MaeLyn's Musings

The problem with telling myself that I don't have to blog every day is that I don't. I get into that mind set of, "I don't have to blog today, so I'll write about that some other day..."    and then that other day doesn't come...       and a week later I'm scratching my head, "Did I ever write about that?" Sometimes I put off writing about things because I know that they are going to take a lot of time:    I'd have to do some research.       I'd want to take pictures or find quotes.          I'd have to think about how to say it clearly, so it would make sense. Sometimes, all I have is some nebulous idea that I'd like to write something about, but in order to actually write a blog about it, I'd have to put a lot more thought into it, and I'm not feeling up to that today...     especially if I don't have to write a blog today. Sometimes my brain seems to overflow with thoughts that I could w...

I enjoy statistics. I get a kick out of playing with numbers. I am grateful for the "stats" that Blogger supplies to it's users, because that is how I know that people are looking at my blog. I admit that I am a bit of a blog stalker. I love to look at family and friends' blogs, looking at the cute pictures they post of their kids, but I very rarely post comments. There's a limit to how many times I can say, "cute kids" before I start to feel very unoriginal and redundant. I enjoy reading about people's experiences and adventures, but I need to work on giving them feedback, at least letting them know that their post has been read. Other people apparently feel similar ways. Hence, my enjoyment of looking at my blog's stats. Since it's debut on February 28, 2008 , my blog has received 11,434 page views. Last month, 515 pages were viewed, and yesterday there were 28 pageviews. So far today there have been 18. Who were these 18? I don't k...