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NaBloPoMo And Me

Nov 112011

I was reading a touching post on BlogHer and was yet again inspired to write a post. That makes two posts this month (9 days) that I have challenged myself to write a post with a specific purpose.

The writing experiment that is NaBloPoMo has been great for me. I’m really trying to improve my writing and reading other posts is one of the best ways for me to do this. I love reading, always have, but I’ve never read books, blogs or magazines as a writer. I’ve always approached them as a reader looking for information, inspiration and entertainment. Looking at different sentence structures, uses a word, expressions and humor has challenged me to work harder.

When I describe myself as a writer, I use the term loosely as I have never been great with words, spelling or grammar. I do want to inspire others though. Be it with breastfeeding knowledge, adoptive parent anecdotes or by telling you about a book I like; I want to contribute.

Thank you for reading, leaving comments and tolerating me!

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NaBloPoMo

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Oct 312011

Since I didn’t have anything else to do this month I thought I would sign up to blog EVERY DAY IN NOVEMBER! Ugh. Erg. Blah. It’s going to be fun I’m sure. National Blog Post Month is what that funky word above means. The purpose of this is to challenge bloggers with writing and to grow readership. I don’t know how much I have to share but away I go!

I really do want to stretch myself a bit more with my writing so my goals are to write more about Adoption, Older Child Adoption, the famine in the Horn of Africa, parenting girls through the start of puberty, books and the holidays. If you have any other suggestions let me know! I’m sure by day 6 I’ll be stumbling a bit.

Let The Thoughts Flow

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Mar 112011

Lisa and I oxygenating!

On the last Sunday in February I drove myself to the big city and got on a plane. As soon as I hit the airport I felt exhilarated. I was going on a trip. I love to go to new places, I love to travel alone without worrying about keeping hold of the kids. I love to people watch.

As a mom in a small town who doesn’t work outside the home, life gets a bit predictable. I see the same people, cars, dogs day after day. It’s no wonder I ran out of things to blog about in February!

As soon as I set down in my isle seat I opened up my Def Leppard notebook (seriously, it was on sale and I so love the Hysteria album cover art) and started writing. Lots of drivel, but at least my mind was working and my pen a moving. It felt good.

My next few posts will be about my silly nothings, but they will be new silly nothings!

(Sorry for the dark picture, it was my cell phone:)

Why Am I Blogging?

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Apr 172009

I’ve never considered myself a good writer. I can barely spell and my grammar is far from perfect. You may ask,”Then why in the world did you start a blog?” I have lots of reasons. Sure it’s a great way to share info and pics with family and friends, but really if I am being truthful, it is just plain fun.

Writing has really given me something to think about that doesn’t revolve around who has changed their underwear and how to keep the dog from barfing all over the basement. Now, I may write about the above topics, but putting a positive spin on it or getting myself to not take it so seriously truly is therapeutic.

Okay, the second honest reason is because my friend has one and it is so cool! I’m a wannabe and I proudly admit it :)