Thoughts on thread schedule?

ball.and.chain

So I feel like this board is really cooking Mondays and Tuesdays when we have the check ins and TTT.  And Thursday and Friday are usually fairly active with the PIP thread and @2MamazinSeattle's GTKY threads.  But Wednesday is slow.  We can do better!  We used to have a Health and Wellness Check In (which I sometimes posted), but it never got a ton of love and I'm honestly not super focused on that right now.  So I thought I'd ask how people felt about coming up with a good Wednesday thread.

A board that split off from this board (hosted elsewhere) has Whine and Wine Wednesday.  You say what you want to whine about and what you are celebrating.  They also do a Thankful Thursday, which is nice -- if we wanted to do that, we could always move the PIP thread to Wednesdays.  PGAL has Clicky Poll Wednesday.  Those are the only ideas I have come up with.  Anyone else?  Ideas?  Thoughts?

healz413

I was just thinking about this yesterday! (I have thought about it in the past, but yesterday it seemed really obvious to me that there was a gap).

I totally support it.

I like the idea of Whine and Wine. Or Clicky Poll.

We could do a What We Like Wednesday and people share a few random things that they like (cheese, cool summer evenings, The X Files, etc.) if that didn't feel too much like TTT.

Blast from the Past (or another name)--sharing a story or picture from the past

Wacky Wednesday-- joke, riddle, funny story

Ok, I'm out of ideas (and was a few lines ago, I think).

AandStilltrying

I love the whine or wine. By Wed. We've all pretty well had it for the week.

Jazibel

Thanks @ball.and.chain for bringing this up.

You both read my mind - I think I noticed it more this week too (plus I was Bump stalking to get the good news from M & H regarding their little Rockies).  ;-)

I like the Whine and Wine Wednesdays and the Blast from the Past ideas - actually all the ideas.

If I knew how to create a clicky poll I'd set something up to take votes - Anyone??

ATXmommas

I like the idea. I haven't been participating quite as much lately but enjoy reading the threads and participating when I have time. Any of the ideas sound good.

trisholio

I was just thinking the same thing, Wednesdays are a lull on the board.  I love all the ideas.  I was on another board (totally different site and subject) years ago and they did Whine and Cheese Day.  You say one good thing and one bad thing for that day/week/ect.  I guess similar to Whine and Wine, lol, I just re-read the original post.

Excuse any errors its 4am and baby K does not want to go back to sleep!  :-)  Happy Friday everyone

GoaliesWife123

I like all the above ideas. We could also do a What's for dinner Wednesday. Great ideas, friends!

2MamazInSeattle

Love it ball.and.chain! This Wed. must have been especially boring because I too thought the same thing...what can we do to jazz up Wednesdays?

While I like the Whine and Wine, I wonder if it's too much like TTT, which often seems to be similar stuff (the good, the bad, etc.). That said, I'm not opposed.

I like clicky polls or the idea of PIP Wednesday and Thankful Thursdays! However, anything to bring a little spring to Wednesday's step sounds great to me.

KH826

I agree with everyone! Wednesdays need a refresh!

I would also like to add that I think sometimes folks are hesitant to start a new thread, and wait for one of the "regular thread-starters" to do it. It would be super helpful if just in general anyone who wanted to started any weekly thread if they check-in for the first time that day and see that the thread hasn't been started yet. I am usually an early riser, and I am happy to start threads whenever (and I know others feel the same), but I would hate to think that a certain thread was neglected just b/c I (or whoever the usually initiator is) was running behind or busy that day.

Anywho, I like the What's for Dinner Wednesday idea... it could turn into a bit of a recipe swap; PIPs of meals made throughout the week; ideas for cooking for/with LOs; Healthy cooking or special indulgences... I think that might be fun and something different...

I do also like the idea of Whacky Wednesday... sharing a joke or something funny or a little weird... my only concern about this one is that it might be hard to always come up with something...

Anyway, I support any and all of the ideas mentioned!

ball.and.chain

I'll leave a bit more time for comments and then make a clicky poll for voting. Keep the ideas coming!

StacyLH24

I think this is a great idea. I like the What's for dinner Wednesday. I also like the idea of moving PIP to Wednesday and having Thankful Thursday. I'm all for having some positive stuff going around! I know we generally aren't very negative, but it does happen and maybe a thread like that can help pull us, individually, out of a funk if any of us are in one.

JGY

I have nothing substantial to add, but I'm happy that others want more activity on this board.  I sometimes feel like a big loser when I get sad that there isn't more to catch up on.

 

clairmeij

Thank you for bringing this up @ball.and.chain! I love the idea of 'quick' threads because even though I often read the board, and really truly want to contribute, I struggle to make time. A wednesday poll would allow me to be more involved Totally selfish opinion though!