I found myself with some free time Saturday, wondering what to do with myself. Then I remembered I had a hundred-something posts imported from my old blog. They needed editing from real names to Lemony names.
It was about as exciting as peeling skin from a sunburn. I'm still not done.
I found that I seriously OVERBLOGGED being pregnant with Zesty. Delete. Delete. Delete. Did it really take an entire pregnancy to find pantyhose that didn't make me cuss? And why did I think it was such an urgent topic to share with the interwebs?
(The few good men who read this blog, you are welcome. No more discussions of pantyhose.)
Anyways.
Over the last 4 years of blogging, I have tallied up 4 different blogs, with probably close to 1,000 posts. One blog started out with my real life, warts and all. The next blog was a fabulously constructed facade to show everyone how happy I wished I was. Thirdly, I went back to transparency with real names and real life issues.
This fourth and final blog is transparency with four years of wisdom under my belt, so we have Lemony names to protect my hind-end. As well, there's an unofficial policy that any age boy or girl can read without cringing at too much information or difficult questions to ask their parents.
I can honestly say I do not regret writing one single post. I do wish I could somehow capture that blogging essence that brings interaction instead of just blabbing on about my life. The community is what makes blogging worthwhile. My pastor's wife made a statement that Facebook is like being on the phone with all your friends at the same time. That pretty much sums it up.
So, for the next month, I'm going to change up how I "do" the blogosphere. I'm going to actually click on each post that comes across my Google reader and view it on the actual carefully-html-coded blog page. And then, I'm going to leave a comment.
That's right. A real live comment.
I suspect that at the end of the month I'll be reducing the number of blogs I read, but I'll have built back up some of the community that I've missed out on while I've been so self-absorbed.
What do you think?
And while you ponder, I am going to go eat some fried chicken. BooMama done flung a craving on me.
8 comments:
I seriously couldn't stomach some of my blog posts from a few years ago, but I have them all - hanging out there on myspace, waiting to be coded in to the realm of blogger....but, they are there because that's where I was. I guess that's a good thing.
P.S. Pantyhose were designed for cussin'.
I can completely relate to this! I just recently stepped up my commenting and actual reading of all the blogs on my Google Reader. The reader had starting making me like too much of a stalker! I soon realized that I wasn't reading nearly as many of the blogs that I followed as I thought I was.
Sidenote: A comfy pair of pantyhose does.not.exist. :)
My husband and I started blogging as a fun way to document our silly lives. We plan to have it transfered into a book (or several) for the kids when they grow up. I would love to know what in the world my own parents were thinking, how they were feeling, and what they were struggling with when they were in this stage of life. Hopefully my kids will find it mildly entertaining.
Thanks for sharing your life with all of us. I enjoy reading your blog... plus, I can relate to the posts on maternity panty hose. Well, kind off. I just really hate wearing them, pregnant or not.
Mrs. Nurse Boy
But, you are so right! The blogging community is so much fun and truly a blessing! I have come to love it more than I ever thought I would!
I always tell a soon-to-be married guy that the one expense that cannot be budgeted for is pantyhose. One pair will last six months while another, six minutes. Then I escort them through the pantyhose section of Largest-retailer-in-the-world-mart to check out the prices. I have had more blushes and dropped jaws than I care to count.
Thanks to you, I'm closing in on a year of blogging. Did you think I would stick to it this long?
I used to wear pantyhose ALL of the time! No matter what! Back in the day, that is what ladies who wore dresses did. No longer. I only wear them to church and then it just about kills me! I don't know what I was thinking before! Oh, but in the winter, if it is reaaallly cold, I do wear them alot more often because they do keep my legs warm or I wear tights. I am not a sock person. They make my feet too hot. Fickle,hm? *grin*
Soooo, what is the point of categorizing your blog posts? I've never really understood that unless it might make your blog easier for a new visitor to navigate and so on?
I'm new to blogging and still discovering the little tidbits of wisdom that you've probably accumulated over the years. One thing I have noticed is that I already have a post or two that I'm just not feeling anymore. What do you do with those?
Hello Denise! I usually just leave those posts up. Actually, I rarely go through and read old posts unless I'm looking for something to link back to that is relevant to my current post. So it's only right now when I'm going through old posts to correct the names that I'm seeing what a silly silly thing it was to post about. Does that make sense?
Dude ... that is some ambition.
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