Why I Don’t Vlog: A Vlog

This vlog is linked up with the fabulous #Vlog Talk girls, Elena, Jessica and Kate!

 

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133 Responses to Why I Don’t Vlog: A Vlog
  1. Hutch
    May 16, 2011 | 12:40 pm

    Noooooo, I can’t watch at work! I will do my best to come back later :)

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 1:14 pm

      Sounds like we need to figure out a way to covert vlog. :)

  2. A Mommy in the City
    May 16, 2011 | 12:56 pm

    You did AMAZING! Love the cameos by the girls too! Please do more vlogs!

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 1:14 pm

      You are too kind! Thank you!!

  3. Elaine
    May 16, 2011 | 1:52 pm

    I love the you vlogged about NOT vlogging. HA HA HA!

    Have I told you lately how glad I am that I met you at Blissdom? Of course this made me miss you. Wish we could hang out more! You’re my kind of peeps Liz. xo

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 3:23 pm

      I know, right? Leave it to me to suggest a prompt like that and THEN get sucked in to act on it!

      So glad I met you, too! We need a Southern conference, man!

  4. Mama Kat
    May 16, 2011 | 2:31 pm

    Yay!!! You did great! Loved the babies, loved the voice, loved all of it. The topic totally cracked me up too. Way to go mama!

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 3:25 pm

      Wow, thanks for the support! It really means a lot from a vlog pro like yourself!

      And now if we could figure out why @LATorres is having dreams about us…

  5. Angie
    May 16, 2011 | 2:31 pm

    100% ALLCAPSAWESOME
    and check you out with your fancy powerpoint presentation!
    I think your voice is quite lovely, but I get it. I’m not a fan of mine either.

  6. Melissa (Confessions of a Dr.Mom)
    May 16, 2011 | 2:53 pm

    ALLCAPSAWESOME Liz!

    I’ve been toying with the idea of vlogging…hmm…maybe.

    You did great and I love your voice!

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 3:26 pm

      Well, since I’ve spoken to you on the phone, I think I’m a fair judge of whether or not you should vlog. The answer is Y-E-S!

      DO IT!

  7. Glamamom
    May 16, 2011 | 3:17 pm

    This may be my last comment.

    HA! I have no idea what you’re talking about. Well, I do. I’m self critical too but no one is looking at it the way you are. Well done. Especially the interruptions. I love seeing the girls too.

    • Liz
      May 16, 2011 | 3:23 pm

      Wait, why? I’m confused. Why is this your last comment?

  8. Jen {at} take2mommy
    May 16, 2011 | 4:20 pm

    Good job! So will this be your last vlog, since you’re not a fan of vlogging?
    I can tell you with 100% certainty that I will never vlog. I think I look scary on video. Photos — different story. I can always Photoshop out a wrinkle or a pimple. Ain’t no Photoshopping a video though!

  9. Coffee Lovin' Mom
    May 16, 2011 | 5:21 pm

    Did I leave a comment already? I think I started to, please forgive if it’s a repeat but I feel the same way as you – I wore a hat! I do love, being on the reading end of your blog, being able to see the real person so there is two sides. I loved yours – thanks for sharing!

  10. Katie
    May 16, 2011 | 5:52 pm

    looks like my kinda blog.

    I give this an ALLCAPSTHUMBSUP

  11. Paula@Simply Sandwich
    May 16, 2011 | 6:43 pm

    Awesome first vlog! I really loved getting to “see” the person behind the words! :)

  12. Jen
    May 16, 2011 | 8:01 pm

    I thought that was awesome! It was great too ‘see’ you. :)

    • Liz
      May 17, 2011 | 6:59 am

      Thanks, Jen! You are such an old pro at this, you probably have no idea why many of us fuss over vlogging. :)

  13. Mom Went Crazy
    May 16, 2011 | 9:24 pm

    You’re too funny!! I did the same prompt. My main reason is I hate the word vlog!! lol I probably won’t ever vlog again.

  14. Poppy
    May 16, 2011 | 9:34 pm

    So glad you ate your “that’s why I’ll NEVER vlog” words because I couldn’t love you more!

    • Liz
      May 17, 2011 | 7:01 am

      This makes me smile! So did I sound like you figured I would?

      Love ya Poppy!

  15. Heather @ Life as we know it...
    May 16, 2011 | 11:16 pm

    Lol…love it! Before last week I never thought I’d do a vlog either and the lovely ladies have sucked me in as well…wow, they are good at that!

  16. Leanne
    May 16, 2011 | 11:21 pm

    What are you talking about? You don’t have a chicago accent, at all! I mean, you sound PERFECTLY NORMAL to me! ;) LIZ!!! LOOK AT YOU!!!! You’re so cute and fun and silly. And I think I TOTALLY saw you at Orland Park Mall in 1990!!!! Seriously! You haven’t changed one bit! ;) (Do I comment with too many exclamation points? I think I need to tone it down a bit, don’t you think? Sorry. I’m just SO EXCITED to see you!!! Oh, s***, there I go, again. sorry)

    • Liz
      May 17, 2011 | 7:16 am

      I love your enthusiastic comments, Leanne! Thanks for vlog lovin’!

  17. Kimberly
    May 17, 2011 | 12:32 am

    Great topic! That’s the one I chose too! I love that your girls made an appearance. They’re adorable! Also? #ALLCAPSAWESOME! :)

  18. XLMIC
    May 17, 2011 | 1:40 am

    ALLCAPSAWESOME, woman! You: 1) are cute, 2) have a great voice (who does like their own voice?), 3) need to know that chicago and hillbilly make a nice contrast (but just keep it short if it bugs you), and 4) we’re all dorks… we BLOG!!!! lol

    Great job on this… you MUST do another one :)

    • Liz
      May 17, 2011 | 7:17 am

      Glad to hear my vocab and voice have formed a nice mix. ;-)

  19. Sue Campbell
    May 17, 2011 | 8:38 am

    And here I thought the reason you don’t vlog would be because you can’t get five minutes without kids hogging the camera!

    Your reasons make total sense to me, but I’m glad you did it anyway! It was great!

  20. Nichole
    May 17, 2011 | 9:01 am

    Love this!
    But your girls totally stole the show…they are ALLCAPS GORGEOUS!

  21. L. Eleana
    May 17, 2011 | 9:46 am

    I love all your reasons. At least you’ve got the Chicago part with the southern drawl. I’m just Southern, LOL!

  22. Leighann
    May 17, 2011 | 12:00 pm

    You are a 10 #ALLCAPSAWESOME!!!
    I think I like you more!!
    Awesome job Liz!

  23. SaucyB
    May 17, 2011 | 12:54 pm

    girl, you are ALLCAPSAWESOME.
    I hate my voice too. I sound like Minnie Mouse. all right, maybe not that bad, but i always cringe when I hear/see myself on video.

  24. Lula Lola
    May 17, 2011 | 1:56 pm

    Very cute! The girls are completely edible. I vote that your next vlog is an interview with them!

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:51 pm

      I might be able to swing that, LL! :)

  25. Ilana
    May 17, 2011 | 7:20 pm

    Your last reason is EXACTLy why I don’t blog. Gotta keep up the coolness facade.

    ALLCAPSAWESOME!

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:52 pm

      You crack me up for saying this! Because I met you in person! Why would anyone think you weren’t cool?

  26. Tina @ Life Without Pink
    May 17, 2011 | 8:29 pm

    Girl you did awesome! These are pretty much my reasons too. I need to get back on the vlog wagon and stop being so critical. Maybe I’ll link up next time :)

  27. Diane @ OhDiane
    May 17, 2011 | 10:05 pm

    I loved how you edited your vlog and added text. I need to learn how to do that stuff.

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:54 pm

      Mine was all in the transitions. I haven’t figured out to how put text or musical overlays yet. iMovie has a LOT of features!

  28. Tracie
    May 17, 2011 | 10:32 pm

    I would say you did #ALLCAPSAWESOME!!

    ….although I did laugh when “I’m not fancy” came up on the screen all fancy-like!

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:56 pm

      I guess I have a bit of irony in me. Considering I suggested a vlog prompt about why a person doesn’t vlog. #gofigure

  29. Lady Jennie
    May 18, 2011 | 12:16 pm

    AWESOME!!! I like your last reason best. It’s my number one reason too. And I’m not vlogging about it either.

    Plus I don’t think I could figure out all. I’ll just keep pretending I’m cool.

  30. The Reason You Come
    May 18, 2011 | 7:18 pm

    I think you did ALLCAPSAWESOME! I like reason #4. But I’m wondering what Chi-town + Hillbilly sounds like.

  31. Teresa
    May 18, 2011 | 9:32 pm

    I love a hillbilly accent, you don’t need makeup, I like your glasses (I wore contacts for my vlog, because I did my makeup, but I usually wear my specs), thanks for sharing your awesomeness.

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:53 pm

      It’s funny that you mention the glasses. I’ve been thinking how I need to make my Twitter profile photo, etc., one that includes glasses because I wear them all the time now.

  32. Melissa {adventuroo}
    May 18, 2011 | 10:14 pm

    Oh this is ALLCAPSAWESOME! We’re gonna get along great at Type A because you outlined the EXACT reasons why I’ve never vlogged! Plus the word just eeks me out.

    Nice job!

  33. Kate
    May 19, 2011 | 10:08 am

    I’m so paranoid about my voice! In the 7th grade a kid named Kyle Carpenter told me I had a boring voice & so I get paranoid about it! lol

    Your girls are so cute, Lboy was totally obsessed with watching them on video!

    On a scale from 1-10 that was a 100 #ALLCAPSAWESOME vlog!

    • Liz
      May 19, 2011 | 6:55 pm

      LBoy has 2 potential girlfriends, then. And not *that* much distance between. :)

  34. Organic Motherhood with Cool Whip
    May 19, 2011 | 3:39 pm

    You are 100% ALLCAPSAWESOME. You totally rocked that bad boy. But I’m still with you on the no vlogging thang. I’m not into getting fancified for the interwebs. I like to blog in my pjs with my medusa hair unbrused for 3 days. Cuz thats the way I like to roll. Shhhhhh…don’t tell anyone.

  35. Amy
    May 20, 2011 | 9:37 am

    OMG – your vlog was just too cute! There is nothing wrong with your voice – I think we all hate our voices! I know I can’t stand to hear myself!! LOL

  36. Paulette
    May 21, 2011 | 3:07 pm

    Great Job! You have a great voice!

  37. Booyah's Momma
    May 22, 2011 | 2:27 am

    1. Your girls are tooo cute.
    2. You came across in vlog form exactly the way I imagined you in bloggy form. Well, maybe with a slight midwest accent.
    3. I think you need to do more of these. I LOVED this.

  38. HopefulLeigh
    May 22, 2011 | 12:38 pm

    You crack me up! I feel you on the Chicago accent meets Southern drawl thing we have going on. I get made fun of here for the Chicago and made fun of at home for the Southern. Oh well!

  39. Mad Woman behind the Blog
    June 9, 2011 | 5:25 pm

    FINALLY! Finally I found the time to watch this! Liz, I think I like you even more. And now I’m feeling the pressure to try this myself!