Posting Blitz!

I haven't posted in a while and I have lots of material to talk about. I just haven't gotten myself to the computer to make it all happen. Logan is sick today and so I have some time. Logan has sore throat, headache, voice is hoarse and nauseous. Sounds like it could me many things including the Swine Flue except no fever yet. Waiting to see what happens! Meanwhile I am working on the new posts including downloading almost 200 pictures!

Blogging Games

Okay, my friend Karen is doing a blog "game" and I am joining in. She asked readers to post a memory of meeting her.

This is straight from her blog:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

I Figured It Out!

So now I have this big orange SUBSCRIBE button on the right. You can click it and pick a "reader" of your choice. You will have to register with that reader, but you can use it for all your blogs, news, etcetera that you subscribe to. If your homepage is something like MSN, Yahoo, AOL, or Google then you can register with that one and it will come up on your homepage. If they don't list your current reader you can ask them to add it if you want. Or you can just type in the blogs URL feed to your own reader to subscribe. Thanks for being patient. It took me a really long time to figure it out!! And I think it was more by accident because I sure couldn't do it again!

Subscription Feeds

I'm still trying to figure this all out, but I know you can subscribe through the link at the bottom of the blog and it requires you have a Google account. Google bought Blogger and so they have it set up to automatically do everything through Google. I looked into Feedburner and it turns out Google just bought them too.

I did a little more research and found there are many other RSS feed readers out there for free. You do have to sign up for them though. Here are a few:
Feedburner
Bloglines
Rojo
My Yahoo
- go to personalize this page and then click add RSS feed
Google Reader

Then when it asks for the URL type in this web address.

http://meandtheboys4.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full

I will hopefully figure out how to add buttons on the sidebar so you can add with one click. There sure is a lot to learn. Now I really need to get some work done!!

Why Start a Blog?

I've actually been wanting to do this for a long time. It's just finding the time to get it going and figure it all out. My main intension is to be able to share family pictures and news with all our friends and family. As most of you know we have been really bad about sending pictures, birthday cards and keeping up with who did we tell what. I'm hoping that this gives you a lot more information and interaction with us. It may turn into more than just that, but that's where I am starting! If you have any ideas or suggestions on how to make what you see better leave me a comment.

It really hit home this Thanksgiving. Charles' sister Carrie and her family visited us for a few days this week. I can't believe how long it has been since we have all been together! The last time I saw Carrie and her family was when Logan was a baby. Her kids have really grown and I am afraid the clothes I bought them for Christmas were all too small! Charles and Logan made two other trips to West Virginia without me in the past couple of years. And I have made trips with Logan to see my family without Charles. It is sometimes just too expensive to fly and take off of work.

I hope to be able to work on the blog at least once a week. My first priority is adding some pictures so everyone can see what we look like now. (Pictures may be too scary for you the first time here! LOL) Logan recently had his 6th birthday and Carrie and family were here for Thanksgiving. I should be able to get those up within a week. You can also sign up for the RSS feed so you can be notified when I actually post something. That way you don't have to check it all the time to see if I am still alive! Some other things I want to do is share information about Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance with links and recipes. There is other stuff I want to share,but I'll save it for later so the hole I am digging myself isn't so deep! This will be a public blog so I can find others who share my interests. Thanks for reading!