Happy Blog Thoughts

You know, I read a lot of other people's blogs. For a while I didn't leave comments (even though I wanted to) because I felt like I was out of the loop, and that no one would know who I was. Well my darling Lisa gave me the confidence to start commenting. In fact she basically told me, " If you want people to comment on your blog you have to comment on theirs."

That was a light bulb moment for me.

So now I comment like crazy, well maybe just mildly deranged. I just read my cousin -in- law Debie Spurgeon's blog, talking about how much she enjoys blogging. I left her a nice hefty comment (of course).

And then I started thinking.

I love blogging! I never realized that I had so many thoughts and ideas inside of me that were just looking for an outlet

I loved writing about each of my children. And sometimes, writing even more about each of my children.

I love that there was an editorial in the paper yesterday about the fish and chip stand on George Washington way in Richland, and that I saw it and could think to myself "yep, I blogged about that already."

I love that I am getting in touch with family members that I usually only see at the yearly family Christmas party, or when I'm at Walmart.

I loved reading about Tami and her two little grandsons (the Ruby Street Gang) having to take care of a poor crazy robin since Leon has become such a pacifist.

I love finding out how much my cousin Marilyn loves music and listening to some songs I've never heard before by artists I've never heard of.

I loved reading that my cousin Amy J, loves books as much as I do and loves to shop for them at goodwill like I do and never liked her middle name growing up.

I love finding out that my cousin Mitch loves Halloween so much and seeing the hilarious pictures of him in his incredible costumes.

I love that I am kind of getting to know people like Jan. Someone I'm not related to but who knows several of my cousins much better than I do. And finding out that she hated High School and reading her fun happy blogs.

And one of the things that really chokes me up is how many people have taken an interest in my sweet little Elisabeth Elva.

It's really nice that people that haven't really known our family very well have taken this little angel into their hearts the way they have. I know it means so much to Donald and Lisa.

I love that my little brother Mike writes such a great blog and that he and I are communicating more than we have in years.

I have gotten adventurous and even left comments on one of Donald's guy friends blogs and one on a girl he went to school with because her dear little daughter had such sweet little thoughts about Elisabeth.

It's funny that I am doing something like a blog because I am not very tech savvy. If you have noticed that I never have pictures, it's because I don't know how to do them. Donald and Lisa both assure me that it is the easiest thing in the world to do. And one of these days when they aren't busy going on vacation to California or taking Elisabeth to the neurologist in Spokane, I'm sure they will show me how to do it. And then watch out. I will have pictures galore. Also if you notice I never have links, well same thing.

I don't know how.

I am really intrigued that people have give-a ways. How cool. I wouldn't have any idea how to do something that complicated, but I am a pretty fast learner.

So maybe someday.

Another thing that Debie pointed out on her blog and that I have seen mentioned on various others is the idea of binding all of your blogs into a hard covered book. I think that is such a great idea. I immediately thought about if my Grandma Brinkerhoff or Grandma Mathews had something like that. Or even cooler, (since I knew both of my grandmas very well) To have one from my Great Grandmas.

Well I guess I have waxed poetic on the wonders of blogs long enough. Thanks Debie for making me think about it. And for giving such a great topic for a post. And she is such a generous and kind person that I know she won't even think, Hello Plagiarism.