Missing in action, again....

I haven't thought much about blogging in a long while, not really sure why, just not been in the best of mindsets. I have been making a lot of new things, but just never in the mood to write about them, which is usually strange, because I love to write, but I think it just has to do with my general feelings of depression and sadness overall with life. 

It's hard being a single mom, and the dating scene absolutely sucks around here, especially because I live in a college town, so the bars, if I was inclined to go there are full of young college guys, and that is definitely not what I am looking for.  Then because I don't fit the model stereotype, most guys on the dating websites and apps won't even give me the time of day let alone a chance. It is a real pain in the butt.

The thing is I need to let it all go and just focus on work and my kids and not let it get me down.

So - I'm going to start writing again, blogging more and updating my new ideas and things on the ETSY website on the business blog, and also working on some other of my blogs to get through these feeling and into a better state of mind. At least I know what I need to do and what helps me.

This blog, TAMMommy Blogs to Blog, has always been my outlet to write.  I write my thoughts, my feelings, and even my writing practice and starts to stories and such. Writing has always been my therapy and it works better for me than anything else, medicine or counseling, writing is what gets me through and brightens my mood. I know that and so why I have stopped writing is beyond me, I should know better. I should be smarter than this.

Welcome back to the Ramblings of my Mind!!

Can blogging cure insomnia?

I can't sleep. It's nothing new, it happens all the time, and it is probably hormone related, at least that is what the doctors all say. I just can't fall asleep some nights.

Any chance that blogging might help with that? I don't know, but I know that sitting here and writing always makes me feel better. So even if it doesn't help me to sleep, at least it will get me to a somewhat happy place.

I now have a total of four blogs. This one for my general ramblings that have no purpose other than to be an outlet for myself. The others each have a specific purpose and reason for being and are special for that reason.

There is the book blog.  Tammommy Blogs on Books.
This is where I write book reviews of the books that I am reading. I love to read, and love to write, so this has been a long standing blog that ties both my loves together. I also have a number of Google plus communities that I joined to promote the book blog. I would really like it to be seen and to get some feedback on it. It has been seen by a couple of the author's of the books in the last few posts, which is really exciting. I always enjoying hearing from an author when I review their book. So things are going well there, just hoping to keep that going and grow it even more.

There is the new music blog.  Tammommy Blogs on Music.
This is where I post a country music video and blog a commentary about the song. It is not really a review of the song, but more of what the song makes me think of and what it means to me, sort of. I am enjoying writing it because I love music and I find that music is a huge part of life. It evokes emotions in all of us everyday, sometimes we are better at realizing it than at other times. Right now I am only posting once a week on this blog. I have two google plus communities that I promote this blog on. I also promote it on my twitter account.

The third blog is a business blog.  Tammommy Blogs on Business.
This is where I post business related blog posts. I have my store at CafePress that turns my original artwork into items and I promote that store on this blog. I am also a JewelScent rep and promote that business on the blog. Then there is my Etsy store and I promote it as well on the business blog.  As a stay at home mom, I have to do something to help pay for dance and show choir, so this business blog is what I do to try to make that happen.

Right now I just wonder what else I can do to get more traffic, and not just traffic, but people who will actually want to read the posts and be interested in them, to my blogs. How can I make them more popular and get them seen by the right people? I am not sure but that is what I am really trying to figure out, because I need to be doing what I can to help the family.

Of course, those are the things that go through your mind at 4am when you can't sleep! Guess I might just go ahead and read another book!

Books and Music

For the longest time now I have been reading and reviewing books. I love doing that and so I created my first blog just for that purpose. Then of course things got in the way and it became a mash, so last year I moved the book reviews to the new blog that it ONLY book reviews. I am loving it.

TAMMommy Blogs on Books

Of course just having my book blog wasn't enough, I needed a place to vent, to talk, to release my emotions and frustrations and so this little blog became my second blog to allow me to do that. I don't link this blog anywhere so most people don't know about it, it's just floating out there where I know I can write and feel better.

Lately I have really been wanting to venture out into talking about music, kinda like I do about books. I love music and there are a number of songs out there that have great messages that people just need to slow down, shut up and listen to. So the other day I went for it. I created a third blog for music. I only have one post there, but it is a great song, and I look forward to doing more.

TAMMommy Blogs on Music

Is it important? Probably not, will anyone read it? I hope so. Bu I know I wrote it and I hope that it gets out there to someone. Just like my book reviews, I just put them out there and hope they touch one person that makes a difference. That's all I can ask for in life. Right?!

Now, back to the job at hand....

TAMM

Welcome

Welcome!

So I can't live with only one blog. I have to have blogs for different things in my life, because I can't mix things it doesn't work for me!

So I have my old blogs under an old email address that I no longer use, and I am transferring them over to this new email address, but as I am doing that I am sorting out the blogs and cleaning them up.

I has always bothered me to have a mix of posts on one blog, especially my book blog, I hate having general interest posts on there because it is my book blog, it is about books! So I am doing that now.

BLOGS:
TAMMommy Blogs on Books - it's book reviews and author info
TAMMommy Blogs to Blog - my rambling on about whatever


So far those are the only ones that I have move over, but I will be moving the business blog over and more and will add them as I add them.

Thank you!