Reading Blogs

How do you keep track of all the blogs you read?

I feel like I have a hard time keeping up with the people I want to read. I know a few direct links and I'll type those in to the browser.... but it's hard to remembers EVERYONE'S link, ya know?

Through blogger.com, a list pops up..... but I don't think that's accurate (because there's a few there I do not even remember reading at all). I'd like to be able to add links to a list, and then be able to tweak the list if need be. And obviously be able to read the blogs, haha!


Share your secret with me!

Inspirational Friday

Have a great weekend, Geeksters!

A Blogging Question or Two, Okay it's Three LOL

I have some questions.... and I'm sure they are basic Blogging knowledge, but I'm gonna ask anyway. #herecomesthenoob

1. I am big on the "Google Following" on my blog. Ya know, the blue button on the side of most everyone's blog that says Follow. When I started blogging that's how you kept track of the blogs you liked to read. P.S. I dislike change. Anyway, right now I have 25 followers there, which is fine by me..... but I feel like because everyone PROBABLY uses Bloglovin' now, that no one actually follows blogs the old way anymore. Is that true? And do I need to step up my Bloglovin' game? (I have one, and BARELY use it). And is that where you read your blog roll as well??

2. Does anyone SERIOUSLY use Google+ ? It looks like a Facebook wall to me, but I cannot for the life of me jump on that banwagon.

3. Where do I find the code for that box where I can put a HTML code so people can take my button, if they choose to do so? Can't find it anywhere, haha.

My 100th Post Is Upon You

Today is monumental!! It's my ONE HUNDRETH post on this blog. Most people probably get to 100 posts six months after they start a blog..... I'm going on 10 months here (I launched my blog March 13, 2013). But it's allllllll good. I'm just so proud of myself for sticking with it, even though I've taken a few blogging breaks and actually quit, in my head, twice. LOL!!!


In honor of this occassion, I'm gonna share some of my favorite posts with you all:

You Can Benefit From The Geek
Shaking It Up In Harlem
Pixel Of Ink Dot Com
Sunday Sermon
I Got To Thinking...
Wordless Wednesday

Check Me Out!!!

Hello my Geeksters! This weekend I literally spent over six hours on Pinterest using tutorials, figuring out how to make a stripes background, a cool header, a signature to match my header, a new sidebar picture and bio, and a button that other bloggers can take (if they so choose). I worked some code magic anddddddd VOILA! I designed my own layout for my blog, all for free using picmonkey. And I am absolutely IN LOVE!!!!

I know most of you use Bloglovin to read my posts, but maybe you could actually come to my blog and see all my hardwork. I said that changes were coming to my blog, and this is only Step 1.

I couldn't be more pleased.

This Thing Called A Niche-- I Think I Lost Mine

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Morning Geeksters! It's Monday, so I hate to start the week off with a Debbie-Downer post, but I can't help it......

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately.... probably too much thinking now that I think about it... and really wonder what is going on with my blog. I was so in love with my blog when I first started it up, and now my blog was neglected for awhile. I really want to get back into blogging regularly again, but then I'm like "ugh, what to blog about?" I feel like the things I've been posting are mediocer... like it doesn't fit with my theme. Is geeky stuff really a niche?  Why am I over-analyzing my blog waaaayyyyyy too much?

I see people's blogs and love their layouts, love their content, can see they are passionate about one thing and just go for it. I want to be that type of person!

I had a private blog many, many years ago.... then last year my one friend says to me "I want to start a blog" and I was like "Awesome! I'm gonna start one too". We helped each other come up with names and themes and everything. About two months into it, her blog was very successful, with a lot of followers and awesome blog posts. My blog had literally five followers. Do I dare admit I was jealous? I was. I still am, actually. I tried to ask her for advice and stuff awhile back, and (I also hate to admit) felt like she gave me the cold shoulder. I continually support her blog and I don't feel the support back. We're absolutely not in the same niche/catergory for blogs, and while I honestly don't know much about the things she's writing about, I still am there for her, cheering her on. She probably doesn't know much about the things I like, but I feel like she could reciprocate. I'm not bashing you honey, I love you and am just being honest with how I am feeling.

Anyway, lately I'm feeling the blogging mojo come to me, but I want to get my blog up to snuff and revamp it. I found a layout I like (but it honestly has nothing to do with my theme so it annoys me at the same time) so I'm trying to work on that too. And I don't think I'll ever be the super-mega famous blogger everyone reads, and that's fine with me.... I don't even think "success" will happen overnight either, I'm not naive... but just a loyal fanbase who understands me and wants to come, read my content, be my friend and support me would be simply amazing!!

I just would like some real truthful brutally honest advice, from one blogger to another.


P.S. Geeky/Nerdy things seem to be my go-to.... I like to play video games, read books, watch movies, do puzzles, Harry Potter, Dr Who... that sort of thing. I would love to review products of things I like *not like a new bar of soap but of a new book or something*, write guests posts for blog pals, maybe be a photographer or even somehow make money working from home *not blogging to make money, although that'd be nice too* (in a non-scamming fashion)