March Blog 2024

Happy March!

Hoo, boy. What a time. My podcast posting schedule has not been going to plan, as I’m sure you may have noticed. I promised two episodes in February and those did not go as planned. HOWEVER, I have a plan to make it up to my listeners. The January and February episodes for Rose Petal Musings are BOTH going to have different guests!

January is going to feature someone I’ve had episodes with before: Hannah Middaugh, from Hannah Middaugh Photography! You may have noticed a lot of the pictures of myself and Mr. Rose Petal Writings have her signature in the corner. This is because she took our engagement photos and I have been THRILLED to share them whenever I can!

February is going to be a bit special itself. We all know what February is about, the big holiday in February and what people take it to mean. As such, I am going to bring in Mr. Rose Petal Writings himself as a guest for my February podcast episode!

Lots of things to be excited for (and a lot of recordings to be made), so definitely keep an eye and an ear out for that coming up!

Next major update: the Meta crash. This happened in March, so it’s fairly recent. Since Meta had its big crash, I got locked out of my Meta account and was able to recover it, please don’t worry, but I can only access Meta products (Facebook, Instagram, Business Suite) via web browser as of right now. I am going to be trying to get back into the apps, but right now the apps aren’t sending me confirmation codes or sending them hours later than when I try to log in.

As such, I will be checking my Meta products for messages but it will be when I have access to my laptop, meaning it will not be the most consistent place to reach me. I can still be reached by email, through my website, on X, and on tumblr and Snapchat. I want to get this across because I can be commissioned through any of these avenues, including my linktree.

That’s the business stuff out of the way! Now for the fun part: I’d love to hear how you’re liking the Commission-to-Finish! I posted March’s CTF a bit early as an apology for being late on the podcast and I noticed it’s getting some attention! Please comment or send me a message, let me know what you like about it, if there’s a topic or subject you’d like to see as a CTF.

I do see your likes, interactions, and shares and I wanted to let you know each view warms my heart. Please, share to friends and family, comment, like, and get the word out!

Now, some of you may see my picture this month and wonder who those kitties are because as of recently, I’ve really only shared about our current cat, Ink. These cats are Kitnen and Daphne, respectively, who are my first two cats. They passed away in 2020 at the ripe age of 19 years old each, five weeks apart. Kitnen was the second to pass away on St. Patrick’s Day, so I try to do something to remember them each year on the day.

Animals are very important in my life, and I love when I get commissions involving animals like the commission I wrote for Hannah’s dog, Max, which you can see an excerpt for on my Completed Commissions page on the website here! If you’ve ever wanted a short story about what your favorite furry (or scaly) friend may be thinking in a day, please consider commissioning me!

I think that wraps our monthly update. Please keep an eye out for the podcast episodes coming soon, and a special that might be out for St. Patrick’s Day 😉

Until next month, rosebuds!
Olivia💜🌹