The absent blogger takes a long hard look at her website

People talk about having your own corner of the web when actually you have lots of corners. It might be under the same username, or similar username give or take an underscore. But each network that you belong to is a different corner in my opinion.

Needless to say that I’ve neglected my main blogging corner for a few months, and each time I come back all apologetic and that I won’t do it again.

Over the past few days I’ve had a good think about what to do with my blog, how to get more out of it and so on. I regard something like Tumblr as fun – it’s my short attention span blog, where it is easier to click on “Like” or “Reblog” to share something like a photo of a hungover looking owl rather than add substance to it. Twitter is where I chat to people about various random things that I happen to be interested in. LinkedIn is that scary professional place that I should use more to help me find a job. Facebook is where I share photos of my adorable dog (wait, I do that on Twitter too) and catch up with friends that I haven’t actually seen in years.

But what about this place? I’ve done quite a bit since I last posted and in hindsight I’m thinking “Why didn’t I blog about it?” Is it too late to talk about my wonderful week in Barcelona where I overdosed on Gaudi and went to my first football match in god knows how long? Or should I turn my handwritten memories into a “Top Tips” post?

I passed my driving test and got a car. I’ve been doing so many firsts in my little VW Polo that I haven’t written about it!

A lot of this is about hindsight, either I’ve forgotten to write about something or I’ve dismissed it when I shouldn’t have.

So my blogging mantra for 2012 is: You do something. You blog it. Now. Not next week.

The Rugby World Cup

I’m ready for it.

Raring to go.

My body clock has been messing up on me for the past few nights so I know that it won’t mind 6 weeks more of it, even if the lack of sleep sends me crazier than usual.

Here it comes. The Rugby World Cup.

I’ve got my wallchart sorted, courtesy of The Rugby Paper and the Breakfast Pack from O2′s Get Up For England Campaign is currently on its way here.

I don’t have a new England rugby shirt, I still have my old faithful from 2003 and even then I don’t wear it when England are playing – it’s a superstitious thing.

The build up feels as though it’s been going on forever, talk of squads and warm-up games, it’s a long winded process but now the competition really starts.

Plus the domestic season has just begun. Bonus.

It’s a life rugby bonanza, and I cannot wait.

All change!

I know that it’s a cardinal sin to apologise for not blogging but I’m going to.  I’m sorry that I haven’t blogged since Week 2/3 of the Six Nations.

But it’s not due to abandoning it, honestly!  In fact I’ve been working hard on it.

For starters I’ve moved away from hosting my site on WordPress.com and have gone to the site One.com as they were the cheapest hosting – just over a tenner for a year’s worth of hosting, plus they moved my domain to their servers for free. Their customer service has been rather good too, especially as I was a complete newbie at all things FTP and PHP when I started this! Many thanks to Lauren for recommending them to me!

I’m still getting the hang of it all, it can be fun but can be frustrating at the same time! Like how to get new blog posts automatically sent to my Twitter feed and Facebook!

If anyone wants to give me a hand then let me know!

So this is the beginning of a new start for the blog, I have loads of things planned already!

You won’t be able to get rid of me now – muahahaha!