1st Post

19 Nov 2008

Okay, so it’s official. I am now literally a blogger!

I’ve been calling my journal entries “blogs” for years, and sharing some of them with family and close personal friends, but I have older teenagers (who seem to think they OWN the internet and all things techno) who informed me that those were NOT blogs because a blog has to be on a public forum for the whole world to see. Actually that’s my longer version of the event – I believe what they really said was, “What-EVER, you are SO not blogging.”

I still haven’t wrapped my brain around the concept of actually wanting the whole world to see how totally, thoroughly I can screw things up, but hey! Who knows! One of my entries might actually prevent some other family from having to seek emergency medical treatment! (That should be plural, as in treatments, because with 6 kids – four of which are boys - we seemed to have lived at the Urgent Care Center.)

As I typed that last sentence why did my mother’s voice float through my ears saying, “Do as I say, not as I do!”

I also seem to have a knack for turning the minutest events into 3 and 4 page entries, so be warned. My English teacher, Steve Puklin gave me some great advice after my daughter told him that I’d done five versions of my rough draft. Just say to yourself, “I may not be done, but I’m finished.”

Sooo… without further ado… Welcome to my World!