Blogging

I decided to start blogging for a few reasons. 

• It's a way to hold myself accountable. I know that I don't just sit around all day, but I want to be able to show something for what I do. I want my kids to be able to see that I'm not just on my phone on Facebook! really, I'm not.
• I am really bad at journaling. I have a ton of barely started, no where close to filled journals. The only journal that is anywhere close to having anything of significance is the journal I used to write to Damon while he was deployed. Since his death I have used it to write to him around significant events, like our first daughter's baptism and anniversaries. 
• I want to have an account of my life now. While I think and speak of Damon often, he is not here. Chris is. I learned a lot from my marriage and subsequent widowhood. I take more pictures, I laugh, I sing, I play, I forgive, I apologize, I take risks, I love. This is a place for me to show all that I have to be thankful for. 
• I want to show all of the cool things I'm learning! The past year or so I've been really interested and excited about "prepping." I love learning new things, especially things that are useful. I have a lot of goals for this year that hopefully won't fall to the wayside with all of the other plans and goals that come up out of nowhere.
• And my newest excuse: I need to "document" my homeschooling adventure. Apparently the lenient laws of Idaho do not necessarily mean that I can just stay home and play with my kids for the next 8 years and expect my oldest to just get into college or get a job without showing what she has done her whole life. So expect lots of pictures, rants, hair pulling...actually, I have no idea what to expect, so just enjoy whatcha get ;)