My Bad Post

Who Am I?

I have permission to write a Bad Post from my blogger friend Josie.  I’ve been in a state of conflict today thanks to some blogging rumblings from yesterday and this morning.  There have been posts flying around today about writing good posts and being top bloggers and I think there are some hard feelings and damaged self-esteems in our blogosphere.  I decided that I needed to push away from the computer and get some fresh air.  So fresh air I got!

After a bit of a stand-off with Little Miss as to whether getting dressed was a good idea or not (I won…I always win!), I plopped Little Miss in the pushchair and popped on the rain cover (wouldn’t you know it, when I finally get out and about it decides to rain), grabbed my GIANT Skip Hop Changing Bag and set off for the next village.  Flush with the crisp air and misty rain on my cheeks, I felt GOOD.  Snow drops (they’re gorgeous little, tiny white flowers that signal the oncoming Spring in England) were peeping out from the soil and daffodils were doing the same.  It was grey but suddenly I felt better.  My muddled head cleared and you know what I found?  Excitement!

I realised that why I blog is because I LOVE TO WRITE.  I’m no Virginia Wolff…I can’t even begin to fathom fiction writing but I love to share what’s going on in my over-active imagination; what’s going on with Little Miss and how much she makes me laugh.  I could have written about 3 blog posts as my mind was free to ramble whilst we were walking around.  If I just had that Blackberry, I would have done it!  I’m no Top Blogger and in fact I happen to be a 95th ranked blogger (and am very chuffed with that mind you) but I just really enjoy writing.

I love tweeking my blog (much to the annoyance of some readers I am sure) and making it bigger and better as I can only re-arrange one room in my house and how many times a year can you do that?  I try to share bits of our life so that my friends and family can get a glimpse into our lives.  I want to be a good blogger as well so I try to respond to most comments and follow other’s blogs and comment there as well.  I’m not good at Search Engine Optimisation and I’ve stalled with trying to figure out how to do a bloomin’ sitemap and Yahoo flibberty-gibbit that will tell me how lowly my blog is.  I just want to be READ because it tells me that someone out there likes what they read.  And that makes me happy and makes me want to write more.

I love being a Mummy and love learning more about that every day but my blogging and my writing is my release.  Walking around today, which was much needed, refreshed my brain cells and stopped my worrying.  I can’t say that I won’t worry about where I rank and how many comments something does or doesn’t get.  It’s my competitive, silly nature but I think it’s what helps me to be a not-so-bad writer and blogger.  So, this is me…looking in the mirror like the photo of wee-me above…I’ve got a voice; I’ve got a knack for writing; Hear me Roar…

This is my Bad Post…only 2 links to other posts…no worrying about pleasing people or hitting the radar of the Search Engines.  This is me…writing because I have to…writing because I want to…writing because I need to.  Take me as I am!