Jenny and Erin

Next week our blog turns six months old! To date this equals 75 posts and innumerable hours talking, laughing and planning (okay, and a few arguing…). Erin and I have been reflecting upon what we have accomplished, the changes time has brought and some thoughts about our direction.

First, Erin and I have realized that what started as an experiment (the blog that is) has become something we really enjoy. We have met wonderful people, been challenged to think and learn, had brilliant - and not so brilliant - moments, shared our fun, frustrations and struggles with our walking dare. We have also come to value and rely on the thoughtfulness of several people we’ve met (or gotten to know much better) through this online life. The blog and you have truly exceeded all we could of hoped for when we started…so a most sincere thanks.

Here‘s where things are heading next.

• First, we are taking your advice and are continuing the walks. We are going to keep the original trail miles and allow our timeline to be slightly more fluid. We will keep you updated as we continue to walk these beautiful trails.
• Second, we plan on changing the blog’s format slightly and are still brainstorming exactly how this will pan out. We are especially exploring how to cover a particular idea or train of thought in a bit more depth. We loved having Mark Lapierre guest post and would like to have more guest contributors featured in the future. We are open to suggestions and questions you would like to see explored.
• Third, because we only had 8 unique visitors our first month (yep) we are going to repeat a few of our favorite “vintage” posts this week. I really hope you enjoy them as much as we did writing them.
• Finally, we’d really appreciate it if you have any feedback or ideas on what you like and or don’t about our site on content, design, etc. as we work towards making these and other changes.

Thank you for visiting and we look forward unveiling a new look and feel to you very soon!

Jenny and I have been doing a little “behind the scenes” blog construction. Part of this included adding related articles to our posts. Most of the WordPress plug-ins for related posts base the linkages on title and text keywords; however we wanted to ensure our related posts are, well, related. So we did a one time manual update. If you are subscribed to our site, you may have noticed that every updated article was sent out again. We are sorry if we clogged your email, feed reader or whatever tool you use, but I hope it was fun to see a few vintage posts (okay, we haven’t been around that long).

We also updated our About Jenny and Erin page. The update is a better reflection of us and our blog.

Over the next few days Jenny and I will be upgrading wordpress, shifting around a few categories and doing some general clean up/maintenance on our blog. Hopefully you won’t notice the bumps too much. If you have problems accessing our site, or if you just have a burning question, email us directly at jenny-and-erin@jenny-and-erin.com.