More Answers to ASK ME ANYTHING

Wow!  Y'all sure have lots of questions

and I am going to answer some more of them.

But----first----

Here's a few more pics of our trip so far.

We hit Grand Marias, MI

And visited Eagle Harbor & Manistique, MI

Alrighty then:

Here are some of the things you asked.

Questions:

How do I visit so many people

 and leave comments?

How do I develop relationships with bloggers?

How do I know so much about other bloggers?

How do I get comments?

Answer:

When I visit someone's blog I READ it.

Usually every word. 

If it is full of pictures of the same thing I usually skim the pictures 

quickly but read the content.

I might mark it to go back 

to look at pictures later

in more detail.

I HARDLY EVER read anyone else's comments

that have been left before mine on a blog.

 I don't want it to influence MY comment

and if I did that I would not have time

to visit so many of you.

If I follow your blog 

you are most likely on my sidebar.

I want to honor every blogger-

not just a chosen few.

If you took the time to write it 

and I am going to visit you,

I am going to take the time to read it.

That's how I come to know all of you so well.

I think I get comments because 

I connect with people.

I don't care WHO you are-

if you are REAL that is the person

I want to know.

I don't care if you live in a tent 

or a mansion because

money and things 

DO NOT define who you are.

I think people respond to me 

because they know that

I genuinely care about them and their families.

I also think SweetCheeks 

has been a good drawing card for me!  LOL

Questions:

How long have I been blogging?

How do I blog everyday &

 balance life & blogging?

How do I go about blogging?

Answer:

I have been blogging about 3-1/2 years.

I started blogging after my friend, Jettie, started

blogging for books. I liked the idea.

For the first few months 

I did not get hardly any comments-

some days I got no comments at all.

But, I was writing my blog as a family "history"

so that my kids/grandkids 

would remember things

that happened.

Then, I started visiting other blogs 

and commenting

and following blogs.

I changed my writing style and shortened my posts

because I find short posts the easiest to read.

(LOL-THIS one is getting a little long though!;>)

I think most people just want the highlights anyway.

.

I take photos all the time and 

I write notes to myself.

I may post something SweetCheeks said 2 weeks after she says it- 

but when the time comes I have the pictures

ready to match the post.

I also do things probably a bit different 

when I write my post.

Once I decide what I am going to write about

I figure out which pictures I am going to use.

Then, as I am writing my story,

I post my pictures

one at a time as I go.

My "gift" if I have one is that I have a wicked

sense of humor-like my father did-

like some of my kids do.

I can see the joke in just about anything

and I try to end each post with a smile.

So...that's about it for this post.

I will answer more questions tomorrow-

keep 'em coming if you want.

Oh- yeah- Someone asked me what is the best

thing I have seen so far?

It's GOTTA be this!

Taken in Calumet, MI.

You didn't expect any less from me, did you?