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I have decided to do a weekly posting about my life in general. As much as I love writing about animals, I sometimes feel like talking about other things (mostly what’s been happening in my life). Since I don’t feel like doing it all that often- Nor getting another blog for such matters, I have decided to post a weekly (don’t kill me if I skip a week or something) blog about my lifely matters.
So I shall start here and now. This past week was a busy one for me. Not only have I been having to deal with my poor cat and her leukemia but I have had an awful week of work. I worked much overtime and put a lot of my energy into it. I am feeling a bit tired but now am refreshed it is over and have some more down time with myself and my boyfriend. I started reading “Cell” by Stephen King (one of his new ones) and have almost finished it loving every word. It’s got a Zombie/End of the world feel to it (which I love in books/movies, basically any media). I highly recommend it. Also, I have been waiting to go snowboarding… it is finally been cold enough around here and we got a nice chunk of snow… alas this work week cut into my plans to go this past Sunday and I have to plan something this week/weekend hopefully (it was considerably warm today and I am afraid it will be like that tomorrow and melt all of the snow). So yeah, if it wasn’t for work… I may have more interesting things to tell but this is the way life goes… take it or leave it right? And since I am not suicidal… I shall take it. Enjoy the moments you have… I always try to at least. Have a great week everyone and take it easy… that IS something I plan to do this week for sure!
My boyfriend has started a blog… check him out since he is new and all alone in the wordpress community.
I am so very excited! I looked under the blog stats and found that 5 people today searched and found me through the word adorablay! I am thinking this means only one thing… that they have heard of this blog or are return visitors since the word was made up by my boyfriend (the way he pronounces adorable, to be goofy). Joyous of days when someone comes back for more or hears of this blog by word of mouth! I am reaching people and that makes makes me very happy! Thank you for all your support!
Here is something to make you as happy as I am:
I have decided to enter a contest that is being hosted by engtech on wordpress. The contest information is posted here in case you are interested. Basically the question that needs to be answered is: Why I started this blog. I wanted to participate not only because of the prizes (free credits on wordpress) but also because I want my readers to know how dedicated I am and how much I care about what I write.
So here goes nothing:
Why I Started Adorablay Animals: By Amber Ostheimer
I have always liked blogging and have done so for over 8 years. This is not to say that I am a genus blogger but I believe if you like blogging it shows. Many bloggers are aspiring writers, or even published. I am not one of these people. Although I did very well in all English classes, I never had the talent for it like some do. I enjoy it but that is as far as it goes. I am an artist in many ways; photography, graphic design, drawing and more but alas have no drive to become a professional writer. Although my talent may be lacking, when I first started blogging it was something I enjoyed. This was strange because I never enjoyed writing papers for class and things like that. I think the enjoyment came from “no expectations”, there wasn’t someone grading me or looking at my writing from a literary stance. I was writing about things I liked, loved, things that happened in my life, my thoughts on issues but not forced to write about some topic given to me by a teacher.
After I moved onto blogging about things I had found on the Internet (in a previous blog on myspace) and I got great feedback from it. I loved that people would read what I wrote and they would come back for more. I had a following of sorts. I had a knack for finding things on the Internet that were interesting and blogging about them. I know that doesn’t sound very professional but as I said before, I have never done this for fame or literary value. About two weeks ago I got the idea to start anew with a blog on a specific topic. It didn’t take me long to pick animals because I am obsessed with them. For example, any time I go to someones house, I give more attention to their pet than to the person who invited me over. Yes, it seems rude but I can’t help it. Sometimes I think I love animals more the people even though sometimes I think that this thought is very silly, I am torn.
With a topic at hand, I started this blog. Adorablay comes from the word “adorable” and was the way my boyfriend pronounced it (he was being silly, he does know how to pronounce the real word). I loved the sound of the word and it instantly came to mind when I thought of names for the blog. I think it fits nicely. I started the blog about a week ago and already I have had not only great success with hits but with finding people who love animals as much as me. WordPress is very impressive with their social network ability and with the easy to use interface. I was instantly impressed and knew that this would be something I could continue and do so with enjoyment. I have already gotten many responses to my posts that make me feel appreciated for taking up this task. I also have posted articles, links and news about animals in need. If I can make one person a month learn more about their own pet, adopt a pet, help any of the animal related community service links… I have done a good job and this will make me feel like I have made some kind of difference. Even if I can make someone smile with a funny, cute photo or video, I have touched someone that day and possibly have brightened their day. This is what makes me happy and why I am glad to have started this blog in the first place. I thank everyone who has become friends with me in such a short time and I am very grateful for all the support. Support the animals! Love the animals!
Here is a contest that is short and sweet. Basically it is a short survey about why you blog. You could win:
- One randomly-selected person who completes the survey will win an iPod Shuffle.
- Another randomly-selected survey completer will win two Lonely Planet books–Micronations and Experimental Travel
- I obviously want to promote the survey, so I’m also giving away one CAN $50 Amazon or iTunes gift certificate to a randomly-selected person who blogs about it. Just link to http://www.whydoyoublog.com and you’re qualified to win.
Here is the link.
