The creative and fabulous Gattina is our Fun Monday host today and her request is that we show her our blogging space.
I’d love to say that I spend my writing and reading time here…
Or that my view as I blog away to my little heart’s content is this,
..or maybe this.
But let’s face it, that would be a big lie.
No, when I blog, I’m in my kitchen at the family PC surrounded by a ton of, well, stuff.
Proof that I took this this very morning is the fact you can see my muesli bowl, the toys that have been played with so much this holiday (I have given up keeping them tidy), and the empty tank, home of our deceased gerbil, Laura/Flora who passed away on Friday.
I know it looks mad but it works well for me and means I am close to my family and always surrounded by noise and colour.
Oh, and the view from my blogging place is usually kind of special too.
Have a fab day folks and check out all the other Fun Monday blogging spaces over at Writer Cramps. You know you want to, I mean who doesn’t like peeping into other people’s homes?
September 1st, 2008 at 2:25 am
LOL you do a great job surrounded by all that! Love the child’s shoes!
September 1st, 2008 at 2:40 am
I’m impressed. Beats my four and a half foot square box room.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:55 am
Oh boy, oh boy….I think that your ‘real’ life of blogging is far better than what you’re dreaming. No, seriously. You can’t have a view like that anywhere but home!! [that photo of her is just too darned precious!!! ---Gotta love it!]
My Fun Monday Blogging Area is posted now if you’d like to take a gander…..stop by. Have a great day.
September 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am
Looks sorta like my space! I love it!
Thanks for the warm wishes!
September 1st, 2008 at 6:24 am
My space looks like that sometimes, but I don’t have the excuse of a child making the “stuff.” Oops.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:37 am
Love the picture of your daughter with the oversized boots. Reminds of a Normal Rockwell painting! It was very nice meeting you. I Beati spotlighted your blog on share the love. Have a wonderful day! Buona giornata!
September 1st, 2008 at 6:38 am
LOL way cool – the bowl was the fininshing touch love it.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:48 am
Never room for mum among all the children’s stuff. I bet you have to shoehorn yourself in there – on the plus side, no one would even know you’re there so you could hide away for a couple of hours/minutes.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:01 am
Love it! I think it’s the perfect place right in the middle of chaos because the best blogging comes from chaos, right? That’s why I like my desk in the middle of my house where I’m surrounded by everyone. Sometimes makes it hard to concentrate (like right now with my daughter nattering in my ear about something orange and slimy whilst her stuffed animals smother me with kisses and I try and remember what word comes next in my sentence so it all makes sense…gak!). Thanks for the glimpse into your space. I love seeing other peoples’ spaces.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:22 am
I love your blogging space. It’s homey.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:33 am
Just as it should be! If you were really in the first two pictures, blogging away, I’d have to stop reading, in fear of your perfection. The counter next to me right now has a little aquarium, a bottle of water (big), a printer, loads of paper piles, a box of kleenex, a cheese grater, a camera, a glass of water, a baby monitor and a remote. And it’s a very small space.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:20 am
Your view rocks!!!!!!!
September 1st, 2008 at 9:51 am
That was a very clever intro. I was thinking “wow” wish that were my house. And the beach photo was enticing as well. I have a little messy place to blog which I share with my hubby. It is my daughter’s old bedroom, now a guitar and amplifier room.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Hahaha … you definitely had me sucked in (#2 COULD be me if I was willing to walk a block and a half with my computer and chair to the sand)… feeling embarrassed about MY cluttered workspace … and I’m so relieved to see what your space REALLY looks like. Very cleverly executed post! Mine’s up at Small Reflections.
Hugs and blessings,
September 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
I have about the same amount of space .. but my surrounding mess is mine not the cats or Husband’s……
September 1st, 2008 at 10:12 am
You have me fooled! I was in awe of your blogging spaces until I scroll down. hahaha…..
Nice one. I like your blog.
September 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am
A lovely homely work place. I have no excuse for the clutter around mine LOL
September 1st, 2008 at 11:12 am
I love your work space Jo, especially the ones outside!!!!
September 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
that looks like a well loved blogging space. I blog from my couch, and frankly, it would be a very boring picture. I did put up pictures of my kitchen, today, though. So lets pretend I blog from there…
love the shoes on the little one……
September 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
LOL – Jo, Are you sure you’re not in my house. My place so resembles that. Does it have anything to do with blogging I wonder….mmmm…hubby seems to think so
x
September 1st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I was SOOO jealous at picture one.
Now I feel better.
Thanks!
September 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I thought the photo of the beautiful kitchen looked familiar, then I realised, of course, it’s mine! How silly of me.
September 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I love your very creative post. It’s good to stay in the thick of things and blog where your young fashionistas hang out for sure. My little one bedroom is very easy to keep tidy because #1 it’s tiny, #2 it’s only my husband and I to make a mess. I’m in a totally different stage of life than you. enjoy your little ones and your space :0)
September 1st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
wonderful LOL
September 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pm
you fooled me! but I still like your space because it works for you. took me forever to figure out how to post a comment on your blog…
September 1st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Your blog space is a well used and well loved area, I can tell…though I really do like that first picture. Wish I had a nice spot like that one!
September 1st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
have you ever tried using a laptop outside? Ya no you can’t see anything so that beach person is suuuch a poser!! Looks like my house except I’m in the livingroom!!
September 1st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
oh… you nailed me with the boots. precious.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pm
i am actually in bed. you ain’t seen me or my comment, which was actually written last tuesday.
anyway. i so want that first room. but without the comfy chair. i’ll have something a little more cushion-y.
love miss m’s shoes!!! she must really get around great with those.
September 1st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
You had me going with that first photo, I thought OMG, who is this woman and does she have a life. The I got it, a little slow today, I guess.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Once upon a time I would’ve preferred that first picture, but I know better now. There’s no warmth or happiness there. I think the real thing looks muchly better.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Ha! You are hilarious… love the notes on that first photo. I wish I had a space like that too. I am now off to sneak a peek at other’s spaces.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Oh! You had me in that first photo–about to get a bad case of blogspot envy and then I could see where you MAY be going with your story! Agree about the beautiful view from your blogspot. Why do they get these fetishes for adult shoes/socks? Those boots are quite fashionable.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I totally want that kitchen and view too! But it looks like your little haven is filled with love and connections.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I love your space, it much better than the other photos!!
September 1st, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Who could ask for a better view than that?
September 1st, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Nice view, even if you see it from a mad house.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:05 am
Fab view. Must show you my blog space soon
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 am
PS check out my post tomorrow hon I’m tagging you for a meme.