{"id":238,"date":"2009-11-11T09:38:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T16:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2016-09-14T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T23:13:06","slug":"the-well-connected-mom-blogger-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/the-well-connected-mom-blogger-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Well Connected Mom &#8211; Blogger of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239  alignleft\" title=\"An Island Life logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.thewellconnectedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/An-Island-Life-logo.jpg?resize=331%2C103\" alt=\"An Island Life logo\" width=\"331\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2009\/11\/An-Island-Life-logo.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2009\/11\/An-Island-Life-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C92&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Blog\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blog\">blogs<\/a>, An <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Island Life\" rel=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Island-Life-Grace-Jones\/dp\/B000001FTH%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000001FTH\">Island Life<\/a>, has interviewed me for Blogger of the Week.\u00a0 Thank you, An Island Life!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the interview here with a link to their site for the remaining part of the interview.<\/p>\n<h1>Blogger of the Week: The Well Connected Mom<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>November 9, 2009<\/span> by Mariana \u00a0<br \/>\nFiled under Blogger of the Week, columns, featured<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Well Connected Mom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandlife808.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/connectedlogo.gif?resize=240%2C112\" alt=\"Well Connected Mom\" width=\"240\" height=\"112\" \/>This week\u2019s featured blogger is Lori from <a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Well Connected Mom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\"><strong>Tell me a little about yourself and your blog.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Housewife\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Housewife\">SAHM<\/a> mom of a six year old girl and a 3 year old boy.\u00a0 They are my pride and joy and remind me to slow down and take a child moment \u2013 that\u2019s a moment when you forget about yourself and your schedule, and you live in the moment with your child.\u00a0 Wow, how often I forget to live in the moment.\u00a0 After my son started part-time preschool, I decided it was time to dust off one of my old favorite passions \u2013 technology. I started <a href=\"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Well Connected Mom<\/a>to share my passion of technology with other moms.\u00a0 I noticed a lot of my friends have media enabled phones, but they are not using them as effectively as they could.\u00a0 The same is true for valuable free websites on the Internet.\u00a0 So I started my new \u201cjobby\u201d in August of this year to help other moms to understand and use technology more effectively.\u00a0 I coined the word, \u201cjobby,\u201d because it\u2019s my hope that one day my hobby will be my job.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always heard that you should follow your passion.\u00a0 So I began to ponder what my passions were.\u00a0 I remembered way back in sixth grade, I was one of the few who frequently checked out the Popular Science magazine from the school library.\u00a0 I have always been intrigued by new technology and what the future holds.\u00a0 Through the years I have enjoyed trying out new gadgets and software.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\"><strong>As a fairly new blogger, what do you find to be the toughest challenge when it comes to blogging? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\">See the rest of the article on An Island Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Island Life named The Well Connected Mom (http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com) as their blogger of the week.  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