Every once in a while I will use a Social Mom's Writing Prompt in my Blog, especially if it has a topic I am interested about or if it's something that I would want to write about to begin with.
I was never one to dream about traveling, except when I was in High School, I was fascinated by Italy and always dreamed I would have my honeymoon there, yet it never happened. After that I discarded the whole idea of traveling up until a few months ago.
As I thought about ways to help out the world and teach my children about philanthropy I realized I wanted to travel the world helping out in different charities all over the world. Take one year to travel the world volunteering with my whole family. We would help the world as we get to experience different cultures, different languages and environments and write about my experiences. I still have a way to go before my dreams become a reality. I have to get a passport for my family, somehow we've managed our whole lives to be without one. We also have to research charities that take volunteers that even children can do. Ideally I would like to be able to stay with a host family in every country so that I could be exposed even more to the culture and the language. So far I have quite a few friends all over the world that hopefully won't mind to let us crash with them for a few weeks.
The places I would like to travel to include International and Local places, and here it is:
Locally:
*California
*Hawaii
Canada
International (Over Seas)
*Italy
*France
*Greece
*China
*Japan
*Australia
*Spain
*Egypt
All the locations with a (*) in them are places where I have a friend living in that country, whether it be a real in-person friend, or an online friend that is close enough that I wouldn't feel awkward asking them if we could stay with them. I just need to find a Canadian friend. Any Volunteers?
Where would you like to travel to?
Cocoons to Butterflies, is not only about helping our children reach their potential, it is about every one of us. It is about finding a way to make our dream develop into butterflies and fly. It is about finding our true potential, it's about life. Please join me in this journey through the unexpected, the wonderful and the mysterious that leads us to our true potential, our own butterflies.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tips for moms just starting a Blog
What are your tips for a mom who is starting a blog? -
Like most of you know this blog was born in February 2011 as a daily Blog, I still consider myself a new mom Blogger simply because I am new, but I still have some advice I can give out to moms who are thinking about starting a blog.
What advice would you give to a mom who is thinking about starting a blog? I want to hear your comments here too, I sure need some ideas as well. But on my two cents I recommend any mom thinking about starting her own blog to read the e-book Blogging in Pink: A Woman's Guide I believe reading that book was what finally gave me the tools to start head on Blogging. I had read many other books before but none where so helpful.
Did you ever have doubts that anyone would want to read yours, and if so, how did you overcome that and other limiting thoughts regarding it?
I was terrified that no one would read my Blog, however after I started using Twitter and making some friends there and following other mom Bloggers and having them respond to my tweets made me feel confident that at least one person would read it. I kept a random Blog for over a year under a different name, and 1 person read one of my posts, I was happy for that one person and that one post, but knowing that I was writing and no one was reading was really depressing, it takes away on your inspiration. I suggest getting a Twitter account, and Facebook, and promoting your Blog there, I'm sure someone will read it.
Do you have any easy tips for design, content, increasing followers, etc.?
As for design I use Blogger's Template Designer and it's very versatile and easy to use. About content I got the idea from the book Blogging in Pink to assign a topic for each day of the week, so that helps a great deal at the time to choose what to write, and you can always change your mind if you want to talk about something that happened that day. Also a great source of ideas is Social Moms:Writing Prompts and at the same time joining Social Moms it's a great resource in itself, even to get followers.
How about you? Do you have any tips that you would like to share?
Like most of you know this blog was born in February 2011 as a daily Blog, I still consider myself a new mom Blogger simply because I am new, but I still have some advice I can give out to moms who are thinking about starting a blog.
What advice would you give to a mom who is thinking about starting a blog? I want to hear your comments here too, I sure need some ideas as well. But on my two cents I recommend any mom thinking about starting her own blog to read the e-book Blogging in Pink: A Woman's Guide I believe reading that book was what finally gave me the tools to start head on Blogging. I had read many other books before but none where so helpful.
Did you ever have doubts that anyone would want to read yours, and if so, how did you overcome that and other limiting thoughts regarding it?
I was terrified that no one would read my Blog, however after I started using Twitter and making some friends there and following other mom Bloggers and having them respond to my tweets made me feel confident that at least one person would read it. I kept a random Blog for over a year under a different name, and 1 person read one of my posts, I was happy for that one person and that one post, but knowing that I was writing and no one was reading was really depressing, it takes away on your inspiration. I suggest getting a Twitter account, and Facebook, and promoting your Blog there, I'm sure someone will read it.
Do you have any easy tips for design, content, increasing followers, etc.?
As for design I use Blogger's Template Designer and it's very versatile and easy to use. About content I got the idea from the book Blogging in Pink to assign a topic for each day of the week, so that helps a great deal at the time to choose what to write, and you can always change your mind if you want to talk about something that happened that day. Also a great source of ideas is Social Moms:Writing Prompts and at the same time joining Social Moms it's a great resource in itself, even to get followers.
How about you? Do you have any tips that you would like to share?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
How do you find time for your spouse?
Today I was planing on writing about something else. Wednesdays are Random Topic Day, but as I read through my twitter today I came across a tweet by Megan Calhoun @SocialMoms that asked the question: How do you find time for your spouse? It immediately caught my attention. How do you find time for your spouse? - What do you love most about your spouse? Do you guys go out once a month? What was the last thing your partner did to make you smile? I wasn't aware that Social Moms had writing prompts and I decided to give it a try.
My hubby works a lot, he's not only the owner of his own businesses but he also has a full time job separate from that. Most days he comes home late at night and we don't spend that much time together. It is only after 11:30pm that I get the chance to lay down in bed and watch some movie or a show on TV and we spend that time together. The tough part is that I tend to fall asleep really fast especially on days when I haven't had a nap before he gets home. I find it helpful to take a nap before 10pm so that I can stay awake later.
On the weekends sometimes we get the chance to go out as a family, last weekend we went to the Jekyll and Hyde Club restaurant with the kids and a friend that was visiting NY for the first time. I enjoy a lot those times when we have the opportunity to share as a family. As for couple time, I feel that my favorite part is feeling his arm around me when we sleep, having him close and feeling his warmth makes me instantly smile.
I love when he is silly with the girls and plays with them, and how thoughtful and giving he is. I appreciate when he text me to tell me something that happened in his day, or to share a silly picture he made on his phone, or when he surprises us with something new.
My husband and I are very different, we like different things and our ideas of going out and having fun are very different, but we've learned to work around that and I wouldn't trade him for the world.
My hubby works a lot, he's not only the owner of his own businesses but he also has a full time job separate from that. Most days he comes home late at night and we don't spend that much time together. It is only after 11:30pm that I get the chance to lay down in bed and watch some movie or a show on TV and we spend that time together. The tough part is that I tend to fall asleep really fast especially on days when I haven't had a nap before he gets home. I find it helpful to take a nap before 10pm so that I can stay awake later.
On the weekends sometimes we get the chance to go out as a family, last weekend we went to the Jekyll and Hyde Club restaurant with the kids and a friend that was visiting NY for the first time. I enjoy a lot those times when we have the opportunity to share as a family. As for couple time, I feel that my favorite part is feeling his arm around me when we sleep, having him close and feeling his warmth makes me instantly smile.
I love when he is silly with the girls and plays with them, and how thoughtful and giving he is. I appreciate when he text me to tell me something that happened in his day, or to share a silly picture he made on his phone, or when he surprises us with something new.
My husband and I are very different, we like different things and our ideas of going out and having fun are very different, but we've learned to work around that and I wouldn't trade him for the world.
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