Exit this survey Karen's Blog Survey Question Title * 1. How often would you say you read my blog? Once a month Once a week A few times a week I signed up for the RSS feed so it comes to my email but I only read it about half the time I signed up for the RSS feed so it comes to my email and I usually do read it I signed up for the RSS feed so it comes to my email but I almost never read it Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Which best describes you? I work full time outside the home. I work part time outside the home. I am home full time and have children who live at home. I am home full time but do not have children living at home. I work from home and have children living at home. I work from home and do not have children living at home. Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. Which applies to you? I am single, never married. I am single and divorced. I am single and a widow. I am married. I am re-married after divorce. I am re-married after being a widow. Question Title * 4. If you have school-aged children, are they: In public school In private school Homeschooled I have kids in more than one educational setting Question Title * 5. My age is: 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 65 and over Question Title * 6. My total household income would be: (Please note I have no way of knowing who answered each question so this is totally anonymous. I know the median income in my state of Michigan. I am curious if it matches the median income of my blog readers.) Under $30,000 $30,000- $40,000 $40,000-$50,000 $50,000-$60,000 $60,000-$70,000 $70,000-$80,000 $80,000-$90,000 $90,000-$100,000 Over $100,000 Question Title * 7. What I like about your blog is: (check as many as apply) The interviews with special guests Posts about home management (organizing, hospitality, holiday ideas) Posts about relationships (marriage, friendship, raising kids) Posts about spiritual growth Posts about weight loss/health (motivational) Posts about how to get started speaking or writing Posts about your daily life that let me see into your home & family Posts that have practical, bullet-point action steps that help me live life better Posts with giveaways :-) Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. What I like least about your blog is: (check all that apply) The interviews with special guests Posts about home management (organizing, hospitality, holiday ideas) Posts about relationships (marriage, friendship, raising kids) Posts about spiritual growth Posts about weight loss/health (motivational) Posts about how to get started speaking or writing Posts about your daily life that let me see into your home & family Posts that have practical, bullet-point action steps that help me live life better Posts with giveaways :-) Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. I would like to see this topic addressed on your blog: (Check all that interest you and please note that I couldn't POSSIBLY address these by myself. If a topic pulls a top place that I haven't a clue about, I'll have a guest poster that day :-)) Finding a menu-planning, shopping, & cooking routine Freezer and quantity cooking (to cook ahead and save the daily mess) Easy recipes for busy families Healthy recipes my kids and hubby will actually like & eat Time management (getting more done in less time, when & when not to multi-task) Home organization (getting my "stuff" in place & keeping it that way!) Hospitality (getting my act together so we can have others over, what to serve, what to do) Creative ideas for celebrating various holidays and holy days Mothering in general ( how to maintain a sane & godly perspective) Adjusting to raising babies Raising toddlers Raising elementary-aged children Raising teens Dealing with an empty nest Respecting my husband with my words and actions What Biblical marriage looks like practically "Horizontal fellowship" (i.e....sex :-) Dealing with a difficult marriage (a spouse who is abusive, even if verbally) Dealing with a difficult marriage (a spouse who is uninterested or a workaholic and neglectful of me & the kids) Dealing with the normal male-female differences in marriage Friendships (how to make & maintain healthy ones) Friendships (how to draw boundaries with overly-needy or demanding ones) Weight loss Guidelines for Internet & social media (how to not fritter time away or live in the cyber world too much while neglecting my real family & friends) Dealing with the in-laws (and outlaws) in my family How to let dad be dad and not get in the way of his unique relationship with the kids How to stop trying to control (people, others behavior, situations, etc..) and start trusting God How to grow my relationship with God by studying the Bible Prayer (how to pray & not be distracted; why should I pray? etc..) Finding my calling in life (while being a wife/ mom or both) How to discover God's will in situations Having confidence and not doubting myself all the time Managing my anger Controlling my tongue Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. Besides your blog, I also connect with you because: I am your friend on Facebook and like to read your posts I am your friend on Facebook but don't really read your posts I follow you on Twitter I would like to be your Facebook friend but am not yet I would like to follow you on Twitter but don't yet I don't use Facebook I don't use Twitter Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. I wish you would bring back Weight Loss Wednesdays (add an additional comment if you'd like) Strongly agree Somewhat agree Disagree Strongly disagree I wasn't around when you did Weight Loss Wednesdays Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. If you redesign your website, I think you should (check all that apply and please leave any other suggestions under "other") Keep it looking like a blog and still blog 3-4 days a week Make it more of a website with interaction (video clips of you speaking on various topics; downloadable giveaways) but not as centered on blog posts Make it look more like a website but still blog 3-4 days a week Only blog once a week (because there are just too many blogs out there and I can't possibly keep up with reading them all) Do some video blogging (short clips of ideas/teaching) Keep the colors you have (turquoise & salmon) Change your colors (if you choose this, leave a comment under "other" with what colors you think of when you think of me) Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. I wish you would lead book/Bible studies online more often. True False Doesn't matter to me Question Title * 14. Any other comments that would be helpful for me to know? Please be honest but also be nice :-) Done