{"id":4074,"date":"2010-02-23T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T22:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2010-02-23T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T22:35:08","slug":"adopt-a-blogger-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Adopt-a-Blogger 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So – finally I get around to blogging about my partner in this round of Adopt-a-Blogger<\/a>, which is a nifty\u00a0event; the brainchild\u00a0of Kristen<\/a>\u00a0at Dine & Dish. You might remember that I did it last year, and then my adoptee, Dawn, got such an awesome job, that she gave up the honor of being my adoptee for the job. [well, I never!] We have stayed in touch though and she still has time to blog<\/a> once in awhile.<\/p>\n

When Kristen started another round, I signed up again and have been in touch with my adoptee, Amy<\/a> over the past couple weeks.\u00a0\u00a0 This came at the same time as DessertStalking<\/a> began to take over my life and it was taking me so long to get it in gear and start working with her, that I was beginning to fear that Blogger Protective Services might come and take her away from me, due to neglect, but we managed to avoid that, thankfully.<\/p>\n

You never know who you are going to be paired with, so when then list came out, I was a little nervous, before I had a chance to check out her blog, but once there, I had no more worries.\u00a0\u00a0 She is a delight – a stay at home Mom of 3 daughters, 6, 9 and 10.\u00a0 Her blog is a mixture of her interests, ranging from fashion and style, her faith,\u00a0 homemaking and her family, as well being frugal and healthy.\u00a0 It is all nicely balanced and she has a warm, inviting personality that really shines through in her posts.\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

I asked her a few questions to give you a chance to hear her voice:
\n1. \u00a0What made you start blogging?<\/strong>
\nI love information and I love sharing information, plus I kept getting emails from friends asking for how-tos and links of what I was doing\/making. I have been admired for my simplistic approach to life, and since it is has been a long journey to get to this place (feeling balanced in most areas) I thought a blog would be a great way to share that with others, especially young moms.
\n2. How does blogging fit into your family life?<\/strong> How does it fit in…hmm..very late nights! \u00a0I have time while my girls are at school, I am a full time stay at home mom ( I do about 10 hrs\/week hairdressing) so that gives me some time. \u00a0It is ironic that the thing I want to use to communicate the idea of a simple life is what is making my life less simple!!(I just love blogging so much it is hard to make myself stop and do what I need to do around here)
\n3. What is your ultimate \u201cdream\u201d blog-wise? If you could snap your fingers and make anything happen in regards to your blog \u2013 what would it be?<\/strong>
\nMy ultimate dream? \u00a0I would love, love knowing what I write reaches others and inspires them to live simple, whole lives in all ways–physically, emotionally, spiritually. \u00a0It would be awesome to know I am making a difference in someone’s life. \u00a0I am also very passionate about being a Christian. \u00a0I want everyone I know to experience the hope, peace and freedom I have in knowing God. I think too many Christians have given God a bad rap by their actions(including myself at times!), I want “self” to get out of the way so God can shine through to my readers and they could see Him and His amazing-ness, undistorted by me. \u00a0Also money-As I have seen how time consuming blogging can be, it would be great to feel like there is a financial payoff, even if small, to help our family budget.
\n4. What are the best and worst things about blogging?<\/strong>
\nBest thing about blogging-feeling like I am helping people and making a difference in their lives. Worst thing about blogging-lack of sleep b\/c I stay up too late-blogging!<\/p>\n

She has a couple of recent posts you should check out here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amy has a few goals for her blog that I think I can give her a hand with, including migrating to WordPress, improving her photography and just some general spiffing up.\u00a0It is already a really fine blog, and you should go and check her out, and maybe even say hello: New Nostalgia<\/a>\u00a0. I think we are both looking forward to working together over the next couple months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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