Dear Blog: My first blog entry!

Dear Blog,

I have had several friends suggest blogging. It seems like everyone has a blog these days. I am not sure I have anything that important that needs to be shared, but I am willing to try. Plus, my grammar is poor, like fifth grader poor! (You have been warned!) One really great friend (thanks Jamie D) suggested just using it as an outlet, like a diary. Thus the name, Dear Blog, my online diary of sorts. I have thought about making one for months. Why today? Well, to be honest I wanted to have a place that I can share photos with family and friends other than FB. FB and I don't get along very well.

Now that I have taken the first step to start it, what do I do? haha I do have my own weight loss journey to share, who doesn't right? I also run my own home business making bows. Maybe I could share some tutorials? I think my main thing will be to share my life with my family. We live so far away from all our extended family. It is so hard to keep in touch, even with things like FB, email, and texting. Everyone's lives are so busy, including mine. It gets harder and harder to remember to find the time to say hello to those not in your immediate circle. I am very guilty of this. I will have good intentions of calling family members or sending out pictures, but then I never do. I am hoping that I can do this and share it with those we don't get to see very often. For those who care about what goes on in our lives, they will have a one stop place to check it out. Of course, that also lends itself to pestering by my ex and his wife...*sigh*..if only they could leave me alone. That will be another post all in itself one day I am sure!

To start - Today I took the kids to get pictures taken. I have been having their pictures taken this time every year since Jr was born. I do it not just for Christmas, but for their birthday pictures too. Can you believe Jr is five already? ha I really wish I would take the time to print out all his birthday pictures. Maybe I can make that a project if ever I catch up on work and the house. So probably wont happen! lol Anyway, the photo shoot went really well. I was a little worried about Em because she is in the "I don't want to" mood these days. At the hubby's request, I got into some of the shots today. I normally don't take pictures. I have shied away from camera's because of my weight. Now with the weight gone, I felt good about being in the pictures. Plus, the hubby asked. Poor hubby. With him away, he is among the forgotten sometimes too. I mean, we try to do things to help make him part of our daily lives, but at the end of the day, sleep becomes more important. Another thing I need to get better at. So I got in the pictures so we can send him some of his family. I am actually excited to see how they come out. I hope the camera finds me as skinny as I feel! :P I did take one with my phone of the kids. They looked great! I will post the others when the CD comes in. The only thing missing are the older boys. We did have them here last year for pictures and they came out so great! I am posting those too. It is so awesome when all four of my kids are here. My plan is to get a family picture of all of us this summer - the hubby and the older boys included! The last time we did that was right after Em was born and we have all changed since then!

I guess that is it for my first entry. I actually enjoyed typing this but I kept thinking, who cares? haha I feel a little silly about my blog post. It's not any information that will really be helpful to anyone. Maybe my next one will be about my weight loss - 43 pounds since April! I just need to find some before shots. Like I said, I have stayed away from being in pictures for a long time. Now if I am only brave enough to publish....