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Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:32:11 +0000

[...] Kristine Haglund’s Bloggernacle Love [...]

By: Matt Evans

Matt Evans — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:17:49 +0000

2004 and 2005 were exceptional blogging. I’ve lost interest in and time for blogging but love my memories and friends of the early days!

And Kristine, fMhLisa speaks for all of us — you’re everyone’s favorite!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:08:36 +0000

Aw, shucks, Lisa. Thanks.

(do you think guys like to watch girls blog-kiss? ;))

By: fMhLisa

fMhLisa — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:31:49 +0000

Heh, math, I just did the math and my kids are spaced pretty much like yours, 42 months from the first to the third. It was really hard for me too, and the bloggernacle was really important to me through baby/toddler hell. Oh that was hard.

You were my first bloggernacle heroine. I still have a total blog crush on you. Just so as you know.

By: Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:46:57 +0000

I entered the fray a couple of years later than some of you pioneers, but the narrative Jacob describes is just as potent. Thanks, Kristine!

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:37:57 +0000

Very nice Kristine. I came around shortly after, and still recall the first time your responded to me at T&S. It was a thrill.

Oh, and I had three in four years, too- it’s brutal, and my brain cells are only now starting to recover.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:57:36 +0000

I think some women manage beautifully with kids that close together, but it was hard for me. I’m a good baby-mommy, but a horribly impatient and crabby toddler mommy. Now they’re big and interesting and great friends because they’re so close in age, but it was rough for a while.

And Jacob, you’re right, of course. In a way, it’s just the narrative of finding a community that fits. And it changes as the community grows in size, so that the moment when Rusty founded 9 Moons will always be part of the Golden Age of Nacle Nostalgia.

I’ve publicly declared my trust in Rusty as a way of forestalling future extortion attempts :)

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:37:51 +0000

Holy smokes! Three children in 44 months? That must have been gnarly at the time. (At least they are all 5 years older now.)

By: MCQ

MCQ — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:25:39 +0000

Awesome, Kristine!

I need to see that video, Rusty, and I’m willing to pay.

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:25:22 +0000

I strikes me that the “how I found the bloggernacle” narrative seems to function a lot like the “how I found the church” narrative that we hear in testimonies. It is something shared, not universally, but by enough of us that it bonds us together to hear about other people finding the blogs and having the same experience we did. This one is no exception for me. The realization that I have stumbled into the deep end of the knowledge pool and I may be over my head, but loving every minute of it and being hooked almost instantly. Thanks Kristine.