Finally....A new beginning

"So, what are you going to write about?"  It's a question I get asked when I tell people I'm contemplating the idea of starting a blog.  It's an idea that's been percolating in the deep recesses of my mind for a few years already (with much nurturing from my Australia-dwelling brother). So why haven't I started already? 

Well, for starters, I have a deeply-established relationship with procrastination - we go way back.  I have, more than once, considered putting it at the top of my list of "things to improve about me", but I keep putting it off.  (For the record, I don't actually have a list of things to improve about me, but I imagine procrastination would be on that list, along with the usual suspects - "I will not micro-manage my kids when they form unevenly sized cookies when helping me bake", or "I will shave my legs at least once a month in winter").

But, although procrastination has kept me from starting, I also think that, I  too, am stumped by the question I get asked from others - what AM I going to write about?  I mean, of what interest is my little life to others?  How on earth could recording the day-to-day happenings in my world inspire others?  I realize, however, that even while I've been thinking about what I would write about if I started blogging, I'm more aware of the beauty in my world.  I see the humour in my life a little more (and with three kids, there's plenty of material to work with!),  and I see many of the small, simple, even mundane, details of my life in a different way.  I've got blessings galore, I tell ya!  Perhaps my increased awareness of  my world is reason enough to blog.

Of course, with family and friends living in different ends of the globe, a blog also helps us all stay connected.  So, without further ado, thanks for joining me on my journey as I fulfill my 2010 New Year's resolution (no, that date is not a typo - blogging was on my list of things to begin in 2010. I told you - me and procrastination, we're old friends.....)