The Art of Blogging

So now that I have been introduced to the world of blogging it has started to pre-occupy most of my thoughts....and as I went through the day today, really not wanting to do any work at all, I came up with several hundred things I could post on here....and then I realized that maybe, just maybe, people would find it utterly boring and not come back....which would really defeat the purpose of the page in the first place. So I guess after some reflection, I would like to retract a statement I made in the first post which is that this isn't really like an online diary after all....since no one really cares about the nitty gritty random thoughts I have. Most of the time I don't even really care about them after they have left my head.

With that being said, I still have quite a few topics that I would like to post on here, that people will find interest in...such as the home improvement projects and things of the like. I was on the phone a couple of weeks ago with Chelsea and she reminded me that she hasn't seen any pictures of the fence we had put up in the fall...and we have also gotten a lovely shed (I am sure you can figure out from where)....and I am trying my thumbs at gardening (they are not quite green yet, but they are getting there)....so I have plenty of things to post on here....oh yeah and I got a new car...and matt mott will most likely be getting a new truck by the end of the summer....and whoa nellie....like I said....I still have quite a few topics to ramble on about....

Bathroom Progress

Most of you are aware that we are adding a second bathroom to our house, upstairs. This has become a gruelling project that is taking far longer than either of us had anticipated. I believe, from what I am hearing from other homeowners, that home improvement projects are never completed within the time frame you give yourself. At least not when you are doing it all yourself...and life continues on around you. Anyway, after a horribly wretched day of work a couple of weeks ago, I decided to take out my new camera and introduce myself to it.....or should I say, have it introduce itself to me. I spent a good 2 hours, and took close to 300 shots of 5 bathroom accessories!!! Some might think I have a problem....but not anyone who likes photography :-) Needless to say I was able to come up with 4 shots in color that I have blown up and will actually be framing to hang in the bathroom, once it indeed is completed. It has given me some encouragement to get moving again on that project. Unfortunately, I am not able to make more time in the day to allow us the opportunity to actaully get the work done, but that is another topic in itself!! I was also able to pick 3 shots in black and white that I could not leave behind, and have another bathroom that needs decorating so below are the shots I have chosen to blow up and frame for the existing, downstairs bathroom.

At some point in the future I will take pictures of the progress upstairs so I can upload to share with you. It really is moving along and I am so happy that we are doing the work ourselves. Most of it anyway....the plumbing and electircal we are leaving to the professionals. But the rest of it is all us and it will be most rewarding when completed!! Until next time....

We are really blogging now!

Well, I feel I have made another technological advancement by entering the world of blogging. I imagine this is more like an online diary than anything even mildly useful, for us anyway, so we will see how long it holds my attention span!!! I will try to keep this updated regularly (which I am realizing is a very common statement in blogs) but only time will tell how successful I will be at this.

You may now be wondering why I have even decided to venture in this direction, and I will be happy to tell you....my cousin, and very dear friend, Jenny, has had her own blog for some time now and I so look forward to her new posts!!! Her blog was initially set up to promote her business so I never even thought twice about doing something similar. However, I have a client who has a blog that I recently visited and realized that anyone can do blogging for any number of reasons, and quite frankly since most of our family and friends live "away" this might be a great way to bring us all a bit closer. And, I have always wanted to be just like Jenny!! OK, so maybe there was like 2 1/2 months where I didn't want to be like her, but that is only because I was born first :-)

So, now that I have my initial post....and I have procrastinated going to the gym long enough, I will end for now and look forward to writing my next post.

One last note....I am making all titles and what not plural to include my wonderful husband, even though most of these posts will probably be in first person since I am sure this will not interest him even a little tiny bit!!