I'm one of a small group of people enrolled with Rhonda Hetzel from Down to Earth to learn a bit more about the blogging world. Rhonda is teaching us some of the 'behind the scenes' things we need to know to keep our blogs chugging along smoothly. As anyone who knows me well (or knows me at all really) will agree, I'm certainly no technical whizz when it comes to computers or smart phones, so this is all very exciting.
Last Sunday morning was our first Skype session. In fact I hadn't used Skype at all until then. There was a two hour time difference and I was worried I would sleep in and miss the 7am start, but as it turns out I was so excited I barely slept at all and was up at about 5am shuffling quietly about waiting for the action. Skype really is pretty amazing. I honestly could not believe I was having a face to face conversation with Rhonda. Each time I looked at my own little image in the corner of the screen, I had my mouth open like one of those ping pong ball clowns at a carnival.
(I could just imagine my mum saying "Close your mouth Frances!")
My husband has set up a little temporary 'learning centre' for me in the spare room. It was so peaceful and quiet on Sunday with the beautiful morning sun shining in the window and somehow I managed to take seven pages of notes during our two hour Skype session.
When I first started blogging, I thought it would be primarily for my family who live mostly interstate, so I just chatted on - relentlessly probably! Now that I have discovered such a vibrant and knowledgeable 'maker' community out there, I'd like to be part of that too. So, I'm hoping that by learning a little more about the blogging environment I can not only share our lives with family but also become more of a contributing member to the maker's world.
Now, let's see if I can put some of those seven pages of notes into practice without tangling myself up too much!
(I could just imagine my mum saying "Close your mouth Frances!")
My husband has set up a little temporary 'learning centre' for me in the spare room. It was so peaceful and quiet on Sunday with the beautiful morning sun shining in the window and somehow I managed to take seven pages of notes during our two hour Skype session.
When I first started blogging, I thought it would be primarily for my family who live mostly interstate, so I just chatted on - relentlessly probably! Now that I have discovered such a vibrant and knowledgeable 'maker' community out there, I'd like to be part of that too. So, I'm hoping that by learning a little more about the blogging environment I can not only share our lives with family but also become more of a contributing member to the maker's world.
Now, let's see if I can put some of those seven pages of notes into practice without tangling myself up too much!
