We have a BIG purchase coming in the mail tomorrow that I’m sure you’ll all be excited to finally see, so my mind can’t pull its focus away from that enough to think up an enthralling blog post. So, I wanted to put this little “getting to know you” survey out there for my lovely readers (ie. YOU) to fill out, if you’re so inclined. I know that I have a fair amount of readers (around 150 per day) but it seems that only a few comment on the posts. Don’t get me wrong, I love to blog stalk like the best of them, but now is your time to shine and share a little bit of yourself with me so I can get to know my readers!
If you’re feeling fancy, and if you feel like making this blogger’s day, just plop your answers in my little comment box and we’ll all have a go at getting to know everyone around these parts. I’d also love feedback on anything you think this blog is missing/anything you want more of/anything you can’t stand (ie. pictures of my dog, posts about birds, etc.) No holds barred, people!
1. Name, location, occupation – the basics.
2. How did you find my blog? Are you frequent visitor or a first timer?
3. What other blogs/design resources are you loving? Am I your one and only? :)
4. What features would you like to see on the blog? Anything you’d like me to quit yapping about?
5. Lastly, tell me something interesting about yourself that makes you unique. For instance, you have an incredibly large big toe or you know all of the lyrics to “Shoop” by Salt n Pepa (take a wild guess who that cool person is?)
And because every post is better with a picture, feast your eyes on Playtime 2009. Charlie and his cousin, Dakota, recently spent a week together and had a freakin ball. Cute, right?
Uh, I think that is a freakin’ Frisbee.
1. Emily Kate. . .Tallahassee, FL. . . middle school math teacher and mother to
Henry ;-)
2. My cool sis writes the blog and I am a frequent follower.
3. No other design blogs but I follow tons of celebrity blogs:
pinkisthenewblog.com, popsugar.com, wwtdd.com are the major ones
4. Quit yapping about your damn dog!! Just kidding- I love hearing about that
stuff. I also like hearing about organizing things in a creative way. (As a
math person, I like organizing – but I’m not good at it).
5. Yeah, can’t think of anything interesting or unique at the moment. Blame
it on lack of sleep from having a new baby!!
Elizabeth, Cary, NC, interior designer
I found your blog through another design blog but I can’t remember which one.
Other design blogs I read: Urban Grace, Make It Lovely, Urban Nest, How About Orange….uhm, I read a lot of blogs so I’m not going to list them all but they all contain some kind of design and/or food element.
I love dogs. More dog photos! Whatever craftiness/designery stuff you want to show. It helps inspire me.
I can oink like a pig. It frightens people.
1. Laura; Auburn, WA (Seattle area); full-time mom (former teacher/librarian)
2. Found your blog through TYH – oops! – I mean YHL – and I check in every few days. Just for the record, it was through your sister’s nursery posts that I found you and LOVED it! (I have a girl though!)
3. YHL (homepage!) Bower Power, Brooklyn Limestone, Making it Lovely, Freckles Chick are my regular reads, and I check in with a few others periodically.
4. Nothing special (fab picture – our dog is named Mocha and she’s a cutie, so I love dogs too!)
5. I’m unique because I married the best man on the planet! Oh, guess that might be an opinion thing ;=) . . . actuallly, I must admit that I am extremely ordinary, but I do love backpacking and that is how my husband and I went from merely aquaintances to friends to dating to married! (And yes, I realize I’m probably not the only person this happened to, but I still think it’s special because it was so unexpected.)
1. heather: Logan, UT: SAHM
2. i honestly can’t remember who i found you through, sorry, but i’m glad i did!
3. oh gosh…i follow all the blogs the other ladies listed any many more…but i’m loving oh happy day, design mom, bryn alexandria…
4. keep doin’ what you are doin’
5. um…not unique but i just climb a 9,000+ feet mountain peak the other day. whoo!
@heather: not unique!? that’s freakin incredible! congrats!
1. Candice-Charlotte-photographer
2. You left a comment on my blog….and I have you on bloglines….
3. I like http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/ {similar to the name of my business…but it’s not me :)}
http://www.russell-life.com/
http://www.stephmodo.com/
4. Love the images….love the design stuff….would love to see some cool kids clothing {random, I know…but I’m adopting…and I want to be a my kid to be dressed so rad!}
5. I collect whoopie cushions. I know…it’s a strange fascination for a women…but bathroom humor makes me LAUGH great belly laughs!
1. Brooke, San Francisco Bay Area, Designer
2. I think you commented on my blog, and that’s how I found you. You’ve been in my reader ever since!
3. I have always loved Making It Lovely, Centsational Girl, and Party Perfect.
4. Keep it up! Be sure you are writing about anything and everything that you want to write about!
5. I only wakeboard to rap, preferably Snoop Dogg or Dr. Dre, and I have a tattoo that my family doesn’t know about {don’t tell}.
1. Reny (best friend extraordinaire), Beaufort NC, perpetual student
2. I found your blog because you sent it to me after my one entry blog inspired you to start yours. You are totally kicking my butt. Well done. I am a daily visitor :)
3. Just you and Heidi Mitchell Photography. Gotta support my peeps!!
4. I’d personally like to see more pictures of Henry at the moment. I cant get enough – he is to cute to boot!
5. I too know all of the words to “shoop” (but you already knew that). And my new interesting fact is that i watched a leopard seal devour a penguin in Antarctica. but you knew that too…
1. Terry,Leesburg, FL, empty nester, amateur calligrapher (wait, I get paid for that), new Nana
2. My super cool, talented daughter writes this blog (Oh, Mom)
3. Besides this I follow YHL, Oh Brooke, Heidi Mitchell, and whatever else these lead me too!
4. I love seeing all of your decor projects and of course, my grand-dog Charlie, and grandson Henry. Heck, I even like birds. Oh, and keep up the “I Want This” list. Great for Christmas and birthdays! :)
5. I guess I have a corny sense of humor and nobody gets it.
1. Rick(Dad), Leesburg, FL, Optometrist.
2. I am your proud Father. Daily.
3. This is my one and only blog.
4. I have enjoyed every entry into your blog. They are all different and informative. The ones referencing what I have taught you are especially good.
5. I know tunes and almost no lyrics. You did not get your lyric talents from me.
1. Ashley McCormick, Orlando, Fl, Photographer
2. Heidi Mitchell! She got me hooked :) I check your blog daily
3. I also love YoungHouseLove and Real Simple. I’m a interior decorating junky
4. I really like DIY projects and before/afters. Those are my faves!
5. I’ve never eaten a steak in my life. I eat beef, but steak creeps me out. Its ridiculous but I just won’t eat one.
1. Amanda : Charlotte, NC : Commercial Interior Designer
2. Um…well I sit across from you all day and I’m super nosey so it only felt right to read your inner most thoughts :). I definitely pop in every day.
3. I’m always checking in on YHL thanks to you.
4. I’m all about some more Charlie pictures! Design related requests however…I would love to see more art projects. I’m always looking for some cheap and crafty new art for my house.
5. Besides the fact that I have no inside voice (you know you love it!) I can probably recite all dialogue from every Gilmore Girls episode. Yep, thats right…you are in awe ;). On top of that…I sing (and dance) to every song that comes on in the car even if I hate it. I can’t help myself! Wow, I sound like the most annoying person ever. :(
@candice: not sure if you’ve heard about it or not, but knuckleheads clothing is about the coolest kids clothing line I’ve ever seen. your kid would be blowing the other kids out of the water with these goods! good luck with the adoption process! http://www.knuckleheadsclothing.com/