Did you know that this week is International Blog Delurking Week?

Mel over at Stirrup Queens is always pushing communication and interaction between bloggers. While her area of “expertise” is in the ALI community, her end goal is just more interaction and open support between anyone and everyone that blogs.

The goal of IBDW is to stop by and say hello. Its an open invitation to anyone who reads this blog to come out of hiding and say “Hi, I’m here and I’m reading”. Because at the end of the day the difference between the stats and the comments are drastic in numbers. Some don’t want you to know that they are reading, others are too shy to comment. Some don’t feel that they have the open connection to speak up and say hi. “I don’t know them enough”, “I haven’t been reading long enough” or “Why would they care what I have to say?” are excuses I used for a long time before I got comfortable delurking myself. It took me a long time to learn how to open up and de-lurk myself to many bloggers that I loved to read. But since that first time I came out and said hi, each time is easier.

So today, and for the rest of this week, I welcome all readers of my blog, whether you blog or not, to stop by and say hi. You don’t need to write anything meaningful or special, just a hi, I’m here and I’m reading. And if you are feeling particularly gutsy, tell me about yourself (or whatever you feel comfortable telling me about yourself). Share with me your favorite recipe (please? Cause that would be AWESOME! seriously!), or a funny story, or suggest a new book/movie/tv show for me to check out! (Yes please!! I’m rewatching How I Met Your Mother for like the 7th time so far) I love new suggestions!

If you would like to learn info about International Blog Delurking Week, stop by Mel’s blog and say hi!