My Blog - Welcome to It

I don't think I've started this blog out properly enough. You see, I re-started blogging because I wanted to be able to leave an imprint of my life...somewhere. It's true I can scribble on pieces of paper, but in the end they get crumpled, sometimes tossed out, or more likely lost in abyss of "stuff" I have collected and will collect through the years.  I wanted a place where I could easily categorize my thoughts and then go back when I wanted to. Like taking a peek inside my brain, or into my memories.  I have Facebook, but those thoughts are quick, sometimes witty, little bits that pop up.  They are neither deep or in-depth of any personal moments in time.  Plus, I can't go back and look through. Scrolling down gets exhausting and boring very quickly.

Throughout the entire year of 2011 I wrote a journal entry every single day. It was the last year of my 20's and I wanted to be able to see if I lived life to the fullest. Carpe Diem'ed the crap out of my 29th year of living!! I did it the ol' pen and paper kind of way...well, most of the time. The other time, I did it digitally.  Herein lies the problem: I have 365 separate thoughts randomly located in my home. While I dutifully committed to taking a moment and writing down thoughts and what I had done that day, the mere idea of organizing 365 of these tidbits was...ugh...too much.  So they sit, some on my desk, some on the computer.  They will never, ever get organized.

In 2012, the year I was 30, I lived the motto: no need to chronicle - just live life!!  It was a great not to feel obligated by my own goal to sit and write everyday. However, when I think back on the year, I have nothing to look back on - and that's a little sad. 

So here we are. 2013. It's not January 1st, but it's still January - and I have not yet turned 31. I decided to blog because here, in this virtual world, I can do more. I can write and, bonus!, I can add pictures. (Which honestly, that's what was missing in my original journaling. Words are great, but I wanna see the "money shot" of me eating that ice cream cone or Mittens being cute and funny!)

So, welcome to my world. It's not always perfect, but I guarantee it's almost always adorable!