Comments on: Mommy Blogging: The Digital Front Porch Swing http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/ We can't both look good. It's me or the house. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bermudabluez http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-14576 bermudabluez Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:23:15 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-14576 Fabulous....just fabulous! Love your digital front porch scenario! And I totally agree with you!! .-= bermudabluez´s last blog ..<a href="http://bermudabluez.blogspot.com/2009/07/baby-food-experiment.html" rel="nofollow">The Baby Food Experiment</a> =-. Fabulous….just fabulous! Love your digital front porch scenario! And I totally agree with you!!
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]]> By: Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-14512 Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:47:02 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-14512 Great post, Allie. Blogging meets such a need for women, but we also don't want it to take the place of reaching out to real life community. Sometimes ,it's such a hard balance. :) .-= Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam´s last blog ..<a href="http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/2009/07/sensational-silk.html" rel="nofollow">Sensational Silk</a> =-. Great post, Allie.
Blogging meets such a need for women, but we also don’t want it to take the place of reaching out to real life community. Sometimes ,it’s such a hard balance. :)
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]]> By: nancypants http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-13851 nancypants Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:48:47 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13851 It's funny because I've been blogging since February or March of 2006 and I went through the phases that I guess every blogger does of being rather obsessed, trying to get attention, trying to "grow my readership," live for comments on each of my posts, comment like crazy on every blog I happened upon (which were many for a long while)... I have met some really neat people, no doubt. But after about the 2 year mark I really began blogging just for me and my family. Others are of course invited to read and enjoy and comment and all that but I don't blog for them. My readership has gone down dramatically because I don't blog regularly anymore. There is a time that I would have been almost ridiculously panicked about this in the same way I would have been panicked about needing the accolades (about clothes, hair, shoes, etc.) of my Junior High friends. I am okay with just being me and having my little blog that records life from my perspective for my kids and their kids (if the internet lasts that long...) There may be a time in the future where I am doing something (business or otherwise) that may require me to seek a stronger and more visible presence on the internet but until such a purpose arises I am just enjoying the people I do "know" and being able to peek into their lives from all the way up here in Canada and letting them do the same with me if they wish. .-= nancypants´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.shawnanigans.net/?p=1243" rel="nofollow">A Piano</a> =-. It’s funny because I’ve been blogging since February or March of 2006 and I went through the phases that I guess every blogger does of being rather obsessed, trying to get attention, trying to “grow my readership,” live for comments on each of my posts, comment like crazy on every blog I happened upon (which were many for a long while)… I have met some really neat people, no doubt. But after about the 2 year mark I really began blogging just for me and my family. Others are of course invited to read and enjoy and comment and all that but I don’t blog for them. My readership has gone down dramatically because I don’t blog regularly anymore. There is a time that I would have been almost ridiculously panicked about this in the same way I would have been panicked about needing the accolades (about clothes, hair, shoes, etc.) of my Junior High friends.

I am okay with just being me and having my little blog that records life from my perspective for my kids and their kids (if the internet lasts that long…)

There may be a time in the future where I am doing something (business or otherwise) that may require me to seek a stronger and more visible presence on the internet but until such a purpose arises I am just enjoying the people I do “know” and being able to peek into their lives from all the way up here in Canada and letting them do the same with me if they wish.
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]]> By: Allison Worthington http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-13754 Allison Worthington Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:33:34 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13754 Oh Darlin', You have one of the best personal blogs on the web. Serious fabulousness! xo. Oh Darlin’,

You have one of the best personal blogs on the web. Serious fabulousness!

xo.

]]> By: Allison Worthington http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-13753 Allison Worthington Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:32:49 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13753 Great point, Holly! I have learned how to do everything from email a picture to launch a big magazine all in two years. But, I still can't sew a straight line. {giggles} Great point, Holly! I have learned how to do everything from email a picture to launch a big magazine all in two years.

But, I still can’t sew a straight line.

{giggles}

]]> By: Holly White-Wolfe http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-13751 Holly White-Wolfe Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:22:19 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13751 I think Tip Junkie also alluded to the fact that many moms may find blogging as a wonderful place to apply skills that otherwise might be dusting on a shelf or undervalued in the realm of mothering. My graphic design skills, computer skills, and marketing skills were once key to my professional life and tremendously valuable. I once felt like a go-getter in the workplace, but then found myself struggling to develop all new skills as a mother. I've managed to learn new skills in the cooking, sewing and nurturing arenas, but it is hard work to be a beginner and to constantly rebound from mistakes. I love escaping to blogging where I can comfortably sit down, and just let my talents run! .-= Holly White-Wolfe´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sono-ma/~3/7LoJF40hbSw/rediscovering-domestic-arts-or-better.html" rel="nofollow">Rediscovering Domestic Arts, or a better title, Making Mothering an Excuse for Finding a Creative Pathway</a> =-. I think Tip Junkie also alluded to the fact that many moms may find blogging as a wonderful place to apply skills that otherwise might be dusting on a shelf or undervalued in the realm of mothering. My graphic design skills, computer skills, and marketing skills were once key to my professional life and tremendously valuable. I once felt like a go-getter in the workplace, but then found myself struggling to develop all new skills as a mother. I’ve managed to learn new skills in the cooking, sewing and nurturing arenas, but it is hard work to be a beginner and to constantly rebound from mistakes. I love escaping to blogging where I can comfortably sit down, and just let my talents run!
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]]> By: melissa stover http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-2/#comment-13720 melissa stover Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:35:05 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13720 did i fail to comment on this outstanding post? i know i linked to it in my google reader. loved this mrsfussypants! i love my virtual front porch friends and am so excited about blogging right now. .-= melissa stover´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AFamiliarPath/~3/_t6XewAi33k/10-things-that-happened-this-week.html" rel="nofollow">10 Things that happened this week</a> =-. did i fail to comment on this outstanding post? i know i linked to it in my google reader. loved this mrsfussypants! i love my virtual front porch friends and am so excited about blogging right now.
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]]> By: Allison Worthington http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-13715 Allison Worthington Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:59:43 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13715 Yep, and it's all about writing in any way we choose. Our blogs are a fun way to document life, share ideas and good things and record who we are at any point in our journey. I believe so strongly that a core group of readers/friends is treasure. Traffic? Perez Hilton has traffic. We could all have big traffic by posting things to shock, but a personal blog with loyal readers/friends; that is success! Yep, and it’s all about writing in any way we choose. Our blogs are a fun way to document life, share ideas and good things and record who we are at any point in our journey.

I believe so strongly that a core group of readers/friends is treasure. Traffic? Perez Hilton has traffic.

We could all have big traffic by posting things to shock, but a personal blog with loyal readers/friends; that is success!

]]> By: Allison Worthington http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-13714 Allison Worthington Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:55:22 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13714 I'll be on your front porch soon. (winks) I’ll be on your front porch soon. (winks)

]]> By: Allison Worthington http://mrsfussypants.com/2009/07/mommy-blogging-the-digital-front-porch-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-13713 Allison Worthington Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:54:56 +0000 http://mrsfussypants.com/?p=777#comment-13713 Awesome, Felica! Awesome, Felica!

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