Happy Thursday! It’s time to Thank A Reader and today I want to express my gratitude for all of the wonderful responses last week to my question about my blogging and time management. Since Kora & Logan started preschool last week I have a couple of hours to myself three days a week and wondered [...]
Measuring Blogging Success
September 14, 2010 By 14 Comments
How do you measure the success of a blog or blogger? Is it a blogger successful when she is invited to become a brand ambassador? Is the blog successful when it brings in enough income to pay the mortgage and maybe a few utilities? Is a blogger successful because his personal story has touched the [...]
Taking Blogging Seriously
August 10, 2010 By 16 Comments
Have you ever tried to explain blogging to non-bloggers? The conversation usually starts like this: Non-Blogger: “So you stay home with the kids all day, do you work part-time or anything?” Me: “Yes, I write a blog.” Non-Blogger: “A blog. Oh. I just don’t get them. What is it exactly? Me: “It’s similar to a [...]
The 7 Link Challenge
July 17, 2010 By 4 Comments
Problogger issued a 7 Link Challenge today where you sort through your archives and link to 7 specific posts. I thought it would be quick to write but I found myself re-reading old posts, reminiscing, and just getting sucked into the past of where 2 Wired 2 Tired used to be. It was time well [...]
It’s Springtime and the Blogging’s Not Easy
April 6, 2010 By 12 Comments
We had incredible weather yesterday. Absolutely perfect. It was about 75 degrees and we spent most of the day outside. In the morning Kora & Logan played with 3D chalk, blew bubbles, rode scooters, climbed up and down their slide, and played in their sand table. While they played, I dug out our garden by our [...]
What Blogging Has Brought Me
March 11, 2010 By 16 Comments
Growing up I wanted to be a journalist or an author. I loved being an English major in college until a jaded professor made some nasty comments that stuck with me and damaged my confidence enough that I stopped writing for many years. After having kids and becoming a stay-at-home mom, I picked up writing again. [...]
Why I Can’t Cross Things Off My To-Do List or Blogging Takes Work
September 11, 2009 By 11 Comments
Who says as a stay-at-home mom I don’t work? Well, no one directly says that to me, but that’s not the point. The point is this blogging business is a lot of work. First, it started off as a venue to record cute stories, pictures, and videos of the kids. A place to perserve memories. [...]
