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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

I'm Back! (I think) - An Update (please read)

I make myself laugh, because anytime I see "please read" that contrary part of myself wants to do just the opposite.  But I do have a couple points that are relevant if you've ever left a comment or will ever leave one in the future.
 
I know I've been gone for a while, & I know I don't have to explain myself to anyone, but some of it I felt like needed to be said & I wanted to get off my chest, so I did a vlog & a post to go with it which you can see HERE on my other blog.  If you don't really care, just stay here & keep reading =)
 
In regards to OLD comments - I always read all my comments.  Always.  I love seeing what you guys have to say.  That said, I am a huge FAIL when it comes to answering questions from comments.  When I started my blog, coming up on 3 years ago now, I responded to every comment.  & I couldn't, at that time, foresee a point when that would become more that the 2-3 comments per day or per post.  And when it inevitably did, I fell behind ... got caught up.  Fell behind .... got caught up.  Fell behind ... fell further behind ... fell ridiculously far behind ... to now.
 
I don't think anyone is still waiting for a response on a question they asked 3 months ago ... or longer than that.  Hell, if they were checking the thread, they've stopped checking - if they subscribed they'd probably be shocked to see a response & confused because they'd have forgotten what they asked LOL.  Not to mention the fact that in the intervening time I've answered many of the questions/filled several of the requests, etc.
 
SO - I tried to clean up & respond to about the past month's worth of comments - & direct emails as well.  Anything older than that I'm honestly sorry but it's going to remain unanswered.  I'm admitting I'm past the point of being able to catch up & I need to re-start fresh.  This is something I've been working towards for a couple months, wading through emails, notifications, & cleaning up my inbox from over 10k emails - yes, I'll spell it out, ten thousand emails - to just around 400, which is still a lot but more manageable.  I'm still sorting through those, some of which are reminders I send myself from work.  I'd like to have my inbox say (0) unread emails one day.
 
If you have a question you really need an answer to, post in this thread & I will respond.  Scout's honor =)
 
In regards to NEW comments - to help myself better stay on top of things here going forward, I'm strongly leaning towards installing a 3rd-party comment tool for better threading/easier answering.  I'd particularly love to be able to reply directly from email rather than having to navigate to the post.  So if you have anything to recommend, or anything I should really stay away from, leave a comment.  I don't want to install something & then find out it sucks or that you guys hate it LOL.
 
Well, I think that's mostly it.  I have a backlog of NOTDs to post since from before Halloween, so I'll be posting those in the next few days.  They include one of the new Anise polishes I showed in my last haul, one of the Orly Mineral FX colors, and a sponging on mom's nails that she did herself in 3 shades of blue, not to mention the last Halloween tutorial that made it onto YouTube & never made it onto the blog.  AND my 2-year YouTube-birthday/anniversary is coming up Saturday & I feel like I ought to do something special... but still not sure what LOL.  So we'll see.
 
Thanks for reading.
 
~Colette

17 comments:

  1. Welcome back! Love your blog! Keep up the good work! =)

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  2. I recommend Disqus for easier responses. I have it on my blog and I can reply straight from my email! I can also approve/delete comments by simply replying to the email with "delete". There's a lot of other great features too, like the fact that you can make a black list of all words you dont want to be posted on your blog. I could go on and on, pretty much--it's amazing!

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  3. Woohoo! WB! I'm just one little reader, but I hope you don't choose Intense Debate. I've tried tweaking all my settings but I still cannot get their comment system to load properly on blogs.

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  4. I'd go for Diqcus too, also because you can enable an option that keeps your comments on Blogger as well, in case you uninstall it at some point. As far as I know, Intense Debate can give problems with that, and I didn't wanna take any risks :)

    Also, good luck with those emails, yikes! Maybe you can use a tool like Formspring instead if people have short questions, that might be easier to keep track of and all answer at once?

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  5. Welcome back! I'm really sorry for your loss. I lost my grandmother a couple of months ago and it still hurts. But I have so many nice memories of her that I try and think about those :)

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  6. Welcome back! I'm so sorry for your loss...
    Hope you're doing better...

    Ms Jelena xx

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  7. I am soo sorry for your loss... but glad to have you back . I didnt know how much I depended on your blog.. Your awesome !!! and was truly missed

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  8. welcome back... I had some loss too previous month and I just can't come back bloggin.. I admire your power and I'm sorry for your grandpa...

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  9. I am having trouble doing flower nail art so I was hoping you could put a nail tutorial on YouTube for me:)
    I am 9 years old and I read your blog and watch your YouTube all the time and I am getting good at doing my nails from what I learn from you.

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  10. So glad to have you back Colette! Love the blog and we've missed you! :)

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  11. I am so sorry to hear of your loss. All I can offer is a hug.

    As for your blog, I am just happy to see a new post whenever you are ready for one. Take care and take a break whenever you need one.

    -finished10dnails

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  12. EVERYONE - Thank you =)

    MINTY & BREGJE - Thanks for the recommendation - Discus was already definitely in the running but it makes me feel easier to have positive reviews from people actually using it =)

    I'm not sure about Formspring though - maybe easy but one more site to keep track of LOL!

    ANON - I'll add flowers to my request list =)

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  13. Hi Colette! I was wondering how come you haven't post any marbling mani recently. Hope to see them soon! Glad to have you back!

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  14. MICHELLE - I haven't been marbling as much, but I do have a new one up on YouTube that I hope to have up on the blog within the next day or 2 =)

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  15. Hi Colette, Ireally want to try stuff like marbling but don't have many tools needed (e.g. an orange stick). Where in England can you buy things I don't mind if it's online but not too expensive because i'm only 14 therefore I don't have much money! Love your nail artwork!

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  16. LAGGI - I don't know what stores you have, but you don't need the exact tools I use - anything with a fine point will work =)

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Thanks for commenting! I will read every comment, and try to respond to any questions =)