“So, do you really like him/her?” “Are you sure you are ready to get married?” “What are you going to be when you ‘grow up’?” “When are you going to have another baby?” You know what I am talking about. The put-you-on-the-spot-and-make-you-a-little…. uncomfortable questions you get asked by well meaning family and friends.
The million dollar question that I have been asked quite a bit lately is “So, why haven’t you updated your blog?” After pondering the question and my noncommittal responses, I have come to the following conclusions:
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- When I talk to people who haven’t commented that they have read my blog but are up to date and informed on my life, it kinda wierds me out.
- It really bothers me that friends and family know all the nitty gritty about my oh so exciting life, but I don’t know what’s up with them.
- If I am blogging for a record of what our family is up to, do I really want it out there for the whole world to see?
- I tend to be a little raw when I write. Should I be embarrassed that I don't really know who is reading all this stuff about me and my fam?
- If I am blogging just for a record for my family, should it really matter to me who comments and who doesn’t?
- If you take the time to read someone’s blog, shouldn’t you take the 30 seconds or so to give them a little shout out? I can’t deny that comments make me feel loved and oh so cool, but I can’t even get my own husband to comment on my blog. Oh and mom, word verification isn’t that hard to figure out!
- You have probably noticed that I tend to, what my sister calls, ‘blog barf.’ Blog barfing actually refers to posting multiple days at once. Blog barfing occurs when I type an entry, reread it and then let it sit in a ‘draft’ status until I have the time to go back and find/edit the pictures to go with it and of course make the fonts all cute. Blog barfing tends to make readers of my blog (especially those who don’t use google reader) crazy because posts are dated accurately but posted whenever I feel like it.
- Sometimes my perfectionism gets the best of me when I sit down at my computer to type in an entry. It has to be up to standard, which means I have to be in a writing mood and not a feeling like it has to be as good as…mood. There are some great blogs out there, and I am pretty sure blog envy is a real thing. I totally have it, which causes me to barf. See #6.
- To sum it all up, I still don’t have a real answer to the million dollar blog question. I have, however, decided that I think I want to make my blog private and will hold out my drafts folder until I can at least get my too cool husband and family to comment on this post.
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The fate of this blog lies in your hands, oh devoted fans and blog readers. If you want an invite to read my blog, send me and email...or better yet comment on this post!
Your comments are like the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders for the Cowboys. I know the Cowboys just wouldn’t be able to complete their plays without their scantily clad sideline cheerleaders, just as I don’t think I can continue to blog barf without your comments. So, what’s it gonna be? Are you too busy or perhaps cool to let me know that you are reading this rant? Scantily clad or not, make sure your comments don’t go unheard!
