Patty Godinez – “The Blowing Branches”
http://pattygodinez.blogspot.com/

My blog is about a woman who lives, writes, and shares. It’s an outpour of creative expression to the anonymous world. My intention is to share and to connect with people who read, write, and blog for the sake of doing it. My hope is that my blog inspires more people to share their creativity. I believe whatever our creative inclinations are, we must share them. What good are they if they are kept safely hidden on our bookshelves? Blogging is a way to share fragments of ourselves in order to reconnect with the rest of the world.


I remember learning about Emily Dickinson and how her sister found her poems and published them after her death. That was a terrible fear I lived with for a long time. What if no one ever knew where they were? Could I just tell my own sister about them and hope she outlives me? I believe Emily Dickinson would have blogged if she would have had the expressive freedom we have today. So I write and post. Just like that. With one click, I experience a cathartic release, and hope with all my being that it finds its way to the eyes of a reader who can relate or to one who will respond in one way or another. Bloggers need the feedback like fuel to continue the momentum; otherwise we just wither and die a slow and painful death. By the way, I love melodrama. It’s no wonder I am a huge Morrissey fan.


I believe we are all creators and it is our obligation to share it with the world. That’s why I blog. Nevertheless, I will share that I have experienced numerous fears, doubts, and insecurities when blogging. I have often taken postings off and then put them back on, simply because I was afraid. Other times, I took them down when nobody responded to them. And then I realized that it doesn’t matter if people respond or not so I post them again. I have also experienced the dreaded “writers block” when nothing comes out of me. I continue anyway. When this happens, I look back at old writings and post them. I find that the more I post, the easier it gets to stand naked in front of an anonymous world.


I encourage visitors of my blog to share their talents, whatever they may be; to engage in a conversation about their vision of the world as it may relate or conflict with mine. My hope is that they pick up on the fragments I put out there and construct their own meaning. My blog is my letter to the world, one “that never wrote to me” as Dickinson cleverly writes.


I love you all more than life. Keep writing, keep sharing, love well, and create with your expressive powers, whatever they are. You know them better than anybody else.

Patty Godinez
http://pattygodinez.blogspot.com/
“The Blowing Branches”

Ian Morales – Ian Loves Music
http://ianlovesmusic.blogspot.com/

My blog is honestly something I do just for fun and a way to archive my work. All my interviews and reviews are archived on my blog. I also experiment with new columns and formats before taking them to a site I write for. I also keep active with it so people can follow me as a writer/editor.

I started blogging in a class at St Edward’s University called “PR in Social Media” taught and implemented by Dr. Corrine Weisgerber. I owe much of my new Internet fame to her, as she showed me the way and sparked my interest. Although we blogged about social media related topics, I started writing show reviews for concerts I attended that same year. It was something I always did anyway, so I figured why not blog about it. I got tired of answering the same questions about how a show was, what I did last night or who people should be listening too. Now people can just hit me up online and they’ll know.

Visitor to my blog, although my stats tell me differently, are primarily people I know. It is just way to keep up with what I’m doing and a way for me to tell them about great music. I also make show recommendations, which in Austin is handy with tons of shows a night next door to each other. I know people who work and have kids but still want to catch a good band on a night out, so I make it easier for them. While my blog does not have a Latino focus, I do include many Latin music posts and Latino musicians. As the Editor in Chief of Austin Vida and being Mexican-American, it is obviously a genre of music I love and has special meaning to me. I also include it because if I didn’t, it wouldn’t reflect who I really was. If I concluded just Latin Music in my personal blog, then I’d be lying about who I was. I love all kinds of music from all walks of life. Obviously I am going to like stuff that reflects my age and where I live, but it is to be expected. People who visit my blog often return because they are my friends or they are people who don’t pigeon hold themselves to one way of thinking. They are looking for information about new bands or they’re current favs.

Ian Morales – Ian Loves Music
http://ianlovesmusic.blogspot.com/

DarsanaRoldan.com “Activating The Power of Collaboration To Change The World.”
www.CelebrandoVida.org
www.Darsana Roldan.com
Twitter, DarsanaRoldan
Facebook, Darsana.Roldan

Have you ever read or heard about synchronicity? Have you ever stopped to think what are the possibilities for things to unfold the way they do every day? All the unlimited things that could have completely changed the outcome of any particular situation in your life? No, I am not tripping, it is exactly the opposite! Over 20 years ago I made a conscious decision to stay away completely from drugs and alcohol to discover myself and how life would be without them. Because of that one decision, my life has continued to CHANGE in ways that I would have never even begun to imagine. Every day is full of infinite possibilities because I have grown from within, enough to understand that the outside world is only a reflection of what is going on inside of me! That as long as I continue to have passion, determination and appreciation for the present moment, not one thing has to change in the world for me to be happy and celebrate the things I value most!

If you are not becoming more interested in what you are reading by now, I suggest you tie your Self down to the chair and continue reading because this is not about me, this is about YOU. You see, there is no accident to why you have attracted what you are reading and either you can make the decision to take this information to heart and shift the way your life is going, or you can continue doing the same things you have been doing and continue looking for answers in the wrong places. In all honesty, that is actually the way we are programmed to survive by our ancestors, and it’s probably not such a bad idea when you were learning how to walk and talk, but I believe you are ready now to make a conscious choice to unleash the unlimited potential within your True Self, while learning how to gratefully appreciate all the blessings in your life!

Let me just quickly highlight that when we don’t listen to the subtle signs going on in our life, consequently we bring the crazy DRAMA right into it. From there, it can get worst or better, depending on wether or not you choose to be a victim, or reach out and learn that taking risks is what allows us to CHANGE and GROW! After making so many mistakes and making life incredibly hard and painful, I am now experiencing a more loving, prosperous and rewarding way of experiencing life, one day at a time. My heart desire to live a meaningful and purposeful life is what motivated me to create this blog and to activate the power of collaboration to change the World!

When you begin to live life this way, you begin to understand and develop higher levels of awareness that allow you to experience a new reality. All of the sudden life has new meaning and your beliefs, along with your mindset, shift and you are guided to serve others. Prosperity consciousness reveals itself through your passion and purpose and now success is no longer a goal, it is within your Self and it becomes a lifestyle. What others think of you have very little impact on who you are and you express yourself more freely because you are not attached to the outcome.

Remember, it all begins with the conscious choices you make and in order to do that you have to learn how to go within. Part of my life purpose is to inspire, empower and intensify your ability to discover the changes you want to make for the evolution of your individual Soul and for the contribution you add to the shift in Consciousness going on in the world. Together (joinPEACEtribe) we can Be The Change We Wish To See In The World and shape the vision for younger generations to follow. I believe that One Love, One Wealth and One World is the way things were meant to be and I will do everything I can until the day I die to Be loving, Be Giving and Be Willing to equally celebrate humanity, the animals and the planet!

Love and appreciation,
Darsana

Cristina Burgos – Life in Spanglish
http://lifeinspanglish.wordpress.com

What is your blog about:

Life In Spanglish is about being bilingual in English and Spanish and having it manifest in all aspects of your lifestyle, culture, mindset, vocabulary. As one of the 8 million (more or less) Latinos living in Los Angeles, I see the way Spanish and English mesh into this fabulous and interesting new experience everyday. Some of the topics I like to write about are LA happenings, news & media (especially TV), marketing, art & photography, food, and of course both languages. Anything that has to do with Hispanics as a demographic force in the US and just random stuff that I find interesting is a topic for the blog.

What motivated you to do your blog?

In April 2009, like many people, I was suddenly unemployed. So honestly, it was the recession and time on my hands that made me create a blog. But more than this, it was the desire to have an outlet for expressing opinions (and rants!) and showing some of the pictures I take on a daily or weekly basis. Since I’ve always spoken “spanglish” and that is how I communicate with mostly everybody I know in LA, this was the natural subject for me to explore. My four loyal readers kept bugging me if I didn’t post anything for a few days, so this pushed me to keep blogging and keep looking for things to write about. I am now working again, thank God, and I now have more than four readers, which is also very nice for the ego.

What do you offer your visitors to your blog? What do you want your visitors to take with them when they leave your blog?

The challenge for me is to come up with interesting bits of information and a real opinion as an alternative to what you may see/read/watch on the media, news, etc. I want to offer an honest voice and always make it entertaining. “Engage” is the magic word nowadays, but it is really what we all strive for. Hopefully readers can connect with the blog and ultimately want to keep reading, coming back for more and inspiring them to leave a comment here and there. And maybe someday all the “Spanglishers” would like to meet and go get a “cafecito” someplace to practice our Spanglish!


THANK YOU!!

Cristina Burgos
http://lifeinspanglish.wordpress.com

Clarisel Gonzalez
Puerto Rico Sun, http://prsun.blogspot.com
PRSUN Radio, http://blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio
Bronx Latino, http://bronxlatino.blogspot.com
Clarisel’s Photo Place: http://clarisel.blogspot.com

What is your blog about?

Puerto Rico Sun Communications is a Hispanic-oriented independent multimedia for-profit social entrepreneurship registered in the Bronx, New York. A veteran journalist, I am the editor and publisher. PRSUN Communications publishes several blogs, including Puerto Rico Sun, a cultural news and photoblog focusing on themes related to Puerto Ricans and the Diaspora; PRSUN Radio, an online radio show on BlogTalkRadio that also focuses on Puerto Ricans and the Diaspora; the Bronx Latino lifestyle blog that highlights the people, the events and the culture of the Bronx from a Latino perspective; and Clarisel’s Photo Place, a photoblog focusing on my photography and news.

What motivated you to do this blog?

Puerto Rico Sun Communications’ social and business mission is to inform, empower and build community. It is this mission that motivates me. I also want to help change negative stereotypes and share the Puerto Rican/Latino experience with a mainstream online audience.

What do you offer the visitors to your blog?

Puerto Rico Sun Communications is an Internet-based Latina-owned community media and art business. It primarily serves a diverse and influential English-speaking Puerto Rican/Latino community in New York City. As a community-driven Internet business, PRSUN also strives to have a national voice. It hopes to be a bridge between Puerto Ricans/Latinos in NYC, Puerto Rico and other important Puerto Rican/Latino markets in the United States.

Our readers are upwardly mobile Latino men and women who are Bilingual/Bicultural with a preference for English media. They are movers and shakers in their communities.


PRSUN Communications not only reaches Latinos who speak English and have an interest in their Latino heritage, but anyone who is interested in Latino culture, art and information.

PRSUN Communications serves as a forum for community life and issues and maintains relationships with local artists and cultural institutions, civic organizations, individual community and business leaders as well as elected officials. PRSUN Communications covers community news and views, events, lifestyle, culture, arts and entertainment. We produce original content using a multimedia approach. The company, as part of the community, uses technology to report on people, places and happenings going on in the uncovered, underserved yet vibrant Puerto Rican/Latino community.

Here are my blog links:
Puerto Rico Sun, http://prsun.blogspot.com
PRSUN Radio, http://blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio
Bronx Latino, http://bronxlatino.blogspot.com
Clarisel’s Photo Place: http://clarisel.blogspot.com

Thanks for the opportunity to share. —

Clarisel Gonzalez

Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D.
Babilonia Family History
http://www.babiloniafamilyhistory.blogspot.com
efsacco@gmail.com

What is your blog about?

My blog ‘Babilonia Family History’ deals with links to my maternal lineage in the northwest municipality of Moca in Puerto Rico. In it I consider different individuals and give brief biographies. I also talk about difficult topics, such as slave ownership, and review records as they come up. It’s a way to explore Puerto Rican history and identity on a local level.

What motivated you to do this blog?

I was always intrigued by the oral histories told to me by my mother about her childhood in Moca; they began during my childhood in the South Bronx. Having no photographs of my maternal grandparents, and hearing all of these details about a family with a very distinctive last name always peaked my curiosity. I was able to trace the Babilonias back to a military man from Mallorca who married twice and had 16 children. Recently I had my mtDNA done and discovered that I am of Indigenous descent, and will be writing more about that shortly.

What do you hope the visitor to your blog will take with them after visiting?

It’s not so much pride, but curiosity that provokes my interest in excavating my family’s history. I am hoping that others can learn about researching one’s own family and engaging difficult histories by reading my blog.

Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D.
Babilonia Family History
http://www.babiloniafamilyhistory.blogspot.com
efsacco@gmail.com

Mayra Calvani
Latino Books Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-6309-Latino-Books-Examiner

What is your blog about?

My blog is all about books written by Latino and Latina authors: features, profiles, interviews, news, events and reviews.

What motivated you to do your blog?

An opportunity to connect with my roots, to keep up to date with what’s going with Hispanic literature and publishing in the US, and to share this information with readers.

What do you hope your readers to get from your blog?

Information about the latest Latino/a authors, book releases and events.

Mayra Calvani
Latino Books Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-6309-Latino-Books-Examiner

Leticia Teresa Pontoni
LA FLACA QUE VUELA
Un blog para los chicos de todo lugar y para leer poemas, articulos o cuentos en dos idiomas, ingles y español
http://laflacaquevuela.blogspot.com
lety_pontoni@hotmail.com

Fist, I say thanks to Jo Ann Hernandez to explain how I decided to create my blog and I say thanks to this chance to write some words into her blog.


I am Leticia Teresa Pontoni and love to write. I am from Argentina. Nobody is a prophet in his or her land. I have showed my work thanks to North American Editors.


My blog is about and for children. It is a bilingual blog full of poems, drawings, stories, photos, designs, interviews, and much more. I write with my heart for them. If you are a dreamer, you are a writer. You imagine all the time. Moreover, I create new characters all the time, all my days.


I was motivated to open a blog because I needed to show what I can do for them. However, children like colors and nice stories. One time in a month, I add or post my stuff.


Go to http://laflacaquevuela.blogspot.com and add your commentaries.


If you like write to me, please use my email:
lety_pontoni@hotmail.com

Leticia Teresa Pontoni
LA FLACA QUE VUELA
Un blog para los chicos de todo lugar y para leer poemas, articulos o cuentos en dos idiomas, ingles y español
http://laflacaquevuela.blogspot.com
lety_pontoni@hotmail.com

Tracy Iglesias
The Ascending Butterfly – Not just a blog, not just a destination, but an upwards journey!
http://ascendingbutterfly.blogspot.com/

What is your blog about?

Ascending Butterfly – Not just a blog, not just a destination, but an upwards journey! We are a blog on a mission ‘to seek out and share the best sources of inspiration both on and off the web.’

What motivated you to do this blog?

I was having trouble finding sources of inspiration online that extended beyond a ‘quote of the day’. It was either quote of the day or purely religious and while I respect both formats, my needs fell somewhere in between the two. I wanted a place that would apply positive inspirations to my daily living, that would factor in that I am insanely busy and may not have time for a one hour journey into my subconscious mind, and because I couldn’t find it, I created it. I chose butterflies because they have always been a symbol of luck and change for me and my family. They have often appeared to me regardless of the weather or season to let me know change is coming or just before a stroke of good luck. The full meaning behind my site is as follows:

Ascending: rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees

Butterflies: The change from caterpillar though to the chrysalis and emergence as a butterfly is the greatest change in the animal world. It symbolizes significant change in the course of one’s life, personality, or way of thinking.

Together: Putting them together brings us on an upwards journey of change and transformation, isn’t that what we all strive for?

What do you offer the visitors to your blog?

We offer daily inspirations that use focused breathing to bring positive affirmations into your daily living in a way that fits into your schedule. In a way that allows you to live, breathe and visualize your way into the life you both want to live and most certainly should be living. Along the way I share my journey, as a writer, a daughter, friend, a latina, a single girl in a big city, and an aspiring jewelry designer and author; and most importantly, a spiritual being on a mission to empower myself and those around me. We offer a monthly book club, with an opportunity to win the book and share our ideas. We offer weekly moments of gratitude where we share what we are grateful for and ask that readers do the same. We offer honest product reviews. We offer a ‘Today’s Butterfly’ Featured site of the day. We offer ‘Win-It’ and giveaway opportunities. We will soon be offering a ‘Butterfly in the spotlight’ where we feature someone who we feel is a source of inspiration in the way they live their lives.

Someone tell Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres that Ascending Butterfly is the blog that everyone should spend five minutes of their day with everyday! Hmm…isn’t it about time we had a Latina in the day time talk show space? How about a Latina Butterfly?

Gracias!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Tracy Iglesias
The Ascending Butterfly – Not just a blog, not just a destination, but an upwards journey!
http://ascendingbutterfly.blogspot.com/

Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ascending-Butterfly/55906234945
Email: tiglesias625@gmail.com
Twitter: @Tracy_Iglesias

Kidsmomo – Where have all the good books gone?
http://www.kidsmomo.com/

Nancy and Karen – Nancy is endlessly entertained by burping, and Karen has been known to eat ice cream out of the carton for dinner.

Welcome to Kidsmomo! Tune in to our podcast, check out our weekly Mystery Book Theater video challenge, read about what’s up in the world of children’s books, and find out which books other kids are recommending. Plus contribute your own thoughts and book reviews.

What is your blog about?

Our mission at Kidsmomo is to keep kids engaged in reading for pleasure by introducing them to quality books and series, highlighting the sheer variety of reading choices available, and presenting books and reading in a non-academic mode. Basically, we’re curating book info in a way that’s fresh and fun for kids — through weekly podcasts, animated videos, and a joint blog that we update regularly with news and commentary about the world of children’s books. We also enable kids to share their book recommendations and reviews with one another.

What motivated you to do your blog?

We created Kidsmomo because there are many wonderful blogs dedicated to children’s books — but aimed at adults. We felt that something was missing, and so we set out to start a forum where we could talk directly to young readers. Our goal is to curate an online experience that motivates kids to read for pleasure and connect with peers around a shared enthusiasm for books. After all, that’s how kids interact with the TV shows and music that they love — and it shouldn’t be any different with books.

What do you hope your readers/viewers will gain from your blog?

Based on research, we know that self-selection and variety are critical to engaging kids in reading and writing. So our aim is to reach kids directly and convey the breadth of good books ripe for the picking, as well as enable kids to voice their opinions and make recommendations to one another. We want to empower children to feel excitement and ownership of their experience with books — which we hope will translate into not just academic success but also a lifelong love of reading. And ultimately, we’re communicating with kids as fellow readers, so we also hope that kids who visit Kidsmomo are truly enjoying the experience that we offer, above all else.

Kidsmomo – Nancy and Karen
Where have all the good books gone?
http://www.kidsmomo.com/

Anthony Otero – Latinegro
http://latinegro.blogspot.com/

What is your blog about?

My blog is all about me. While that sounds so normal and almost boring, I think I offer a perspective on love and life that is both honest and raw. This is the type of perspective not often seen by Latino men. I make no apologies for what I say and I say what I mean. I do not represent the typical Latino Male, but I can and will talk about how males tend to lie and cheat their way through life because of lack of self knowledge. Honest is best policy on my blog and it is the only way to find personal freedom and happiness.

What motivated you to do this blog?

The driving force for my blog is my journey toward happiness. I started writing because I need to find a way to express myself. I need to find a way to channel all the feelings that I am having. With the failure of my marriage, I have had to dig deep to be able to come to terms with that loss while being able to move on and pursue happiness. Each day brings a new challenge and extra motivation.

What do you offer the visitors to your blog?

What I bring to my readers is the ability to question love and life. Most people who read my blog often tell me that they relate to many of the perspectives I give to love and life. I also bring my reader along with me on my journey. It was on my blog that I announced that I was getting a divorce and since then they have been able to follow my progress. This is by no means a sob story. I do not talk about how bad my life is, however I do make admit to many things that men tend not to do. My Blogs do not come out a frequent as they once did but the quality of the writing has been greatly improved.

Latinegro – Anthony Otero
http://latinegro.blogspot.com/

Cristina Rivera – Glowing Faces
www.GlowingFaces.blogspot.com

Professional Make Up Artist
GlowingFaces@Gmail.com
www.GlowingFaces.net
http://GlowingFaces.blogspot.com

Beauty Editor “On the Avenue” Magazine
www.OTAMagazine.com
crivera@otamagazine.com

My name is Cristina Rivera. I’m a professional make-up artist and beauty editor for “On the Avenue” Magazine. My blog is about beauty (inside and out) as well as information that can and will help Makeup Artists, Fashion Stylists & Hair Stylists.

I blog about upcoming trades shows, work shops, cosmetics news, product reviews, and anything that can help ones business flourish. I am in contact with many CEO’s and Owners of businesses as well as Celebrity MUA’s, Celebrity Hairstylists, Designers etc.. With the information they provide me with, I can bring my readers up to the minute on what’s going on. I’ve made my blog a “one stop shop” for those looking for Beauty Industry Information.

I was motivated to write this blog because I found myself logging countless hours on the internet just to find information that would help my business soar. Not everyone has as much time as I had to find what they need. With all of the months and months of research, and questions from fellow artists, I decided that putting all of that info out there on a blog would help others.

I guess I just can’t help myself. I want to help others as much as I can for as long as I can.

–

Cristina RiveraProfessional Make Up Artist
GlowingFaces@Gmail.com
www.GlowingFaces.net
http://GlowingFaces.blogspot.com

Beauty Editor “On the Avenue” Magazine
www.OTAMagazine.com
crivera@otamagazine.com

Susan McKinney, Writer
www.susanmckinney.blogspot.com

My blog is www.susanmckinney.blogspot.com. No guessing there. It´s about me, Susan McKinney, Writer.


I started it in May, when I started searching for representation for my memoir, Fast Break South. One of the questions I ask readers on my blog, is: Do you like the present title or do you think I should change it to I Married A Mexican Teenager. At first I was told the I Married…
title was irreverant and even disrespectful, but I´ve recently hit myself on the forehead and asked, “What´s wrong with irreverant?”


The great fun about having a blog is that I get actual comments from strangers who have bothered to read and offer opinions on my work!


I write about writing, and about looking for an agent. When I´m not writing, I write about what I´m doing to distract myself from the fact that I´m not writing. I write about living in Mexico. I write about buying clothes in the tianguis with my 14-year old, and about seeing my dude, Don Jesus for a cleansing when I get overloaded with heavy energy from giving people massages.


I´m a gringa married to a Mexican, and you have allowed me to sneak onto this Latina site for which I send you all many besos. I do have Mexican teenaged girls, Mexican in-laws, a Mexican business. I like tamales but not atole. Hablo español. I need the highest number sunscreen available. Whatever that makes me.


I started the blog to have a web presence as advised by all the writer gurus. But I keep it up, not as a chore or as a building block to my platform, but because I like writing about my life in a chatty, intimate way.


Once I get I Married A Mexican Teenager (trying the title out…what do we think?) published, I´ll be able to offer copies of the book as giveaways. Until then, I offer a glimpse into the writing life, and day to day of a chick con ganas in Mexico.

Susan McKinney de Ortega
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
www.jasminedayspasma.com
www.susanmckinney.blogspot.com

Ashley Moreno
www.ChaosDiaries.com

Where Ashley blogs about juggling (not literally, of course)
4 kids, marriage, homeschooling, Down syndrome, ADD,
dueling food allergies, adolescence, clinical depression,
1 llama, 1 horse, 2 goats, 2 dogs, and 1 bulimic cat.

What inspired me to blog? Let’s call it divine intervention. See, every day I pray “Dear Lord, please let this be the day that nothing happens.” But the funny keeps on happening. I finally realized God is just giving me material. And chances are He’s going to keep giving it to me until I use it. So it’s really a matter of self-preservation. I write it down as it happens, and God doesn’t have to go getting more drastic on me.


I’m just your average neurotic mom, juggling four children (not literally, of course), marriage, a writing career, homeschooling, Down syndrome, adolescence, ADD, clinical depression, dueling food allergies, one llama, one horse, two goats, two dogs, one useless fish, and one bulimic cat.


I don’t have a train of thought. I have bumper cars. As such I will digress, tangenticize, and often find myself stuck in the wall, spinning my wheel slowly in one direction (those ride operators at the carnival tell you that like it’s gonna work). Sometimes I manage to cruise along just fine, and then another thoughtcar will ram into the first, which will then go careening off into oblivion. It’s always a toss-up as to which car will prevail. It happens. More often than I’d like. In this blog, as in real life, I will make no attempt to correct this phenomena. Like turning the wheel slowly in one direction, it is an exercise in futility.


Every blog seems to embrace a theme of some sort. There are the ‘how-to-be-frugal’ blogs, the ‘ways-to-do-it-better’ blogs, and the ‘can-you-believe-you-ever-lived-without-this-jewel-of-information’ blogs. Blogdom is a world rife with opportunities to improve your status-quo. Everywhere you turn, at your very fingertips lies a wealth of information to facilitate better living.
This ain’t that kind of blog.


I wish it were. But the truth is, I don’t have it together. I aspire to, but there’s always something getting in the way. Every once in a rare while, I find that I’ve managed to craft a tenuous illusion of togetherness, but then I sneeze or a child falls off of a piece of furniture that was never really intended for standing on in the first place, and the ethereal vision vanishes, like fog on the bathroom mirror when you turn the blow dryer on it. (You didn’t know that? Consider it a freebie. And a fluke).


No, I can’t help you do it better or cheaper, or look better while you do it cheaper.


What I can offer you is a frame of reference, a bar set so low that, on your worst day–the day that you catch the baby eating dog food and your new, uninsured cell phone falls in the toilet and nobody took a nap and your husband calls to say that he’ll be at least three hours late and you’ve looked in all three refrigerators and what’s the point of even having three refrigerators if there isn’t any beer in any of them–hypothetically speaking, of course–that on your worst day, you can stop by, enjoy a laugh or two on me, and go back to your life knowing that in this crazy, chaotic world, there is one person you are more together than.
Fair enough? Good. Let the journey begin.

Ashley Moreno
www.ChaosDiaries.com

My List of Blogs I Subscribe to

I may be off by two or three more and these are the main ones I’m subscribed to. Thank you for visiting.

Google Alerts &
119 – Google Reader
078 – Bloglines
160 – emails delivered
015 – RSS in favorites
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372 – Total

Google Reader – 119

“I need a book deal” http://ineedabookdeal.blogspot.com
“The Mom’s” Book Review http://mombookblog.blogspot.com/
Addicted to Books http://addictedtobooks1993.blogspot.com
A Bookworm’s World http://luanne-abookwormsworld.blogspot.com
a curious alien http://acuriousalien.blogspot.com
A dead man fell from the sky… http://blog.garycorby.com/
A Kindred Spirit’s Thoughts http://kindredspiritreviews.blogspot.com
A Mom of a Daughter Soldier http://soldiersparent.blogspot.com
A Reader’s Journal http://readfromatoz.blogspot.com
A Reader’s Respite http://readersrespite.blogspot.com
Absolute Vanilla… (and Atyllah) http://absolutevanilla.blogspot.com
ACME AUTHORS LINK http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
Across the Pond http://acrossthepond-storyheart.blogspot.com
Alice’s CWIM Blog http://cwim.blogspot.com/
Allison’s Attic of Books http://allisonsatticblog.blogspot.com
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