I have to be honest. I have become a blog addict. It started innocently enough. My brother keeps a blog, and I loved (still do) checking in to find out the happenings and musings of his life. When Smoochy and I decided to move from the South East to the Far West (at six months pregnant) I decided to start a blog of my own, to keep our far flung friends and family abreast of our happenings. Little did I know what an outlet it would be to type up the silly stories of our adventures (or lack thereof).
As most of you know, I haven’t worked since we found out I was pregnant. My job was mindless and unfulfilling; we were moving; and Smoochy adores me (spoils me) so in November I found myself with A LOT of free time. One day I was absently clicking the “Next Blog” button on Blogger when I stumbled across Antique Mommy (her’s is one of four blogs Smoochy checks daily; he’s hooked too!). I spent hours reading back through all her posts, and laughing my ass off at each one. Thus my addiction to the blogsphere began.
This is a common entry into a blog addiction I have discovered. Soon Antique Mommy wasn’t enough; after I had read through her archives! I started checking out her blogroll and discoverer low and behold; there are TONS of incredible writers out there! Being newly pregnant and starved for info about pregnancy and parenthood the blog world provided me with a feast!
The main course turned out to be an incredible site hosted by an incredible lady. Babes in Blogland is a site dedicated to bringing pregnant folks and new parents together. Mama Monkey has scoured the Web for pregnancy and parenting blogs and grouped them by due dates; this is a great site to read birth stories and get parenting tips! It has been an incredible joy to check in on the other moms due in June and follow their pregnancies; and now to watch and see who will go into labor first! Congratulations to Superhero Girl and Quarter Rest… I am so freaking jealous!
Every day I sit down and go one by one through my bookmarked blogs. I am just finally coming out of my shell and commenting on some of these sites. For the longest time I was what in the blogsphere is commonly referred to as a “Lurker”, someone who read regularly but didn’t speak up much. But after reading about these people’s lives day after day I am starting to find a voice and I want to let these folks know that I appreciate them sharing their stories and a bit of their lives.
So it is in that vein that I find myself putting up a blogroll on my site. I was hesitant at first to do so because I really didn’t know the protocol and I didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. However, after some encouragement from Milliner’s Dream and her assertion that this sort of thing is a complement to a bloger, I am finally making public all the blogs that have been listed in a folder titled “Blogs Becca Likes” on our PC for months now. And for the record, my blogroll is in completely random order! I’m too lazy to alphabetize it!
I just want to say thank you to all of you kick ass blogers for sharing so much of yourselves. I have learned volumes about pregnancy, parenting, and life from so many different perspectives through reading all your posts. This crazy new form of expression transmits an amazing amount of warmth and humanity through such a technological medium. I am glad to be a participant.
6 comments:
I am honored to be on your blogroll. And I will definitely check out some of the otehrs that are unfamiliar to me.
Thanks so much for the link, mama-to-be! If you haven't yet discovered Mrsfortune.blogspot I implore you to go. She just had her baby and the pregnancy posts in her archives are hilarious.
Thanks so much for all the sweet words and the links. You are too kind! I'm really glad I started Babes in Blogland because it's helped me meet so many great people like you who I might not otherwise have stumbled across.
If you REALLY want a pretty alphabetized blogroll, may I suggest BlogRolling.com? It's an easy way to organize your blogroll, and you can even set it up so you can tell which blogs have been recently updated. Pretty cool.
Very cool post. I too am relatively new to blogging, and I am continually astonished and at the beauty, depth and cleverness of the blogs I have encountered.
I'm glad you found your voice! Thank you for blogrolling me. :?)
Rebecca! Thanks for the mention on your fabulous blog. Yes, it is addicting but cathartic both at the same time. And cheaper than shopping.
I'm honored to be in the group of bloggers you list and in "blogs Becca likes..."!
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