What I Want My Blog To Be When It Grows Up {Link Party Post}

Interesting question ... thanks for asking!

You start doing something for one reason,

You continue doing it for a different reason.

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I started blogging because of our house fire.

I continue blogging because its a great hobby, allowing me to bundle a lot of my interests into a single purpose {writing, photography, graphics and yes coding ... this blog is fully and totally "DIY", along with reinventing our home ... aka decorating / restoring our house post-fire, cooking, puppy dog loving, and promoting fire / safety awareness}.  Whew!

My goals for the blog {what it wants to be when it grows up}:

{1&2} to be known as a blog that celebrates the "art of home{making}" by continuing to incorporate multiple aspects of our home life into posts

{3} to effectively promote and make available information on home and personal safety awareness issues

{4} to increasingly involve blog visitors through comments {it would be great to hear from you!}, reader questions turned into posts, and possibly reader submissions

{5} to not-monetize this blog; with the promotion of safety awareness this blog is an advocation ... I'd be open to accepting products for review or giveaways because that enhances the appeal and draw of the blog for readers, but I don't want to directly profit from this blog

{6} to enlist blog visitors in sharing and promoting safety awareness

Ummm, is it OK for me to practice goal #6? 

{Photo of dishwasher that caught fire during operation overnight while family slept; all thankfully escaped.  When something like this happens, you greatly improve the outcome by being awake, alert, and able to respond. You don't have to run a dishwasher overnight, so don't.  Please.  Changing your habit of when you run a dishwasher may be a bit of a hassle, but if this were to happen, wouldn't it be worth it?}

I'd really appreciate your help in spreading the fire safety awareness message ... share our blog address with family, friends and co-workers, and Pin {would you please?} the above pic with a description like ...

"visit happilyhomeafter.blogspot.com to read about safety considerations when running a dishwasher overnight"

or

"photo of dishwasher that caught fire during operation overnight while family slept; all thankfully escaped. When something like this happens, you greatly improve the outcome by being awake, alert, and able to respond. You don't have to run a dishwasher overnight, so don't. Please. Changing your habit of when you run a dishwasher may be a bit of a hassle, but if this were to happen, wouldn't it be worth it?"

Did you know that if you select text before clicking PIN that the selected text will automatically paste into the PIN description?  I'm just sayin' it's a neat trick I recently read about.

Well, so there's my blog goals and thanks so much for letting me practice putting one of those goals into play.  Really appreciate your interest and while you're here, feel free to look around!  And of course, I'd love to hear any suggestions you have for my fire / safety awareness goal or anything else that's on your mind {that would be practicing goal #4 ... asking for involvement through comments}.  And for more information about fire safety including important information about children under the age of 16 and smoke alarms, click here.

Thanks again,

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