Monday, March 17, 2008

Why I ROCK at blogging...

I don't scrapbook. I never have, and I don't think I ever will. I am just not creative like that, and it would just be one more thing for me to be way behind on. I do however, have a blog. I have had many people comment to me on how "on top of posting" I am. Well... this is my scrapbook/baby book/journal, etc etc. I do of course have my own journal for more personal things, and I do have a baby book for each of my boys. But a couple of months ago, I went to go write a journal entry in Asher's baby book, and found that the last entry I had written was back on his 1st birthday... Sad! I felt like I had so much to catch up on, but then I remembered that I had it all on the blog. Sweet! A friend of a friend, Heidi, told me about this thing called the blurb. It is this website where you can download free software to make books. It is so genius! You can import all your blog posts, and of course choose which ones you want to include, and which ones you don't. It is so fun to play around with and set it up just the way you want it. I finished the first year of our blog a couple months ago, but keep forgetting to order it. I will let you all know how it turns out (quality, etc). I've decided that I am going to have a book made every year, as they are not too expensive, and I think it will be so awesome to have a hard copy of entries and pictures for our family. 

So I encourage you all to check it out if it sounds like something for you. I am also telling you this so that you are aware that there may be many posts that don't interest you at all, or you might think I talk an awful lot about my amazing family, or talk about boring stuff, or talk too much, or whatever, but now you know why... this is my scrapbook! So while it's true that I don't really have a life, and I admit that I love blogging and being able to keep in touch with friends, but the real reason I rock at blogging is so that we can have lots of fun memories!

4 comments:

Scott and Katie said...

I also use blurb and have been working on our blog book for months now! It is a project, but I'm so excited about it!

DaNae said...

I totally want to see the finished product! You are such a good blogger tho!

Heidi said...

Some of my friends like to tease me because I blog so often (compared to their once a month I rock at it too) but I feel the same way as you- it is my journal and I am good at keeping it up- much better than I ever was at scrapbooking or writing in a real journal! I still have not ordered any books from Blurb although I intend to ;-)

Lark said...

You'll have to let me know how it turns out!
My friend asked me a few weeks ago, "do you scrapbook?" and I said, "no, I blog!" Its way better (and cheaper) than scrapbooking.

Just catching up on your blog and your little boys are adorable. I love the name Sayer too - is there a story behind it, or just a cool name you heard once?
Congrats to Nate on the Columbia acceptance. That is very exciting for you guys!