Let's get started

OK, I know everyone always starts out their blogs this way but for real, I have never done this before so please bare with me. I am by no means a professional writer, and I don't even lead some grandiose life, I am just a regular person with everyday, not really that interesting, things going on. I don't have anything to sell, I am not a professional at anything, and I don't do reviews (although I may post things from time to time that interest me or that I really like or don't like). OK, have I board you enough? Are you still there? Well if you are, I guess I will get started.

I don't really know what has started me on the blog thing except that "All My Friends Are Doing It". I know that is the one thing that we tell our kids is not good to do, but hey, I have some good friends and so I guess it isn't a bad thing to do what they are doing? This all started when I ran across my friend "Pinky Chick's" blog. I loved it! She was able to write how she was feeling about things going on in her life and it was interesting to read. Not just because I like her and she is a new friend and it is fun to find things out about her, but because I got to read about some of her struggles and see that I am not alone. We all like to find out that there are others out there who struggle with some of the same things that we do, I guess that goes back to misery loves company? I am overweight and currently working on losing it just like she is and so even though we may be going at it in different ways, we still share the same struggles and it is always nice to see that you are not alone.

 Then I ran across another friend's blog. Her's is a lot about her family, her husband and her child. Well, I have a few kids, and yeah I am proud of them (most of the time, lol). I have a husband that I love and he has a crazy stressful job, actually the same job as her husband, so I can have an endless amount of material there, so why not write about them from time to time. She also is one of my coupon friends and she blogs about that, well I can do that too. So there was another motivator.

I then read yet another friend's blog, her's was about her family and also about her success at weight loss. OK, I am not there yet, but seeing her success gives me motivation and encouragement. Well, I think I can do that too. So when I look at all of that I thought "Why Not"?  It might be kind of therapeutic? I mean what does a mom of four (one teen, soon to be two teens) who works full time need more than therapy? Since I can't afford to see a therapist this is the next best thing, and it is free. So please bare with me, like I said before. My posts may be insightful (I doubt it, but one can hope), they might be funny, they might bring a tear, or they might just be boring, but then again, that is my life. One day I am pulling out my hair trying to figure out how I am going to go to a meeting, be home when one child gets home from camp, and spend time with her husband that she hardly ever gets to see. And another I might just be complaining because I have found a moment of down time and I am board out of my mind trying to not eat everything in the fridge? Any which way, I hope to feel some better at the end of my post.

Thanks for getting this far, if you did. I hope I didn't scare or confuse you.

 In the wise words of Tigger, TTFN