So I've been at this particular blog for over a year now and it's time for a little reflection and and a bit of a refresh, I think. Hence, new background! Oooohhhh! Yes, I know it's nothing special; I am limited by my lack of html knowledge, so this is what you get, but at least it's something new to look at for a little while. And I like that the colors reflect those of my sunny home!
Turns out, you, the people, my tiny band of faithful readers, are a confusing lot, if I go by my pageview stats. You leave me with a conflicting picture about the kinds of posts you like. By and large, you seem to prefer the posts with pictures, naturally, though it is still a struggle to get myself to find or take relevant shots and/or remember to include them all the time. But I'm working on it, I promise!
You also really, and I mean really like any health or family emergency stories I write. I get this, of course, because that's where the drama is and who doesn't like an exciting tale? And, of course, almost all of you know me/us personally, which means that you are honestly concerned about us and want to be reassured that nothing too dangerous has happened to us here. But, luckily, our medical emergencies aren't too frequent (knock on wood!), so you will just have to wait for those kind of posts.
You also appear to like travel posts, which is good, because chronicling our adventures abroad for posterity is really my main reason for blogging at all, so those kinds of posts are going anywhere.
Yet my most popular post of all was the only political statement I've made here, and I can't really see myself doing that more often!
So, where does that leave us? More pictures--check. Family emergency tales--sadly, check, because we are who we are, and we will undoubtedly run into further family craziness abroad. Travel posts--check, we have many more trips coming up. Politics--not so much. Really folks, I rarely even know what's going on back in the States and only vaguely know what's happening here, so I wouldn't count on more in this vein!
And just to make this a real post, a few tidbits from around the web:
It's a little late, but here is Dave Barry's assessment of 2014. It made me laugh!
Also a bit late for New Year's resolutioning but just in time for fighting back in February, the art of mini habits. This has the potential to rock my world!
A comprehensive (if perhaps a bit too cautious) list of safety rules for kids (don't be turned off by the reference to preschoolers in the title; the article is really applicable to kids of all ages).
Turns out, you, the people, my tiny band of faithful readers, are a confusing lot, if I go by my pageview stats. You leave me with a conflicting picture about the kinds of posts you like. By and large, you seem to prefer the posts with pictures, naturally, though it is still a struggle to get myself to find or take relevant shots and/or remember to include them all the time. But I'm working on it, I promise!
You also really, and I mean really like any health or family emergency stories I write. I get this, of course, because that's where the drama is and who doesn't like an exciting tale? And, of course, almost all of you know me/us personally, which means that you are honestly concerned about us and want to be reassured that nothing too dangerous has happened to us here. But, luckily, our medical emergencies aren't too frequent (knock on wood!), so you will just have to wait for those kind of posts.
You also appear to like travel posts, which is good, because chronicling our adventures abroad for posterity is really my main reason for blogging at all, so those kinds of posts are going anywhere.
Yet my most popular post of all was the only political statement I've made here, and I can't really see myself doing that more often!
So, where does that leave us? More pictures--check. Family emergency tales--sadly, check, because we are who we are, and we will undoubtedly run into further family craziness abroad. Travel posts--check, we have many more trips coming up. Politics--not so much. Really folks, I rarely even know what's going on back in the States and only vaguely know what's happening here, so I wouldn't count on more in this vein!
And just to make this a real post, a few tidbits from around the web:
It's a little late, but here is Dave Barry's assessment of 2014. It made me laugh!
Also a bit late for New Year's resolutioning but just in time for fighting back in February, the art of mini habits. This has the potential to rock my world!
A comprehensive (if perhaps a bit too cautious) list of safety rules for kids (don't be turned off by the reference to preschoolers in the title; the article is really applicable to kids of all ages).
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