Long weekend family bonding(Eid-al-Fitr - Aug.9,2013)

First, happy Eid-al Fitr to our Muslim brothers - after a month of fasting and prayers.

Today is just the 1st long weekend in August.  We still have 2 long weekends(Aug.19
QC Day and Aug.26 National Heroes Day) + 1 mid-week holiday(Aug.21 Ninoy
Aquino Day).

Yehey!!!!!! These mean more family time and re-charging.

The Family woke up late and had a great lunch with my mother-in-law @
Mesa, Tomas Morato.  The Father and Son had the Smurfs 2 movie date while
I was doing  my inet-surfing stuff over a hot caramel machiato.

As of this writing, Husband and I are watching how Gilas Pilipinas is outscoring
Kazahkstan. Go..go...go..Gilas guys. Then the Forever Young movie with my
husband will end the night.

Tomorrow is another long day for us - my son's Taekwondo session and
my office assignments. But come Sunday, another swimming bonding with
my husband's family side.

Torn in between...

With blogging,  I was able to share with my friends and relatives the great
experiences and activities of our family especially those of  my son Marty.
I have shared my thoughts and was able to share my great finds. And what
is amazing, I already have a list of the things I will still post to my blog.

In posting, I see to it that my readers can at least get something beneficial
from it.  I just don't blog to put my life diary over the internet. And to avoid
my readers to just imagine on what I am talking about, I put images
whenever possible aside that these enhances my posts.

Lately, when I was reading back my posts on our family experiences
with pictures of my family exposed to the whole world, I felt afraid.
We all know what people can do with the information from internet, right?

Now, I AM TORN IN BETWEEN including or not our pictures in sharing
our experiences through this blog.

Basics of Blogging

I was really surprised when I saw in my blog site that I made 21 posts for January.
Actually, I've never counted them. I just write my thoughts and whats happening
with my family which I know others can benefit from and share my great
finds(promos & freebies) . 

From Notepad application to posting it to my blog site,  it always draws the thirst
within me to blog. I always look forward to ending my day with posting something
of worth not minding if there is a set of rules in blogging which I must follow in
posting. Simply put, it becomes a routine and I am enjoying it very much
regardless of how it should be written.


Curious if there is any set of rules to follow in blogging, I've searched the net and
found these BASICS where I can start with.

Step 1 - The Power of Title
             *No matter how simple and straight forward the contents of the post, if
              the title is catchy, it will surely invite readers to your post.
Step 2 - Blog Posts Must Be Reader Friendly
             *Must be written in a format that it will attract readers rather drive them
              away because the post cannot be easily read or browsed.
Step 3 - Pictures are Worth 1,000 Words
             *It serves as a testimony for what you are writing.  
Step 4 - Use Video From Time to Time
              *Use it if it will add value to the post other than only images.
Step 5 - Keep It Simple Stupid
             *Just write less (not too wordy) because people will not spend all of
               their time reading the entire post.

For further information, see this link  http://www.bloggingtip.net/5-blogging-basics-you-cant-live-without/