Love your Blog Challenge #3 Ugly

The topic this week is quite a stumper.  So I've decided to dissect the prompt piece by piece ... that's how you eat an elephant they say, right?!  No, I would not eat an elephant or any or its parts, ever, LOL!

Feeling negative about blogging.  I have often times felt negative about blogging ... crappy photos, bad lighting, I don't know what to write, who wants to read this, is anyone reading this, why do I do this?

Turning a negative into a positive.  Well photos ... I do try and pay attention to lighting, background, etc. when taking photos and I think they have definitely improved over time.

Sometimes I feel like my blogging is a grocery list, I see other bloggers that post fantastic little stories or insights, but I'm just not that type of person.  On my recent podcast episode I was talking about how sometimes I wonder if my job is a good idea or the "right" job for me (911 police dispatcher) - typically this questioning occurs on a VERY frustrating, crazy busy day :o)

When I step outside and think about it, it probably is the right job for me.

Dispatch
/dəˈspaCH/

1. send off to a destination or for a purpose. 
2.  deal with (a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently.

Its how I operate: Get it done and NOW.  So its how I blog.  Here's my story, here are the facts, here's a photo, click publish and off it goes.

Love Your Blog Challenge #2 Beginnings

The topic for this week is beginnings ... how did you get started blogging?  I went back ... way back to 2006 and checked out my old blog.  It appears I may have started because I was doing a lot of swaps and also I had just started knitting.  There were a lot of beginnings ... beginning a lot of projects - many of which I am sure I never quite finished.  Some I did ... many, many years later ...

One I started  in December of 2007 (or at least bought the yarn for) and finally completed it in December of 2011.

I used to actually list my "ridiculous sock yarn stash" that amounted to 18 skeins ... hahahahahaha!!!!!  How cute is that?!?!  Silly girl!!!

I also used to go places and take cool photos.  I haven't done that in a long time ... (I go places, I forget to take photos).

I used to write a lot more too ... it also appears I used to come up with much wittier blog titles, LOL!

While digging through the blog I found some yarn that may be perfect for a shawl I wanted to knit ... where it is though ... hhmmm.

I used to make cool collages at the end of the year.

HHmmm here's to more thoughtful blogging from me in the future :o)

So ... what do you LIKE about this blog (so I can keep doing it)???  And is there anything you used to see here that you would like to see again?!?!

How did you start blogging???

Love your Blog Challenge #1

Community and Interaction

I'm joining with the Love your Blog Challenge from A Playful Day.  The first prompt is Community and Interaction in relation to blogging.  I'm not sure how I feel about this topic, my blog does not have a huge following (that I am aware of), unless there are a ton of lurkers here that do not post comments.  I myself am guilty of reading many blogs on a regular basis and not commenting.  I guess that is kind of the anti-interaction ...

So, here's is my question to you - do you read a lot of blogs on a regular basis, but do not comment?  

There are several reasons why I sometimes do not comment ...  I start to and get stuck on what I want to say, I don't want to be another "yeah" comment, I don't have the platform to comment coherently (phone, tablet - no real keyboard), and will the blogger read and respond to my comment?

On the flip side, I certainly have "met" some really cool people through blogging, that I keep tabs on regularly and we share back and forth.  I am happy with that, I would rather have a few people who comment that I can share with then a ton of superficial "relationships".

Sometimes I look back at my blog and its a great journal or record of my crafting.  I rarely share personal stuff on my blog, its all about the knitting, spinning, crafting and of course ... some kitties.

So my last question is, why do you blog?