Why I blog

I read this on my cousin's blog and thought I'd do it too.

1. Why did you start your blog?
I started mine when I was living in Seattle. I had a couple friends who had blogs, and I thought it would be a good way of keeping in touch with them. It also was an easy way to post pictures and stories about my kids for my other friends and family to be able to keep updated with them.

2. How did you come up with your blog name?
Well, I think I was trying to be clever. I've thought about changing it to something else more descriptive of myself, but haven't come up with anything, so it's stayed the same.

3. Do your friends and family know about your blog? What do they think of it?
After reading #1 this shouldn't be to hard to figure out. I don't know what they all think about it, but I know there are at least a few people who read it. My mom doesn't read it so much anymore unless I tell her to look at a picture or something. She sees the kids all the time now though.

4. How do you write posts?
Some of them are just my thoughts and feelings. Some are fun or cute things my kids are doing. Sometimes if it's been a while since I posted, I just try to come up with anything that might possibly be of interest. I've thought about starting a different blog just for "writing." I wish I had more time for it.

5. Have you ever had a Troll or had to delete unkind comments?
No trolls, just spam.

6. Do you check your stats? Do you care how many people read your blog? If you do, how do you increase traffic?
I've never checked my stats. I don't really care how many people read it, but it is nice to know that someone reads it. I do like getting comments.

7. What kind of blogs/posts interest you?
All the blogs I read are people who I personally know. Most of them are just updates about themselves or their families. I do enjoy when they post pictures. I like to see their kids and I like to see other things they come across that are interesting. Like the Snag on Heidi's blog, Tearese's posts about art, Stephanie's sewing projects, and Saskia's honest opinions about everything. And of course, as I said, I like to see everyone's kids. It's fun to watch them grow, and don't get to see most of these kid's in person very often.

8. What do you like and dislike about blogging?Hmmm... well I think I've been over most of the things I like. I just enjoy getting to know people better. As far as dislikes, well, hmmm... I don't like spam. Other than that, I just wish I had more time to put into making my blog more interesting and reading other people's blogs.

I'm tagging anyone who needs something to post about! :)