I CAN HEAR YOU NOW "HERE SHE GOES AGAIN !"

BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH !!!!

I was going to turn off comments on this post but I know how I feel when people turn off their comments. (it pisses me off)

It seems like I am having trouble getting caught up on my reading of blogs. I am finding that I am just getting around to reading Tuesday's posts on Friday. That is just crazy.............

One problem is getting my grand dog Charlie off the computer.......... Honestly he really goes crazy if he sees a dog on the screen and don't get me started with his love for TV!

But he is not the problem, it's me!

I have hundreds of blogs in my Reader (over 700) and obviously I can't read all of them. I have about 150 who I actually try to read daily. Now if I were on vacation and wanted to check in on some blogs I would probably check on 40 of them who I can't do without. So why don't I just read them each day? Good question that I don't have an answer for! What I am realizing is that I find myself here at my computer from 7am until I finally turn it off to watch some evening TV around 8/9pm. This happens at least 5 days a week.

I am not one of those people who only read the people who comment on my blog. I know the people who only come over because I commented on their blog. I will never be that person. I read people because I like to read them. The only time I go over to a blog from a comment is when I have been asked a question and they are a no-reply or when I have a new visitor to my blog.

I also have my For Your Tears blog and I do follow each woman I have sent a handkerchief to if they have a blog. Some of them are what I call my Special Mom Friends and I try to read them each day and the others I do check in on because I like to know how they are doing. I don't always comment but it does my heart good when I see they are doing a little better or have had a Rainbow baby.

So how do you handle your reading? How many do you try to read each day? How do people who get over 200 comments a day read all of them? There use to be a time when I wanted followers but today I am happy with my count and if it never changes I want you to know that I am content. What would you do if you were one of those people with thousands of followers? It reminds me of when I belonged to my small church. We never, for 14 years, went over 250 members and I loved that. I could actually know each person. I have yet to find a new church because I like the intimacy of the small church.

So I am going to set myself a time limit each day. I am going to try an approach of having more intimacy in my reading of blogs. I am going to try to read a book for a few hours and try to get to those paint by numbers. I need to get outside with the nice weather and try to walk Skye each morning so I can get this weight off. I will be over to read you but I might be a few days late in getting there.

I leave you with a picture of some of the beautiful flowers we have in our yard. This weekend my husband is planting about 13 new plants we just bought on Friday. Enjoy!

100 FOLLOWERS

Congratulations and thank you to Randi Troxell at BEAUTY BE GOOD for becoming my 100th follower.

Your gifts are in the mail. Enjoy!

OMG I HAVE ALSO DONE 100 POSTS, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT!

HOORAY FOR ME!

THE CONFESSIONS OF A FOLLOWER

Ever since I started blogging I have been addicted to following people. Day after day I found myself hitting the follow button. Then I started getting concerned about how I would read so many blogs each day. Truthfully not everyone blogs everyday so it hasn't been too overwhelming. I definitely make a point of following each of my followers tying to never miss a post. (unless I'm on vacation but even then I try to catch up with them) So now I have encountered a problem. Last night I clicked the button to follow someone and I was told that I have reached the limit of followers allowed. I looked at my screen dumbfounded. There is a limit! So now what do I do. In order to follow more people I have to eliminate people. How do I do that? I think that I may be able to remove a few blogs but how will that help me in the future. I guess what I would like to know is if anyone can give me some insight as to what I should do. Help! Like I said I always follower my followers which only seems right. So what about the people who have 635 followers up to as many as 2384 followers, how do they follow their followers. Do they just go over to people who leave a comment and comment to them on that day, not following them each and everyday? Honest to God I tossed and turned all night over this. Nobody wants to see their number of followers going down when it's supposed to be on the rise!

JUST WONDERING - UPDATE

THEY ARE BACK RIGHT NOW, I AM SO HAPPY, BUT I WON'T HOLD MY BREATHE! THANK YOU MY DEAR FRIENDS FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTION. I JUST REALIZED I MADE A FUNNY THERE ABOUT HOLDING MY BREATHE. I COULDN'T IF I WANTED TOO!

The people who follow me haven't been on my page since yesterday. I actually have a few new people following me and I don't know who they are. So I did check the forum and have seen comments that others were having that problem too. They are still missing today. I also saw them missing on another blog today too so I am thinking that it isn't just me. What is really upsetting me is that there is no one you can talk to about it. I can't find a phone number anywhere to get help. Also for months now when I type a problem into the help section I find that I seldom get the answers I need. Just wanted to see if anyone else was having this issue or if you know of a way to fix it.

I APPRECIATE YOUR FAITH IN ME

I want to thank you so much for pushing the button and giving me a chance. You do know that you can't go back now because I would know and you don't want me to feel rejected do you? I hope that you will find some of my posts to be interesting . You do realize that my posts are pretty simple ones usually about Skye or my other blog. I am pretty much a stay at home do nothing kind of person. But just maybe I will have some interesting things coming up since I have company coming at the end of the month which I will be posting about soon. Then I have vacation, more company in August and then more in September. I do like commenting allot, that's were I spend most of my days. I will forever follow you so long as you don't delete yourself from my follow list. (actually I would still follow you because I like what I read) See I felt really bad about six weeks ago when I only had a few people following me and I did a poor me post. (deleted it since) And thank you to Keetha who was so brave to be my first follower and has taught me allot since then. Now look at where I have come since then. Thank you so much for your faith in me. I have gone from 0/3 comments to as many as 19 since then. This blog spot has really changed my life in so many ways and I thank God for that.