We're All A Community

I have to admit, since I started blogging in March, I've had a lot of fun with this. It's been really neat to explore my thoughts and post memories so I remember them later, as well as to see what else is out there and to learn from so many of them.

I've visited more blogs than I can count. Not because I'm naturally that adventurous of course, but because there is a site that lays them out neatly for me on a daily basis. Every day, I get my SITS fix, where one new blogger is featured with three posts of her (ok, or his but really her) choosing to introduce me to each new blog.

It's through this that I've learned some things about what I like and don't like about blogging, including things about my own blog. I've changed some things as a result. I even found my bloggy fairy godmother who made over my blog indirectly via SITS (and isn't it pretty?).

The featured blogs aren't always ones that are my style or my taste, but I always walk away with a "huh" of some sort. There is always something that makes me think or smile or wince in pain. Some of them though... some of them just strike me in the right place, and on they go to the "list." The list is the blogs I read on a daily basis. And thanks to SITS, it keeps growing. And if I'm lucky, maybe someday I'll be the featured blogger.

In the meantime, I'm having fun reading the other blogs and seeing what else is out there. Today, SITS is doing a blogathon. If you've never visited, head on over. There you can meet up with some of the bloggers that I've grown to well love is probably too strong a word, but I definitely enjoy reading them.

Meet Angela from Hello Darhlin' who is funny and is a great cook with some great ideas. I'm totally jealous of her pool ensemble. It isn't just a pool, lucky her. I'm not so jealous of the gas issues she faced recently, however. I'll take my winters in Chicago to avoid gas lines.

And there's Angela from The Painted House -- she is so incredibly talented with the reclamation projects of furniture and home, with abundant other entertainment to boot. You have got to check out what she did with her basement. I'm jealous. Really jealous.

To prove I don't exclusively read bloggers named Angela, here's Jaci from Ravings of a Mad Housewife. She was featured somewhat early on but then went and deleted her blog and fortunately came to her senses and restarted it a few days later. She cracks me up on a regular basis. Oh, and it was through her (I think) that I found Lex who made my blog beautiful.

Outnumber 2to1 is another of the blogs SITS introduced me to. She cracks me up, and it's always nice to me to read about working moms and seeing that my issues are so frequently their issues.

Kellan from On The Upside is one of those bloggers who is just so warm and inviting. You never wonder why she consistently has more comments than I do page views. By far. She's definitely got her hands full with her brood, but she talks about them so lovingly and with such gently humor that you can't help but be drawn into her world.

Plus, we have Mama Kat from Mama's Losin' It who is absolutely hilarious. I would so sit down with her at a bar or over coffee or in the wee ones' preschool except for the fact that she doesn't exactly live around the corner from me. She's the inspiration of my Thursday posts now with her writing workshop. It's been really interesting to have a topic thrust on me and see what others do with it.

That's not even half the blogs that I've grown so fond of over the past few months. There are more, but I have to stop somewhere, right? The only downfall of SITS? My blog reading just takes longer and longer as I begrudgingly admit that I need to add another blog to my daily reading list.

So get on over to SITS if you haven't already. It's such a neat way to show support for fellow bloggers and get introduced to others. Happy blogathon everyone!