Press Conference Statement

Keeping a journal or a diary has always been a desire of mine. There have been many, many, many attempts. I have tried the "Oooo, my new journal is so cute, I will surely write in it everyday...every week...okay once a month. I promise." I have tried keeping a food journal to help me lose weight and a prayer journal to help clear my head and remind me that God is in my life everyday...every week...well, at least once a month. Where are those journals anyway?

I am not a good writer, but I like writing. I mean, I like the act of writing. I believe in the Pen and the Paper. I believe in the quick Scribble rather than the Backspace key. I love to doodle while I think. I am a horrible typer. Computers confuse me and error messages scare me!

This year I joined the Facebook society and have also begun to peruse some personal blogs about subjects that interest me like knitting, cooking and parenting. Blog. I have no idea what it means or how it originated. Maybe I will google it sometime. As I was skimming some of these blogs I kept thinking "journal." But the truth is I may have been more interested in the decorating of it all. The fonts and backgrounds, color schemes and photos were alerting my creative signals and reminding me of my graphic design days.

So I decided to enter the blogging society as well. And coming up with a subject was not difficult at all. My last three summers in my new town of Palmer, Alaska have been calling me to garden and grow some of my own food. But that first summer I was preggers with my second set of twin boys. The second summer I was just way too busy with my four boys and this last summer, the budget was way too tight to begin the investment. I didn't even plant pansies in my boxes last year!

So here I begin, with a brand new cute journal and a subject I am interested in. I don't really have a blueprints for this adventure. It is now March and I have awhile until I harvest anything. I suppose I will begin some research, record information and ideas. I hope this journal will help me as I learn my lessons and it grows as it decides to.

-A Very Inspired Blogger-

p.s. This entire entry was handwritten, edited with scribbles and arrows and doodled on prior to posting.