Carol | September 10, 2010
My last post made me realize that hardly anyone outside my family reads my blog anymore. If there are so very few comments about my new baby, then there are obviously very few readers. I still get a couple hundred people landing here daily as a result of searches. They often read several pages, and I still get letters telling me to beat my kids. I realize my blogging has been sporadic and rather poor, mainly because I was sick for the past nine months. I also know that other people don’t like politics as much as I do.
I love to blog, but I have to be certain it has a purpose, and right now, there are only a few choir members, so obviously I’m doing something wrong. I am deeply thankful for the love and support I have felt from my regular readers. Blogging has also brought some delightful people into my life that do not read my blog regularly, but have become close FaceBook friends. I am also thankful for the many, many letters of appreciation and encouragement from readers over the years.
“Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” Truman
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Carol | December 28, 2009
And about 34 posts!! If you can only see some of the photos it is because you aren’t registered. Almost all of the pictures with my children facing the camera are not public. When I changed my website last month, the usernames were accidentally deleted. If you want to read my private posts, please send me your original username, and I will give you a temporary password that you can change. If you were never registered, and would like to be, please send me information about yourself and your family. 
Anyway, I am now up to date with my pictures. Yay!
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Carol | November 30, 2009
I think I have a Bloglines feed problem, BUT if you depend on Bloglines, then you likely won’t get this! I think you need to unsubscribe and subscribe to the feed again in order to pick up new posts.
Google reader seems to be okay.
Edited to add:
Seems to work now.
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Carol | November 30, 2009
At least I hope so…
Let me know if you like the new layout and colors. Tell me if you see errors or if things aren’t running smoothly for you.
I am sorry that all the usernames were deleted. Let me know if you want to see my private posts, and I will add your username and send you a temporary password until you set your own (which I can’t see). I will eventually get caught up with posting family pictures from September through November.
Edited to add:
If you want to have a little picture next to your comments, then sign up with your email address and upload a picture here: http://www.gravatar.com/ Your small picture will then appear on any blog (with that feature) where you make a comment.
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Carol | November 6, 2009
I knew I was different. After being active on the web for about the past ten years, I realize I am more unique than I thought. 
Funny about that.
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Carol | October 19, 2009
20 Things I learned in my week without my computer (from Jennifer)
http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/10/20-things-i-learned-in-my-week-without.html
7. “The internet tempts me to over-value my own opinions (especially micro-communication tools like Twitter and email). This week I caught myself hanging on to every single opinion I had about anything, a habit I’d formed from constantly emailing and tweeting friends with every little thought I had. When I wrote the ideas down on paper to express later by phone or in person, I realized that most of them were pretty inane, things that I would have forgotten about altogether in the days before I had an internet connection.”
13. “Getting on my computer makes it very easy to forget what my goals for the day are. Especially because I have tendencies toward ADD, I go into ‘monkey with shiny object’ mode with all the great, interconnected information available on the internet; I all too easily get sucked in and completely forget what I was trying to accomplish in the day.”
17. “The same force that drives people to slot machines is what drives me to my computer. I realized that when I mindlessly get online, every time I click it’s like pulling the lever on a slot machine and hoping to hit the jackpot. I’m hoping to hit a virtual jackpot — a blog post that changes my life, an email that blows me away, a hilarious video on YouTube, etc. And the truth is that there’s enough stuff online that if I clicked on enough links or spent enough time on email I would get that payoff I’m looking for. But, just like with slot machines, I need to be careful about spending endless amounts of time just sitting around pulling the lever.”
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Carol | September 22, 2009
There. 23 new posts and 59 new pictures in one day. I posted some of our summer pictures for my registered readers. I am caught up now to the end of August.
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Carol | August 26, 2009
I am writing this note for those who are new to my site and are looking for access to the personal posts. Even if you register and log in, the private posts will only appear if you comment or email me, and I manually approve your name. When I do approve your name, then you will see all the pictures and notes, particularly under Journal 2008 and 2009. I have made very few private posts this summer, since I mostly use Facebook for that sort of thing. I have lots of pictures from our summer that I will eventually post privately on my website.
Email Carol@parentingfreedom.com with information about yourself for access to private posts.
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Carol | August 13, 2009
I was very encouraged when I woke up to this lovely email this morning:
“I’m a new mom and your website, information, and opinions helped confirm my decision to homeschool! I love your website and I think it is a great resource for christian families! Keep up the good work!” ~ L.
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