Blogging

So, as I said at the end of my last post, I am really bad at posting on my blog. I thought when I first started it that I would be writing for it all the time and expressing my feelings and thoughts and it would be open for the whole world to see. Turns out, I am not good at keeping this thing updated and not too many people read it. (Although, that's probably from me not telling anyone about my blog and from not keeping it updated so that people want to read it.)

Why is it that I don't post a lot and why is it that I don't tell anyone about this blog so they can read it? I think I'm embarrassed. I don't know if people are going to want to read my blog. What if what I post isn't good reading material for someone's time spent on their computer? Now here is my predicament. A blog is a place for expressing your feelings and whatever you think about the world and life and other stuff. I shouldn't have to care about what other people think about my blog because I can just get over it by blogging about it and expressing my feelings through my words to other people who might think my blog isn't good. Hmm, I think I'm confusing myself right now. Let try this again.

I could keep just a journal and keep all of my thoughts to myself, but the fact that I have this blog means that I want people to know what I'm thinking about. On the other hand, the fact that I haven't told anyone about the blog means that I'm not sure if I want people to read what I'm thinking about. What if they think it's boring or stupid? On the other hand, it's a blog and they're for being boring or stupid or funny or sad or deep or whatever your feeling at the time. I'm also afraid to have people know about my blog because I don't update it that much, so people would just be looking at the same thing over and over again. However, maybe I don't update it that much because I don't have that many people reading it! I doubt this though judging by the amount of time I spend on facebook where I actually have a lot of friends that comment to me without me even posting anything personal.

Oh well. My conclusion of this entry is that I will just post when I do and when I feel like it and what I want to post. Maybe I'll get up the courage to share this with more people someday.

Don'ts for Wives

My friend Abi sent Joe and I these two books for Christmas. Mine is called Don'ts For Wives and Joe's is called Don'ts For Husbands. Mine is one of the best books of advice I've ever read for wives. I was reading a little of the book last night and stumbled across this gem that all women need to hear (I know I did).

"Don't work yourself into a fever every time your husband omits to turn up
at the expected time. He is in all probability neither run over by a motorcar,
nor robbed and murdered on his way home, nor lying in a lonely land with
a sprained ankle, nor in any other of the terrible predicaments your
imagination pictures. Probably he stopped at the bookstall to buy an
evening paper, and so missed his train. So don't greet him hysterically
when he does arrive."

Now, I know I'm not the only woman out there that goes over every possible worst scenario in our heads if our husbands are late coming home, or (and this goes for women who are dating or engaged) if our men haven't called us when they said they would or when we thought they should have.

I must say that Joe is very good at saving me the worry by calling and texting me a lot and that's something I really appreciate. In spite of this, I still worry sometimes if I know he's out driving and the roads are slippery or if it's dark. This piece of advice was something that I needed to hear, even if I knew it anyway. This advice reminds me of the Bible verse, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." (Philippians 4:6) Both text are bits of wisdom that I need to listen to more.

Thank you Abi for the books! I'm loving mine and I know that Joe has been enjoying his too!

(Just as a side not at the end of this entry, keeping a blog is hard! I'm so bad at writing in it frequently. Hmm, maybe that will be my next blog entry?)

Best Husband Ever!

My husband hinted to me tonight, while I was at a babysitting job, that he was making dinner for me for when I got home. I thought that was so sweet and couldn't wait to get home and see what he had prepared. When I did get home not only had he made me dinner, but he had also made peanut-butter cup brownies for dessert, set the dining table for a nice sit down dinner, and cleaned both the kitchen and the living room, which I have been tackling this whole past week to try to clean them up. It was the best surprise to come home to. Not that I want to brag, but I really do have the greatest husband ever!

2008

Joe and I just got home from our holiday travels and I just wanted to say...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!