I think Civiblog has been deserted. My blog host, which I really have come to like, hasn't been active for a year. So far, no blog seems affected, but it's no longer the community I hoped for. For a variety of reasons I've decided to move hosts, and in the meantime I've started posting on http://mummydothat.blogspot.com. Layout elements etc still in process of being transferred, but new contents is already up for the moment.

So why am I moving?

- Civiblog has no SEO tools, so my traffic has been static and rather low. Which may be a sign that my blog is of little interest, fair enough, but you can't blame a girl for trying to get more readers.
- There is no active community on civiblog (anymore) and I want to network a bit more
- my blogging themes have changed and the majority of blog posts are no longer linked to civil society though this is still a passion of mine
- I'm not allowed to make money on my blog at civiblog. This hasn't been policed and I doubt that there is anyone who would, but don't want to chance having my blog deleted for the sake of earning a few pennies.

I've considered using Typepad, after deciding Wordpress isn't for me, but for the moment I want to save the cost if Blogger works out ok for me, I give it a couple of weeks but so far it's looking like it does all I want. The only thing I'm rather disappointed with is that the import blog function causes an error. I had really hoped that I would have been able to transfer all my content to the new blog.

The new blog is called Mummy Do That because that's what Cubling tells me every day, and really, it's about all the stuff that mummy Cartside does with the time that she's been given. One fine day in March, I changed from Cartside to Mummy. Whatever they say, once you're a mum, you're mainly a mum, everything else is second, and I'm finally no longer pretending that this is not the case. I like being a mum. The new title reflects that. My pen name will remain Cartside because I love living at the White Cart Water. All things considered though, the new blog is really just a continuation of this blog, not a break with it.

So, hope to see you at http://mummydothat.blogspot.com and do say hello! there, follow me and if you would even change your link / add a link to my blog... that would be just brilliant .