This is an informal survey being hosted by Sagerat Scribbles just to satisfy her curiosity!  There's a prize too, and it looks like something my family would like!

1.  Why did you start a blog? Peer pressure!! LOL  Several friends on a homeschool message boards had started blogs here at HSB so my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to try it as well.

2.  What did/do you hope to accomplish with your blogging? At first I just wanted to journal what we were doing in our schooling, and have a site to share pictures with friends and family.  

3.  Have you found that you don't post as much as you did when you started? On average, it's probably about the same.  I tend to post less during times when I am busy with other things and go a week or so between posts.  Then other times I will post almost every weekday.

4.  If yes, why not?

5.  How important are comments to you? I like comments - who doesn't!?  But some things I would blog whether or not anyone else read or commented on them.

6.  Do you ever find yourself wishing people would not always leave comments that agree with you? It's great when people agree with me, it proves I'm right.  LOL  Seriously, I don't very often post something here that is a topic for debate, but if someone has a different perspective on something and left their comment in a polite way, I don't mind. 

7.  Do you comment on other people's blogs a lot, sometimes, or very little? Sometimes.  I like to comment, but between dial-up and time constraints, I don't leave as many comments as I would like to.  I try to visit the other bloggers that participate in the memes I do, and leave comments when I can.

8.  What determines why you don't post a comment on someone else's blog?  It's most often a tme issue.  I very often have a problem on HSB where it tells me over and over that the verification number I've entered is invalid.  When I have to try multiple times to leave a comment and keep getting that error message, sometimes time runs out or I just get impatient and give up. 

9.  What determines why you do post a comment on someone else's blog? Just to let them know I enjoyed reading their post - it was encouraging, funny, touching, or educational!  And I try to return the courtesy when others leave comments on my blog.

10.  Do you have more than one blog?  Where? I have one other HSB blog that probably no one reads.  LOL  It is: Kym's Bookcase  I started it thinking I could play with different templates on it, which I have never done.  LOL  But I do use that for one weekly meme, and to keep a record of some of the books I read and what I thought about them.

11.  Do you read random blogs either off of random blogger or friends lists? When I first started, I used to read random blogs, but more often I read blogs from my friends lists or from the memes.