Blog of the Week # 7

This week the blog of the week is Post Secret. This is a very well known blog where people send in anonymous postcards and they are posted for the world to see. The following I took from their website…

“PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.”

But it is so much more that that. They post them once a week and they are always captivating. Some are scary. Some are sad. Some are gross. I read them every week. It is like a window into people private thoughts. It is even more personal than a blog really. It is a blog, just a picture blog. And there are no ads. I love blogs with no ads. Check out the site at www.postsecret.blogspot.com.

You can find out exactly how it got started by clicking here.

You can find out how to send your own secret by clicking here.

The secret shown is from today’s Sunday Secrets.

They even have Post Secret books filled of postcards. I am considering buying one and checking it out.

Blog Of The Week # 6

This week’s Blog Of The Week I found last November while doing NaBloPoMo. The blog is called Sarcastic Mom and is written by… you guessed it… Sarcastic Mom aka Lotus. She has been doing this blog since September of 2007. She was doing some blogging before that too, but I only read this one.

I like it because, first, she is a mom. I happen to enjoy reading mommy blogs that are interesting. I have kids too and frankly, I feel better knowing other kids are out there doing the same junk mine are or did. Sarcastic Mom has a toddler, he has done some stuff I remember Carolynn or Catherine doing, and I laugh. Her blog is very funny, very raw, and very personal. That is why I like it. She has her own weekly meme called Weekly Winners where people post their best pictures from the week every Sunday. They have to be pictures they actually took that week. I think that is neat. I take many pictures too, but on Sundays, I do this. My blogging buddy, reading buddy, and former Blog Of The Week, Eve, does Weekly Winners.

At Sarcastic Mom, comments are plentiful, but frankly, I have been a bit of a lurker on this one. I admit it. I read it though my Google Reader. I very rarely have left comments. We are friends through NaBloPoMo, but that is the extent of that. It is still a really good blog. That is why it is this weeks Blog Of The Week. So check it out…
www.sarcasticmom.com.

Blog Of The Week #5

Happy Mother’s Day! This week’s Blog Of The Week belongs to…

My Mom!

Seriously, who didn’t see that one coming?

My mom, Arlene, started her blog very recently, on March 31. It’s called Three Baseball Fanz. She has been reading my blog since my very first one years ago. She has also been reading Trisha's blog for a good long time too. But now she has her own. And we read hers.

She tries to post something new everyday. She writes about stuff that happens to her, sports, old people… whatever she wants to that day. She has plenty of good pictures and recently learned a new photo editing program so her pictures have more interest. She joined the Thursday Thirteen and got herself some fans from that. She also joined an Over 50 Bloggers group she saw on Eve’s page. She leaves a lot of comments around too. Everyone loves comments.

It’s been fun so far and I hope she keeps it going. Blogging is fun. Happy Mother’s Day Mom and Happy Mother’s Day to all the other blogging mom’s out there too.

Blog Of The Week #4

This week’s Blog of the Week, I only discovered this week. I was looking over the member list for Readers Anonymous, because we have a lot of members that are not participating. I checked out the blogs of the members who had one listed and I found Pam.

Pam is a participating member of Readers Anonymous. In fact, she was one of the winners of our posting contest this week and I am sending her a new book tomorrow. She is an avid reader, has many great thoughts on books that she shares with our group and seems like a great person. She is the kind of person it would be cool to know in real life. But alas, she lives in Knoxville, Tennessee and here I am in sunny California.

Then I discovered she had a blog.

Pam’s blog is called 30 Something. After I saw it, I recognized it as one I have seen on Trisha’s blog, but I did not put the two together. Pam has been blogging since April 2005. She is married and has three cats. (Or as she says, the cats have her.) What really caught my eye were her recent posts about how she ended up meeting and marrying her husband. They were just so sweet. She writes about books she reads and the rest of her life too. She is just a regular gal, living a regular life. That is why I like it.

All of the folks in Reader’s Anonymous so far, are people I enjoy. When I win millions in the lottery I do not play, I will fly them all somewhere good, where we can meet up in person, discuss books, and have a fabulous time.

Blog Of The Week #3

This week’s Blog Of The Week is called Life Of An Obsessive Reader. Well, that is what it is called now. It has been called many things over the years. This is the blog of my dearest friend Trish. Trish got me started with my first blog way back when. Way back when it only had a few design choices and no pictures or anything. Way back when we were young and hopeful. Way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. If it were not for the internet, we might not have been friends for so long since we both move around so much. Right now, we live on opposite coasts.

Trish has been doing her blog since 2004 or maybe longer. Maybe 2004 sounds about right. She writes about varying topics; being a Marine Wife, her kids, her dogs, being a college student, and books. A lot about books. She has some serious book issues.

Trish and I started an online book discussion group in December. So far, it has been going pretty well. We do not have a huge active member list, but those we do have I enjoy. It is fun and we get to try books we might not have read ourselves.

Trish and I have been friends since 2000 and I see no plans for us to stop anytime soon. So check out her blog. It has always been listed on my sidebar, currently as “A Womans Blog Is Her Obsession”.

Blog Of The Week #2

This week’s blog of the week is called Carolynn’s Ocean View and it is all about Carolynn, my daughter, who will be 12 tomorrow.

Carolynn has been blogging off and on since November 2006. She writes about stuff she does mostly. Sometimes I make videos for her. Recently she has gotten a little more involved. In December, she tried the Holidailies challenge. She did not make it but it was a heck of an effort. She is also participating in the TBR Challenge. She is doing very well on that so far, much better than I am in fact. She has a Shelfari profile and has been toying with the idea of staring a group within my book group for kids to read a book together every month.

Carolynn loves sea life. She especially loves turtles. She has a pet turtle named Little Dude. She also enjoys running. She was on her schools cross-country team this fall. In January, she ran in the Keebler Kid’s Marathon. This May she will be running in the Kids Magic Mile.

It is interesting to see the blogging world through Carolynn’s eyes. She tried My Space, but she did not like it. She said it was dumb and not as fun. Her friend Kina was inspired to make her own blog too. She is really into Webkinz. That is an online game. Next year she will be a teenager. Pretty soon the only way I will know anything about her, will be to read her blog. Talking to your mother will be soooooo un-cool. (Insert kid rolling her eyes in my direction here)

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On another note, Carolynn's party video is up on her site. And check Catherine's site for an adventure to an Avocado Festival today.

Blog Of The Week

I came up with is idea sometime last week and I had to plan it out and think it over before I announced it. Anyway, here it goes. Every Sunday, I will feature a blog I have found, why I enjoy it and why you should read it too. (I was going to make it every Friday, but I always get so busy on Fridays. Besides, I do two memes in a row Wednesday and Thursday and I thought that it might be too much.) I even made a nifty little digital award to go with it. I believe that blogs are a great way of communication. It is personal and fun. It gives you a place to be just you and to share with the rest of the world. It is also a great way to meet other interesting bloggers and make some new e-friends.

In choosing my very first Blog Of The Week, I really had to think it over. I read about ten blogs pretty regularly. I could easily have started with my mom’s blog because she is new and she is my mom. I could have chosen Trisha’s blog because she is the one who helped me start my first one several years ago. I could have chosen Carolynn’s blog or Catherine’s blog because they are my kids. However, in the end, I chose Carla’s Blog.

Carla, (also known as Eve in my book group), has not been blogging for a long time. She started her blog in September of last year. She is in her late 50’s and married. Her husband is quite a bit older than she is, in his late 70’s and resides in a long-term care facility. They have one daughter and four grandkids. The whole clan resides in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carla lives with her daughter and grandkids.

Why do I like this blog? It is because Carla inspires me. Despite the fact that she has some health problems or her husband is no longer able to live at home, she still finds the good in the world. She uses many great pictures and bright colors. Despite the age difference between her and me, we have a lot in common. Besides the fact that we are in the same book group, she enjoys taking pictures and cooking. And of course blogging.

So this week, our blog of the week is Carla’s blog, called Adamswife’s Weblog. Check it out. She usually has something new daily. She participates in several meme’s including Wordless Wednesday and Thursday 13, which I also do. She does Haiku Friday, which is very creative. Last November, she also completed NaBloPoMo.

Good luck Carla with that blog. I hope you enjoy doing it as much as I like reading it. I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Come back next week to see who our new Blog of the Week will be.