Update: Follow and Write

Do you ever find yourself wondering what on earth you were thinking when you made a particular decision? 

Maybe you are in the midst of planning something or in the thick of putting those plans into action and you hit a major snag that throws everything out of joint. 

Don't you hate it when this happens? Maybe snags in hosiery is why the bare legged look is more en vogue these days. I still like the look of pantyhose, but don't wear them except in certain very rare situations because they're hot!

Maybe everything is going along well, without a hitch, and suddenly life not only hands you lemons but starts throwing them at you and you realize that you've totally forgotten the recipe for lemonade.

Common Sense and The Internet

I am a part of an online group made up of people from my local community and it is an interesting cross section of folks. This group is not in any way affiliated with my local government, although it bears the name of our city as a means of identifying (in a very general sense) what the group is about and who it is aimed at. Unfortunately, because of the wide diversity of folks in the group, things sometimes get a little bit crazy. There are three administrators of the group who try to hold down the fort, but they have lives offline too and can't be there to police every single jot and tittle that is posted. When things go pear-shaped, there seems to be a lot of confusion as to what the purpose of the group is, what the rules actually are, and what the administrators are supposed to do about it. A lot of this confusion could be avoided by following some common sense rules. With that in mind, here are The Momma's Rules of Online Etiquette: