Comments on: Thursday is Box Day

By: aimee/greeblemonkey

aimee/greeblemonkey — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:12:28 +0000

I know this post wasn’t really about Baby Bug in a box, but someday I need to send you this photo of the racecar my hubby made for Declan out of a box. It was SWEET.

And if I wasn’t blogging, or stalking 6,000 hilarious bloggers.. I would probably be SLEEPING. Like I should be RIGHT NOW.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:11:39 +0000

If I didn’t blog I would…
Paint, read, eat. Maybe.

More likely? My children would be begging me to leave them alone for five minutes already instead of the other way around.

By: Misty

Misty — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:43:13 +0000

I’ve been battling this disease for years, and I fear remission is nowhere in sight! At least it has brought some positives to the family, like a relaxed mother who can have friends even though they live dozens of states away, and now that my children are older they are interested in starting their own business since they have seen Mom working while they grew up the last 8 years! This disease has made me who I am :) Embrace it!

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:25:34 +0000

Here’s a PING from one of your biggest fans.

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:56:27 +0000

If I didn’t READ blogs, I would…

do my homework, class is almost over, i only have about a week left and i need to study, i’m just so busy, you know with important things like making lj icons, twittering, and looking at other ppl’s pictures

go to bed at a decent hour, checking all the sites i check everyday takes up a lot of my time in the evenings and naturally, when i get off the computer i can’t go straight to bed, i have all those tv shows piled up on my tivo bc i was busy on the computer while they were on, i must watch them before sleeping

actually talk to my friends on the phone, possibly even visit them, but who needs to bother with phones and getting ready and entertaining ppl, i have tons of friends right here in this little box in my computer room, why socialize lol

By: beck

beck — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:50:49 +0000

PING!
I know the pinging addiction. My computer plays a little two-tone sound that has me dropping everything, you know, just to see who it was from and if I need to reply, you know, RIGHT THAT SECOND.
If I didn’t blog I would get lots more done.
But that’s because I’m a poor prioritizer. I say “oh I’ll sit down just for a second” and then, boom, the entire two hours is gone and now Kate’s awake and I’m mad at myself for not flying through those chores.
I’m trying to get my life to be more moderate, less extremes. Blogging in moderation is a very very good and even healthy thing I think.
If I didn’t blog I would write the old fashioned way a whole lot more.

By: aunt kathy

aunt kathy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:09:47 +0000

PING! PING! If I weren’t blogging I would be knitting. Or cleaning. Or cooking. Or driving someone to the barn.

By: familymclean

familymclean — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:39:50 +0000

just have to throw in a yay, fo that last comment by Joy. She toally said what I was just thinking.

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:20:50 +0000

I’d love to say that if I weren’t blogging I’d be doing something useful like cleaning. Or writing real articles. Or solving a world problem.

In reality, if I weren’t blogging I would probably just be surfing the web, watching television or generally wasting time. Blogging forces me to at least once a day articulate something going on in my life. Over the last three months I’ve been really sick and blogging have force me to say something other than “I hurt”, or “I’m tired”. It’s an electronic scrapbook where I leave quotes and videos and memories and thoughts.

I hardly get any comments, so it’s clearly not for the praise that I do it (though it is interesting to see the hits I get). I just love writing and finally I found medium that allows me to express my thoughts and post my pictures in a semi structured way that isn’t intimidating to me.

So yes, I probably have blogitis too. But I really think the payoffs for me are bigger than the side effects. :)

Thanks for the question.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:55:01 +0000

I don’t blog but I am addicted to READING blogs and email. One of my closest friends was met online some 9 years ago. We live in different countries, have NEVER spoken (afraid we won’t like each other off line and then what would we do?!?!) We talk through out the day, exchange gifties, books and friendship.

If I did not spend my work/kid free time on the computer I would get a lot more..
- painting done! Used to sell on ebay but now apparently ‘too busy’ ;)
- work on our house.
- watch tv so I could sit and get more knitting and spinning time in!
- time with my husband.

Sigh. But some addictions are hard to break darn it!