Well hello there, friends!

I've decided I'm bringin' blogging back, or at least I'm going to give it another try. What prompted this, you ask? Well I'll go ahead and outline it for you in no particular order:

A. I read blogs. I don't have time for books, and barely magazines these days, but these entertain me. They're funny, real, and even inspirational. My favorites are Enjoying the Small Things which I've been following for a few years. Kelle is a super mom who shares my love of soaking up the good stuff out of life. I'm also a fan of Mama Laughlin, whom I found on Pinterest, duh. Through her page I found Where We Can Live Like Jack and Sally , Big Holly is funny and real, and I'm fairly certain I would be her friend if I actually knew her. Technically I found her blog through her husband who has a blog/designs blogs/makes fun of blogs; he's funny. Also from Pinterest, I found Kate at  The Small Things Blog. She has the cutest hair ever. There are a few others I may pop over to if I have time, or am capable of staying up past 10 p.m.

B. I love to write. I went to college to study journalism, because I love to write (However I really knew I'd never work in that field, but that's another story for another day). Some people say I'm even pretty good at it, so I feel like I shouldn't waste that kind of talent.* They say 'those that can, do. those that can't, teach' those fools don't know what they're talkin' about. I could 'do' writing, but teaching is my calling. *I feel I must add that I am totally joking, so that no one is super disappointed that this isn't NY Times Best Seller literature.

C. I might be becoming one of those people who over-document their lives. I take no less than three dozen pictures of my child daily. I keep a journal. I facebook and instagram so that I can reflect on my posts later. I constantly find myself taking mental images of moments and thinking "Did ya get that, God? I want to make sure this makes the highlight reel."  I'm also borderline obsessive. And not a self-diagnoser at all.

D.? 4? whatever--- I used to have a blog. It was actually a Xanga, and one time someone called it a blog and I had to look up that word. I was 19, don't judge. I posted in that sucker every day, but somehow I either got much more boring, or a much busier life because it got pushed aside permanently. I also had Not So Newlywed ...well my last post in there was probably two years ago and that name doesn't fit anymore. It was going to be about all the funny and exciting things that happened to us in our early married years, but then I started to think that was stupid. Now I don't know.

The blogs I read are mainly about the every-day lives of the writers. I thought that if I were to write about those things, no one would ever want to read my blog, but I'm hoping that won't be true. After all, I read blogs like that and quite enjoy them. I guess we'll see.