Where Do You Blog?
Blogging September 2nd, 2008Until the first snowflake falls, this is where I’ll be blogging:
I love sitting out on my patio, enjoying the morning or evening air. The stillness, the peace, the tranquility. It’s the one space I where I can get far from the ear-splitting, earth-shaking tremors brought on by the theater-quality audio system my husband bought to accompany our HDTV.
The audio system that has my cats hearing things that aren’t really in the room and now they need therapy.
The audio system that requires its own stupid remote control.
The audio system that is the size of a microwave and needs its own stabilizing table.
The audio system so sensitive that when I moved one of its speakers to dust, it gave my husband a coronary and prompted a lecture that every time I move one of them — so much as an inch — the whole system needs to be recalibrated and don’t you understand hi-tech audio, woman?
Um. No?
I don’t know what I’m going to do in winter. Earmuffs? Cone of silence? Move?
I’m curious where you guys blog. Drop your comments in the drawer — quietly.
Stumble it!
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
first yes
i need therapy for the same reason
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
On the couch, in front of the TV. I multi-task.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I think the answer is to wear a really skimpy French maid outfit when you dust, and then your husband won’t really mind whether you move his speakers one inch or whether you actually pick them up completely to shoulder height and lob them out into the yard.
Or has he become immune to your charms? I’m trying to imagine that circumstance.
No, too far fetched.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I blog at a desktop computer that is in what is supposed to be a breakfast nook, but what I’ve turned into my office. I look out the window in front of me and see two mature maple trees. There’s a window to the right, where I look out at my neighbor’s house.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Hmm, I don’t blog. But I comment on my couch! Don’t worry, we have about 5 remotes in our basement, and a lot of buttons. Sometimes I push the wrong set of buttons and the TV makes this really loud static-y sounds and it scares me and then dad tells me how easy it is and I feel dumb.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I blog on the kitchen center island.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
since we bought our new house, i would love to sit on the patio and blog. we have had mosquito problems though and like my mom always said, i’m just too sweet. so for now, it’s on the couch in front of the tv. i like your view though. i’m jealous.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I blog in Canada
…me runs and hides from Kathy now
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I’m a multi-slacker–sit in the living room, TV on, cat walking across keyboard.
Someone please tell me what is with guys and their bigger the better audio/video obsession!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I love your view – that is so tranquil and perfect for thinking. I usually blog while sitting in bed, but sometimes sitting at my desk while my youngest throws Cheerios and toys at my head with Barney in the background.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
i blog from my living room, from over here in this southeast asian archipelago.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Usually laying in bed, on my recliner or on the couch. Gotta be comfortable! Outside not so much, don’t like the glare on my screen.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I blog in the middle of the busiest place in the house: the kitchen. I have a sweet little sunporch that I hope to someday make into a quiet writing place…
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I am a sports nut so I have my computer on a wireless router in the den so I can watch my favorite sports while I blog!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I blog in the lounge, the same room as our HDTV and surround system! I am quite used to noise, although sometimes at those crescendo moments in the movie, I have been known to say “That’s loud!” Mo very kindly turns it down :O)
We don’t have the ’speaker’ problem, our system consists of one center speaker. It has twenty six small speakers and two bass speakers in a single cabinet! You calibrate it with the remote.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Well the answer to your question, I blog a what is supposed to be the dining room table, but since we don’t have a dining room or space for the table it has become a desk.
I think the answer to your other question is the bathroom! Also, buy some heavy duty earphones!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Today I am blogging from the shower….
Nah, J/K. I got out a few minutes ago.
I sit in my comfy chair by the front window in the living room. I too, multitask by surfing and watching / listening to the TV. (Star Wars is on right now).
“Learn about the Force, Luke…”
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
In an easy chair in the “quiet” side of the house. I also blog whereever/whenever I can find the space and time. I blogged from my car tonight while my daughter was doing her paper route. I’m very flexible that way.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Blog here from desktop pc on a bar between the kitchen and the living room.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I cannot get any work done at home because there are many things at here that take away my focus.
I usually take my laptop out at the public library downtown in the evenings. If I need a byte or coffee, then I go to a cafe near the library where there’s free wireless. I’ve written some of my best posts there.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
In the corner of a room that has 2 windows that both overlook a beautiful garden patio.
Best,
Christine Bean
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I sit at a desk with a good old Dell PC with a large old time 19″ monitor and listen to the TV Ten feet to my left. I’d love to say that before me is a huge plate glass window that over looks a placid lake with ducks and geese floating lazily on by.
But in reality right in front of me is a wall hung shelving unit with a ton of software, CD’s, floppies, pencils, books and stuff. To the left of that is a nice window over looking Our Neighbor’s yard, which is bad need of Landscaping.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I blog in the office, where mom & dad each have a computer. I lie on the computer desk so I can help mommove the mouse.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 pm
OMG – I thought that was the atm at the bank’s drive-thru window and I was thinking, you can blog at the atm????
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 am
I have sent you an award…drop by to pick it up…Keep up the great work
Julia
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September 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 am
I blog by pen, where ever the mood hits me.. and then I sit down either at my laptop at work, or my computer in my home office and type everything out.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Agghh!! That sound system would drive me NUTS! Especially since OH is going deaf and likes things up loud.. It would drive the dogs nuts, too.
I blog in my armchair. It’s a recliner, which, come to think of it, may be why I have so much trouble with my shoulder and neck. Give up blogging? ARE YOU INSANE??? LOL!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:10 am
I blog either at the kitchen table or while sitting on the couch, sometimes with the tv on.
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:39 am
You know, I wouldn’t mind the calmness of that patio to get some good reading or writing done but I also wouldn’t mind having that audio system to catch watching a good movie
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September 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 am
brooke — So you have cat hearing?
Joe — I can’t blog and watch TV (unless I’m dropping EC cards, and even then I get distracted).
Richard Catto — It’s too far-fetched because I can’t fit into anything skimpy.
Libertine — I used to blog in an upstairs office, but much prefer a natural view as you do. Clears my head a bit.
Regan — I’ve been instructed to press only three buttons on the audio system remote. Up, down, or mute. I’m afraid to touch the others. God help me if I sit on it by mistake.
Babette — I used to do that too, but the cats bother me there.
Kelly — My patio-blogging scenario is not without its mosquito bites. Keep forgetting to cover up.
Alan — Hey! Where were you when I went to Toronto? We should have met!
chatblanc — I only have a cat problem when I’m blogging from the kitchen table. Usually it’s a butt in my face. Dave researched the audio system for months beforehand and I knew it. I was afraid of its arrival, for good reason.
Christy — I’ll never understand how parents blog at all. Honestly, how do you think while dodging Cheerio missiles?
kouji — While watching TV? That seems popular and I’m jealous because I can’t multi-task.
janeywan — The glare can be a problem, and the hot sun. Working on getting drop shades installed out back.
SmallWorldReads — That’s nuts. I’m in awe because I need almost perfect quiet. We’re thinking of enclosing our patio so I can have the best of both worlds. Quiet and protection from the elements.
Matt — That I might be able to do, considering I don’t know anything about sports, so it’s not like I’d have to think about it while trying to write.
Babs beetle — Those crescendo moments are usually what sends me fleeing to the back yard. Your system sounds more insane than ours!
Tiffany — If I ever blog from the bathroom, shoot me. I do think about getting a Bose noise-blocking headset. Kind of expensive. Maybe for Christmas.
Maureen — You and your water issues. All I can do while the TV is on is surf, where I don’t have to think too hard. But if I’m writing, I can’t have noise. I’ve never been able to filter it out.
Jeff — I expected nothing less from a project manager! Way to be efficient!
Curtis — Two busiest places in the house! Couldn’t do it.
Jaffer — I love to people-watch, so a cafe or library probably wouldn’t cut it for me. But I’d like to. It sounds like a nice change of pace.
Christine Bean — Having a beautiful view is helpful, isn’t it? When I worked inside on the desktop, I found myself staring at the screen a lot. At least outside I have nature.
Beamer — That’s exactly the view I have when I work at my desktop, which is why I don’t write there much anymore. But in the winter, I guess I won’t have a choice. Unless I start blogging in a parka.
Luxor — I’m sure she just loves when you help!
Daniel — And why not? Sounds like Jeff would!
julia — Thanks so much for the award! I’m feelin’ the love!
Monique — Wow! Old school! I’ve occasionally written down ideas on paper (or emailed them to myself), but never wrote a whole post that way. Lazy me.
Jay — Dave got to blast it to his heart’s content while I was away a few days in Canada. The cats were probably happy when I came home, since that put an end to the ear-splitting noise. Someone should make a blogger’s chair that has a big pulldown tray with built-in outlets.
Dori — I expect in winter, I’ll be at the kitchen table. At least in the kitchen, I’ll still have a view.
Ricardo Bueno — I have to say, the system is amazing when it’s not ripping my face off. Takes the HD experience to a whole new level.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 am
I need a laptop so I can blog on the porch/patio. I have my wireless ready to go, I just need the laptop.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 am
Kathy, When I’m out on my deck, I light the Tiki torches, that seems to keep the bugs away, but twice in the last two mights I’ve had the pleasure, if you want to call it that,of watching a Moth fly into the flame and incinerate itself.
As for blogging on the deck until it snows, why not get a portable propane heater, leave the Umbrella out, and turn that baby up to incinerate to blog out there in the Snow? Just wondering? We have a chiminea, and after my adventures with lumberjacking, we’ve got plenty of kindling for those chilly fall Sunday adternoon/evenings!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am
You’re lucky. There’s this one remote where you have to push buttons so the TV knows what you’re trying to control, like the sound box thing, the DVD player, the TV, and so on. It made static noises because I forgot to press the TV control-button, then pressed the button I was supposed to press. But it doesn’t work if you don’t push the TV button first.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:37 am
Desktop by the window. One day I hope it will be a laptop from wherever, maybe down by the pond!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 7:03 am
I blog in our spare bedroom that we made into a music room (we call it that just because it’s where I put the piano and our cassette tapes). Since I’ve got the computer, I now call it my computer room. I have a PC emachine and my husband has mentioned several times he’s going to get me a laptop so he can have some time on the computer. I tell him to just let me know when he wants to come on and I’ll let him, but he doesn’t like to chase me off–nice of him, isn’t it?
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September 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 am
I blog in my little nest of an office. My place, my private space, nobody allowed in.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 7:40 am
I wait til the children and dog are asleep and then sit on the bed to write. I like a Makers and water to be next to me.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
I tend to blog at work, on my lunch hour. Or sometimes not on my lunch hour. But I feel guilty when I do that. I tend to compose blog posts in my head while I’m driving; playing with a turn of phrase passes the time on long trips. I carry a little notebook in my purse and jot ideas or impressions that come to me in my travels so I don’t forget them. If I can only remember to bring my CAMERA on these trips!
Ah, the sound system. I see them all the time. All I have to do is wave my pen in the general direction of the speakers and the customer usually says “Oh, I will pack those. I will move those. You won’t touch those. My precioussssss….”
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 am
Ha! A blogger’s chair is a great idea Kathy!!! You’d better patent it; it would have to have an extra thick padding for long sessions, a place for a Starbucks, a portable power supply and lamp, and enough room for my cats to perch their butts instead of on top of my laptop while I’m trying to write.
Thank ye.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:29 am
Nothing beats blogging in bed! Thank god for my laptop; it allows me to blog anywhere. I wish I had such a nice patio and backyard view as you do. But then I might not get anything done.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 am
I usually blog lying down with my laptop on my stomach. I try to imagine that I’m somewhere fabulous- a beach resort, a massage table, somewhere in Tahiti, but alas the clatter of my computer keys reminds me that I am merely in my cozy condo.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
You know, I just don’t get it either. I bet my VERY VERY loud across the street neighbor does though. He has been waking the entire neighborhood up at 2am several days a week for weeks now. It’s horrible.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 9:36 am
I blog at work.
Shhhh…don’t tell anyone….
Oh. Hi, sir. No…I’m not blogging? Why? This is a site about global warming and I just want to be sure I …
What?
Yes, I do know how to clean out a desk, sir. Why?
Oh. Riiight. Gotchya.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
I blog sat at my dining room table looking out of my french windows, unfortunatley I do not have such a lovely view as you.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Dang, all these comments make it absolutely clear I am in the dinosaur ages blogging on my desktop. I think I need a laptop. Yesterday isn’t soon enough!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
In theory, I will be blogging from a laptop this coming weekend. IF DHL and I can stop playing “Two Ships Passing In The Night.” Yes, DHL has my new laptop. The one I want so I can get my online fix (read: keep work crises to a minimum) while I’m away for two days.
We’ll see whether this comes to fruition or not. And if I have speaker balancing issues, I will fully understand your pain.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 am
Boys and their toys, right?!
I wish I could blog from my patio… it’s still too hot down here. 9 o’clock at night still has me sweating to 90+ degree temps and battling with mosquitoes!
So, for now, I blog from “my room”… the computer room which, btw, does have a nice big window with a view (not to mention air conditioning!).
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
1) Classified. Blogging position would compromise National Security, but usually sitting down.
2) Roger that. Tango Parish Delta Bravo.
3) You should get one of those fake, spilled liquid glasses for top of speaker. Payback for ants.
4) Stinky woman just sat next to me @ Library. Invision wet cigarette butts in an ashtray filled with fish.
5) Hey Jaffer, when are you going to be posting those “some of my best posts” to your blog?
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I blog at work seeing its been really slow here. I can’t stand just sitting all day.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
At my desk in my bedroom, preferably with my door closed!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Unfortunately I am chained to the computer that is in the dining room hidden in an armoire with doors that close. Because it is in a common space among my children I have to get up at the crack of dawn (around 4:45) to get a quiet amount of time to compose my thoughts.
Yes, it’s all about the people. I will get up early, every day, so I can share my thoughts on the internet.
Then I’ll take a nap on the couch when they get home from school and tear the house apart.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I blog in my underwear. Oh! You asked where I blog, not what I wear when I blog. Sorry! I blog sitting in my recliner most of the time. Since my wife and I have dueling laptops, we keep them close at hand. I especially like being able to reach over and pick it up when I’m inspired. It’s also a nice distraction when she’s watching the daily recording of All My Children.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I’d be sooo blogging in front of that stereo. That sounds cool!
But as it is, I have no cool stereo, no lap top, no porch from which to look out on a beautiful view (just neighbors, and sorry to say, they’re no fun). I usually blog from my “home office” (aka spare bedroom, place we dump things we don’t know what else to do with them), which has a window…but again, looks out on the side of a neighbor’s house. Now if they had like a light show on the side of the house this Christmas, it would make it more interesting…but I digress…
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
” Someone should make a blogger’s chair that has a big pulldown tray with built-in outlets.”
They should indeed! I’ll leave that with you, then, shall I?
Tee hee.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
No i have a dad who loves to turn up the volume and im in my room and i hear his tv shows
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Since reading this yesterday, I decided to see if there was a better place for me to sit. I could sit by the window overlooking my car in the street outside. Then I get to see Charlie, my 90 year old neighbor who apparently doesn’t believe in shirts.
No one needs to see that.
So, until I move to a more idyllic locale, I’ll just continue to sit on my couch and watch Monk reruns while I blog.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
UH, in the bed. some times at my computer desk in the family room. sometimes at work. shhh, don’t tell anyone. like they aren’t recording my keystrokes!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I like to write in my corner chair of the living room. Hubby getshome I sometimes retreat to the bedroom for peace and quiet.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
If your husband can buy the expensive stereo equipment, then you can get the expensive earphones! I say go for it!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Bucky — Getting a laptop changed blogging for me. I used to only write posts and comment when I had just the desktop. Now I can do other duties as assigned. The freedom!
Chris — I’m more worried about the squirrels. As for the outdoor heater, don’t laugh. I wouldn’t put it past me.
Regan — I try to stick with only the TV remote. I haven’t touched the DVD one in months. I make Uncle Dave set it up for me. He keeps trying to teach me, but I keep not paying attention.
windyridge — It’s nice to blog on-the-go!
Karen — My husband was exactly the same way. Never chased me off the desktop, but I felt bad for him, never getting any time on it. Treated myself to a laptop for Christmas last year. Do we see one in your future?
A. — Everyone should have a nest. I’m in awe of people who blog in the busiest/nosiest place in their houses. Can’t do it.
muskrat — That sounds like the perfect scenario!
Shieldmaiden96 — I stopped trying to blog (or answer comments) at lunch. Too many distractions. Like you, ideas come to me while driving. If I can’t find a pen, I call myself on the phone and leave a message. As for the camera, I keep my old one with me in my tote and my new one at home. I had no idea speakers really weren’t just speakers. I’m never touching them again.
Maureen — OK, so which one of us is going to work on that? It’s really a brilliant idea. My sister works on her laptop on a chaise and keeps all her necessities (drinks, phone, etc) on a table to the side. It really needs to be built into one massive chair. The Blogger’s Chair!
JD at I Do Things — What I need is a second AC adapter to keep near the bed so I don’t have to drag the one I have up and down stairs. Anyone wondering what to get me for Christmas, I have a Dell Inspiron 1501. Just sayin’.
Singular Girl — Yeah, but at least you’re not getting sand in your computer. I know, I know. You wouldn’t mind if it meant you were sunning yourself somewhere nice. Sorry.
Lauren — Thankfully, my husband is careful to only blast out my ears and all six of my cats’. The neighbors have it easy. We’ll be deaf by winter.
Lisa — Funny! It’s tempting to blog at work. The most I’ll do is email myself an idea or drop EC cards at lunch. Anything else requires too much thought and I can’t think anywhere other than my patio, apparently. Seriously, I don’t know what I’m going to do in winter.
lizzyt — If it makes you feel any better, my view is not perfect. I get stared at by at least five people every night. “What’s that woman doing over there? They look at me like they never saw a laptop before.
Sugee — Don’t worry. That was me for the first six months of blogging. After the laptop, it all changed. I say start dropping hints NOW.
Jenn — Oh, man. So close, yet so far! Don’t even start me on online fixes. I almost checked myself into a hospital when my ISP was down for two whole days on the weekend. Crossing my fingers DHL pulls through for you soon.
darla — It’s not too bad this time of night (6:00-9:00 is perfect). Can’t do it in blazing sun, though. When I need A/C, I blog from the couch. BTW, when exactly is it going to stop being 90 degrees? I’ve had enough.
Geakz — OK, I’m totally getting a fake spill glass. Except that Dave’s been reading these comments since yesterday, so honey, can you play along with me when I try to fool you? Sorry for Stinky Woman (and idiot flip-flop wearer from your Tweets today. There’s one guy near my office who cannot pick up his feet when he wears them. One of these days he’s not going to have any feet. Just bloody stumps).
LOL cats — You’re lucky you can blog at work. The only thing worse than being too busy at work is being too bored. Good for you.
Fancy — Sounds cozy and QUIET!
cardiogirl — I always wonder how you knock out such great posts with children. Frankly, I don’t know how any parent bloggers with small children do it. Girl, you’re doing something right.
Lee — Now you’ve done it. I shall always read your posts imagining that such inspiration came while you were in your skivvies. Laptops make blogging infinitely easier, no doubt.
unfinishedrambler — I say put up your own light show in the window you look out of. Keep it up all year. Your blog posts will always sparkle!
Jay — OK, so you, me and Maureen are sharing the patent on that one, right?
brooke — And he probably says “When you’re older and you have your own TV, you can turn it up as loud as you want.” That’s a classic Dad response.
Joe — I agree. Nobody wants to see a 90-yr-old anything without a shirt on. Sorry. That’s gotta kill your inspiration, eh? p.s. Monk lover here too!
Natural — Ah, but I know one place you can’t blog — your sister’s! I remember the post you wrote about your ISP being down and not being able to write quite right (say that 3x fast) outside of your home base. Still gives me a chuckle.
mommyto2 — If my husband blogged, he’d be able to do it in the middle of anything. I hate that he can still focus amidst chaos and I can’t.
Tiffany — Touche! You know, I should. Someone once let me try on his Bose headphones. They’re incredible. He said you have to be careful because you can freak out a little when you can’t hear a single thing except your own heartbeat.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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September 3rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Hello. What a nice question after a long day of not spending time on my blog or entrecard today. I normally blog right on my couch after a long day of work. If I get too busy, I normally blog at work, in the morning. Today, I started my blog at 7:30 am, and just couldn’t get back to it. Sometimes there is just not enough hours in the day to work, be a wife, mom, and a blogger!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I blog in our living room usually in the early mornings or after hubby has gone to work. i plugged in our one and only dependable dell laptop in a corner where the phone jack is located so that i will be closer to the phone for those unexpected calls, and easily access the TV in time for my favorite tv show. The bedroom is just close by so that whenever my baby cries, i can easily hear her and get her. i try to blog as much as I can but i guess, there is just too little time to do everything in between audio transcriptions and nappy changes!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I blog all over the house now that I have a laptop. I can’t belive I waited this long to get one!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
In my “office” which is also TG’s “office” which is actually a sunroom we use for this purpose … but it is just steps from our TV room ergo is very noisy when everyone is home … I hate it … I want a soundproof room where I can blog and write and just generally do a Greta Garbo … i.e. “I vahnt to be alone …” … but I understand the folks in the bad place want a drink of water, too. What’re you going to do after the first snowflake falls, Kathy?
Jenny’s last blog post..Smile … !
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Mmm, never thought about that two laptops on my desk and I could be sitting out on the patio, good idea while it isn’t raining.
Mik’s last blog post..At the doctor’s office
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
This is where I blog
Perth, Australia
Cheers, Thea
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
You’ve inspired me! I’m headed out to my back yard right now…wait, it’s really dark and there are bugs, mosquitoes even. I’ll wait until tomorrow. Great idea! : )
Your Pal Pinki’s last blog post..The Big Read
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Despite having two workstations at which to work, as well as a nice patio in the backyard, I opt to park my backside on the livingroom couch while blogging. Not sure why…my wife keeps asking me the say question.
peace,
mike
livelife365
Mike Foster’s last blog post..A Potpourri of Fun and Prizes
September 4th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Kimmy — I’m amazed parent bloggers have time for all the bloggy stuff we do. I tip my hat to you!
kikamz — Sounds like you have the perfect nook spaces. I have a little stool next to the couch that holds all my accessories (it doubles as a step for my elderly kitty to get on the couch. Soon that’s what I’ll be using it for).
DJ — The laptop makes things so much easier, doesn’t it? It’s come to be like paper and pen.
Jenny — I want my outdoor patio enclosed some day. Then I can still blog with my view and not freeze to death.
Mik — I’m one of the few people with a covered patio, so I can be out there in almost any kind of weather. Except freezing!
Thea Westra — OMG. You have the cleanest work space I’ve ever seen. And even a place to hang a headset? That’s brilliant. Mine sits in a big blob and gets caught up in everything.
Your Pal Pinki — If you blog outside, remember to cover up or the bugs will get you eventually.
Mike Foster — Well, the couch is usually more comfortable. And bug-free!
September 4th, 2008 at 6:06 am
I blog in our living room most of the time and If I need to watch my kids, I transfer in our lounge while watching TV and them lol! Aren’t you not freezing blogging in your patio. I don’t like noisy sound either..That will give me headache..
Joy’s last blog post..It’s Spring and flowers are blooming
September 4th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Great site and terrific posts! Especially enjoyed the one about Family Feud; our family was on — twice!
September 4th, 2008 at 6:48 am
PS — Oh, I forgot. Where do I blog? Everywhere! Kitchen table, chaise in den, airports, hotel rooms, etc.
I’m adding a link to your site on my blog. It’s great fun!
September 4th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I do most of my writing from my front porch so I can watch the world pass by while I’m lost in my thoughts or ideas. I am both a writer and a blogger, so it goes for both.
I loved your blog by the way!
Nicole’s last blog post..A Well-Stocked Pantry
September 4th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I’m jealous of all you laptop people! I would so love to be able to blog in bed or in the garden. I’m afraid that a laptop is out for me, being a Mac girl – Far too expensive.
Babs – beetle’s last blog post..I’ve aged ten years!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
owh, what a lovely place to blog. we have the same lappie, Dell Inspiron 6400 rite? i love that lappie, never dissapointed even once
September 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
That looks peaceful. I like blogging out on my porch in the morning, but by the time the sun creeps around it gets too hot. Must get patio umbrella. Most of the time I just write sitting in my living room in front of the tv…but that gets distracting.
Acorn King’s last blog post..“That Time It Wasn’t What It Looked Like.”
September 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Remember, cats can be replaced, but your husbands sanity can’t.
And if you have to compromise, buy him one of those expensive high def head phones that look like princess leigha’s buns. That’s a compromise you both can live with!
Mike’s last blog post..The truth of bottled water
September 4th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
There’s a token of my esteem for you over on my blog. Stop by when you have a chance.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
@Mike: So you think Kathy would be comfortable letting her husband get cosy with Princess Leia’s buns, huh?
Interesting.
Richard Catto’s last blog post..What did I do with my Google Chrome today?
September 4th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Jay — Not freezing now, but I’m sure eventually I’ll have to move indoors, probably to the bedroom which is the furthest point from the living room noise. That, or I’ll build a shed in the yard and heat it.
Sherry Martschink — Oh you can’t just say you were on Family Feud twice and not give me details!!!! Please tell us more! And thank you for dropping by. I’m glad you find it fun here! The community is great and you’ll meet lots of entertaining folks in the Drawer.
Nicole — To get out of the direct sun, my husband suggests I blog on the front porch. But it’s narrow and I can’t squeeze a decent sized table out there. Besides, I’ll have even more neighbors staring at me. Somehow the laptop makes me look like the CIA or something.
Babs beetle — Then we need to hold a bake sale. Babs need a laptop!
Barandom — I have the 1501. Very disappointed with the battery life, though. I need to buy a new one and it’s not even a year old. Poo!
Acorn King — Yes, the sun is deadly hot. I need to get some shades to put up on one side of the porch. That’ll make it bearable, plus no one will stare at me anymore.
Mike — It’s my sanity at risk here. I am thinking of getting a Bose noise-deafening headset. I don’t care how I look in them either. Princess Lea, Minnie Mouse? If I can have peace, so be it!
Lee — Thanks, buddy. I’m honored to receive a gift from you. Hope by now your ant bites are all healed. Poor Lee!
Richard Catto — Think again. My husband would only laugh at me. But that’s OK, I wouldn’t be able to hear it anyway.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I hate to admit it, but I blog at work. I don’t have time to do it at home, because I have too many projects going on there. I do as little at my office as possible, which leaves more time for important stuff, like blogging and shopping on ebay.
Bruce’s last blog post..Time For A Change
September 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
What a fun blog. This is where I blog. I like where you blog much better!
MommyWizdom’s last blog post..Faded
September 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Gee Kathy, It wouldn’t be the same to have you blogging from the “Junk Shed.” Maybe Dave could build you a sound proof room? I blog at night, and occasionally when I come home from work, if it is too hot outside. (Like today)
I’m blogging now from my deck by Tiki light. Moths keep flying into the flames. It’s kinda cool!
Chris (Casey)’s last blog post..Ethel Mae Casey, Super Consumer!
September 4th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I have my own home office. My tween’s desktop is across the room, and the 8-year-old stations herself on the upholstered rocker. So while I’m trying to form sentences, it’s all: Mom! Mom? Mom-look at this. Mom? Mom look- Mom- remember that time/ Mom guess what – Mom?
sue’s last blog post..MORE Words I Made Up
September 4th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I can blog from anywhere. At work, from my desktop. When at home from my laptop, when I travel, anywhere I get internet access. Now ask me if any of it is worthy READING….
Shadowsrider’s last blog post..Airport rules
September 4th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
This is all very interesting! Good question.
I blog whenever and wherever I have opportunity. It can be at 3 AM. It might be at the office. Usually it is at home on the kitchen island, where I can also watch the TV in the den at the same time. But first, I have to have an idea. I only get ideas once in a long while. Otherwise, there’s just dead air up there! : (
Ferd’s last blog post..My little voki dude
September 4th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
In bed.
It’s the most comfortable place in the house. (Don’t worry, the bed is always made and I am always fully clothed.)
I also like to be out on the deck, too, or on the couch in the living room. I recently tried to sit at desk, but it just didn’t feel right.
This is obviously a popular topic — I am commenter #88!
September 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am
i blog in our computer shop’s server, it is multi-tasking, manning the shop and blogging at the same time.
maggie’s last blog post..On Board: Sights from Calapan to Batangas Port
September 5th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Bruce — You and millions of others, I’m sure. Tell me again what we did without the internet?
MommyWizdom — What a tiny workspace you have! That’s blogging dedication. Praying you don’t have a sauce pan spillover. Hope you have complete care on your laptop!
Chris — I’ve heard that some writers build small sheds, almost like doll houses, where they do all their writing. I want that! Minus the bugs, of course.
sue — Seriously, I don’t know how you do it. I suppose when you’re a parent, you develop a shut off valve?
Shadowsrider — You know, when I was traveling in Canada recently, I considered trying to blog from the hotel room, but it felt too weird. I guess I really need my special space at home for that. Good for you!
Ferd — On very rare occasions, I’ve been able to knock something out in a spot away from home. But I’ve had to be very inspired. It’s like when I was in college. I had one study space and no other would do. I’m with you on the dead air thing. Happening right now. Not sure if I can muster a new post til the weekend.
Jennifer — I feel less comfortable blogging in bed than anywhere else, although I’ve done it. I prefer having my laptop on a flat surface. My legs are a little too lumpy! Yes, this was a popular topic! Maybe I should hand out a prize to the 100th commenter?
maggie — Awesome! I’m a single-task girl. I can’t, say, watch TV and blog at the same time. I don’t know why. It just is.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Uh Kathy, the Unabobmer, who wrote that “Manifesto” lived in a small shed. You are scarring me!
Chris Casey’s last blog post..Ethel Mae Casey, Super Consumer!
September 5th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Chris — Let me amend that then. Sane writers with electricity and a love of technology and the 21st century.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Wow! You’re heading for a hundred comments! Go girl, go!
Babs – beetle’s last blog post..I’ve aged ten years!
September 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
100 comments would be cool. Just sayin’
Joe’s last blog post..Much ado about a ‘do
September 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
95th!
(was going for 100 but don’t have the patience to wait …)
I blog either at my desk, at the kitchen table, or sitting on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table. Usually either of the last two places.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
i am jealous! my hubby has to have the laptop for work, so i am stuck on the desktop staring at the wall.
shannon
Rock Star Maternity
The Domestic Engineer’s Union
shannon’s last blog post..Fabulous Friday Find
September 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I don’t blog, but I enjoy commenting on them from my living room, surrounded by all my creature comforts: side table for drinks, snacks, remotes, and phones, lounger positioned toward patio glass doors for optimal viewing of the OUTSIDE, while basking in the climate controlled environment that is my home.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Babs — We’re almost there! Although you might have noticed since I switched themes, my comment numbers are a bit screwy when viewed as a list. I’ll fix that eventually. 100, here we come!
Joe — I’ve reached 100 only one or two other times. One of them was for my blog’s birthday, which seemed to bring everyone out of the woodwork. There was cake, so I’m guessing that’s why.
Alda — Come back tomorrow and maybe you can be 100! Those are very popular blogging spots. Hope they’re comfy for you!
shannon — Oh, please save up for a laptop. You’re entire blogging experience will change for the better!
ann of the shampoo bag — You have quite the setup there. All you have to do now is train your cats to fetch drinks for you out of the fridge. Why not? Dogs do it.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
That’s an ideal place to blog and am searching for a similar place. I am planning to spend my summer in some cool place. Perhaps a perfect mountain village is an ideal place to blog for me. I am tired of that covered area where I have been living in these days.
eurail pass’s last blog post..Hello world!
September 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am
I blog in my dining room/office, on my Mac which can but never does disappear into this armoire I bought, thinking that I COULD use the room as a dining room at some point. Boy, the patio would be a great alternative, but dragging the armoire out there probably won’t happen.
Elle’s last blog post..My Week in Pictures
September 7th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Until yesterday I was blogging from the living room, looking out at Lake Washington. However, we now have our ‘west wing’ back in order so my office is once again set up for full functionality. On occasion I take my lap top outside and sit in the sunshine, but I find it hard to squint and read the screen at the same time.
Carla’s last blog post..Floor angst
September 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I waited ages to be #100 and then missed it :O)
Babs – beetle’s last blog post..On a lighter note…..
September 7th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
awwww! what a lovely and great place to blog!!! i would love to be in a patio too while blogging, unfortunately, i have to watch my toddler most of the times in her tv time. and so, i blog just in her tv room with her.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
eurail pass — Yes, but is there wireless access in a mountain village? It’s funny how when I travel, my lodging decision is based entirely on whether there’s wireless access.
Elle — I could blog in my sitting room or dining room, but neither has comfortable enough furniture. I bet your armoire is beautiful! Always wanted one.
Carla — Ooo! A lake view! Yes, it’s tough to work on the laptop in the sun. There’s a period of time I can’t do it, say 5-7PM. But after that, it’s quite nice and easy to see the screen.
Babs beetle — Darnit! Maybe next time (if there is a next time).
recel — Wow, another mom who can blog with distractions. I’m in total awe of you. I wouldn’t have a blog at all if I had kids, as I’m unable to focus. Although some parents tell me it’s a learned skill.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Greetings from Texas Kathy. I know I’m not the biggest techie (not even remotely technie), but I am blogging from the Sam Houston Tollway N. outside of Houston in our RV. I’ve been connected in the mountains of TN, the bug infested hot highways of MS and LA, down to San Antonio. Now heading back and just loving this AT&T mobile wireless thingy and my MacBook Pro that lets me do my email, check all my blogs, check locations of all the hurricanes that seem to be determined to chase us away.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Peg at Lehigh — Oh, you are TO a techie and you can’t deny it! I was considering buying a mobile card to take with me and my laptop on my trip to Toronto. But the trip was so suddenly planned, I didn’t have time. Next trip, I’ll be well-equipped to blog from the road. Enjoy your road trip, chickie!
September 13th, 2008 at 11:09 am
This is a horrible HORRIBLE mistake.
… You cannnot see the plastic bag from there
LOBO’s last blog post..Jaw Droppings
September 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
LOBO — I know! I’m really disappointed. I have been thinking of setting up a live “Bag Cam” so people can check in on it whenever they feel like it. But there is no secure location in my building to set up a camera and server. I don’t think my employer would go for a suggestion that they mount a camera on the outside of the building. It’d be awesome, though.
September 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I blog from my couch (I have a little laptop beanbag desk thing) or from my BlackBerry.
I wish I had a nice view to blog from, but alas… I don’t. 
Corrina’s last blog post..Why Recycling Is Bad
September 19th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Corrina — I’ve thought of buying one of those bean bag things, but I’m afraid it’d put the laptop too high on my legs. Believe me, I have enough padding already.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Kathy if I tell you that I haven’t seen snow by now,will you believe? But it’s a fact. Many friends of mine have told me that there’s nothing special about snow.The first time you may get exited,but the next time, all you probably think that is normal.However, I am still looking forward to my first date with snow…I swear I will bring my Mr.Right.
Handbag for life’s last blog post..Can you smell that sexy taste of Matthew Williamson?
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:01 am
I also enjoy stillness, the peace, and tranquility. Living in a metropolitan area noise is all around almost 24 hours a day.So silence has become very valuable like a rare jewelry.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hangbag for life — Where do you live? Do you mean you’ve never seen snow ever? Oh, I want you to see snow. But you’re right. Once you see the first one, it’s great. When you have to start shoveling it, not so fun anymore.
Jewelry — Oh, man. That’s bad. I’ve lived in places with lots of traffic and neighbor noise. I do have airplane noise overhead, but I’ve learned to live with it. I wish you peace and quiet!
October 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I blog on the couch, with my laptop, usually with at least one dog sharing the lap space with the computer. I had been wanting to start a blog for ages, but didn’t actually do it until we got wireless access, just so I could write from the couch. (My computer desk chair gives me a backache, and I knew I’d be spending a lot of time there once I got my blog going.) The TV doesn’t always bother me, but there are some shows that distract me too much. I can’t write during “Dirty Jobs,” for instance, because I can’t tear my eyes away from the lovely Mike Rowe.
October 31st, 2008 at 7:06 am
absepa — You’re right. Wireless and a laptop make blogging incredibly easier. I hated sitting up in the office staring at the screen. I write easier if I’m in a relaxed place, usually with a kitty by my side (now that I’m blogging indoors for the next few months). Oh, and Mike Rowe is indeed a cutey. I just can’t watch the stuff they make him do. Hope they pay him enough!
December 1st, 2008 at 9:46 am
Since I’ve got the computer, I now call it my computer room. I have a PC emachine and my husband has mentioned several times he’s going to get me a laptop so he can have some time on the computer.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 am
Instant Loan — That’s what we did. The laptop made it possible for my husband to remember what it was like to surf the web. Poor guy. I was physically attached to the PC chair for months.