities! Food is everywhere, along with friends and family. On the other hand, easy appetizer recipes that are also delicious are harder to come by. Keep it simple this season by utilizing these quick party favorites! 

Most of these recipes are under 5 ingredients and can easily be whipped together on any busy work night.

These are quick-to-come-together, easy appetizer recipes that everyone will love!

Remember, if a recipe calls for cooked chicken, guacamole, pesto, other dressings, or salsa, you can snag those at the grocery store too. It might cost you a little bit more, but time is money. All these easy appetizer recipes should come together quite quickly, even if it takes an oven or crock pot. Set it and forget it.

None of these recipes involve boiling water for noodles or frying. If an ingredient calls for bacon, you can easily crisp that up in the microwave with minimal mess.

With items that are readily available in all grocery stores. The key is to impress without topping out your wallet…. or your frustration levels.

Salads with Quick Grab Ingredients

Marinated Tomatoes from Five Heart Home

Fresh herbs are next to the fresh dressings in most grocers.

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How to Deal With a Difficult Coworker and Tips to Shine

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Avoid these job busting personality traits! Stop making enemies in the office once and for all. Learn how to not be a difficult coworker. #hrapproved #hr #career #jobIt’s hard to be at work and it’s definitely difficult to be around people you haven’t chosen to be around ie coworkers. At your job, you are dealing with lots of personalities and various perceptions. Are you that difficult coworker or is it someone else? 

These are the personalities to avoid, and how to deal with being in the presence of someone who is negative.

If you’re guilty, it’s time to take a step back and start taking positive steps to better your situation. Negativity is just damaging your life, you are never stuck in a job remember that.

Difficult Coworker Trait #1. The Complainer

It might feel natural to talk about your frustrations with your coworkers. No one wants to be around the person that is constantly negative. No one needs to be reminded everyday that they’re underpaid, that their commute is too far, or that employee breaks aren’t long enough, so give everyone a break.

Everyone is dealing with their own lives and own doubts, try to foster a positive work environment by skipping the bashing and focusing on what you are gaining through your current opportunity. This will keep you on track and motivated to make your next step up.… Keep reading

The Rising Damsel – Seventh Blog Income and Traffic Report

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Get over 5000 views on a new blog! Tips and secrets how plus free printables! The Rising Damsel #income #report #bloggerThis month was amazing! We reached our highest views ever! In this post I’m going to breakdown my traffic, revenue sources, and goals. These reports keep me on track during my journey of making money online. If you blog I highly suggest documenting your efforts!

One of the most important parts of blogging is persistence! You got this, your page views will increase, your affiliate marketing efforts will pay off, you will gain more followers. Be positive and your efforts will be worth their weight in “working at home”. I promise.

Of course to earn a passive income with a blog you need to start your own blog. Easy setup for your site can be found here: 15 Minute Quick Start to Hosting with Bluehost. Feel free to message me with any questions, I’m here to help with anything you can think to ask.

What Was Accomplished in September?

Blog Posts

Last month I was able to publish 3 blog posts

Views:  4,631 / 5,937
Total Blog Views: 11,494  / 17,383

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Free Blog Post Titles and Easy Tips to Create 100’s More

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blog title templates to boost your statsWhen you start to blog, it’s difficult to wrap your head around what’s “absolutely necessary” for success! Free blog post titles will help set you up for success while you discover your style.

Going viral happens overnight but make sure that you have the correct elements in place for people to easily share your blog and stay viral. Blog titles are what will grab a new readers attention and getting them to explore your blog. 

 

Start taking advantage of SEO with great blog post titles and by using my blog title templates

You need to get readers to your blog. Search engines are there to direct people to your site.

Correctly optimized blog titles will drive even more people to view your content, simply because your blog titles seem more relevant to what people are looking for. Search engines will want to provide your website as a solution to someone’s internet query and that’s how you start to rank on google.

A great blog post title will draw your reader in and tempt them with a benefit. Once you have SEO in mind for your titles your blog with prosper for it. Let’s get started so that you can create viral content with a viral blog post title every time. … Keep reading

11 Easy Ways to Use A Wedding Budget to Achieve an Elegant Day

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budget wedding tips and tricks.Your budget wedding can be the blissful, wonderful daydreams are made of. With just a little careful planning it can be everything you ever wanted. A few important details enabled me to have a completely elegant, stress-free, drama-free intimate-budget wedding.

Wedding Budget Tip #1 Decide What’s Important to You

I wanted an outstanding meal. Pretty much all I cared about was the food. The love of my life was next to me and what I wanted was a memorable experience.

Are you creating an event for someone else or yourself? We were in the unique situation of having a small, intimate reception that permitted us to please ourselves. 

If food is what’s important splurge on that, if it’s your dress alteration, book it. After all, it’s your big day. Making a list of “must-haves” vs.”nice to haves” will help you to put things in perspective. 

Did you know Amazon has a wedding registry? Make it easy for your guests to get you what you need. Check it out here!

Wedding Budget Tip #2 Use a Restaurant

It’s a waste of money to rent a space, decorate it, and be stuck with all the ‘props’, just avoid it all.… Keep reading