The Blogosphere I call home.

My dear friend Sara over at Maternal Mirth wants to know my views on this blogosphere that I have very comfortably moved into. You too can play along, it is very interesting questions. And I too like Sara have a tendency to control or overtake most conversations, even ones I'm not in (sorry!) I feel everyone should know what my opinion is, whether they want it or not.





Here's what inquiring minds want to know:


1) How did you start blogging?

I started blogging in February of 2007 when I read this by Maternal Mirth. Sara deiced to share with friends and family that she had a blog. I jumped on the bandwagon so fast, why didn't I think of this? AMAZING!


2) Were you always a writer or is blogging less about writing and more about YOU?
Ha ok first off Blogging is ALL about me. It is me. My friend Jayme inspired me to make it a legacy for my kids and grandkids to go back to. So they can learn all about Jacki and her bizarre ways. And yes I always love to write, kinda goes along with all the doodling I have always done. But I have always said that I can't write as fast as my brain thinks it out. So any journals I have kept have been hard to read because I would write SO damn fast. But in the blogging world. Give me a good cup of coffee, and my fingers GO WILD!!



3) What blogger really inspires you? Makes you laugh? Makes you cry?

I am not kissing butt in any means. But again Sara is my inspiration. From the "True Mom Confessions" to the "Secrets in the Sauce" girls (see Links you need to visit) Sara always have one up on great blogs to visit. Not to mention Sara's writing skills are mad crazy! The way she describes and tells a story. Well that is Sara in real life too. No wonder I am drawn to her like a moth to a flame. (ok, cheesy last line, but I do love to read your blog, and can we even count as high as the hours we have been on the phone?) So Sara makes me laugh too.



But enough about Sara and her fabulous blog. Jayme also inspires me to remember the everyday things to blog on. And I love that she shares her feelings on so much. Good or bad. I probably wouldn't have blogged so much about my pregnancy but Jayme shared it all. Good idea, someday when my kids are having kids, they too can read back on what I went through.



I am the blogger to make myself cry. Sounds conceited I know. But I am a very emotional person and I don't hold back on my blogs, even though EVERYONE reads it.



I have to say I wish that Jen would open up more on her blog. I know there has to be a TON of emotions and thoughts going through her head, constantly. She does blog from time to time. But I have found it an amazing release from the real world. Maybe she's worried what people will think or say? Bah who cares? As I said in the beginning. "Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and everyone thinks everyone elses stinks" so be it, but I have a right to my blog and I love being able to get it out!



4) Can you ever see yourself giving up your blog?
Nope. Not even a question. Where would I go everyday to empty out my head? I mean Ed can only take in so much. Mia is dishing it out faster they I am, and Weaky Man, well he listens best he can between eating, sleeping, pooping and cooing. Even after Blogger just had the Spam Friday issue (see your blogger Dashboard news) I am worried that all could be lost one day. But now they have blogger in draft, and I want to look into that. Maybe I can print our a hard copy... that would be ALOT of paper...





5) What is (in your mind) your BEST post? (Be sure to copy and paste the URL)
This was tough. I mean I post about 50 to 70 times a month! So I skimmed through ALL of my blogs, and came up with two that I think are great. P.S. I Love you again, a blog on the movie, P.S. I Love You but how it made me feel afterwards (there is also a blog P.S. I Love You when I felt the need to blog 1/2 way through a movie) and Cheaper then Therapy, which is on the subject of why I blog. I also found some good ones on just me, go WAY back to Feb. of 07 in my archives and you can learn alot about me and my family.

Thanks for the post subject Sara. I really did enjoy this one. Hope others participate as well! Long live the Blogosphere!!