Taking the Blogger plunge!

Well, here goes .... I'm jumping in head first! Don't really know where this will lead, but I'm diving into the blogging world. For years, I've never really thought I had much to say. I'm a pretty quiet gal. But I've recently realized that I simply express myself much better through the written word rather than the spoken word. A lot more goes on in my head then what is actually said. But probably the real reason for beginning this new adventure is to record all of my family's daily happenings that seem so precious at the time but are soon forgotten. I don't want to forgot!! Ok, and here's my secret reason for starting this blog. I'm hoping it will somehow keep me accountable to saving and recording all these memories. See, the other day I found a hand-written journal that I had started for my oldest daughter when she was 2 years old. On the first page I vowed to record every funny, embarrassing, traumatic, etc. event in her life as best I could since I had failed for the first two years of her life. Know how many events I recorded in that book? About 5. Yep, just 5 and she is now 5 1/2 years old. It pains me to think of all the things I've already forgotten. So I totally felt like a failure. A total quitter. And then I got to thinking, "Man, I've really been succeeding at this quitting thing lately." I quit my half-marathon training (here's my good excuse: my racing buddy got injured and wouldn't be able to run with me...all her fault. Love you, Tara!) I quit at being a dog owner. Wanna hear this excuse? This is at least what we told our devastated, crying children as the new owner carried away her new puppy..."Mommy and Daddy weren't able to spend as much time with you anymore cause we were always taking care of the dog. And we won't be able to go on any vacations this summer cause we'll have to stay home with the dog." That was the excuse. The real reason...it was so stinkin' hard taking care of that darn dog! And when it got hard, I quit. So....here's to no more quitting!!! Here's to starting this blog and continuing this blog until .... oh crap! This is gonna be like, at least a 16 year commitment if I'm gonna finish this when my kids are out of the house. *Deep breath* Alright, let's make a realistic goal here. How bout...one year...at least one post a week. I think I can do that. Yeah, I CAN