I recently joined a new marketing site for blogs and am learning my way around but so far it’s been easy going. I was able to upload a post from my other blog in just a few minutes after getting my email confirmation.

The main concept of Buzzfuse is to get traffic coming into your blog. You register, fill out some info that is not open to the public and then have the option of inviting contacts. It’s recommended that you do so in order to have people you know view your work and rate it.

Rate it? Yes. There is a rating system in place on this site. When you join you can view the content that’s been added and rate it. I like that when you click on a blog post it takes you to the post itself instead of reading it on the site. That increases your traffic.

You add your posts by adding a widget that links to Buzzfuse. When a reader clicks on it, then comes the opportunity to not only rate but to add you as a favorite and to be informed of more posts be that blogger. Get more buzz for your blog by joining!

I had everything planned for today, or so I thought. This morning was Women’s Bible Study. I took Peanut to school, drove to my Aunt’s house to eat breakfast and then drive my Aunt to Bible Study.

After Bible Study I took my Aunt home. I, my Aunt and my Mom went out to lunch. Mom was going to drive me to the dentist as I had a root canal. She was my back up to pick up Peanut from school too in case it took me too long at the dentist.

As we were eating lunch I realized that today was an early release from school. So we had to rush through lunch, Mom had to drop me off and pick up Peanut. I felt horrible to put Mom through such stress. More stress than I already had about my dentist appointment.

I was not looking forward to getting a root canal. I asked my some friend about what it feels like as I’ve never had one. I was told they can be a little painful. Some of my friends said that once they got their shot they didn’t feel anything and it was a breeze. For me though of course things are more complicated. I mean why not?

I can’t have the normal shots of anesthesia that people get during dental work because I have a rare disease called Myasthenia Gravis. The dentist could only give me a shot that lasts a short time. So I ended up getting about 5 shots because of the time the root canal took. Getting the anesthesia makes me feel sleepy and weak, so having five shots made it even worse today.

The nerve was so inflamed that it was bleeding and it went from one canal into two. The dentist said these are difficult ones to do. And with having to have all those shots because I”d start to feel her digging into my tooth, gum, etc. I wanted to scream!

It’s all over now. She said I’ll probably hurt for three or more days and she’s right. My upper jaw hurts, my tooth hurts, I hurt from grabbing onto the chair handles. I hope this doesn’t scare anyone from getting work done at the dentist. Remember I’m a special case…like always.

As I wrote on my other newer blog My Chronic Life, I’m changing direction and focus of my blogs. I’m expecting (I feel like an expectant Mom, but sorry the shop is closed) to begin a new blog soon so with that news I had to consider the focus of my blogs.

I’ve been writing on Brain Foggles since April of 2007. It began as a health blog committed to education about chronic illnesses and their effects on people’s lives and advocacy for people with all types of disABILITIES.

What’s happened though is this has become more of a personal diary of my life. At first I wrote about things as if I were preaching to an audience. Soon as my comfort level grew I began to open up more about my family, my church, my feelings, etc. My writing style showed more of who I really am as a mother, wife, Christian, person who has health problems, a daughter, someone who is willing to share.

What I’ve decided then is to go with the natural flow of this blog and make it more family and diary oriented. I hope to write about my everyday life with all of it’s ups and downs, the funny, the embarrassing, the reality.

Having My Chronic Life offers me the opportunity to continue what I started here. That will become my health and advocacy blog. I look forward to continue writing and learning more about myself and my readers along the way.

I always welcome comments and now I’d appreciate any suggestions, critiques, etc. Please be kind though. I have tough skin but at the moment things seem a bit jumbled. I never knew blogging could be this emotional and draining. These decisions came about with much thought.

I’m taking some time to be selfish. I’m allowed to, after all this is my blog. I feel like saying, “na na na poo poo” and I just did! So here’s why I’m being selfish. I want to win something. I want to get rid of my old, hanging on by it’s last leg, I buy things for my daughters and not for myself purse and win a brand new giraffe print handbag and wallet.

I’m entering this contest held by Lori over at All Chick Stuff. This is one of my new reads and it’s fun. I’m not into fashion as I’m just not that type of woman. Give me some comfortable clothes and sneakers and I’m happy. I can’t even walk in high heels. But I’m learning from someone like me.

Lori describes herself as “…not a girly girl at all…” and I think that’s me too. I hung out with the guys throughout school. I’d rather go out to eat than go shopping for clothes for myself. I’m a great candidate for that TV show, What Not To Wear. I still have clothes in my closet from 10 years ago – big baggy shirts, because nothing else would fit. So I’m either a misfit or like Lori

So winning this handbag would make me feel a bit more fashionable. At least the arm that’s carrying it would.