here we go again!!!

Blogging attempt - 5 (I think!)

Maybe this time it will actually be a success!!  Over the years I've had blogs on various sites - I started Teen Open Diary back in high school.  Unfortunately that site is no more and all my entires were lost.  I often wonder what I said back then and am curious to see what I "blogged" about back then.  In 2003 I moved to Livejournal and I still write there regularly today.  I have made many friends there, some of which I've even had the pleasure of meeting in real life.  It's a great space to journal, but it seems more of a "private" place to write rather than somewhere to write about what's going on in the world around me.  I also started a kitty blog, which did sort of take off, but I never could feel comfortable posting as if my cats were doing the writing themselves.  It was just too awkward.

Then in January 2009 I started a Wordpress to document my pregnancy since we were (and still are) so far away from our families.  Unfortunately, that pregnancy stopped developing at 6w1d and somewhere during my 8th week, I miscarried.  I said I would continue blogging, but that never happened.  Then last July when I found out I was pregnant for the second time, I contemplated starting a blog again.  However, with the thoughts of miscarriage in my head, I kept putting it off and putting it off.  Thankfully, God blessed us with a healthy little girl on April 2, 2011.  Today is Samantha's "half birthday" and she is 6 months old and I finally feel ready to start blogging again.  So, here we go!

I spent today planning on what to blog and then it came time to create my blog.  To start, you have to pick a URL name so that people can find you.  Well, every.single.name I wanted was already taken so it took about an hour of me typing name after name until I found something that wasn't already in use.  Then you have to set up your layout, and pick a design.  Admittedly, I just quickly picked something to have something and I'll spend more time tweaking it later.  Then my sister-in-law and brother-in-law arrived from Connecticut for the day and the blog was put on the back burner.  So now, here I sit at 10:35pm typing this entry at last.

So for now, I settled on the URL myownjackpot, since my life is my own special jackpot.  I've got a great husband (most of the time!) and an amazingly beautiful daughter.  We've got a roof over our heads, food in the cabinets, money in our bank accounts, and I can't forget our precious three kitties.  What more could I ask for?  I'm sure I'll change it once I think of something more creative but for now, I think it will do.  As for the background, well those who know me know that I love colors and rainbows so I think it suits me perfectly.

I think this is a good place to start, and I'm happy to be back in the blogging world.  Hope you guys are here to stay and enjoy the ride!!