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Let me first preface this with me saying “I am certainly NOT a computer expert. I don’t know much about coding and HTML but I’m learning as I go.” There are many terms I’m not familiar with. I had heard about “Do Follow” and “No Follow” tags. I’ll be quite honest with you. I’m still not sure exactly what they mean. All I know is I’ve had my fair share of companies requesting links to be “no follow”. So I figured, I’d better get with the program.

I found this article on Dear Crissy that was somewhat helpful to me: http://dearcrissy.com/mommy-blogger-outreach-poor-advice/
at least it explained what the importance of this “No Follow” thing is. So I started searching, trying to figure out, “How do I add a “No Follow” tag to links I insert in posts?” I found this great and simple tutorial on Youtube.

It doesn’t show it in blogger but I figured it out from the video.  Once you’ve hyperlinked your word or phrase go to the “Edit HTML” mode of the post.  Find the link for your linked term.  For instance, I just did a post recently about “online bingo”.

Here is the code that was link in the paragraph to the words “online bingo”
online bingo     This is the original code
rel=”nofollow”>online bingo   This is the code with the no follow tag.  I’ve highlighted the “no follow tag” in red.

Insert the no follow tag just as the youtube video shows.  After the web address

I hope I explained that ok.  I’m not the best at this stuff but I figured If I’m still learning that maybe there were some newer bloggers out there that could use the help too.

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Each day that you visit you will earn reward points.  Also, go ahead and click on the red ribbon.  You can earn points for liking Luv Saving Money’s facebook fan page and for tweeting about my new reward program.  If you’re already a facebook fan, no worries, just confirm you’re a fan and you earn points.  You can tweet about my rewards program daily.  When you click on the ribbon there’s a big gray box on the upper right side of the box.  You can toggle through with the arrows to find each task you can do.

You also earn rewards for commenting.

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**I had received bottles of Torani Syrup for review purposes.  No other compensation had been received**

I’ve had this recipe for years. I got it years ago in my French class. It’s certainly not a recipe I created but I just did the substituting. The recipe calls for a flavored liqueur but at the time i didn’t have a flavored liqueur in the house so I substituted Torani flavored syrup and it turned out great.

8 squares (1 oz each) semisweet chocolate

2 squares (1oz each) unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 Tbs. butter cut into small pieces
1/4 c. flavored Torani Syrup of your choice (org recipe calls for a flavored liqueur)
1 c green, red, or mixed sprinkles or jimmies.

Cut chocolate squares into small pieces.  In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring heavy cream

and butter to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat.

Stir in Torani Syrup until smooth.  Transfer to a bowl.  Cover and chill until firm (about 3 hrs).

Place red, green, mixed sprinkles/jimmies on separate plates.  Drop teaspoonfuls of chocolate mi

xture into the jimmies/sprinkles then roll into ball form.

Place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper.  Chill 1 hour.  Stir in airtight container in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Make 3 dozen.
71 calories per truffle, 0 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat, 6 grams of carbs

I’ve been on StumbleUpon for quite a few months now.  It’s a neat site that helps you find interesting blog posts, pictures, how-tos, and lots of other stuff. I’ve noticed more and more bloggers offering extra entries in giveaways if you follow them on StumbleUpon or stumble their post or blog.

I’ve found some really great recipes, blogs, and how-to’s by stumbling.  Anywho, they have a promotion going on right now.  Sign up for StumbleUpon HERE then go here and start referring your friends.  For every 5 friends you refer you get a $10 amazon gift card.  You can qualify to win ipad 2.

If you have the time, I’d love for you to stumble some of my posts.  Let me know if you did and I’d be happy to return the favor. Also, if you want to follow me on StumbleUpon, I’m here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/angiewith3/reviews/

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