How do you check your private blogs for updates?

Having a private blog has pro's and con's. The pro's outweigh the con's in my opinion, and that is why I went private. But, for those of you that have an issue with the con's, namely not knowing when a private blog is updated, let me share with you how I check the private blogs that I read. Maybe it will help ease some frustration.

First, you'll want to sign into your Blogger account, then pull up all of your private blogs one at a time, and add them to your bookmarks. Make a central folder in your bookmarks, so there is only one folder to work from. I use Mozilla Firefox for my web browser, so that is what these pictures are taken from. They are just a 'Print Screen' capture.

Once you have all your blogs bookmarked, you can bring up the folder. In my case:
Bookmarks --> Julie -- > Private Blogs

Then, see the little option on the bottom of the 'private blogs' list? It says 'Open All in Tabs'.



























I choose this option, and it opens up all my bookmarked pages. Since I am logged in to my own account, I can readily read all of the private blogs. I usually check mine once a day. I know it's not as simple as a feed, or being told on your dashboard, but it works for me. Just thought I'd share.