You got me!

Yeah yeah yeah! I know I always said I didn't want to do a blog. But then I got sucked in by many of my friends and family's blogs that I couldn't resist the blog's power any longer. Really you all have only yourselves to blame for this. There are so many reasons I hesitated in starting a blog. To maintain my dignity I will name them here:

1) I always felt that there was a certain expectation in doing a blog that you had to make it cutesy, interesting and worth reading. I felt this wasn't always going to be true for me and my blog if I did one and so I thought I shouldn't attempt. But then I read some of your blogs... and - Just kidding they are all so cute. Actually I read some of your blogs and realized it was such a great away to document life. To express my feelings on a particular day and to relish in the great morsels of cuteness that my children are. I cant laugh at them all by myself all the time.

2) I didn't think I could get anyone to read it. This last one is still a theory untested. But since I may have suckered some of you into coming to read it now - I might be able to get you to follow my humble blog occasionally as well. Especially if I tell you that if your blog is on my blog list, I regularly - this means at least once weekly - look and read your blog if you have updates. I feel the most powerful blog guilting I could do is to name names and make them pay the favor back and read my own blog. However if you dont have a blog on this list it is probably because I no longer have the right URL to your blog and you need to email it to me so I can watch your blog. Also if you have no blog and are reading this simply because you are a friend or family member to me then by default the blog guilt is automatic. :)

3) Lastly, I knew that joining the epidemic of blogism is a life altering, time warping, and hideously addictive hobby. Having accepted the doctrine of blogism and being ready to finally commit to baptism, I made the determination to create a blog. I have been working on it for a little while now because I'm not computer savvy enough to figure out how to get templates and layouts just right etc. I had to take some time to learn the language of Internet blogging. Having done so I am officially publishing my blog.

In another attempt to make sure my blog is more interesting to read (and in suckering some of you to make a habit of visiting it) I have also adopted something that I saw in one of my friend's blog: Thankful Thursdays. Every Thursday I will post things that I am feeling thankful for that day. As long as I am able to keep up with it along with my daily domestic responsibilities I hope to post a new posting every Thursday with the things that I am grateful for. Stay tuned (and be warned) I may name names.

Well that is it for now. I end my first official blog declaration. I could get used to this. Okay now, go comment. :)