Mayfly

OK, this development is freaking me out a little bit! I started my blog for my family, so if I take my family out, I may as well not write a blog. I've considered a password-protected blog, but now that I've made blog friends, this would seem sad. I understand your worries about this!

If it helps any, I've always had the publicity setting turned to "off." This way, the only people that find my blog are other crafty bloggers (through my comments) or my friends and family. I don't really show up much on search engines. So, I get fewer random people. This may be something that you have to do from the beginning though.

i just wrote about this too! i think i'm going to make some changes. maybe even take off babybug's pictures. i've always been a bit paranoid about posting personal info. we just assume other mamas like ourselves read them. but, we don't really know.

I read Stephanie's blog almost daily, and was so upset when I clicked on her link in my 'favorites' column yesterday and it was gone! Scary to think what might have happened. Will she be up and running again?

Anyway...I just found your blog last week, and it's wonderful. And that bumper pad you made is absolutely beautiful!

my friend's husband is a detective for a sherriff's dept. she was happy to see that i didn't post my kids' names or faces on my blog. apparently he's seen too much icky stuff regarding things like that. i hate not showing my kids, and maybe someday i'll have a family-only-password-protected blog for that reason. i think taking the pictures out is a better-safe-than-sorry thing. do what you feel good about!

I've been thinking about this today too. I was pretty paranoid at the start but have loosened up a bit. Now this reminder. I'm with Amy H though - I started it so I could remember my life and share it with my family/friends. Without Bea - it's pretty lame. We'll see.

i am thinking of many of the same things you are alicia... i think it is good to be thinking...

Yep, this is weirding me out. I understand your decisions. Better safe, than sorry.

I can understand feeling weird about the kids' being out there. Using initials is a good compromise, I think. It's too bad we even have to think about defending ourselves from weirdos we can't even see...

Yep, this happens a lot. Anything you write, Google and other search engines will grab. I learned a lot from what I had. I invited a lady to my home, because virtually talking to her for more than one year, I never would think she would be different. I noticed she was kind of demanding, but...she came to visit and smacked my kid, was mean to everybody and I almost had to call the police. She did not wanna leave my home! I felt horrible.A naive, a stupid girl! I visit a lot of crafters and moms blogs and I see myself in the past. Showing everything for stranges and even my deep feelings. No more. There are a lot of good people. I met my husband online and we are normal. Believe or not, that lady was still looking for me, stalking my Flickr and photoblog. I took every family photo down and now I am Zabrina. If I don't know people, people don't need to know who I am, where I live, etc.

People are weird. Plain and simple.

At least I know no one who actually reads my blog would ever want to kidnap my kids. No one is that stupid.

I think you are wise to do this... I worry about the same thing..2 of my favorite bloggers have stopped... suddenly... oooh if I think about it too much... it gives me the creeps... good luck girl !!

Yes, creepy and yucky. I agree it's hard to know how to achieve a balance. I'm glad we'll still be seeing J and N sometimes.

I just found your blog and also went to Stephaines blog regularly. I've never mentioned my husbands name on the blog and I don't have kids. But I wanted to remind you that your kids names are still on some of your flickr pictures. You will want to remember those too! Ditto on the creepy and scary.

Oh boy - that thing with Stephanie got me thinking, too. Don't know how I am going to approach it - I will probably change to initials or nicknames for the kiddos - not sure what to do about photos. I didn't post any face shots yesterday...but not sure if that is the right answer.

Now I am getting scared. I mention my little daughter and post pics of her all the time. Lot's to think about.