The Verdict

After weighing the pros and cons, we decided to move our blog to Wordpress where we can password protect our posts. We then chose a password that we think our friends, family, and acquaintances should be able to easily figure out based on the hint provided at the top of our new blog. This seemed like a happy medium-- protecting our blog from most strangers while letting anyone who knows us keep in touch without needing an invitation.

Come check it out and let us know what you think! Our new blog is http://thekfam.wordpress.com

P.S. I have LOTS of blog posts already written and scheduled to be posted throughout the next month. So keep checking back because there will be plenty to see in the next few weeks. (Didn't want to bore you with a million posts all at once so I spread them out a bit.) I got pretty behind this summer and some of the posts are really old, but-- hooray!-- I think I am finally caught up.

What to do???

I have a bunch of blog posts ready to go. They are all about vacations, birthdays, Halloween... etc. etc. etc. And, I'd like to post them soon. The reason I haven't posted them yet is this...

I HAVE A DILEMMA.

I recently ran into an old acquaintance at the SF Zoo who told me that a strange guy was "following" her blog and that when she tried to find out if she had any connection to him, the only connection she could find was that he was also a "follower" of my blog.

I looked up my followers and I don't know the guy either. What I do know without a doubt is that he creeped me out. Ew.

So, now I'm uncomfortable posting on my public blog like I used to.

Here is the thing...I haven't made my blog private to this point because I like to let people I know casually read my blog... no invitation required. (This stems from the fact that there are some old friends of mine that I would love to ask for invites to their blogs but I don't have their e-mail addresses anymore so I can't request one. Boo.)

That being said... There are only two options that I know of for blog privacy:
1. Make my blog private and ask for people to send me their e-mail addresses so I can "invite" them to read it. (Too bad for those that miss the boat or don't have my e-mail address.)
-OR-
2. Switch completely over to a Wordpress blog where I can password protect my posts and then give some kind of hint about what the password is so that people who actually know me can read my blog without needing an invitation.

Are there any other options? I need help deciding... What should I do? I kind of like the password option, I think. I am up for suggestions, though.

What have you done to make your blogs safe from strange, uncomfortable eyes?