I spent a good 5 minutes saying “Blagh” out loud so I’d understand the name of this blog. MJ is from Wisconsin—that clued me in pretty quickly. So as I read her blog (she spells it ‘blagh’ consistenly), I imagined her WisCAHNsin accent and that made the time spent at her blog even more enjoyable.
It’s a very pretty blue blog with some blinking, pulsating button thing at the top that I thought was cool. I also liked the way the color fades at the bottom. I question the need to have DAILY archives in the sidebar. It just makes the site look cluttered—and imagine what it will look like after she’s been doing it for longer than a few months. The sidebar notes that the blog is “Now with Tracy for twice the fun without the added calories.” This was funny to me, although I didn’t really know who Tracy was. I’m guessing Tracy is MJ’s friend as they both live in WisCAHNsin. Tracy’s posts are also enjoyable, although MJ tends to post the majority.
MJ talks about her husband and 2 children and their (mis)adventures, and she has a very readable style and tone to her posts. She posts things like “Dumbest Thing I Did This Week,” and trust me, she holds nothing back. She doesn’t use dirty words, in fact, she edits them out of other things she finds and wants to post. I think that is extremely noble for a mom of two. I am the leading potty mouth in my county, so I give props to MJ for her non-cussing blog and, presumably, life.
I especially liked the post Maintaining Privacy in a World Gone Awry because we’ve all had moments where our lives would not be the same if we didn’t win a stuffed cow at the State Fair. I really enjoyed getting a peek inside MJ’s life. I do hope she gets that Catwoman suit that she’s been wanting.
MJ’s Blagh, Blagh, Blagh