Ummm . .yeah! Read a smattering of blogs for a period of time before you jump into starting your own. Take it from me, a huge jumper-inner! So many things I should have known before I started . . . I would have had lot less virtual egg on my face. (Good thing I look good in egg.)

Adore it. Just ADORE it! The whole friendship and incredible support aspect of blogging was a total surprise! Chatting through comments just gives me one more opportunity to connect with my readers. It’s the best! My readers/commenters are pretty darn funny, too. Many of my commenters say that they always read every comment, what with people being so darn witty and all. They keep me on my toes.

The time I used to spend gardening, cleaning the house, reading for pleasure, shopping for shoes . . . I try to read all the blogs of those who read me. Pretty soon I’m going to have to give up eating, showering and cookie consuming but one does what one must.

The Pioneer Woman–and it was pretty much the only one I read before I started my own. I assumed it was a pretty typical blog. Can one blame me for expecting people to swarm to me like cattle to Marlborough Man?