In this interview, Ivy shares the scoop on Home Ec 101. If you haven’t visited this blog, go TODAY! Run over there! It is an awesome blog and I love the fifties feel to it. It shares all the tips you wish your momma taught you (or she did teach you and you just didn’t listen!)
I originally started blogging on LiveJournal on the auspicious date of April 22, 2003. I just started blogging on LJ because all my friends were, and I wanted to be one of the cool kids. I started reading NashvilleIsTalking.com in May of 2005 and started up my blog at blogspot shortly thereafter. After fits and starts, I got really involved during the time of Katrina, and have been blogging my tushie off both personally and professionally ever since.
Home-Ec 101 is an advice-style blog that takes a sassy look at the ins and outs of housework. My partner Heather and I cover cooking, cleaning, pet problems, and any other random question that comes our way.
Heather and I are women of many talents, but it’s just the two of us blogging at Home-Ec 101. Heather and I met on an AOL message board while we were both pregnant with our three year olds. I was talking to a mutual friend in an IM about how I thought one of the women posting on the message board was totally faking her pregnancy, and the mutual friend told me I needed to meet Heather, because she thought the same thing. I IMed Heather the next time I saw her online and we’ve been best pals ever since.Heather lives in South Carolina and I live in Tennessee. Heather and I are each other’s Motel 6 when we’re in each other’s area.(Heather says like Motel 6, but without the bugs) Who needs room service when you have friends to crash with?
I enjoy reading about blogging, reading other bloggers, hanging out with bloggers, planning blogger parties and playing video games. Sadly, there aren’t any video games about blogging.
I love the post I wrote about doing things imperfectly. It’s really easy to get caught up in the vast details of life and end up doing nothing because we want to get things right.
If people read our blog and come away with some tiny piece of information they didn’t know before, we’re happy. If people do that *and* are entertained at the same time, we’re deliriously happy.
This is going to sound random, but Oprah Winfrey and Willie Nelson are my heroes. Oprah because she is a strong woman who has overcome many odds to come out on top, and Willie Nelson because he makes absolutely no apologies for being who he is. Plus, I love his music, and I’m not a big fan of country music.
I really don’t. Nashville has a really cohesive blogging community, so most of my local friends bloggers. This makes my life tend to revolve around blogging. Honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Hee! Thanks for the interview, it was lots of fun. Also thanks for all the great compliments, your check is in the mail.
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I didn’t know those were her blogs either!
She is so funny!
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