I could probably rant forever on how blogging is so commercial, maybe that will be my next vlog lol.

I do most of my online stuff while nursing the baby, yay for laptops!

You made me laugh with the ‘deserve a diamond bracelet in a blog about snow’ bit. I spent most of last year reading blogs on my BB, so they were pared down and unless people put ‘this is for money’ in text on the blog I didn’t see a lot of the buttons on the sides declaring it. I was so confused by some of my formerly favorite blogs. I do usually prefer private blogs about the person myself, but it is awful no matter what it’s about to have a sudden paragraph that is soooooo not cohesive with the rest, and clearly just to get that bizarre link in. But then again if that’s where they’re making their money then it is what it is. I may stop visiting, but I can’t be too mad at them for it.

I would like to start taking more advantage of wordpress, plugins and rss this year. I was so much better at this when I didn’t have an extra apendage : P

Also, it makes you feel better about baby weight I lost all of mine in 3 weeks, then gained it back plus 50% more in the next three weeks : P I’m definitely gung-ho to have a healthy year this year. I’m trying to decide before Saturday what info I feel comfortable sharing on echoia, since so many people I know read it. They lurk and then weeks later bring things up casually like they learned them through osmosis *eyeroll*. There’s a line I have to find between sharing motivational information and keeping things I don’t want to hear about private.

Oh I am all about the podcasts/vodcasts so I am going to check out that podcast/blog for sure!

I wonder if in part, because parenting is a lot more personal than media (books/tv/music/etc)?

@Kimm, thank you so much! You hit the nail on the head. It makes me wonder about the person who creates a blog just to do paid blogging. I rarely return to those type of sites and find it so utterly annoying.

But I just can’t seem to get the gumption to do any of that. You’d think that since I have done professional recordings/film/TV/Radio that I’d be a pro at this, but somehow the whole thing changes when I’m talking about parenthood. Don’t know why — it just does. Being a mommy-blogger removes all my cool.

So anyway, I’m impressed with your first video. Good job, and good luck on future ones. Can’t wait to see them.
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@Darren, yay thank you!!! I am going to try and write more about bringing back that “community” feel. I get so irritated when people start blogging just in the hopes that they will become the next superstar blogger and earn millions.

@Lynda, thank you! When I did my giveaway, I actually BOUGHT the book to… give away lol. I agree, the commercialism is INSANE! Instead of tips on how to write better, be more friendly, it’s how to make more money, how to do paid blogs, how to place the ad’s… I really will not visit those blogs because it annoys me so much and detracts from the whole site. I also agree, for the future, shorter vlogs are happier vlogs lol.

@Samantha, omgosh so few people remember the podcasting lol. It’s been YEARS! I wonder if I have the old files stored somewhere… nonetheless I will try to do more vlogs in the future lol.