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IMPORTANT POST !!!! Privacy Paranoia !!!!

Hello Friends and Family,

I hope everyone reads this blog, or those who do share with the occasional readers, as I don't want anyone to miss out who reads this even occasionally.  

In about a week I am going to change the privacy of this blog to listed people only.  I will need your email address to add you to the list. PLEASE EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW!!!

My privacy paranoia started a couple of month ago. While I try not to be "that kind of person" I became less-than confident in internet privacy and proceeded to remove all photos of my kids from Facebook. In fact I pretty much only read Facebook and rarely post things anymore.

A couple of days ago I read an article from CatholicMom.org talking about creepy people trolling blogs on the internet for pictures of kids. I'm sure I don't have to elaborate why they do this.

Anyway, I want a way to share with all of you who are far away, but I also want to be able to put up photos and not feel that creepy people could be looking at them. Blogger does not track where readers come from except by country and browser. So I am taking the most conservative route that I can. I already have my blog set to not searchable. I have taken our name out of the title, and I think I may change the URL as well (I will post that change, or send an email)

I will try to do this next weekend after I have some names. You should receive an invitation. This will require you to log on to see the blog, though most browsers will remember your credentials for you.

I hope you understand my concern and my desire to keep my privacy private - especially for my kiddos. One extra step to keep them safer seems like a no-brainer to me.

Thanks in advance,
Dena

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