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Write for theNanaBlogs…
Posted by: | CommentsWe are looking for bloggers! Are you interested in writing for theNanaBlogs?
We actually offer two places where your blog posts can be featured – www.NanaHood.com and here at www.theNanaBlogs.com. If you think you have an article or post that others NEED to read, send an email with your blog link to submissions@nanahood.com
Topic ideas:
- Fun (and affordable) activities to do with (your) grandchildren
- Anything hobby related
- Challenges facing grandparents today (special needs grandchildren, raising your grandchildren, etc)
- Legacy – what do you want your grandchildren to know and value
- Bring on the funny – humorous stories about the grandkiddos
- Reviews – music, movies, art, tv, books – we want to hear your opinion
Please don’t feel limited to our list of topic ideas – if you have an idea, we hope you will share!
Again, the email address is submissions@nanahood.com What are you waiting for??
We reserve the right to NOT publish anything that we deem inappropriate for our website and goals.
What is this “blogging” thing anyway?
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are brand new to the world of blogging, this post is for you. We want you to be caught up and “in the know” after all!
According to wikipedia.com, “a blog (a contraction of the term “web log“) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.”
Wow, was that clear as mud?
How about this? A blog is a personal website… an online journal… your own space on the world wide web.
You can use your blog to write journal entries, articles, devotionals, fashion tips, and brag about your kids and grandkids.
You can post pictures.
You can share with the world all your deepest thoughts… or you can keep it simple.
It’s YOUR choice, because it’s YOUR blog.
(Do you want one? You can have one… HERE)
In the “old” days of website design, you had to pay someone (like me) money to design an entire website, page by page, for you. You had to then pay that same someone (or a different someone, in some cases) to update and change your page content.
But no more… in that last five-six years, the blog world has virtually (pun intended) exploded, making it possible for anyone with Internet access to have a personal or even business website. Now changing the design on your site is fairly easy and inexpensive (often free)… and you can have total control over the content of the pages on your website.
Here at theNanaBlogs.com, we make it as easy as possible. We use WORDPRESS, a blogging “software” program that is web-based. (That means you can log in to your site wherever you have internet access).
We provide a variety of different design/themes for the free blogs, so you can have a pretty look with one click (or two) of a button.
And we are here to answer questions as they come up. To help you get started. And to encourage you as you go!
So, if you haven’t yet joined the NanaHood Neighborhood… won’t you click on over and do it now?
Welcome to theNanaBlogs.com
Posted by: | CommentstheNanaBlogs.com is a new site dedicated to nanas, grandmas, memas (and moms). Our “sister site” is NanaHood.com, started by Teresa Bell Kindred. Teresa is a wife, mom, author, and now a proud Nana Blogger.
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A few links to get you started:
You can get your own FREE blog by signing up HERE.
Get answers to all your questions HERE.
Read a tutorial or two, HERE.
Send us an email, HERE.
Want to “prettify” your new blog? Check out our upgrade customization options, HERE.
Already have a blog and want to be added to our blog roll? Send us a note, HERE.
Have you written a blog post you’d like to share on NanaHood or theNanaBlogs? Send us another note with a link to your post, HERE.
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And the post by Teresa that started it all…
NanaHood (originally posted at nanahood.com)
When I found out that my husband and I were going to have our first child 28 years ago, I started keeping a journal. I wrote to my unborn child and dreamed the somewhat naïve and inexperienced dreams of a young mother. I thought for sure the baby was a girl (it was a boy). I thought that labor and delivery were the hard part of parenting (wrong again). I thought I couldn’t possibly love another child as much as I loved the first (definitely not true).
I was wrong about parenting so many times that I couldn’t even list all my misconceptions, but I got one thing right. There is no love like the love of a parent for a child, and while I made more than my share of mistakes, I made them out of ignorance, not because I wasn’t trying.
Now I am into the second phase of the motherhood journey. My granddaughter will be 4 years old this month and I’m doing my best to get this “nanna” thing right. I spoil her, love her, and hand her over to her father when she gets fussy. I make sure I have plenty of corn as well as mac and cheese when she comes to visit. We watch Hannah Montana, Disney movies, and sometimes we sing karaoke into a pink and purple microphone. (I can also sing the SpongeBob SquarePants song if you’d like to hear it).
I learned about being a mom from my mother and about being a nanna from my grandmother. If ever there was a perfect nanna, it was Grandma Layne. My twin boys were recalling just this week how they loved Jell-O when they were little (they called it jelly). Grandma Layne had tiny, little white bowls and she made them their favorite treat every day. She lived just down the hill from us, so I’d watch as my boys ran over the hill to her house to gobble up a bowl of Jell-O.
All Grandma Layne’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren have special memories of her. I hope someday my granddaughter has wonderful memories of the moments we share. I already do.
Being a nanna is a wonderful thing!
