Sooooo, it's technically not even summer anymore, but I can't not participate in Nancy's Summer Blogging Challenge. I think I've participated every year since it started in 2015 when the challenge was to share stuff about yourself. So my 2015 post and the 2016 post were so fun because we all learned interesting and random things about our blogging friends. Last year I wasn't as late and I am this time.
As many of y'all know, we've been in a bit of a transition for just over a year and have been moving and trying to get set up in our new home for the last little while. Like, O and I have moved 4 times in the last 3 years. Three of those 4 moves were cross country. I'm hoping that I really can get back to blogging, at least more than I have been the last couple of years, now that we will be able to stay put.
Yes, I continue to be always SO late to the party. But better late than never, right?
2018 Summer Blogging Challenge Questions!
1. How long have you been blogging (or reading blogs)?
I started blogging in August 2008. It was not a cancer blog at that time. And in 2009 that changed.
2. How has your blog changed?
Well, it appears to have gone dormant. It started off really as a CarePage, to keep friends and family up to date on my treatment, and then I decided to chronicle my hair loss and regrowth journey and just other random things that happen in life, like how it seems O and I can't ever seem to get food after a late or hard day.
3. What is your biggest blogging challenge/frustration?
Time to write and what to write about.
4. What is your favorite post that you’ve written (or read)?
The Hair Regrowth Timeline post of course. I love to get the comments from readers who say it has helped them with the whole losing your hair from chemo thing. It's not a vanity thing to be so upset about the hair loss. This post gets clicked on daily from people all over the world.
5. What are your goals for your blog? (Why do you read blogs?)
Lately it would be to just get one written! Like, I have over 50 incomplete posts in a draft folder. Wonder if I'll ever get back to blogging regularly. I really hope so. It was really like therapy for me and I've made SO many friends in the cancer blog community from blogging. I used to try to get a post out each week. Lately, have just had no time to write or even be online much, with being in such a transitional phase and all.
6. How many blogs do you read on a regular basis?
I'm not sure.... I'm sad to have to admit that I haven't been able to read my favorites for a few months now, and hope that will change. But go check out my Blogs I Like tab at the top of my page.
I'm not sure.... I'm sad to have to admit that I haven't been able to read my favorites for a few months now, and hope that will change. But go check out my Blogs I Like tab at the top of my page.
7. How do you determine what to share and what not to share; in other words, do you have blog boundaries? (or comment boundaries)
Sometimes...I try to respect privacy and I don't use full names in my posts. Some personal subjects I just don't blog about. And lately, pretty much don't blog at all, so there's that lol!
8. When things get hard, what keeps you blogging (or reading blogs)?
Umm...........yeah.
9. What is your biggest Cancer Land pet peeve today, right now, this minute?
The cancer warrior language. In particular, when people say that someone "lost their battle with cancer". OMG I HATE that so much. Nobody loses! I think this will always be my biggest cancer land pet peeve.
10. What one piece of advice would you offer to a new blogger?
Be honest, be yourself and just do it! And don't look to me to be any sort of role model. I'm SO not.
11. Share something most people do not know about you. A secret sort of thing.
I like to make people laugh. Not that I could ever do stand up or anything, but, like, when hanging out and chatting....if I can get some laughs when I'm trying to be humorous, I love that. And sometimes I think I'm being funny and I'm so not. And I have been told more than once that I do tell some pretty corny jokes. Wow, that's not a very juicy secret, is it? There's not much about me that most people don't know... Guess I'm kind of an open book...
12. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
Eating good food. OMG I sure do love to eat. And cook. O and I enjoy cooking together. We love to share our food with family and YES, I am that person who takes photos of our food and posts them on social media. Yep.
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| September 2018 |
2 comments:
I am so glad you decided to participate! I hope you do get to stay put for awhile. All that moving must be exhausting on so many levels. Where are you now then? I didn't know you started blogging that long ago - before cancer. What were you blogging about? I guess I should dig into your archives. That hair post is really good, so it's no wonder it gets so many clicks. I am impressed you have 50 posts in your file. At least you've got material ready to go then - or at least topics on file. Time seems to be an issue for most bloggers. I love how your passion and humor always come through in your posts. And sarcasm. And wit. I enjoy them all, and sure hope you keep on writing them when you can.
Thank you for taking up my challenge!
Of course I MUST participate! Better late than never lol! In 2008 my blog was just stuff I was thinking about or heard in the news & stuff...& I didn't post much then either. Maybe 3 or 4 posts before it became my hair regrowth cancer blog. Thank you for still hanging in here & reading my silly words. I do hope to continue more regularly. xx
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