Hello. How refreshing does this icy lime, lychee and mint drink whatsy look? I had it at brunch this morning, followed by this:
I also met a blog reader B, who recognised me and introduced herself. Hi B!It is boiling hot and humid. Glamour is slipping away fast. I wore this Castle Starr frock:
remember I wore it in Noooosa?
and when I used to lie under my Holiday Tree?
I am embracing the colour green like No One's Business. This is me actioning Play Clothes Friday in a Milly top from Jean Brown, my new flats (I know. I miss heels too) and a maternity skirt that Ole Irish L is letting me borrow.
you can't really tell but I'm wearing not 1 but 2 bee brooches. Because in the words of my friend Lucinda, More is More. Especially when it comes to bee brooches.
Meanwhile despite the Hell known as Serpent -gate I have drawn a Line in the Sand, and tried to Take Back the Power in the FF Garden. I make a lot of noise and chuck rocks around to warn the snakes of My Approach.
but, it's my garden, and I'm not going to be forced out of it.
And maybe the snakes will eat the rats. And then move elsewhere. Fingers and Toes.
My sisters take Thank You Cards Seriously. And so does 5 year old Niece FF. She sent me this.
Naturally her writing is the standard of a much older child. 
Can you believe the shoppes are already stocking Easter eggs? Me either. But I'm a Joiner so I bought these:
Don't tell anyone, but today I went to Olive Home and found this Ginger and Smart top for $99 down from $450. Readers.
I bought it.
I knew it'd look stunning with the FF Leo Necklace. I give you Exhibit A:
and I can wear it pregnant or not. Hooray.
and I can wear it pregnant or not. Hooray.I'm going to settle in soon and read these:
and I've just watched Oprah's homage to the late JFK jnr, which was excellent
while snacking on this frozen goodness:
My polish is OPI's elephantastic. I got a mani and pedi today. Let's hope it lasts.
and I've just watched Oprah's homage to the late JFK jnr, which was excellent
while snacking on this frozen goodness:
My polish is OPI's elephantastic. I got a mani and pedi today. Let's hope it lasts.I still wonder endlessly whose hair the baby will inherit.....
I've also been trying to remember what it was that made me start this blog back in December 2009. I'm super curious (aka Nosey) about how other people live and choose to action their lives which is why I like to read other blogs. I enjoy the comments, and I like the connections I've made with others whose paths I would never have other wise crossed.
I've also been trying to remember what it was that made me start this blog back in December 2009. I'm super curious (aka Nosey) about how other people live and choose to action their lives which is why I like to read other blogs. I enjoy the comments, and I like the connections I've made with others whose paths I would never have other wise crossed.So tell me:
If you have a blog, why'd you start it? Why do you keep going? Are you hoping for a book deal? Do you get bored? Do nasty comments bother you?
If you don't have a blog, why do you read them?
The most fascinating comment will win a fancy prize!
xxxx
Hi FF, you always have so much in your posts I never know what to comment on, and then when I do, I get overwhelmed because I don't think I can make a comment wity enough. Your other commenters are so talented!
ReplyDeleteI started my blog to document the renovation of my 101 yr old house, never realising I'd be permanently broke and therefore unable to do much renovating! So, now it's also about my garden, my furry kid and my art. I love the connections you make with other people. I just think Blogland is the most wonderful, inspiring place!
ps what a bargain, that G&S top!!
Material things shouldn't be most important in one's life, but as a student who grew up in a low income family, I come to your blog out of a combination of curiosity and escapism. You live in a world of nice things and nice food and beautiful flowers... glamorous and a nice sort of life I'd like to experience one day (enough study and hard work will get me there, one would hope).
ReplyDeleteJ.
Dear FF, another post full of gorgeous things, I find it hard to comment because I like everything you show us.
ReplyDeleteI started blogging because I wanted to interview people and get some of my friends more known about and it just grew from there. I love all the people I've met and as you say our path's wouldn't have crossed otherwise. I find blogging quite addictive!
Have a lovely weekend xx
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI don't need witty comments! and can I just say that I Love love love your garden- you can grow things I could never grow up here.
Hi J
Thankyou for your comment. I don't see my life as very glamorous or fancy- I do my own cleaning and use public transport and love a bargain- but I do like things to be beautiful. Which is less about money and more about effort and commitment and refusing to Let Things Slide. Good luck with your study. x
Started a blog when I was about 16, through a platform called Livejournal (basically like a locked diary online). Then I had online presences elsewhere like on Deviantart, Flickr and would write things. Finally in my final year of High School, I was in a HSC blogging competition and started blogging there (very good times, very rude comments).
ReplyDeleteThat's how i found out about vogue forums, and you, the very interesting FF blogger. Then because you had such an interesting take on life and personality, I wanted to restart my blogging. I love looking at how other people go about their daily lives :)
PS, I love your garden, despite the serpents (who will rid you of the rats). Perhaps you need a cat or something around, mine kills snakes.
ReplyDeleteHi F.F. I blog because quite frankly I am a sticky beak with far too much to say!
ReplyDeleteI really think I should be an anthropologist or something because I am overly fascinated with the way people live. Actually, I am really only fascinated with people who live nicely. So I guess I could be a Shallow Sticky beak.
I love today's frock, perfect for the horrid humidity.
Dear Ms FF, I am up packing again. Mr LiC and the girls go to bed having put their clothes and assorted items out and magically it is all packed when they wake up! I do like it how you take lemons and make lemonade - take the snake as an example - you have thought about its positive impact on rats. I am enoying all the green you are sporting - it is so fresh and summery just as your bees are.
ReplyDeleteI am constantly amazed and grateful for all the very creative people who blog so assiduously and generously to give other people whom they don't know have something interesting to look at and reflect on. Do you remember when you were at boarding school and how lovely it was to get letters? Well it is like that. One develops relationships with people who live terribly far away. I like it that the world is such a small place and we can be happy for someone else's happiness, enjoy their jokes and wickedness and share their sadnesses. Congratulations on reaching 800 followers Ms FF!
Linda! I need your postal address because I have lost it! Can you pls email it to me? Packing is the pitts, I loathe it. I loved to get letters at boarding school too.
ReplyDeleteMeeting you has been one of the best things about the blog.
This heat is Diabolical.x
You're a busy bee Ms FF!
ReplyDeleteAs usual cramming so much into your day. I don't know how you do it in this heat!
I love reading blogs cos like you I'm a sticky beak but I really love how it's window to the world.
I discovered so many wonderful places, foods,books loads of stuff! But best of all is the people who I engage with every time I read their latest posts. I'm thrilled to bits to have been given the opportunity to make my acquaintance with my favorite bunch of bloggers!
Niece FF has had great teachers in the fine arts
L is recovering and is cooking for our dinner guests which is a proud mumma moment for me.
KateBx
Good question FF.
ReplyDeleteThis is my predicament. As time goes by I question why I have not jumped on the bloggy bandwagon as I have enough blog fodder and am feeling frustrated by not taking the plunge. Every day before my eyes I see a 'post' but wonder if anyone will find it interesting. For sure I can find any number of excuses to avoid taking the plunge but two obstacles are nasty comments one sometimes receives and privacy issues.
So for now I content myself by checking in with beautiful blogger friends who I've grown to love.
As per usual I've enjoyed reading about your delightful Saturday!
xx
Hi FF... I blog because I plain and simple enjoy writing... and I read other blogs because I love to read and I find it interesting how other people live their lives... Some may interpret that as 'i love to stickybeak' I choose to see it as simply being inquisitive! potato, potartoe... (that doesn't have the same effect if you just write potato twice)
ReplyDeleteLoving your bee brooches, although I was recently stung by a wasp so it does make me a little nervous to see them, but then I remember that they aren't actually real bees, just lovely brooches...
Also, embrace the ballet flat, if they were good enough for Audrey H, then they're nothing to sneeze at!
I don't blog because I'm too lazy and I'm too busy and I don't really have that many interesting things going on daily that people would want to read about. Are you interested in reading about my day involving getting two children- one with ASD - ready for school, going to work - with children with disabilities - coming home, battling with homework, cooking dinner, doing a load of washing, collecting the eggs, feeding the guinea pigs etc? But then when I do a great makeover on a piece of furniture, take a beautiful photo or have a fabulous manicure I think 'I need to blog this'.
ReplyDeleteWhen I have down time, I like to come online and escape from whatever it is I'm doing and catch up on what others in the world are doing. Perhaps it is living vicariously through others? I am sometimes inspired by projects that I see. I have also built friendships with others that I have met through blogging.
But I am grateful to bloggers such as yourself that give all of us whatever it is we are looking for when we read blogs.
I read your blog more and more as I find it hilarious and inspirational. It is wonderful to read when I have a break from de-cluttering like a monkey on crack. I didn't think anyone could out Leo me (which is probably very Leo of me but still). I love seeing that I am.not.alone. I love your belief in not knowingly under cushioning. Oh and the influence of the universe on directive cooking.
ReplyDeleteMy ex was a Leo too, so our girls have double Leo DNA influencing their hair. They both have awesome hair. Truly. Your child will shine.
Catherine
Well, I don't think I'll be the most fascinating comment, but I'll let you know how I started blogging.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time I was a massive A-League fan, attended all Melbourne Victory matches at Olympic Park, and later Telstra Dome/Etihad Stadium. But I found that my concept of football didn't fit the norm, so I started blogging about football and specifically the A-League.
I met a few really good people as a result of that blog, but as my studies became more important (never mind that I started blogging during my Honours year!) football became less important and eventually the blog started being a bit more general, partly because I didn't really have much material for a football only blog as I stopped being so A-League obsessive.
I did like the outlet that blogging was, so after a few failed restarts I seem to be plodding along slowly on my current blog, I hope that after my knee surgery I'll be out and about a bit more and have more interesting content than PhD, Project 10-plus pan and my latest knee woes!
There you go!
Cecilia
P.S. Heat IS diabolical. It's been above 40 degrees here in Sydney for the past few hours. Not a fan am I!
P.P.S. I received a book for Christmas with little uplifting verses and quotes for each day. Last Saturday's instantly reminded me of you as it referred to gardening, decluttering and the universe. I'll type out the last bit:
...you could look at is like St There of Lisieux. She said, "Every small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe."
So you're not really weeding the garden or cleaning the floor for the umpteenth time this week. You're keeping the universe in harmony.
Dear FF, I've read blogs for years, and never commented on them until yours. You've got it:
ReplyDeleteThe Blogging X Factor!
And so do The Moerks (too funny shallow anthropologist) and Kate B (who I think of as the snake expert - think i've got the right person).
I am thrilled to learn of another cliffhanger on this blog. Will Anne-Marie take the plunge? I will be happy for her with whatever she decides.
Commenters, for the most part, rock, I reckon.
PS: I blog because I get paid to. I know. Showing off.
Paddy I'd like to be paid to blog, lucky you, but then I'd have to probably toe the line blog-wise. Could be annoying.
ReplyDeleteCecilia, I LOVE that quote! only one of my friends gardens so I love to connect cyberly with fellow gardeners.
Catherine I am laughing out loud at your comment!!
ReplyDeleteI am a Leo's Leo except I have some sort of Virgo rising thing which is where I find my non-Leo commitment to Service and Psychotic Cleaning and Over enthusiastic decluttering. Apparently some Leos are Lazy Domestically. But not this little camper.
Mr FF and are are leos and our baby will be an Aries...Fingers and Toes this is a match made in heaven star-sign wise. x
Jo!!!! There are blogs that are about the life you describe!!! They are Wildly popular and Called "Mummy Blogs!!!" Some have a cult following too.
ReplyDeleteMy blog is very repetitive and domestic and people read it- there's a market niche for everyone.
Hi FF,
ReplyDeleteI was put onto your blog just today after the B you mentioned told me she'd introduced herself to you/freaked you out by disturbing your anonymity. From what I've read, I find your blog interesting because it's so varied and your baking stress-relief is something i can TOTALLY relate to - though not in this heat (oven on during day is a no no in 30+ degrees no air conditioning).
During same conversation we talked about blogs in general, your blog and my blog, and, funnily enough, why/how I blog. I write an art blog over on tumblr called Nobody in the Art World. I started writing it at end of 2009 because at that time I was trying to work out what I wanted to do with my life (coming to the end of a looong university degree and trying to work out how I could combine an art history degree with one in law). I went to see my favourite lecturer, who told me that I was a nobody in the art world, and that as such I would never go anywhere. I was completely shattered by this news, but instead of abandoning my hopes and dreams I decided to show him that even nobodies are somebodies. By blogging about art I see and things I'm interested in, I gain experience in writing and putting my thoughts together, and I also get to encourage accessibility of art to people who would otherwise shy away from it. It also encourages me to get out and see stuff/read stuff that perhaps otherwise I would be too lazy to go out of my way to see/read.
I have had some pretty nasty comments in the year or so I've been doing it, and as hard as I try I do find it difficult not to take them personally (particularly when they are personal attacks). But I've decided that the best course of action is to take all comments (good and bad) as compliments, and enjoy the way in which things I write can cause a bit of a stir. I also have learnt to step back and see it as a kind of 'intellectual democracy' at work. This piece on The Drum is quite interesting when it comes to comments: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41078.html
Also, I guess blogging can be very therapeutic and satisfying.
Sophie
In case my comment got lost, here's a rerun.
ReplyDeleteBlogging - You told Blighty to start one, and she told me to start one.
Now, can I have a prize for the shortest answer?
Louise
xxx
PS Paddy, why didn't you tell me about the Moerks?
I don't have a blog but I love reading other people's blogs ... I guess its a bit like reading someone's diary with their permission. However in not having a blog I miss out on the connection and friendships that are established in the blog world and often think I should reconsider ... but to be honest my life isn't that interesting and I don't think anyone would follow.
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Taking another breather from de-cluttering. It is hot work. As I'm not pregnant I am starting to think of sinful refreshing beverages. I could totally corrupt that icy concoction at the top of your post with some excellent quality something.
ReplyDeleteI have a few planets lurking in Virgo, which I think explains my need to be detailed in things that matter to me, and make lists. It is possible this also explains why I was so happy to find a leopard skin patterned broom. Before reading this blog I thought this was also why my hangers had to match and clothes must be colour coded. I was beginning to think maybe I was a weird brand of Leo. Maybe I can thank my Virgo bits.
Although having Virgo Rising is probably '11/10'. I have Taurus rising which generally manifests as loving my garden, cooking and not letting people organise my stuff...oh and enhances being a wee bit stubborn about things that matter to me. Art matters to me so I must check out Sophie's blog for next de-clutter break.
Catherine
Hi ff, I found your blog through my friends in the real and blog world, the lovely brismod from fun and VJs was the first, and then more and more were reading you until finally Sonia from rain and sage who I convinced to start blogging last year was also talking about you and I thought I really should check in and see what all the fuss is about. Ha ha. Yes in this regard I was a follower in the truest sence. But I started my blog for my business which is also my life and because it was free...you can't beat that so why not. I didn't realize how many genuine friends I would make or how fun it is to see how others live. I have been lucky to meet a lot of brissie bloggers and it is a fun connection xx Katherine
ReplyDeleteYou know how some people can remember all the little details from their life?
ReplyDeleteWell, those little details fall straight out of my head when the next shiny thing comes along.
My sister says things like - "remember that blue vase that used to sit on Nana's sideboard in the lounge room?"
Nuh.
Can't remember the vase.
Can't remember the sideboard.
Barely remember the lounge room.
Fortunately, do remember my Nan.
So, that's why I blog.
To remember stuff.
Plus - I'm a compulsive list maker - so now I have 6 blogs - RIDICULOUS.
AND - it's a good way to let my family who don't live near me, know what's going on in my life.
I wish I could blog like you do every day but I'm too lazy. So forgeddaboud a book deal - way too much hard work.
I'm pretty lucky - in the 3ish years I have been blogging - I don't think I've had one mean comment and if I did, I'd just delete it and go "Pollyanna" and pretend it didn't happen.
And - I have met some really great people from blogging who I never would have come across in real life.
Hi FF, I thought I would start a blog to keep a record of the renovation of our home but like Sarah, money cannot be stretched to keep up with blog posts. So I bable on about this and that and people seem to enjoy it and leave me comments which is very thoughtful and at the same time exciting. I also love to read other peoples blogs and have found it a very sharing place, full of great ideas, encouragement and friendly people. I am lucky to not have had any nasty comments (touch wood) and really what is the point of them - just nastiness all round! I enjoy your glamorous yet down to earth blog, it gives me a laugh. I love all of the recipes and restaurant advice, not to mention your gorgeous hair and fashion tips. Best wishes and keep on blogging.... 800 followers now, you are getting rather famous, people are recognising you in the street!!! You will have to start wearing sunglasses and a hat and maybe soon need a body guard. Fun, fun, fun... ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh no book deal for me, there's only room for one tortured author in our house and hubs has that role cornered
ReplyDeleteI only work part time now and I'm primarily my mums carer.I can go weeks without going anywhere or doing anything or speaking to anyone other than my mum So blogging keeps me connected in some way to people.
FF
ReplyDeleteGreen is your shade! Your garden is an inspiration. The She Shed at SSG Manor has much to live up to. Especially in this heat....
I started my blog because I started spending way too much time on facebook writing epic status updates. By taking it to the blog, I'd be able to write about whatever I wanted with as many words and pictures as it took.
I keep going because the time I take to put together a post is very relaxing for me. Also, I've made many good friends through the blog and we've all gone on too far for things to end right now.
I don't get bored, more anxious that sometimes I have nothing to write about. And that I actually end up writing about it. I do not photograph or interview well enough for a Book Deal. So I will leave that well enough alone.
Nasty comments do bother me because I feel that if a person doesn't like what I write, they are quite welcome to close the window and not return. But I suppose that's the price everyone who writes in the public domain faces. It's a shame that nasty comments don't have more intelligence behind them....
That being said, only one nasty comment has been directed at me. Someone else decided to do a veiled comment on a different medium about the blog early in its life. I think they have both moved on to bigger and better targets and possibly leading less negative and destructive lives.
SSG xxx
Sydney Shop Girl blog
Oh, so cute that the two bees have met each other!! And I love your striped new top too... You brekkie looked A+ very very delicious and the refreshing drink.. Please carry on making A LOT OF NOISE IN YOUR GARDEN AND SHOW THE SNAKE JUST WHO IS BOSS...
ReplyDeleteNow, why do I blog and how did I get here? Started mainly as I was inspired by Vicky Archer of French Essence and I wanted to make a record of 3 weeks that I spent caretaking a parFumerie I was looking after in Melbourne for a friend of mine. Really wanted to see what it was like and would I have any reaction if I threw it out to the 'blogosphere'. I did both like it and also have a good reaction so, I carried on.... And also my family in UK love to read what is going on with me here in Australia. Have to say that (so far) have not had the experience of any nasty comments -(TOUCH WOOD) just a bit of spam. I love how it has opened up a whole new world for me; rather like the penfriends of old. Don't think that you can be alone wherever you are in the world if you have your blog and your friends through blogging.....xx
I blog for several reasons:
ReplyDelete- I like the community and love making new friends
- to develop my writing and to use it as a springboard for my freelance writing career
- to document my life
- to make people laugh
- to teach people about ichthyosis, chronic illness and disability
I received only a few negative comments, mostly from people disagreeing about things I write about music. They don't worry me. I open myself up to a lot of criticism on my blog and if my music tastes are the only thing criticised, that's ok. But the other day I received a negative comment about my skin (http://carlyfindlay.blogspot.com/2011/02/sia-palais-st-kilda.html) - the first ever on my blog. That hurt, maybe as I received it after something else crap happened.
You are looking fab and make me laugh with your writing :)
xx
My partner works overseas on a fly in fly out basis. I started my blog the very first day he left. I craved the adult conversation as it is just myself and our 11 month old daughter by ourselves until he returns.
ReplyDeleteSo I blog to tell the things I would normally tell him (minus the things I buy...)
Well, you wouldn't believe what happened tonight. I started a blog! I actually feel quite sick now...
ReplyDeleteI only just started a blog. I guess I was inspired by bloggers like you and SSG. I like to think my blog is like a diary with photos, so I can remember my time in London.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the flowers in your garden, FF. I only wish Mr SE3 and I could cultivate a seriously beautiful garden in our little stamp sized backyard!
I blog because like you, I'm nosy! I have all this stuff flying round in my head that needs to come out, I enjoy writing, I think that too much emphasis is placed on being young/staying young so I want to big-up people over forty who are naturally fabulous, not Botoxed and fake.
ReplyDeleteI read blogs when I'm tired and sometimes fed up with my own life ; it's like watching a soap opera, but with real peoplz in it(I would never ever watch " reality TV" though !!).
ReplyDeleteHi FF,
ReplyDeleteI started blogging almost 4 years ago now because at the time it seemed as though all of the style blogs were written by and focused on twenty- and thirty-somethings. I wanted to connect with other women in their 40's, 50's, 60's and beyond to have a conversation about style and lifestyle for our age group. Now there are many, many more femmes d'un certain age blogging, and I'm so happy to be a part of this blogging community!
Book deal! HA!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading other people's blogs for months and months but only just started my own blog last month. Partly as a way to bring creativity and writing back into my life, partly as a place to waffle away about shoes and Rob Lowe and Big Scary Life Stuff, but mainly because I was beginning to feel like a creepy stalker-type, peeping into other people's lives but not letting them peep into mine. Nobody likes a creepy stalker-type.
PLUS my husband up and started a blog before me, and no way I was going to stand for THAT.
I found your blog quite recently via Amid Privilege, and I happen to believe there is not enough Barbie nostalgia in the blogosphere, or indeed the world. I commend you for your services in this Important Area. Keep up the excellent work.
I was writing away here madly (though with not quite the fervour shown by the drug-addled monkey above) when I thought whoa!!!!! keep it simple...so, I found you, you're FUNNY and you make me roll around laughing and you probably have no idea of the effect you have on so many people. That's it, simply.
ReplyDeleteI also feel compelled to read all the comments for fear of breaking the lovely thread that springs from each post.
I love being reminded of our sameness and our humanity. The blog is so much more than the content.
xx
I started reading economic, political and news blogs in 2001. In addition to those blogs, which I still read, I now also read fashion, design and lifestyle blogs.
ReplyDeleteI have been fortunate to have met so many people cyber-ly through blogging and I've learned so much about places that I have not had the opportunity to visit. I can say that without a doubt, my life has been enriched by reading blogs. How else would I know about life in Australia, Wales, Scotland, South Africa, etc. Reading fictional novels about these places just doesn't offer the same information.
I have a huge appreciation for the time that people put into their blogs. It is a discipline to post something daily.
And, in my long list of blogs, FF is in the top 10. Where else could I read about everything from cake baking to serpent gate!
Faux Fucshia-
ReplyDeleteI blog therefore I am....
Curiously I started innocently after discovering Lisa at a mid life of privilege and then started following like a sheep, hers and yours and many more...I was smitten living life vicariously with the rich and famous.
The peek inside the lives of other women has inspired me to be the best I can be....
as for blogging I just thought I might have something to say...nothing that would rock the world just a humble gal with a laptop, a bungalow, and a garden.....
The connections and comments are voices heard across the world...and we are linked by a common thread.
I am having so much fun and at 55 that's a good thing!
Hugs from the Hostess!
the answer is:
ReplyDeleteI read your blog and loved to comment. (I could be your blog-twin). After a while I considered it being unpolite, commenting as "Anonymous" when the author of the posting reveals so much of him/herself. Mostly herself. So I set up my blog, mainly to give others the opportunity to know who I am (38yrs, living in Austria etc.). After a while - mainly due to my 2 digital cameras, I discovered what fun it is to blog photos from "my world" while getting the chance to see photos from "others worlds". The amazing thing now is that thanks to blogging, I treasure the world around me much more than before.
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omg, the people alking in and out Jean Brown - please don't tell this is what average people look like in Brisbane?! You would feel like entering a communist zone when visiting Vienna. Compared to the snapshot here, Vienna provides zero style in the streets. Maybe we just lack the malls? (seems as if Jean Brown is situated in a mall)
Paula, Jean Brown isn't in a mall. The photo is from a party at night to celebrate Christmas (Dec 2010), so every one was dressed up- people round here are usually very casual.
ReplyDeleteDear FF
ReplyDeleteLots of bloggers just put pretty pictures of whatever on their sites and although at times I find that interesting, what attracts me to your blog is your openness and willingness to share your life with the great beyond! Your pictures all have a connection to you and your life and while, nail polish might seem trivial to some, to me its saying "Hey, life is hard, why not have pretty nails and wear some orange." So here is to you FF and may your blog bloom as well as your garden.
I starting reading blogs at a very difficult time in my life and loved the soothing routine of other people's lives. I started blogging 7 years ago as a way of celebrating the small things in my own life and of practising writing. I've gone through times of being more or less prolific but have met many wonderful people through blogging with whom I would never otherwise interconnected. I've never had a nasty comment and, frankly, people who behave like that astound me with their rudeness but there are ill-mannered people everywhere. I am a recent addict to your blog but you write about things that interest me - fashion, gardening, decluttering, baking and eating - and you have a charming writing style which makes me laugh out loud. Plus, I think bloggers who engage with their commentators in a good humoured way enhance the reading pleasure. By the way, I am a leo with good hair and two teenage daughters who have inherited the hair gene.
ReplyDeleteoops. should have been "people walking" and not "alking".
ReplyDeleteNow I feel really miserable: you tell me the pavement in front of the Jean Brown boutique is outside? I guess that's what made me think of the mall at first: a pavement so tidy and clean (no chewing gum, no spitting, no dirt) - you could not find it around here.
I almost forgot about your bees. You might like this photo: it shows how a beekeeper takes care of his bees during the cold winter months - mattresses for bees!
http://tinyurl.com/5tvvn7a
I am just starting to blog, my main reason is to encourage me to take more photos of my day to day life. I have always been a big reader of other peoples blogs, maybe I am just a sticky beak! I would love you to be my first follower FF I just posted about a baby buy you will love as it features a lovely bright orange!
ReplyDeleteI don't blog for a few reasons. I kind of would like to, but my husband is very security conscious and as Australia is so small, the ability of people to track you down through accidental clues you leave is too freaky for him. I'm always amazed at how much people will put out there - but then there area obviously quite a few that would like a book deal or two! If I did have a blog, it would be about renovating houses, interior design, food and gardening. Fashion a little bit, a bit about kids stuff. It would probably be an unfocussed mess. Most of my friends think I should start a blog, as I am constantly asked for info on where to source stuff - I have in the past written long emails on all kind of random topics (although most on baby/kids toys clothes etc), which friends have then emailed on. I have met people from interstate who then work out they've got my emails. Weird.
ReplyDeleteI read all kinds of different blogs on things that interest me, I get so much information from them. And I find it interesting that a blog I enjoy reading may have a bunch of blogs in their reading list that I don't like at all - it's such a personal thing.
Have you read any of the decluttering/ organising blogs out there? I came across a few this week, and they are strangely compelling reading!
Hi FF
ReplyDeleteI have been inspired by your blog in terms of your commitment to decluttering. I have lived in a big mess of a house for years. For such a long time I lived with this and havent thought anything of it. Since reading your blog I've come to realise how liberating it is to have a clean home. I've still got a long way to go but have just this weekend filled a 3 cubic metre skip of old things..just clutter and objects I didnt need. I am donating good things which I dont need to charity. Do you have any tips on being ruthless with cleaning up? Some rooms I havent touched in years. I've organised for a big trailor to come in the coming fortnights and I plan on having nearly all of it done. I have a private blog about my weightloss which I've just started.. I may make it public but who knows. I'm scared about nasty comments. Love your blog though! The cleaning of the home has also extended to the car and my work desk.. i believe it's made me less stressed and I know it's influenced me wanting to look better/feel better.
Thanks.
x
I started my bloggy 3 years ago to chronicle my house build. I was a bit too honest at times and had my builders growling at me "take it off your blog or we'll build you a house and then take it off you". I kid you not.. hence one of the many reasons they have never gotten one referral out of me... so I toned it down and just did pretties for a while.... but life isn't always so pretty .....so I got honest again. My blog is now my voice, my heart, the real me. I connect with so many kindred spirits through my blog, I think I would shrivel up and die now if I didn't have it in my life. And the best bit is meeting my fellow blogsters in real life. It's funny when you meet a fellow blogger for the first time.... it feels like you have been friends forever. A-M xx
ReplyDeleteFirstly, how gorgeous is that Vogue cover! When I saw it at 7-11 I was smitten. Not since their March 2010 cove have I been so 'caught'.
ReplyDeleteNow, why start a blog? Well. In 2009 some do-not-need-to-mention things happened with an ex of mine and through my counseling over the year I finally started doing things for myself again. Starting the blog was one of those activities. I guess I wanted to keep moving on and I wanted to prove that despite him taking every, single, little, last physical and mental skerrick of me - I still had MYSELF on the inside.
Anyhoo... It all commenced with recycled fashion editorials, typical right click and save. Boring. It took me over a year to 'find my feet' so to speak. Now finally it is much more like a diary, with lots of recipes, LOTS of recipes and anecdotes about my relationship and life. It's great to have an open diary where I can look back and say - I remember that. Plus friends always want to know what H and I are cooking/eating/drinking because of him being a chef so it's a fantastic way for us to present that to friends and family. There is still a fashion presence but now the whole blog is more a 'my world' story as opposed to an 'images I've saved' story.
What started as a clumsy, awkward stumble from pain has turned into something with harmony and a definite feel for nurturing of one's soul.
xo
Love the breakfast - it definitely gets an 11/10 from me!
ReplyDeleteI blog because I like meeting new like-minded people and because I love reading blogs that other people create. Plus, I write a lot for my job and I felt I needed a creative outlet that I could control rather than being a corporate slave. That has since changed and as I get busier I don't blog as much as I would like but I try to to blog at least three times a week.
I have been blessed to be in contact with so many lovely people through my bloggy - like AM said, I think I would die if I didn't have it. It's so much a part of me and lets me say things I would sometimes be too afraid to say in real life.
Take care with the SNAK - keep the noise up and take back your garden. I particularly love your frosty snack - I think you'll be proud of my achievements growing them if you take a wander over to my bloggy...
I blog because I need to document magnificence.
ReplyDeleteI don't actually call my blog a blog - I call it blog-lite, as I am what is rudely termed in the real world as Lazy (with a well deserved capital L). My blog is just pictures of fabulous things and a little curiosity thrown in for fun.
I started blogging in 2007 and built up a fairly popular blog and oh, the PRESSURE, plus the aforementioned Laziness was not a good combination. Not at all. Now I have a little blog, it makes me happy.
Hello again, FF.
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying the discussion this post has generated.
It's been a great chance to 'meet' fellow readers, some of whom I already 'know' and also some new faces.
SSG xxx
Sydney Shop Girl blog
I started blogging two years ago as a joint project with a friend, as we were both film studies students and wanted to improve our film writing- but we (namely me) were really terrible at posting with any form of regularity. I very recently started to blog again as a way of posting my watercolours which have been a fun distraction during the christmas holidays.
ReplyDeleteCracking post as usual, much love for your niece's thank you card in particular!
Dear FF, I LOVE your blog. Why? Because...
ReplyDeleteYou are such fun! You and my 2 year old grand-daughter make me laugh.
You are smart! So is my 2 year old grand-daughter. (Unbelievably so)!
You are a fashionista. So is you know who.
You bake. I have high tea in pink tin tea-cups with the afore-mentioned.
You garden. We smell the flowers together. (You know who the "We" are).
You have glorious hair that you flick quite well. The Adorable One, has curls that bob and bounce.
You de-clutter par excellence, Unfortunately, she, who is The Love of My Life is quite the
opposite. No matter. It's the trail of love that I follow.
So, really, you are a grown up version of my Grand-daughter. The planet is happy you both exist.
I like to read blogs to feel connected with other people. During the recent disasters in Queensland,I found that reading local Qld blogs provided the compelling personal dimension to these tragedies in a much more human way than newspapers or television.
ReplyDeleteI prefer bloggers who write for their own enjoyment whatever the type of blog - as soon as an "amateur" blog becomes "professional" I switch off. What I love is the everyday honesty and freshness of bloggers who write about their lives, current affairs, the books they read, the recipes they cook (one of my favourite recipe blogs says something like "making mistakes so you don't have to") the films they see and so on.
I am enormously grateful to all bloggers for sharing their lives or "snippets " of lives as you put it...
Sue
I know where that drink is from - Anouk! Mmm mmm, so good in this hot weather. I just cannot bring myself to buy Easter eggs yet, but am tempted by the hot cross buns I have seen at the supermarket, yum. I recently set my blog to private. Whilst I really like connecting with strangers about my interest in fashion, I am paranoid that people I know will read it and am strangely embarrassed.
ReplyDeleteBecause I was bored and lonely in a new city and found all these lovely blogs (namely yours and Sydney Shop Girl) that I could read every day, and decided to jump on the bangwagon.
ReplyDeleteFF you've certainly mastered looking pregnant and glamorous. Well done. Do you share all the delicious food you bake?
ReplyDeleteTechnology has made the world so accessible to all. It's quite amazing really. In some ways it's like adults versions of being a pen pal, only much nicer with all the images, photos, recipes, and huge variety. I've notice many bloggers seem to enjoy reading and perhaps it suits the inquisitive mind always needing to be stimulated. Such a marvel!
I started blogging when we adopted our two daughters from Ukraine. I don't write there much except for the occasional "anniversary" post, but I love going back and reading it. I found your blog through another that had a quote from you posted on the sidebar. I was curious, and now I'm hooked. I have to say my manicure has never looked better! Without sounding too strange (I hope) your blog is not only something I enjoy but use as inspiration. I actually feel kind of sad when you skip a day :)
ReplyDeleteI've only recently discovered this whole blog thing. I don't have a blog but i noticed u were eating frozen raspberries. Please take my advice- eat lots of frozen berries. Take raspberry leaf tablets (higher dose than is prescribed on the actual bottle- i think i took 12 tabs a day when pregnant). This is coming from someone who had a 3 day labour with baby 1 (and every drug and intervention under the sun short of a c-section) and then a 30 minute labour with baby 2 (baby came out first push with not even a graze). The berries and tablets were consumed in preparation for baby 2 on the advice of a fantastic nurse educator / naturopath. Take my advice, your VJ will thank you (and me) for it.
ReplyDeleteFF,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite photo of your is the one of you lying on the floor next to your Christmas tree. That should be on a holiday card.
I ask myself why I blog all the time. Some days I love it and couldn't imagine not having it and other days I want to shut the thing down.
I started blogging as a way to use my writing skills and communicate with like-minded people. I have learned so much about myself over the last 7+ months. And have met many glamorous, smart, chic, kind, caring, worldly and funny women who I would have otherwise never have known existed but for blogging - you being one of them (goes without saying).
I also feel like I am a better person for blogging. It's like being enrolled in free classes for self-improvement, cooking, beauty, fashion, travel, relationships, shopping - all the things we girls like.
Here's what I don't like about blogging:
- Negative commenters. I haven't really experienced this yet, but I do get the rare snarky comment. It makes me feel bad, but I know other people who get such nastiness they've turned commenting off or shut down blogs entirely. Thankfully, I haven't had anything cruel said to me - yet.
- Follower counts. Followers do not come easy to me. I don't know why, and it does bother me. This morning, I woke up and I had one less follower. Unfortunately for me, I let this fact ruin my morning. I know it shouldn't matter and I am working on becoming the type of person who can let things roll off her back - I think putting myself out there for criticism and/or validation will eventually give me thicker skin. Fingers crossed.
- Guilt feelings. I feel guilty if I don't deliver a post people want to read. And I feel guilty if I don't comment on other's blogs. And I feel guilty if I don't post often enough or spend too much time blogging. I really don't like feeling guilty.
Other than that, I am thankful I came to the blog world. The positives outweigh the negatives by far.
Thank you for putting this out there for discussion. I must go through and read other's comments now....there are so many! It will give me something to do while the Super Bowl is on.
xo
A
Hi Adrienne
ReplyDeleteAlthough I am used to the nasty comments, I still do not like them, and I delete them. This blog is not a democracy, nor a forum for mean spirited comments.
This is a time in my life that I want to be surrounded by supportive kind people and avoid those who aren't- in cyber space and in real life.
I hope you stop feeling guilty and worrying about being unfollowed xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear FF, what Louise said, but even shorter. Don't give her the prize, give it to me.xx
ReplyDeleteWhy did I start a blog? Cheap therapy - Jason wanted to buy a Qlder and I didn't. I say the blog is to chronicle our renovations, but it's actually to distract me from the renovations. But I'm liking the house more after blogging about it...so it's all good.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I hope you're coping okay with the heat. Stay cool. xx
One day I was in a super excellent mood for no real reason. I bopped about all day in a little cloud of happiness. There really was no reason for it, I just felt great like you sometimes do.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got in the car to head home they were talking about depressive thought cycles. It occurred to me how ironic this was given my good mood, but it inspired me to try to start a happiness thought cycle, using positive thinking etc to help me keep feeling this good.
Thinking that is one thing, actually doing it is another, so I decided I had to do something active. I chose to write a blog where every day I find something that has made me smile and I've been going strong for nearly 9 months.
It hasn't been easy. During that time I've been very sick, been ill treated by a man and worst of all had to watch someone very important to me get diagnosed with and die of ovarian cancer. But what I have found is that even on the worst day, you can find something good and finding it makes life so much better.
I love that people read my blog, but really the most important thing for me is keeping this happiness cycle going.
I love your blog FF because it is one of the things that always makes me smile!
Dear FF, I loved reading all the comments everyone has written so thanks for asking us why we’re all here in the blogiverse!
ReplyDeleteAs for the reason for my blog - I’m such a nosey parker, combined with being a show off, a stereotypical Aries & a loud extrovert in an very introverted small town, I had no choice but to find an avenue for all my brain bubbles that I jumped on Blogger about a year ago now.
I’ve been having a ball, and even tho I suspect no one beside myself & my sister are reading (!) I just adore the sense of community, and the constant inspiration I find across Oz & the rest of the big bad world. Everyone’s blog rolls are such a contestant source of distraction, I end up in loops looking at blog after blog after blog whilst I’m meant to be being productive at work *oops*
You are my absolute favourite find and you make me smile so much, and I look forward to your little snippets of life. Thanks for teaching me all about style and cushioning and I find myself actioning things all the time now!
It’s just grand!
Angela x
I started my blog as a private diary way back in 2004, then I moved it to blogger. It has changed a lot from what it used to be, I actually deleted or hid a lot of older personal posts after blogging became more mainstream. Now I don't know why I do it, mostly as a conversation with friends who also blog. Mine is very small fry though, I don't get that many hits and that is fine by me, id on't want fame and fortune, just a place to muse.
ReplyDeleteLove your work FF.
FF,
ReplyDeleteIf, or maybe 'when' I get a nasty one I will be certain to delete. You are right that our blogs are not forums for nastiness. People likely are jealous of you and your life and feel compelled to be cruel - it's unfortunate that some people behave that way.
Thank you for your kind comment back to me...I'm over being unfollowed, especially now that the fabulous Blighty came over via your blog and became one today. Isn't that kind? Love her.
xo
A
Why do I blog? A few reasons:
ReplyDelete1. I used to write for a living and now that I don't work, I miss writing, and felt like my brain was slowly melting away.
2. I love, love, love to have a record of my life to look back over - and I especially hope that my Tabitha, and one day my other children, will like to read back over their early years.
3. I like to make up recipes, and sharing them with The Internet makes me feel good - I hope that someone else will enjoy cooking something that I created!
4. It forces me to take more photos.
5. Finally, it gives me some routine - with the baby, it is nice to spend a few minutes a day reflecting.
I love your blog, because your writing style makes me smile, your clothes and home are so pretty, and (more recently) I am trying to gain inspiration for my next pregnancy. I believe I stayed somewhat stylish for the first half, but by the final months I was enormous and everything looked frumpy. Hopefully next time I will be a little more elegant (though I doubt it, since I will also have a toddler to wrangle by then!)
Nasty comments? I don't publish them, unless I feel like I would like to dispute what's been said. Luckily I haven't had too many yet - but I used to have a blog about my wedding (the year leading up to it) and I got so many REALLY SHOCKING comments that I disabled comments. Would you believe, even then, people emailed me? Some nice emails, some dreadful ones.
Keep up the good work! x
I wish I had the time to start my own blog - but with two small boys I am for most of the time occupied with their little cherub faces! In the meantime I love to read blogs (well I now have a few favourite ones I visit - this being one) over any other reading material as I seriously just don't get the time as I am literally running after my boys from dawn to dusk! I have enough time to devour a blog entry and for now I find that really enjoyable! I know all to soon I will have time on my hands to read a novel but I don't want this time to slip by! Love your blog! Amy
ReplyDeleteWhy do I blog?
ReplyDeleteI started blogging mainly to get myself back on track with making an effort in my daily appearance. I used to catalog my daily outfit religiously before i had Bubba but after Bubba was born I kind of lost the will to dress up, I don't think there is anything wrong with that but for me it meant I wasn't feeling at my best either. For me part of feeling good happens when I know I look good so I blog about outfits and wardrobe obsessions mainly. I know it's quite fickle and not everyone's cup of tea. But I see blogging as my time off or "me time" from home life, after work is done and dusted, after Bubba has been fed, after I've played with him and put him to bed. I find it emotionally cathartic really!
I would love to say that nasty comments don't bother me. Unfortunately they do, but i relish in the fact that i don't personally know those nasty anonymous commentators and don't have to deal with their toxic behaviour in real life. I chose not to publish nasty comments because I have no intention in engaging with those people in any way!
By the way, I love your Castle Starr frock and that long pearl necklace. I don't think I can use glamorous to describe you here as that would be an understatement!!!
xx
BB
Can I just say I am really enjoying these thoughtful and interesting comments.
ReplyDeleteAm at home sick and it is quite cheering to read them all.
BRASILIAN BABE I agree that it is best not to enagage with "anon" hater/comment people. I mean, they can start their own blog and bleat about their particular interests if they choose.
Having an interest in clothes and appearance is something that really angers and even polarises some people. They dismiss you as shallow, vapid, self obsessed etc but I am of the firm view that when I look good I feel better.
But because I am Hardcore Into Choice I also support anyone who says No to an interest in clothes and feels great when they look unkempt. More power to them. But it's not for me.
I think the psychology behind the leaving of anonymous nasty comments is a bit interesting? Do they imagine the blog reader starts sobbing and thinks "I'll never blog again?" or something?
I'm not being paid for this blog. It's not a democracy. If it's not to your taste, that's fine by me.
"Having an interest in clothes and appearance is something that really angers and even polarises some people. They dismiss you as shallow, vapid, self obsessed etc but I am of the firm view that when I look good I feel better." I completely agree. I am a much happier person with clean hair and a new dress.
ReplyDeleteI started to blog in the middle of Melbourne winter because I was bored and I just wanted some way to be creative. I read a lot of blogs, mostly Melbourne ones, and noticed that most of them were concentrated on the other side of the river to where I live. So I thought I'd write about my area and what interests me - food, fashion, cooking, home stuffs.
I think this whole discussion is interesting. Your blog is a deomcracy to a degree because it is public. You have to expect negative comments that go along with that, that's the choice you made. Otherwise you could make it private and never have any negative comments.
ReplyDeleteI also think it's interesting FF that you criticise anon commenters who say negative things about your blog, but as soon as you mention one of them starting a blog, if they do so then they're 'bleating' about their interests, so you are just as dismissive of their blogs as they are of yours.
Negative comments aren't nice. You must get a lot for them to bother you. I'd publish them and let your readers rip them to bits, you will find you won't get any more if you do that once.
Sorry, this is anon so you may not post it.
I started a blog because I think I'm funny.
ReplyDeleteI can write and spell. And I thought, if half the nonces in blog land can have a blog, then so can I.
I have no interest in clothes or makeup but I would never say I was unkempt. That's a bit unfair.
Recently, I had to make the decision to not care so much about my blog. Particularly, not to care about the people reading it whom I didn't want to read it.
Ignore the negative comments, delete them and not let them worry you ... you obviously have a lot more positive comments, and at the end of the day you ignore the people you don't like and concentrate on the people you do like.
Hi Anon,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't disagree with you more about this blog being like a Democracy because it's public.
I am like the Dictator of this Blog- I pick and choose the content, the photos, the direction and the comments. I choose everything with zero reference to anyone 'cept Old Me. No Democracy there.
I have had about 15 negative comments out of over 11,000 comments. I'm not that good with maths but I don't consider it a lot percentage wise. So your statement that I "must get a lot of negative comments" is inaccurate.
Thanks for your advice to publish the mean comments but because this is a Hardcore Blog Dictatorship I won't be doing that. I'm not giving a voice to them on this forum.
The comments have never criticised my blog or interests as such but have been very rude about my physical appearance. I am not publishing a comment that says I have old wrinkled and ugly hands! Just Because!
So if someone wants to start a blog that bleats on about how ugly my hands are they should- because I'll be publishing those comments here When Hell Freezes Over.
Dear FF, I love the way you "stick up for yourself". You responded with style and clarity. You have a truly independent spirit. I want my grand-daughter to have that.
ReplyDeletePeople like Anon, are just that, A NON.
Life is far too short to be nasty. I have spent most of my life dealing with the public. The few mean ones I have meant, definitely have something lacking in their own lives. They need to be mean to fill a void.
I have always felt sorry for them. What a waste of time spent just being spiteful...
Dear FF, just love it. Your last comment is just why I love your blog. I don't blog, cos basically I can't. But I just love reading others. I suppose I am a lurker. But you know what I don't care. I have gained so much reading the musings of others. I didn't know blogs existed just over 12 mths ago. While looking for stockists of all things "ghost chairs" i came across my first blog. From that one blog "Brabourne Farm" I discovered A-M, then somewhere Semi expat and then you. Have been hooked ever since. You make my day. And like many others am disappointed when you are absent. You are not allowed to be sick or other things.
ReplyDeleteI have learnt what skin cream to buy, a host of internet shopping sites and a million other things that I never knew existed. Not only do you make me laugh you have educated me.
Keep on keeping on and keep deleting those negative comments
Hope that you are feeling better
Paula
Dear Linda C
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment and thanks for saying such a lovely thing about my spirit! It must have been challenging dealing with members of the public when they behaved badly...
Hi Paula,
glad you know about internet shopping now!!! It is the best! I hate being sick- so boring and energy sapping. I like to be able to function at Top Speed and hate it when I can't.
I found your blog over at A-M's. It made me laugh, so I follow.
ReplyDeleteI started blogging to make myself realize I'm not as creative or as funny as I like to pretend I am.
I haven't had a nasty comment - yet. If I do, I'll either ignore, argue, or delete.
I like the 3rd option, because I lead by example. If people don't like what I write, then don't read it. (Works both ways, only they can't delete my blog bwahahahahaha.
Option 2 could be fun.
Option 1 is probably the best one, because ignoring unkind rudeness and carrying on sends more of a message that bothering to reply or delete. So basically I guess it would depend on what time of the month it is (sorry any blokes out there), whether I have a glass of wine in my hand, and whether the comment contained something valid.
By the way, I constantly obssessed over what my babies hair was going to be like - I was imagining Nicole Kidman, but realized hair that long on a baby could be a bit odd. She had nice hair when she was born, and now it's even better.
Have you had the birth dream yet? That's the one when you feel ripped off after giving birth to a walking talking 2 year old with hair AND teeth (and most likely immaculately manicured nails in your case)!
Cheers,
Lisa x
Oh, and a book deal, hell no. I will keep blogging until enough people beg me to stop.
ReplyDeleteI don't get as bored as my readers.
Sorry for the novel.
Cheers,
Lisa x
Oh you can't be serious. I just read anons comment about negative comments. Pfft. I say to all bloggers, it's your blog, you can delete whoevers negative rubbish comments you like.
ReplyDeleteAs for people leaving comments criticizing a bloggers appearance - puhleez. There is no criteria I see listed in Blogger (assuming Wordpress and all the others are the same) stating that the blog author has to be universally attractive. If that's the only comments a person can come up with, lets all pray they don't have a blog. Yawn!
Cheers,
Lisa x
hi ff,
ReplyDeletewhat a great topic. and one i'm v interested in. what makes people comment or not? tons of interesting things here. i don't worry about followers b/c i write for me first. maybe i would if i had tons of followers but i don't so it's not a worry. my biggest worry is boring people, which i'm sure i do but i guess i don't care that much or else i would have quit by now.
xo
janet
Hi FF - am loving reading all your comments. It is 4am so I am too tired to write anything of merit so will come back at a more appropriate hour. Just wanted to let you know your grace & intelligence inspires me.
ReplyDeleteKatie
I think you misunderstood me about my comment. What I meant was your blog is a democracy up to the point where you decide to publish or to not publish a comment. It is a democracy because your blog is open for anyone to read and all comments can be submitted whether they're positive or not. It's when you decide which comments to publish that you excercise your control over its content.
ReplyDeleteBy publishing my comment you demonstrated what I said would happen to negative comments. Your Followers all jumped on what I wrote and criticised me. That is what I said would happen if you published negative comments. Your Followers would all come to your defense and relieve you a bit of the "burden" of the negative comment. I hope that makes sense.
If you have a blog, why'd you start it?
ReplyDeleteWell FF I started my blog to keep in touch with family but it quickly evolved into a little bit of creativity and a place to deposit my thoughts
Why do you keep going?
I need that little snippet of creativity to feel some what sane and dimensional. I adore my gaggle of 3 daughters and sweet husband but find that a blog is an extension of me. Not just wife and mother but blogger too!
Are you hoping for a book deal?
Are you offering dear FF?
Do you get bored?
Yes, want to quit the blog once a week but haven't anything else in the works yet.
Do nasty comments bother you?
Mercy me yes but they are few.
Love to blog, love to read em! My nosey little self LOVES to see how others live and to be inspired by all the great people outside of my immediate circle.