Family Blogs and First World Problems
A number of months ago, my oldest daughter started her own blog. She too is an aspiring writer, and she wanted to get involved in the writer community a bit more. Not only is blogging good for that, but it’s a good way to stretch the writing muscles and the creativity ligaments. I didn’t make a big fuss of her blog when she launched it because I wanted her to establish herself in her own right, and make her own way. Yes, I was being Dad. But I think she’s started to do that, so I want to encourage you to go visit her blog. You may have already without knowing she’s my daughter. Please don’t hold that against her. You may even like her better, which is fine. Really. *sniff*. Seriously, though, go visit her blog, leave comments, and generally be the nice people you all are:
hermajestywriter.wordpress.com
My wife has also just launched a blog. She’s loves cooking and food-type stuff. She also like to tell stories. Mix all that together, and you have her blog, Quips and Cuisine. Again, she’s just started, so there’s not a lot there right now, but she intends to post recipes and food-related stories from her childhood… and maybe from our family! Eeek! I’m vegetarian, and she makes some great veggie food, so you can expect an interesting mix of cooking ideas. Pay her a visit, leave a comment, and check back from time to time to see what’s new:
http://quipsandcuisine.wordpress.com
Finally, I’m sure you’ve all seen this, but in case you haven’t, my SecondBorn brought it to my attention. While I don’t want to belittle anyone’s suffering and hardship, no matter how small it is in the grand scheme of things, I think this helps us get some perspective. And it’s funny:
Have a great Monday!
Ohhh 😀 So cool that your family members are starting blogs too. I already follow your daughter (thanks to her participation in YA Highway) but I’m off to look at your wonderful wife’s blog now 😀
(and I’m in my lunch break, so I’ll watch the video after work tonight. I’m always up for a smile)
Hope you had a great weekend, Colin!
Thanks, Elodie! I know my daughter’s excited to have you as a follower. 🙂 I hope you enjoy wifey’s blog. And keep checking back–I know she has some ideas for recipes and articles, just as soon as she finds time to write them.
Yay! Comments are back. 🙂 Well, that’s pretty great that your wife is blogging now too. As you know, I lured my sister into blogging with lollipops and sticks of gum. (Not really. It was entirely her idea.) I’ve been following your daughter’s blog for a few weeks now, and I’ve been enjoying what she has to say.
As for the First World Problems video? Sadly, very true. I think we all need a good dose of perspective from time to time. Some of us more than others. (I’m looking at myself right now. If that’s even possible without a mirror.)
Yay indeed! I really don’t know what happened, but (for future reference) it had something to do with not being able to display frames. Internet Explorer popped up an error message which told me that. I’m hosting my own WordPress site, so I did some poking around the various php files, but didn’t find anything amiss. In other words, I didn’t change anything to cause the problem, and I didn’t change anything to fix it. I work in IT, so I know “stuff happens”… but there’s usually *someone’s* fingers behind the stuff. Not laying blame, I just know that sometimes people accidentally make changes that have adverse effects and realize a little while later what they’ve done, and quickly change it back hoping no-one noticed. Not saying that’s what happened here, but it happens… 🙂
Okay, enough about that. My daughter was very excited to see you commenting on her blog. 🙂 I’m sure my wife will be glad of some comments, too. Given that she has six kids to take care of (seven if you include me!), five of which she’s still homeschooling, I’m not sure how frequently she’ll get to blog, but I hope at least once a week. The more people comment, the more she’ll be encouraged to keep going…
It’s nice that your wife and daughter blogs too. 🙂 Something to bond over and share experiences with. I haven’t actually told my family that I blog. I feel like I need that to be a private thing.
It’s interesting how people respond to the fact you have a blog. People at church who don’t blog look at me like it’s really strange, or like I’m too old to be doing that kind of thing. But then when I tell them how they can catch up on our Sunday School class by checking the blog every Tuesday, they kind of warm to the idea. I guess what I’m saying is for some people, blogging seems a weird thing for grown people to do–until you show them how useful it is. My wife often gets asked for recipes for things she’s made. Her blog will be a great way for her to share those recipes with anyone that wants them. I imagine when she gets more content up there, she’ll be getting a.lot of hits, especially from family and friends who might otherwise have thought blogging a bit of a waste of time. 🙂