Back Track

This photo is from Bobby and Katie's going away party at Calvary Chapel of Melbourne.

So much has happened since the last time I posted that I know it won't even be possible to recap it all.  Major happenings include:
- starting back to work this year
- Bethany's first fever and ear infection
- My bro and sis-in-law, Bobby and Katie, leaving for Thailand as missionaries with Campus Outreach
- My sister, Anna, getting into a major car totaling car accident and walking away without an injury
- My sister moving out of state
- And so many other little things that I wanted to write about and haven't had time for . . .

When I started journaling, I was in the fifth grade.  My brother had given me a black Five Star journal sized notebook for my birthday and told me it was a journal.  I loved it.  I started writing about my days and didn't stop. 

(My very, very first journal was my second trip to Thailand in fourth grade . . .but there are so few pages actually filled out that I don't really count it.  There is, however, a pretty sweet picture I drew of the plane my mother and I were on.  There are dialog bubbles complete with crying babies and talking passengers as well as a lightening storm.  I remember none of it, but it's amusing to look back on.)

Anyway, I journaled from fifth grade all the way through to my first semester of college.  In college I stopped, sadly.  I used livejournal for a stint and then started blogging.  Marcus and I have had several blogs.  Most of them have been lost which drives me batty, but  I still have all my hand written journals and I love being able to revisit younger versions of myself . . . and laugh.  Haha.

No, that's not completely true.  I don't always laugh.  I am actually super appreciative.  From a very young age, I understood that because people eventually die, time is the most precious commodity on this side of Heaven.  Journaling was my way of making my days tangible.  I could always have my days if I wrote them out on a page. 

In addition to the blogging, I still keep a personal journal, but I am not as consistent with it.  I did quite a bit of personal writing during my pregnancy, though, and I'm so glad that I captured that time.

Anyway . . . it makes me nuts that I haven't written in so long.  Get ready for a few back-tracking posts because there are some things that I want to make tangible . . . even if it is through a blog on the Internet.

I am also throwing around the idea of starting a working mom/smart shopper/deal finding topic specific blog.  Or maybe I'll just dedicate a month of blogging to it.  I really want to throw props out to a couple of awesome family owned consignment shops as well as tell others how they can buy their favorite products/groceries/things new for fewer dollars.

Anyway . . . I will be writing specifically about Bethany's four month checkup tonight!  More to come!