Being 38 years old, I’d like to think that I have become the kind of person who will try almost anything once.
Ten years ago that definitely would have never been me. So let’s just say that I have done some growing up and leave it at that. And I guess I can cross this off of my “things to try” list…..my own blog.
This will be a good challenge for me, I think, since I tend to be a very self critical person. A perfectionist, if you will. I wonder if any of you who know me is surprised by this. ;>) It will be interesting to see how many times I can write a post without going back later and thinking “What the hell did you say that for?” The second test will be to just let go of it. The third will be to get the computer part right. (I already wrote this post once and lost it! I could cry!)
I think people who enjoy reading blogs might be the same kind of people who enjoy “reality” TV. There is something fascinating about getting a glimpse of someone else’s life without them knowing that you are watching…..or reading. I can’t help it…..call me curious….I am SO one of those people.
Remember when people used to write things they wanted no one else to see in diaries with little locks and keys? (Who do they think they ARE trying to keep their thoughts private?!) I realize that people who write in online journals about their lives KNOW that other people will actually find out what they think, but sometimes it really feels like you’re peeking!
There is a blog that I read religiously, along with the ones on Hayesvision (yay Patrick and Em!), that is written by a woman in Utah that is the mother of four children, the wife of an online cartoonist, and an expert at frugal living. Her husband also happens to be a guy I once knew in high school. The stories she tells about her family’s lives are amazing and I am addicted. It’s not so much what she writes about as it is how she writes it. She can make the littlest, most insignificant moment of her day seem huge. She is my inspiration for doing this blog. I hope I can measure up!
If you do not already know me, here is the very short version (if I tell you everything now, there will be nothing to tell later!): I am a 38 year old mother of two children, Allison (10) and Trent (4) and I have been married for almost 15 years to the greatest guy ever, Brett. I have also been a teacher for the last 16 years and I am currently teaching first grade; an education for me daily, to say the least!
We live on the west coast of Florida, very close to the beach, but we are in the midst of piecing together a move to North Carolina (more on that another time). So I hope that you will check in from time to time, and maybe even leave a comment now and then.
I am looking forward to having some flies on my wall! Here’s hoping that you will be one of them….
