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I Love My Blog and I am Thankful for My Readers

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It is hard for me to believe that it has actually been 10 days since the last time I wrote in the blog. This time last year, it felt like the only positive thing I had going for me was this blog. I spent all my time either thinking about it, thinking about what to write in it, thinking about who was reading it, or writing in it. My blog represented my whole world.

 

Do not get me wrong, I still love my blog. I still enjoy thinking about what to write in it, thinking about who is reading it, and I still enjoy writing it. However, my life is so drastically different than it used to be that it has become difficult to update it daily like I used to. In the beginning, as my life got busier and busier, I felt a little guilty for not updating it daily. I felt as if I was letting people down. Recently, I realized that just because I cannot update it daily does not mean I am letting anyone down. It is just that I have had to reprioritize the place that the blog holds in my life.

 

I love my little blog. I really believe that it has helped me, as well as the people I have met through it, get mentally healthier than I have been in my whole life. I am thankful for all of YOU who take the time to read it, comment, or give your financial support.

Trying Something New

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With my computer I got some very cool voice recognition software.  So I thought I would try it out and see how easy it was to use.  It is actually fun software to use, but it is not as easy as I thought it would be to put my thoughts down on paper without writing them first.  However, I think if I practice enough I might end up dictating most of my blog posts.

 

One thing I like about dictating my  blog posts, is that it seems to be a more natural process of putting my thoughts down on paper the original way I thought of them.  Then later if I decide I want to change anything it is a very simple process to go back and edit them.  Maybe my posts will come out quicker if it seems more like an natural process to me.

 

There are many times when I’m writing a blog post that I get distracted and I lose a really next line good thought that I wanted to put down.  At least this way if I think of something I can go ahead and say it even if I don’t like how it looks. I then have the opportunity to go back and fix it before it before I forget about it.

 

Either way, at least it’s something new and exciting I can try out on the blog.

Fun February Blog Giveaway

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Are you ready for another giveaway? I am!

I love the two little items in this month’s giveaway. They are crazy toys that are fun to watch. I even bought one for one of my mother’s dogs.

What You Can Win:


These are Battle Hamsters from the Kung Zhu Ninja Warrior Pet Collection.

How To Enter:

You can enter more than once! To  enter the contest, make a separate comment below for each qualified entry. (For example, if you subscribe to my newsletter, comment and let me know. If you like my Facebook page, comment and let me know for a second entry. And so on. Also, you get credit if you are already doing any of the following entry-worthy things. Just leave your comment(s) saying so. Please leave your email address in each of your comments. It will make it easier for me to contact you if are awarded the items.

*Please remember to leave a comment below for each of your entries. It makes it much easier for me to keep up with all the entries.

MANDATORY ENTRY (comment once – worth 1 entry):

  • Tell me what your favorite Valentine Chocolate is.

EXTRA ENTRIES (worth 1 entry each, but you must comment separately for each entry):

  • Follow me on Twitter
  • Subscribe  to the Sugar Filled Emotions Newsletter
  • Like Sugar Filled Emotions on Facebook
  • Follow me with Google Friend Connect – widget can be found on the right side of the blog.
  • Follow me with Networked Blogs – widget can be found on the right side of the blog
  • Tweet the following once daily: I just entered to win some great prizes on the Sugar Filled Emotions Fun February Blog Giveaway http://bit.ly/fj2uq7
  • Place the following in your Facebook Status once daily: I just entered to win some great prizes on the Sugar Filled Emotions Fun February Blog Giveaway http://bit.ly/fj2uq7

Contest ends February 28th, 11 pm EST. Winner will be drawn via random number generator. Anyone related to me is not eligible to participate in this giveaway.

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Name That Blog

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There are a lot of fellow bloggers that come here, read what I have written and sometimes even leave a comment. I know that I have not visited everyone’s sites. I would like to remedy that, and add some more bloggers to my reader. You can help me accomplish this.

I have created a Mister Linky code for everyone to leave the URL of the blog. If you would like for me to visit your blog, and add you to my reader, please leave your link and also a comment.

Please note, spammers will have their links deleted.

Shameless Plug

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I have been doing maintenance on my blog today.  For some reason my RSS feed quit working a few days ago, and I decided to fix it today.  It is fixed now.  I am not sure what was wrong with it.  I just did what I always do when fixing something, I started with the simplest thing, my plug-ins.  I deactivated all of them and then re-activated them each one by one.  I believe that there was some sort of conflict going on with one of the plug-ins, because once I did that, my RSS feed started working again.

The other bit of maintenance I had to do was to fix my fan page like button.  I figured out it was not actually a fan page but an application.  Not only that, but I had the hardest time getting to its settings to modify it.  I decided that it would be best to do away with it and put something much more simple and easier to maintain.

All this means I have a favor to ask….If you have already clicked like in my side bar thing, would you please do so again. If you have never clicked that like button, now would be a great opportunity to do so.

Happy Birthday!!

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Sugar Filled Emotions turns 1 year old today!

It is hard to believe that it has been a whole year since I started this blog.  So many things have happened and changed during this last year.  I am simply amazed at how much a part of my life Sugar Filled Emotions has become.  I have come to depend on it as a way to release what is in my head.

I appreciate all of you who read Sugar Filled Emotions.  Thank you for being a part of my journey.

In honor of a whole year’s worth of blogging, I thought I would share with you the first post I ever wrote. I have come such a long way from the person who wrote that post.

Depression and Anxiety As Seen Through Glasses

New Feature On Blog

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I am very excited to announce that I have made my blog more cell phone friendly. It should work for any phone that has browsing capabilities, and is not limited to the higher end phones. Feel free to experiment with your phones and let me know if you notice any problems.

Three Things I have Learned From Blogging

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I am constantly amazed by the things I continue to learn in my blogging journey.  It goes beyond learning what other people are interested in, or even what people think about my writing.  I found something in my blogging that provides me with food for my soul.

Through blogging I learned that I have an awesome support system, outside of my family.  I have met people that I would not have any other way. In the last week my support has been there with encouraging words for me, an understanding of what I am going through, and a clarity that I did not have at the moment.

Blogging has taught me a lot about expressing myself.  Although I have a long way to go, it has been here, on these pages, that I began my first forays into the art of self expression.

Learning that I can make difference from my blog has really made me feel proud.  During the month of May, when most if not all of my posts were centered around Mental Health Awareness, I was able to use my blog to get information out to people.  I hope that what I wrote helped in the efforts to get rid of the stigma that surrounds people with mental health issues.

What three things have you learned from blogging?

Thank you, Joshua Pitts, for inspiring me to write this.

Shameless Plug

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My daughter-in-law just took up blogging. She started it for much the same reason I started blogging. Using it as a journal of sorts. She also has had some struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. I would take it as a personal favor if ya’ll took the time to visit her site. I am very proud of her. Keeping a public journal is not always easy, and she is being very brave by doing so.

Here is the link to her site Krystal Mashburn