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Prattling Pastor's Wife
Jun. 6, 2006
Blogging Choices
Not sure where I am going with this one yet so hang on. It could be a bumpy ride...
Over the three years I have been blogging I have plunged into some interesting areas. Some were good and some not so good. I won't bore you with the details of the not-so-good. Some of you were there when I chose to leave Xanga and you know why - that is all that needs to be said. :)
I have moved around a few times over the years and tried to stay with the free blog sites. I am currently wondering if the grass might be greener if I paid for a blog with lots of bells and whistles but I really like it here. They have free blogging, archives, templates that are nice and I know how to edit my html so I can manage all of that on my own. I think one of the features here that I like is the fact that I have very little spam and they block cursing. I prefer that. So, I am here...
Other choices that have come up over the years are issues like quizzes, Memes and Tagging. I really just have let quizzes go. They are not for me. Oh, I enjoy seeing some of the fun stuff there is but I have stopped taking them because, frankly, I just no time to sit and do them. For reasons I mentioned on Sunday - like my Mom being a big reason why I blog - I do not do Memes very much. They are good for passing around and sharing with other bloggers but my Mom does not come here to read those things. For her it is ALL ABOUT THE GRANDBABIES!!! LOL ...as it should be... ;) If you TAG me and I see that you have I will do the TAGS. I rather enjoy TAGS. There are very few TAGS I have not done and that was for the simple reason that they were for link attention and not for fun.
My reading has changed over the years, too. I have let many of my first reads go - another thing about leaving Xanga was losing touch with some. Many of the blogs that were online three years ago are no longer in use or I have just moved on. Some blogs, quite honestly, were too cliquish for me. I did not fit their theological requirements. ;) The reads I have now are primarily women. They are primarily Christian but not limited to that. I have other interests such as books and crochet and I read some of those I have picked up along the way. I read many homeschooling and mommy blogs. For my closest blogging friends I will leave comments on a regular basis. So many of us hang out on a forum together and talk there, too. Occasionally, we get snail mail cards and lovely greetings from each other, too. Oh, and I can just drive to Blestwithsons house. LOL ;)
I do read a few men but RARELY, IF EVER, comment on them. I am and have been convicted that if I am online I will limit myself to reading and corresponding with women. I have had a few men e-mail with kudos to something I said and mainly in regard to ministry but I politely say thank you and cut contact after the thanks e-mail because I just do not feel it would be appropriate to spark online relationships with men. So, I am not a snob just a faithful wife and mother. My husband is my best friend and I intend on never giving impression otherwise.
I have deleted a few comments along the way. Some were spam and some were just mean but that has been few and far between. I have banned one reader but have been blessed not to have to do that more than once. I do answer comments most of the time. I also plan to answer some but then forget to come back and do that. If you have ever been "ignored" by me please know it was NOT on purpose. :) I really do love my readers and especially my commenters (cause I get to know you guys)!!!
I have had to set some limits on my online time over the years and there have been times when I have taken a hiatus from the computer and blogging. I have tried to set myself on a posting schedule. That has not been successful, I am sad to report. My brain has never worked on a topic schedule very well. Things just come up that I would rather write about. I do keep a few topics in a file to write about when I feel I am ready to do that so you eventually see that stuff. Right now I am working on one about Amish life and what we can learn from them. I think you will enjoy that one. I know I am enjoying working on it. :) I also have some things I have not finished. I did not forget I have not finished the Virtuous Values or the Bread Baking series. I am merely in the process of being spanked over #10 so it has not been finished yet and with the bread I am still working out recipes and an outline that I can really put together some good information with. It will get done. I have also made a choice to do book reviews for Active Christian Media. I really enjoy reading and writing the reviews. I only wish I had more hours in my day to read all that I want to read. They will eventually get caught up (one bite at a time, one bite at a time, one bite at a time...).
I have often wondered if I should have some rules here. Rules are such a bummer sometimes. I have thought about deleting comments that do not leave their name or a link but then some of my regular readers sometime forget to leave it on accident. I have also thought about posting privately on some things but have chosen to just write those things on my laptop and file them instead of bothering to put them here privately. I did make a conscious decision to put my picture up and let you know who I am. I figured that if I did EVER get published you would know anyway and there is something about secrecy and withholding a name that is a bit off-putting to many.
The most important thing I have made a choice about in regard to blogging is being real. I just think it doesn't do anyone any good for you to think I am or for me to portray my life as perfect because it is SO NOT!!!!! ROFLOL If you never see the bumps and bruises how will you ever know I came out of the battlefield. I am not hidden away in some glass house up on a hill. I am in the trenches with you and I think you need to know that. I know I need to know you are.
Again, thanks so much for reading!!!!!
So, there you have it - what goes on in my brain to cause some choices I have made along the way.
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Debbie
Jun. 6, 2006 - Lean, you're just great!
I wish I'd gotten in on the 7 days of blogging about blogging - that could have been fun. Can I post date? lol
Blair
http://blog.atih.com