It suddenly occurred to me today that I've had this blog for a whole year now. My very first entry was on March 14, 2005. I started blogging for several reasons: I felt it would be a good way to put my love of writing to good use, and I also thought it would be a great way to keep family and friends up-to-date on our life. As time went by, I opened the blog up a little more so that I could get comments from people I didn't know, as well. As a result, I have gained some new friends in the blogging world! When I started my own blog, I really wasn't into reading others' blogs; I didn't really know anyone who had one, actually, besides my brother-in-law and a couple ladies I had "met" on other websites. Now I have found several that I really enjoy reading, and I keep stumbling across other new ones, as well. It has been fun over the past few months (thanks to Katie Bruno) to discover more NBBC alumni blogs . . . I don't personally "know" a lot of these people, but it is encouraging and exciting to me to read about their lives and see where God has put them, and how they are going on to serve Him in various areas. I especially love reading about the day-to-day lives of other young moms (and moms-to-be) since that is the stage of life that I am in personally.
I hope to continue with this blog for a long time to come. It is a good outlet for me and I really wish that I could make more time to write here. I think I really need more self-discipline--if it's going to happen, it will only be because I make it happen. However, it's not just blogging that I need more self-discipline for! It's every area of my life--my personal devotions, my housework, my time spent in training my child (soon to be childREN!), my attention to my marriage relationship, etc. And all of those other areas must come first, before my blog. :) But, if I can get myself more disciplined and organized in these areas over the next year, including having more time to write (both here and in whatever other opportunities God gives me), I will be very happy. It will be more of a challenge once the baby comes along, that's for sure!
We are all in various stages of a cold right now . . . hopefully we can get rid of it soon. For now, we are trying to rest up as much as possible, and of course, drink lots of fluids. :) Sam is napping right now and has been for nearly 3 hours--he will probably be in a very bouncy mood when he wakes up! We laid around the house and watched old movies most of this weekend, which was fun for a change. One we really enjoyed (that neither of us had seen before) was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jimmy Stewart has to be one of our favorite actors, and he was as great as always in this role. He was so good at playing the part of a down-to-earth, honest-as-the-day-is-long kind of guy--seems like that must have been his character in real life, too. Anyway, I'd definitely recommend this movie. It got off to a bit of a slow start, but it had a very thought-provoking and compelling storyline.
Well, I want to make one or two separate posts in addition to this one, so I will sign off here . . . have a great day, everyone!
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