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My Community

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So, last night, The Queen of Spain twitterized a video chat session. I went ahead and logged on. I just text chatted, while the other ladies (and there was a dude too, but I never caught who he was) were on video chats. That’ll happen soon – I have a camera on my new! computer! coming!

Along with QoS, was GeekMommy, Schmutzie (didn’t get to chat much with her), ToThink, Crunchy Carpets, and TheMacMommy.  These are all new to me bloggers, except Queen of Spain.  Actually, I’d heard of them, just never actually read them before.  My point is this – these were all new peeps for me.  I’m now twitting them, and I’ve bookmarked them for perusal.

First let me just say – it was fun.  Real time chatting, while seeing pretty faces, in an unplanned (I think?) “hey let’s talk” kind of way.

Unless I totally barged into a party that was thought out, in which case, mea culpa.

However, this isn’t the point – I’m just setting you up.

My point is this…  I’m a blogger for three reasons.

  1. Journal my life/a marking of the passage of time for my family
  2. Impart information/react to information
  3. Community

For me personally, I don’t make friends easilly.  I’m busy, I’m distracted, and I’m stressed.  I don’t have a lot of time, and the time that I do have is often designated for survival activities – until about 8pm pacific (ie: kids’ bedtimes.)  I feel that this is the case for everyone, not just me.  I think it’s harder to make a buck, harder to keep kids out of trouble, and harder to keep the household in order.  As a result – it’s hard to maintain relationships and friendships.

We’re in an online world now.  I believe it is the natural evolution of things – I think we go the way technology guides us.  We’re a bit isolated.  We’re solitary.

While all this is true, and more – I’m sure writers more eloquent than I have succeeded – what I love about blogging is community.   A sappy word that I’m not sure truly identifies what I want to say here, but I cannot think of a synonym at the moment.   In those women (and unidentifiable male?  Help?) I saw different blogging styles, different lifestyles, different political and religious beliefs, different experience levels – both in life and in blogging – and yet.

And yet.

There we all were.  Talking about blogging – but as women are wont to do – it bounced.  Subject to subject, interest to interest.

A group of women.  Talking.  Together.  Ultimately, isn’t that the point?

I truly love it.

This is my community.

He is Risen

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He is Risen Indeed

Please take time, today, if you are a Christian, to truly recognize in your heart and mind what the resurrection means. What He went through, what it means for Him to resurrect, and what it means for your life – and your life hereafter. Remember the destination – while living the journey.

A very blessed Easter to you all!

Photo: Claudia Meyer (St Germain en Laye) France

 

what i do online each day

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Each day, there are specific things I do online…  My “dailies” so to speak.

Mondays – the weekly stuff

I’m also working on my review site, but I’m not ready to start publicizing it really yet.

It’s all organized neatly in bookmarks and my foxpro buttons, so it’s fairly quick.  I’m able to do everything but the blogging before the kids wake up.

So, what do YOU do online everyday?

Truthiness

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I decided that I’m woman enough to show you all my true self. As part of the Self-Portrait Truthiness project at Flickr.

I am a real woman. Yes I wear makeup and jewelry. I groom. Heck, I even shower! But in the morning all you get is me – morning breath and all.

But, my husband sees this every morning and hasn’t run away screaming into the dark morning hours yet, so I know he loves me anyway.

Sweetney had this to say:

I post this for two reasons. One, I think we’re all very good at glossing over and covering up, and let’s face it, that’s kind of lame and cowardly. We all promote our best head-shots, our most flattering angles, and stuff under the rug the reality of what we REALLY look like without tweaking and all manner of artificial support. I’m no different, of course: I edit and select all of the images I post here, and am loathe to publish photos that make me look less-than-attractive(-ish). But I’m not a head-shot, and my life most certainly isn’t lived in soft lighting, and truth be told I rarely (okay, almost never) wear makeup. This is pretty much who I am. Internet, meet my everyday reality, in all its haggard ingloriousness.

And two, I’d like to meet YOU in your stripped-down, unvarnished loveliness, as well. So I’ve created a handy-dandy flickr group called Self-Portrait Truthiness, and I invite each of you to post one or more photos there of yourself as “the real you.” Interpret that as you will, bearing in mind that honesty and keeping-it-real is the goal. The truth will set us free… or at least be entertaining for a few days. snort.

So let’s do this thing! I double dog dare you. Yeah, I said it. Whatcha gonna do, punk?

I was double dog dared.

But, to protect your small children, I’ve put the photo below the fold. Click if you’re willing.

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