Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Blogging, Let's Go There...WWTK wk56

Welcome to We Want to Know Wednesdays Q&A
Hosted by Mamarazzi and Crazymama
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I have had my blog on my brain lately. It has changed so very much since my first post in 2007. I am also starting a new private blog to journal our adoption journey so I thought I would ask some blog inspired questions this week.

{1} Please describe your blog. Does it fall into one category or many? How has it changed from post one?
{2} What 3 things do you LOVE about blogging?
{3} What 3 things do you DISLIKE about blogging?
{4} What 3 things do you WISH OTHER BLOGGERS would do? Any tips for them?
{5} I know we all have lots of blogs we read, but what are 3 blogs your never miss?

{1} Please describe your blog. Does it fall into one category or many? How has it changed from post one?
It use to be ALL about the kiddo. Check out my first post HERE! Now I think Dandelion Wishes is a mix of my personal journal and a blog that brings other bloggers together through the link parties and swaps I host /co-host. I think this is my reason for creating my new blog. I just want to be really candid and share everything. Not that I can't do that here, I do share personal stuff but there are some things that are just too personal to blog about.

{2} What 3 things do you LOVE about blogging?
 1. The genuine friendships I have made.
 2. Having a sounding board, it's nice to know I am  not alone.
 3. Making NEW friends everyday.

{3} What 3 things do you DISLIKE about blogging?
 1. The occasional gang mentality of mean girls.
 2. The pressure I tend to put on myself to return comments via email AND follow people back to their blogs to return the comment love.
 3. The guilt I feel on weeks I am not able to do #2 (and I don't mean pooping, Big Daddy!)

{4} What 3 things do you WISH OTHER BLOGGERS would do? Any tips for them?
 1. Enable email, so we can continue the conversation.
 2. Get rid of word verification. It makes commenting hard. Commenting should be easy.
 3. Break up the really long paragraphs, make the posts shorter and easier to read...with less words.

{5} I know we all have lots of blogs we read, but what are 3 blogs your never miss?
There are sooooo many blogs that I love love love. Blogs that I wish I had time to read and comment on EVERYDAY. My IRL besties MiMi and Myya. My long time blog friend and co host Crazymama, we go WAY way waaaaaaaaaay back. And of course my sister Meg's Blog, it's private.


All posts for We Want to Know should include:
1. The darling WWTK button
2. A link to your co hosts Mamarazzi and Crazymama
Links must lead to WWTK posts that contain the WWTK button. Posts should lead to Family Friendly blogs. Blogs containing explicit language and/or sexually explicit content should contain an "adult content warning", or risk being removed from the link list. Kthanks! 
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16 comments:

Jo said...

I haven't been linking up for WWTK for long but I'm so glad I found your link, I really enjoy taking part. Thanks for co-hosting it!

becca said...

I forgot about the email enable that would be a great one

Ricki Jill Treleaven said...

You and I have some of the same answers, LOL!!!

These questions are very thought-provoking on blogging, and I wish I had more feedback about my blog. I have actually thought about having two blogs, one strictly for art.

Thanks for hosting!
~RJ

allstarme said...

Loved your first post! Lol; those are always kind of fun. And I think I have email enabled now; not sure. Wordpress hosted blogs are weird. ONE of these days, I'll buy my own domain!

D said...

I went back and read your first entry and I loved it!

D said...

Just a note,on my two linkys,but one I accidentally put the wrong link so click the second one,not th first. Sorry.

Kenzie R. said...

This questions were awesome!
I so agree with enabling e-mails, I am always bummed when I can't get right back to someone and have to spend five minutes trying to track down a way to. Especially if they ask me a question!
HAHA! You don't mean pooping, too funny!!
Word verification is a pain too.

VandyJ said...

Word verification stinks, especially since they changed it up a few months ago.
As always, love visiting and checking out what you have up!

Jennifer Cluff said...

Word verification is definitely one of my dislikes! More times than not I give up and don't leave comments :(

I always look forward to Wednesdays!

Thanks, once again!

Cheers,
jen

Nikki said...

First time linking up! Love this!

Jolene said...

:( I am guilty of long post sometimes.

Sad face for the mean girls too. *squint* I just said some bad words about them in my head. Sorry about that.

FYI... yours is one of my must reads every day too.

Meg said...

Sometimes I wish I had a 2nd blog with a more exclusive reader list so I could be a little more candid, too. People can get crazy judgemental when they read something on your blog and assume they know every detail of your life.
Even though my blog has changed a lot over the years, I'm so glad I have it. There are many little things I never would have remembered if I hadn't blogged about them. Like the day Quincy painted the chairs with glue sticks, or the time Reese tried to pee standing up. Good times. Yay for blogging, and triple boo for word verification. That thing hates me. Who wants to type a comment out twice? no one.

A Randomlicious Blog for the Soul said...

I'm such a wordy blogger...guilty!!
that's me though...I guess that's why you don't read my blog lOL!
Good answers. I feel the same with the pressure.

Crazymamaof6 said...

we go back to 2007 or '08. that's like forever in blog years.

when i first started blogging i had one giant paragraph, no bullet points. i can't even stand to read my old posts. until i figured that out.

great questions this week lady! thanks for the love.

Candace Pelz said...

I always feel guilty when I don't have time to comment and read everyone as much as I would like. And I always seem to keep adding to my list of favorite blogs. But it's so hard...there are so many awesome bloggers out there! I do hope life calms down though so I can interact with everyone more.

Happy blogging! And once again, thanks for the fun blog carnival! :)

Myya said...

You really do bring bloggers together, you are super awesome at that! I love your tips, you read my mind yo!

Awe thanks for the shout out I was too lazy to link up all my favs. Speaking of, I totally forgot this week to as a link for you & crazymama. Oopppss I never forget to do that, wonder what the heck I was doing when when I wrote this post. Lol

 
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