It was over 8 years ago about this time of the year in 2005. There were about 50 or so of us humans, mostly from the good old USA, who were blogging on a fairly new blogging forum called Windows Live Spaces. We had all gotten to be good blogging friends and we called ourselves a blogging family. Jim had been diagnosed with lymphoma a few months earlier and I was trying to find a way to express myself.
At one time or another most of us had received a blogging award from Spaces, some more than one. There were a lot of problems at Spaces. Collectively the bunch of us decided to have one day a week that we could rant about Spaces and other things that were bothering us. And that is how the Wednesday Rant Day came into being.
I still have several of my blogging friends that follow my blog here. My twin, who was among my first blogging buddies, Paul, Joe, Nita, Rhapsody, Terry and many who are on Facebook now that read my blog from there. Windows Live Spaces closed its doors to blogging in mid 2010 and we had the choice of moving our blogs to Word Press or having them deleted. I made a copy of them and then sent them to Word Press which I am not very fond of. I have 3 blogs there and I update them sporadically. I have 3 blogs here on Blogger.
http://bethmariesmainblog.wordpress.com/ This is one of my Word Press blogs. You can go back as early as 2006 on there. I had deleted my first blog from 2005.
I hope you all have a great weekend. Stay safe and be happy!!
Beth
Sure do miss it don't we. I don't do my WP one very often. Have been lax on here lately, but it will get better when we get this darn remodel done. Have a good day Beth.
ReplyDeletei'd never have multiple blogs. i'd never keep up with them. one takes too much work. :) i understand moving blog platforms, though.
ReplyDeleteBeth, Some of you out there are like computer wizzards and I am a computer flop. I am doing well to get my pitiful blog to not have ..shh....blogger problems. Don't want to say that too loud you know. I think people do not mind if we rant, as long as it's not our only blogging. Cause heaven knows there's enough to complain, whine , or gripe about for all of us. Hope your bad is over and done and that this weekend is fun and happy for you. Thinking of you, xoxo,Susie
ReplyDeleteI met you here - I had no idea that you had been blogging that long. Does this mean you are changing blog platforms?
ReplyDeleteI'll check those out soon. One blog site is enough for me!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember when you and I first became blogging friends, but I do remember it was through my son, Jim Jr. He put my choir singing in church on his blog and you responded to that. It was while Windows Live Spaces was still up and running. I love your blogs and hope I will soon get to the place where I can blog more often. Now that I am on the Parkinson's meds, I am feeling so much better, but still trying to make up the ten years of mis- diagnosis when I was treated for Essential Tremor and Depression. I didn't think I was that depressed but was never sent to a neurologist. My new doctor did and I am so glad not to have the shaking and terrible debilitating fatigue. I am beginning to get my life back.
ReplyDeleteyes, we will never again have the warmth of as MANY as we had there because many of our friends don't wish to blog here and just FB. When the last privacy goes away (makes me sad) I will leave FB.
ReplyDeleteI wish this person just\ above with Parkinsons could go to my friend Mary blog. She was diagnosed with Parkinsons and had ET.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to have blogger friends from so many places over the years. Have a great weekend, Beth.
ReplyDeleteWoW....talk about commitment, and friends for a lifetime!! Good for you Beth, I'm sure those friendships brought you much comfort during that difficult time!!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy Sunday, I hope you are feeling well!!
Oh Beth I knew you were special yes indeed you are a true friend to many and the commitment to do just one blog is time consuming I do not know how you do it so well. I love that you have friends from long ago in blogger world that makes me very happy because I am finding friends I could never leave either like you. Take care have a nice Sunday. HUGS B
ReplyDeleteYou have been at this for quite awhile, Beth! I am such a novice! I won't celebrate two years until December 1. I will have to check out that Word Press blog.
ReplyDeletexo Nellie
I had no idea you have been blogging that long and that you had other blogs. I can barely keep up with one.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your weekend.
Good friends are hard to come by these days, Beth, you are very blessed! Hope you are doing well...sending you a hug.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good thing to do on a Wednesday! I know lots of people came over after Lives Spaces disappeared, I am not real fond of wordpress. ..and blogger has it's days.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better everyday. :)
I've thought of starting a second blog strictly for photography but I am not sure yet. Sometimes I am not the best multi-tasker :)
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't it wonderful making connections through blogging? We really do become like a family :)
Oh memories, I still miss live spaces. Hugs Nita
ReplyDeleteI loved Live Spaces, though I don'tbthink I.d been blogging as long as you Beth, I saved some of my old blogs from it onto an external drive, and get a bit nostalgic for it. :-) I use windows Live Writer to compose and post the same one to Word press. Iy's not as versatile for customising, but as a couple of friends followed me there, it helps us keepin touch. Interesting post Beth.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have a long blogging history! I don't remember Live Spaces. I started my blog in 2007 and have always been on blogger. We do get to be like family with our blogging friends don't we. One of my favorite blogging friends decided to quit her daily blog last week and that made me sad. I hope you stick with it, Beth! I hope you have a great week and continue feeling better and stronger.
ReplyDeleteOh the memories! Now I miss those days so much. On the bright side we can still keep in touch and I'm so grateful for that!
ReplyDeleteI started out blogging on Bigblog which was ran by Telstra but it was always giving me problems so I moved over to blogger. I also have a wordpress blog
ReplyDeleteWe all need to rant every now and then. I do my fair share..lol. I only have the one blog and can't hardly keep it up. Still sending thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you had a few blogs. I myself tried Word Press and didn't really like it, much prefer Blogspot. Good that you have friends from way back joining you here, that is lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou and Carole are my are among my first, if not my first blogging buddies. Spaces was fun for a while. Spaces became a muddled mess. Blogger is so much easier to deal with. I on the other hand am having difficulty with my computer. I am writing this on my little laptop computerette, 10" by 7" I hope to be back at full strength in a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have been blogging as long as you Beth..When I did start at Spaces I wasn't sure what to write about. Living in the country with not a lot happening and all that. I found you there maybe a few years later and I am so glad I did.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sheila x
I love how it started out! What a great group of friends :)
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