Babe...I think someone stole our identity | My husband's view on blogging

Michael is still getting use to all this blogging mumbo jumbo and the lingo that comes along with it. He is a peace officer and is very private with our life. I worried about starting the blog at first but it's no worse then good ol Facebook so here I am. These are some of the things that Michael has had to learn along the way. It hasn't been easy for him but he is adjusting and learning. Poor guy.

Lesson 1: Bloggers = friends

 

At home, you all are now called my "blogging friends" when I am talking to Michael. We were chatting one night and I said "oh my gosh Alexa and I were talking and blah blah blah" In which he said "I've never met an Alexa" and I continued with "oh I know. She's a blogging friend" and he said "oh....those people on there are real?!?" End scene....

And yes that was our actual conversation. So now I have to refer to y'all as my "blogging friends" and not just friends because the poor man just gets confused. It's hard to explain that there is so much that I can have in common with so many of you and that we actually form friendships from emailing back and forth, reading blogs, and finding commonalities with people who are miles away or live in the next city over.

Lesson 2: my blog is not JUST my diary.

When I write my posts....I usually go into our office or type up my posts on my iPhone notes like I am doing currently because it's a beautiful day outside and I'm getting my tan on. But anyways...if he sees me writing, he comes in and wants to know if I'm done writing in my diary. Yup. That's what he thinks this is....and sometimes yes I do use my blog as that but I tried to explain that it's way more than just writing down things that are on my mind or that happen in our life. I like to think of it more as a reflective notebook where I can look back later and see how random of a mess I was. I get to share things with you all that maybe you connect with or can help me with, and I can keep track of the randomness that comes from being a newlywed.

When I think of a diary, I think of something with a lock and key that you don't want anyone to know what is inside. With blogging, I write about whatever my little heart desires..whatever is on my mind that I need to talk about, or that I want to share in hopes that someone else has been there and can offer some guidance. I blog to keep me sane from all the randomness that goes on in that thing under this blond hair. I know that whatever I put on here is open, public, and I like that because when we open up is when we tend to find that more people feel or have felt the same.

Lesson 3 (and this was a hard one): Link Up's:

Poor guy....this really threw him for a loop-dee-loop. "Link up?! Like your going to go meet them?! Don't these people live all over the world." shaking my head...I had to explain that link up's just mean that I write or do something that other bloggers are writing or doing and link my link on the page to share it with people who are doing the same things. Speaking of link ups, these are just a few I've participated in Saw It, Pinned It, Did It, VLOG link ups, Shenanigans & Gossip, and Friday's Letters.

 

After all this confusion, I didn't even try to go into blates and that people actually do meet the people they become friends with.

Lesson 4: Giveaways

"So what your saying is that you actually give away things to people?! Like for free?" His mind = blown away by this. I think it's amazing. I have found some of my favorite ETSY shops, have won some awesome ad spaces on certain blogs, and get to give away amazing things to you all just for reading... I'll give him some time to get use to this.

And speaking of giveaways, make sure you enter the MK watch giveaway HERE.

Shameless plug I know but y'all...who wouldn't want to win won of those watches?!

Lesson 5: Sponsoring

There is absolutely no better feeling than seeing your cute little button sitting on the side of someones blog post, especially if it's some of your favorites. But if you are my husband, this can be confusing (as the rest of this blogging world obviously has been) because "why would you pay someone to promote your blog". Good questions partner, but lemme explain...sponsoring means more than having someone throw your button up and that be it. I love to find sponsors whose blogs I love to read, who I want to sponsor, and who I'm excited every time I see my button pop up. I love that we offer this to each other or even just swap buttons to support and encourage each other.

I currently get to promote these awesome ladies:

Kalyn

Kaitlyn

Alexa

Katie

Kendahl

Mandy

Whitney

Sarah

 

And I get to sponsor/support these wonderful blogs:

The Kinch Life
I Wore Yoga Pants To Work
Brooklyn State of Mind
This Beautiful Life
The Pinstriped Penguin

Lesson 5: The best lesson of them all...Passionfruit.

Legit conversation we had one night while sitting on the couch drinking a glass of wine ...

Michael- "Oh crap babe, I think someone stole our identity!!!"

Me- "what makes you say that?! A big charge?!"

Michael- "No someone has been ordering off some sight called Passion fruit"

Me- giggling..."that was me honey"

Michael- "ohhhhh is it for Christmas or Valentines day for me?!"

Me- "ummm no"

I'm going to blame this misconception on passion fruit for making their name sound like some exotic place that my husband got intrigued by. No honey, those charges on our statement aren't for you, they are actually part of my blogging life. Sorry. :)

I have a feeling that this is going to be an ongoing learning process for him but I'm actually proud of him for catching on to most of these things...well the best he can.

Happy Tuesday friends. Have a great one and enjoy your day!

 

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