To blog or not to blog

Bibianna asked me this past week why I am suddenly so interested in blogging. I told her that it is a good way to share our lives with family and friends who don't have the pleasure of living close by. It is also a good record for us to look back on to see what all was going on 6 months ago, a year ago, who knows.

Well, as I mentioned yesterday, Bibianna is staying at my mom's house for a few days and she spent some time yesterday going through my grandmother's scrapbook from when she was a teenager through maybe early 20s. It is so cool to go back and see what was going on in my grandmother's life and in the world during that time and also to see what her interests were. Bibianna told me that she read several articles about the first set of living quadruplets! Can you imagine that being a first. Now with all the fertility treatments quadruplets seem almost as "normal" as twins. My grandmother also had several articles about a murder/kidnapping that took place in the 30s (I think). It happened in the same small town where my grandparents grew up. When I read those articles, years ago, without the invent of CNN and all the docudrama movies that make these chilling events seem "common," I was just so entranced by the fact that something that horrible could happen in a place that seems so safe. It still amazes me.

So, this is going to be my scrapbook. I am going to continue to write for the sake of keeping family posted and because it is fun and a little cathartic for me, and because hopefully it will be an ongoing record that my grandchildren may be able to look back on in future years and marvel at how much things change and how much they stay the same.

No movies today....Carolyn and I have been loyally dedicated to the House marathon on the USA network. (It is Carolyn's favorite show). I actually have been watching and sleeping. Since being on call is kind of like having a new born baby and I never really get to sleep more than about two hours with out my baby crying (pager ringing) I have just enjoyed laying on the couch and napping and responding to pages and watching House with Carolyn. Not a bad Sunday.