Bloggiesta crept up on us quickly this time around. Suddenly, it was only two weeks away and we'd done nothing! We quickly got the word out and some wonderful lovely bloggers signed up for doing challenges, and thank you to you all! They were awesome! But we have since been getting this feedback... LET US KNOW SOONER! We know we know! We will be better! And then, Danielle's husband surprised her with an anniversary getaway and suddenly, she is gone for Bloggiesta weekend! Oh my word! But April came to the rescue and helped with manning Twitter and leading a chat. Thank you April! But there was the issue of the Bloggiesta blog.. which is on WordPress... which I can't seem to do! I just don't get this whole WordPress thing! It's HARD! I am STUPID! I don't know. Maybe I'll get the hang of it one day! But somehow I got posts up on there and all was well for the most part. Then you all started signing up and we had about 100 participants all with amazing to do lists. Awesome. And the Twitter chats were rip roaring fun and we trended every time. Awesome. And then I tried to make a new header for my blog, as you can see, but I hate it. So that is not awesome. But I will keep trying. I'm stupid in this area too. Gah. Nothing like Bloggiesta to make a person feel so dim, even after six years of blogging! Sheesh. And then I added some links and pinned some reviews, and updated the archives and played with Feedly and Bloglovin (and wrote a post about it) but no, I did not weed out people. Of course I didn't! I added them instead! Oh, I forgot that I wrote a challenge post too. Did you do it yet? You have until Wed. to write a post and enter for the prize. But if I click on your link and find you didn't write a post... it's a no go. Too bad so sad. Just sayin'. So, that's about all I did on my own blog. Messed up my header and added links. Oh, and I did clean out email...again. Ugh. I have such a problem with that! Then I did Bloggiesta stuff like make a feedback form (did you do it?) and a Facebook page. And you have all had such wonderful ideas, my Bloggiesta work is now cut out for me! And Danielle when she comes back, and anyone else who wants to help us! And now I'm tired and I'm sick of my blog and I just want to read, and you should see the week that I have coming up in my real life this week. Oh, boy.
And that's been my Bloggiesta weekend! How was yours? I hope you all had fun. Thanks for hanging out! Be sure to link up over at the Bloggiesta blog! And take the feedback survey!
wordpress was hard for me to figure out also. I finally got the wordpress for dummies book and that helped a lot. I thought you did an excellent job of hosting bloggeista!
ReplyDeleteAww ... I'm sad Wordpress was difficult for you! I've been on Wordpress for years and love it. I started a side blog (now defunct) on Blogger and was so unbelievably frustrated. I guess I feel your pain!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you did plenty for Bloggiesta! And thanks for being such a good host. :)
Thank you again for hosting! Advance notice would be nice, but I think everyone got a lot done anyway. Still a great time!!
ReplyDeleteKelly: Did you see... we announced dates for the rest of the year!
DeleteI think your header looks nice! Bloggiesta rocked - can't wait until the next one. Now go read a book and relax now that it's over. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this -- the stream of consciousness approach really captures how I feel at the end of Bloggiesta and I wasn't dealing with nearly as much as you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all you do -- Bloggiesta is important to me for so many reasons! It's really the only time that I get certain chores done. And, it's really the best event for getting to know my fellow bloggers. I love it!
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Thank you for being such an amazing host! I am a big Bloggiesta fan now :)
ReplyDeleteHooray for Bloggiesta! Thanks a million for hosting this event. It's necessary AND fun!
ReplyDeleteLove Bloggiesta and the FB page!!!! Your time and effort is so much appreciated!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so bummed I completely flubbed bloggiesta! I love fixing up the blog, but I can't seem to find my blogging head. I also loved your stream of consciousness post. I think I'll try that sometime...
ReplyDeleteMelissa; You have a good excuse for losing your blogging mojo. It will come back...
DeleteMy goodness, you were busy! Thanks so much for taking this on!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry Wordpress is difficult for you, I found it easier than Blogger mostly cause it was easier to design. You did a great job and you have such dedicated fans, me for one and this is my 2nd time participating. Thanks for your hard work.
ReplyDeleteTanya: Hopefully I'll figure that WordPress thing out! Thanks for being a fan! :)
DeleteI think you did a GREAT job! Thank you for hosting!
ReplyDeleteJust a side note ... in our household, stupid is a bad word!! As I was reading it, I was thinking you would be in so much trouble around here!! :)
Tif: Did I say stupid??? LOL! Shame on me!! :)
DeleteI love these Bloggiesta days. And I'm thinking I might sign up to be a challenge host one day when I can think of something I'd like to share. I signed up for this one the day it started, so I'm glad I had my internet installed in time. ;) You did a great job considering everything that happened.
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