Feb 17 2009
Random Tuesday Thoughts.
I’ve seen other bloggers participate in Random Tuesday and it seemed fun. This will be my first attempt. I believe the UnMom gets credit for starting this phenomenon. So here goes…
1. I particularly look forward to “American Idol“, which happens to be on tonight. What I’m really irritated about this season is that fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi. I mean, what’s the point? Now, we have two women to ignore. Just kidding… sort of. At least Paula is tolerably sweet and we’ve grown used to her. I have yet to see how this second woman adds anything of value to the show. She repeats what either Randy or Simon says and that’s just wasting time.
As far as the contestants go, David Cook, from last season, set the bar. He tore “Billie Jean” up! Who can fill his shoes? So far, it looks as if another man is going to win. I admire all the performers who have the guts to get on that stage and display their talent to the world and withstand the criticism.
2. My usually independent daughter was extremely clingy today. All day. It was annoying. I LOVE spending time with her. After all, she’s the reason I work from home. Today, however, she wasn’t pleased unless I was holding her… and she’s heavy. I couldn’t take one more minute so I put her to bed fifteen minutes early. I hope tomorrow’s better for both of us.
3. My neighbor’s dogs won’t stop barking. Urgh!
4. My husband and I are ready to have another baby. Since I’ll be thirty-five this year and had a pretty miserable pregnancy the last go-round, I’m seeing my gyno tomorrow for a well woman/ preconception check-up. I didn’t have any medical problems, just every other preggo symptom you can imagine. I’m just now starting to feel like myself again (at 15-mos post-partum). I haven’t completely gotten back to my pre-preggo weight, but I’ve lost a lot and am exercising regularly. I’m pretty nervous about going through it all again, but hope and pray the next time will be different.
5. I, or my husband, drop 300 Entrecards daily. While I enjoy visiting other sites, it’s the “work” part of maintaining this blog. The things we must do to get traffic… Anywho, I’m starting to wonder just how serious being a “drop master” is. I very competitively like to keep my Entrecard rank high, but I’ve noticed that I have yet to receive 300 drops back in a day. I’ve only occasionally reached over 300 visits total and that’s along with visits generated from my Entrecard adverts showing and my non-blogger friends.
I was thinking of asking for 300 people to commit to return drops and we kind of help each other with the daily-drop thing. Then, I thought–well, that’s ridiculous. I should be focusing on the content of my blog. If it’s good, people will come… I guess. Maybe I’m getting too wrapped up in drops.
So, this is what’s on my mind today. What are your random thoughts?
Hey, Davida. As much as I’ve tried, I just can’t get into AI until the very last episodes, where the winners are chosen. Don’t know why. I use to sing and be in bands myself in another life…
I love my reality shows, The Real Housewives of….., Top Chef, Project Runway, and some of the seedier ones like Bret Michael’s Rock of Love, I Love Money, and From G’s to Gents. Don’t tell anybody!!
Wow! You’re working on another baby! Well, it’s a good time to go for it, right? I remember you posting to me that since you’ve been losing weight, you and the hub have been “noticing” each other more. I was gonna post back “you keep doing that, and another little one will soon be on the way”. Well….looks like you want that, so, great!
As for Ecard, you will get 300 on the regular eventually. Just keep at it. I get 300+ on most days, but I’m a Drop Master! LOL! Although, they do occasionally downgrade me to “Addicted”. Now that I’m dropping for 3 blogs, my tactics will definitely be changing. I will be looking for quality (what I like to read, who participates and reciprocates, etc) instead of quantity. And since dropping takes up so much time in itself, I will definitely have to scale back. Can’t be wasting precious hours of life just doing that!
Take care!
I’m glad to hear you guys think this dropping thing is a time consuming pain in the toosh. Oh well, I guess we do what we have to do.
I am enjoying discovering some blogs I really enjoy, but yet I can’t shake that guilty feeling as I pop open a site, drop a card, and move on. I don’t want people to do that to me! I want them to read and enjoy what I write!
I don’t watch AI but know that it must be fun from what everyone else says. I hope Dasha is feeling better/more independent again soon. All of my preg. were very difficult. I think it’s very smart of you to go in for a pre-check up!
As for blogging and drops. I’m being called in a different direction (again). I haven’t been dropping lately for a number of reasons. I just go to my favorite blogs and drop on them if they have EC
Wow, I don’t know how you do 300 drops a day. Wow. It’s just so time consuming. I mostly stick to doing 200 max every two or three days while I’m maybe watching t.v. or stuck in a particularly slow phone call. It is useful for traffic but I tend to think most people that drop don’t stick around to read. I think commenting on other sites does do alot to help. Also participating in the really cool Tuesday memes.
Good luck with the preconception check up.
Just signed up for entrecard after reading about it on your blog a couple of times. Other than that, just wanted to say hi!
My random thoughts are …
I’M SO SICK OF COLD WEATHER!
I’m ready to start planting my garden.
I’m ready to walk my dog without bundling up so much.
I’m ready for much lower utility bills.
At least today is sunny - but still in the single digits.
(This morning in the negative degrees, counting windchill.)
dawn @ iowahippiechick