Beep, Beep! Who else is still awake on this alphabet route?
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| Photo by Little Peppercorn |
After running low on gas and making multiple pit stops, I nearly fell asleep at
the wheel. Good thing I have two partners – Tina Downey at Life is Good and
Shannon Lawrence at The Warrior Muse to share in the driving duties as we move
along through the A-to-Z Challenge list, stopping by the blogs we missed in
April, to pay them a visit before the next challenge rolls around. Although I
put the car on cruise control, I did manage to read more A-to-Z Reflections
posts and visit some blogs located in the first half of the sign-up list.
During my visits, I found that some people either stopped
blogging after the challenge or kept new blog posts coming sporadically until
early-to-mid Summer. Still, the last posts that were published on these blogs
were worth a looksee. I also came across some places on the list with blog
posts that were cool to read, yet, difficult to leave a comment on. For those
of you who are still on this Road Trip with Tina, Shannon and I, this is likely
not a surprise, as you’ve probably encountered similar situations during your
blog visits.
When I started this road trip, I planned to visit at least five
blogs per day, keeping in tune with the recommended visits of the April
challenge. Now, I’ve reduced that number to one blog per day. I figure that way,
it will be much easier to fit a visit to a new blog into my schedule – and – if
I encounter non-active blogs or blog posts where leaving a comment feels like I’m
participating in some type of three ring circus with no instructions, my Road
Trip efforts are still time well spent.
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| Photo by Hayley Bouchard |
As co-host, I want to try to also make sure that your time
is also well spent, so in the name of efficient fun, here is some roadside assistance
to stay on course if you find yourself running low on gas or hit something on
the road that caused a flat in your tires at this stretch of our Post A-to-Z Adventure.
Now, I’m no Allstate or AAA, but these blog visiting methods can be especially
useful if you’re taking the one-and-done approach, or a similar one, that I’m
using for the A-to-Z Road Trip.
Pick a Number –
Think of a number…any number during your day and then visit the blog on the
list that corresponds with this particular number. You could also make this a theme and visit all
of the blogs that fall under a specific area of the number table such as every hundredth
or so (102, 202, 302, 402 and so on).
Heads or Tails? –
Visit a blog that is among the low numbers (1-100) on the sign-up list and then
visit another blog that is among the high numbers (101-500 and up) on the list.
The number range doesn’t matter…you determine what is considered “low” and what
is considered “high” just so long as two blogs on both ends of the list get a
visitor today (or tomorrow or whenever you’re doing your A-to-Z Road Trip
visits).
Hit the Reflections
– If you haven’t read all of the 2013 A-to-Z Reflections posts, visit blogs on
that list. That way, you’ll know that the blogs you’re visiting are run by
people who finished the challenge – or at least attempted to complete it.
Funny Names –
Scroll through the signup list and visit blogs with names that either make you
laugh or fill you with curiosity. These are usually the types of blogs where,
at first glance, you have no idea what the topic or theme of the blog is about
such as Big Girl Panties (#264 on the list), Buttered Toast Rocks! (#365) or
Cabin Goddess (#432).
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| Photo by Zach Dischner |
It’s all about making it fun. If we make this road trip as
simple and as fun as possible, we’ll have enough gas to keep our cars steady
and well maintained…at least until the next Check-in. Now, the only thing left
to do is call Allstate and tell them that you don’t need them because you’re in
better hands. Ha!
Cheers to all!
~Nicole
