Just popping in for a quick hello and to let everyone know it might be a little bit quiet here for the next couple of weeks. A lot going on that is keeping me from blogging, but I’ll be back! Maybe by then, it will actually be warm out in my neck of the woods too… (wishful thinking, I know.)
Google recently announced that they are doing away with Google+ and will be doing away with all personal accounts. Not good. For the blogging community this could be devastating as it is supposed to delete all comments made from someone using a Google+ account. I’m not certain of the numbers that this affects, but I have a feeling it’s rather high. It hopefully shouldn’t affect anything for those of us using WordPress, but for those in the BlogSpot community, it is a bit disconcerting and quite frankly, no one knows what is going to happen exactly.
Xyra from Tea Time With Melody Q did a very interesting post on the subject that you can read here:
https://teatimewithmelodyq.blogspot.com/2019/02/no-more-google.html
So, if it doesn’t affect my blog, why am I posting about it? Because it can affect my blog in other ways. We’ve lost quite a few doll bloggers over the past year for various reason, and I have a feeling this will be a reason for even more to throw in the towel. We’ve had a nice little community going, and it makes me sad whenever we lose someone no matter what the reason.
The other thing that concerns me is what is this going to do to blogging in general. Blogs are no longer the “in” thing, many people have found it’s much easier to use Instagram and have that instant gratification of throwing a photo up there instead of having to actually “write” anything. This could be another nail in the coffin so to speak for blogging as a whole. 😦
I feel bad for those who will be affected by this change. I think back to last year when Photobucket decided to change their terms in regards to linking photos to outside accounts. Many a blog was totally trashed once they implemented this change and I’ll be honest, I can relate to those who decided to give up and quit. Trying to repair the damage done to a blog with more than a hundred posts and countless photographs would be more work than it’s worth.
So, as we wait and see what happens over the next couple of weeks, keep in mind it’s not the fault of the bloggers themselves, but of a large company who decided to make a big change without thinking of how it might affect certain users. It’s also a good example of how no platform is completely safe from something like this, who ever thought Google would be getting rid of something?
Oh, sorry, did I leave you hanging???? This is one last review from items I purchased when I visited the American Girl store in Orlando.
The first item isn’t all that exciting, but still cute. I’ve had my eye on these for a while and it was nice to see them in person before buying them.
You can never have too many earrings, can you????
The other item was something I really wanted. I would have been very disappointed if it had been sold out too, it was the item that was at the top of my list. Any ideas???
Well, if you guessed Blaire’s piglet, you were right!
Oh my gosh, let me say that I wasn’t a bit disappointed in this little pig! In fact, I think it’s one of the cutest animal accessories that AG has ever done.
Some side views:
His eyes are stitched instead of a button type eye. I’m not generally wild about this, but for some reason it works on this little guy (or gal…).
And the little tail is so cute!
I just love this little pig. Now we need to come up with a name! Wilbur? Babe? Nah, it needs to be something original.
At $20, it’s a little on the pricey side considering it’s not jointed/posable. But I am glad to see AG making something different for a change. Wouldn’t it be awesome if they released a little goat to go with the farm theme at some point?
