One year ago today, I sat at my computer late one night and thought, what the heck, I’m going to start a blog. And for about 5 whole days, I kept it to myself because that way I would be under no pressure to do anything with it. I’ll just write whatever comes to mind, and if I decide to delete the whole thing, then no one will ever know the difference.
And I was cranking out some stellar, stellar material. Most of which had the same literary quality of most 5th grade essays, such as “I spent this summer at the pool. Then, I went to band camp. The pool was fun, but band camp was even more funner.”
It was riveting stuff.
Then, at the pool one afternoon, Gulley and I were talking and I confessed my blog secret, which at that time felt like I might as well say, “Hello. I am a big nerdy nerd who writes things ON THE COMPUTER and doesn’t even know if you say ‘html’ like it’s a word or if you just say the letters, which, technically, means I don’t even know enough to be a computer geek, so I’m just a plain old geek.”
But Gulley loves me, so she started reading, and I was bound and determined to keep her entertained with some average reading material. Then, I sent an email to about 5 of my friends from college, including Hite and Jen, letting them know I had started a blog and also, I had 852 slides from our latest vacation and we could all watch them during their next visit, right after we watched the video of Caroline’s birth.
Next, I made a few online friends (that term doesn’t sound creepy at all) like Barb, Diane, Jennifer, Melanie and Boomama, who read me when pretty much no one else knew that this level of writing quality was available on the internet. So, thank you ladies.
I had no idea that someday more than 15 people would read this, but I am so thankful that y’all do. Thanks for the laughs, the encouragement, the love and the commiseration. Y’all have made my life richer in the last year and I am grateful.
Many of you often email me and ask me what my favorite posts are, so in honor of one year on the computer, here are the links to a few of my favorite posts. And I’m totally kidding, no one has ever emailed to ask about my favorite posts, but here are the links anyway.
The Sopranos
Trials of Potty Training
Pregnancy and Bikinis
The Big Gulp
Adventures in Pedicures