My posts lately have been sorta scarce...I've been busy working and then spending the precious time off with the family. I've also been rethinking this blog... The how and why and what's of it...
I started this blog on Anton's first birthday, while I was on maternity leave and already pregnant with Erin. :) I had 'all the time in the world' and even after I had finished my maternity leave and went back to school I had...time... Recently, starting at uni and now being back in 'the real world' of being a working mum I realise that Time is not something I have so much of at the moment.
Initially I blogged in Swedish...with it being my first language it felt most sensible to write in it too. ;) This blog was never really intended to be for anyone else but me and the closest family to read (why would anyone else be interested? ;)) and possibly/hopefully for kiddies to read in the future...At some point along the way I 'realised' that my Family (of course!) wasn't just all Swedish-knowing nor of my own blood ;) so, I decided to start blogging in English instead...at that time I was also posting blog entries on a family forum and most often it ended up being a copy+paste thing between what I'd written there or here which was sort of pointless and boring.
Perhaps I was hoping for a bit of a wider following too ;) when I switched languages but...this is a family blog...for my family and friends...perhaps I here and there get a visitor who's curious to get to know me a little bit better but it is perhaps done better elsewhere and those who wander over here have probably, most often, come from there...? ;) And...to be honest, I think that the people who follow this blog (visibly or not) were following it before I changed...(?)
So...you might already have guessed that what I'm getting at is that I'm thinking of 'reverting' back to Swedish...and blog less, much less, about E. and more about the stuff that the kiddies get up to...sort of go back to why/what for I began blogging... to share glimpts of the Family Life, in other words The Kiddies, and not so much about Me. ;)
So...? :) What do you think? Would you be terribly disappointed if I stop blogging in English (I might still try to maintain a shortish update in English too)? Would you be sad to 'hear' less about me-me-me and more about the cute adorable amazingness that is the H kiddos...? :) :) :) Why and what for are you here? :)
Let me know and I'll keep pondering...
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I think it might have happened when you changed your background on the blog, about a week ago? (fault in the html-coding from TCBOTB maybe?). I'll keep looking to see if/when they 'reappear' and let you know when they do.
Fingers crossed it's a known blogger issue and that they'll have it sorted in no time! :)
I think for your personal blog, you should write in what ever language suits you best - only if you write in Swedish I won't be able to read it, so be sure to keep in touch on my blog sometimes too!! x
Hi! :) Nice to see you here Ember, thank you for your comment. :)
I do feel that since the initial point of the blog was to write about the little ones and our family life I do loose some by writing in English, especially since I have to translate the sweet and wise things our little ones say. :)
My plan, at present, is to do a 'bilingual' thing on the blog. English is very close to my heart, it's 'prettier' than Swedish and I feel just as fluent in it as I am in Swedish...
We'll see where it goes and I will make sure to keep in touch no matter what language I end up using. :)
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