WHY I STARTED BLOGGING

Shortly after I got married in 2002 I stumbled across a blog called Xanga.  It was a fun little  community that seemed to grow with time.  This was long before blogging was the thing to do.  That was before all of these food blogs, mom blogs, fitness blogs, etc.  This was before people got paid to write their thoughts.  I loved it.  I wrote about my day and that was about it.  I came across other Xanga blogs and met lots of new people.  It was fun.  I was a part of Xanga for many years and had a few different screen names.  I restarted one when I found out I was pregnant with my first born.  I wrote about all of the milestones of pregnancy and life with the newborn.  It was an online diary I had hoped to keep for my children to read through one day but Xanga had different plans.  For a reason I still have yet to understand Xanga decided to change to a Wordpress format and then started to charge it's users.  Suddenly everyone left.  Eventually I couldn't even log on.  Luckily I was able to save all of my posts onto a zip file so I do still have everything I wrote.  I loved Xanga so much because it was a place where I could express myself and even read into the lives of others.  It was a nice outlet and I miss Xanga so much. 

Once Xanga made those changes I decided to move over to Blogger, where I've also had a few different screen names.  Blogger is so different.  I lost that community of other bloggers and I feel very isolated here.  However, I will keep writing because it's what I enjoy.  It continues to be my outlet. 

Writing has always been therapeutic for me.  I love making up fictional characters and putting them into real life situations.  That is my plan for the writing I intend on doing.  Blogging is something to do in the meantime.  It's nice to have a place to jot down my thoughts, ideas and experiences. 

From Xanga:

Sunday March 25, 2007

Well, here I am again! I've been so busy lately.  We have inventory coming up at work on April 2nd so I've been putting in a lot of hours.  I just thought it was time to get back into the swing of things on xanga, especially since I have exciting news to share. Other than Rob and my best friend Tina, no one knows about this yet.  I really didn't want to make a big deal about it yet, but I can't help myself.  Are you ready? I'M PREGNANT! Yesterday I woke up and decided to take a pregnancy test just for the heck of it.  I'm irregular so I never know when "that time" is going to happen, but I thought "that time" should have at least happened by now.  So I peed on the stick and to my surprise it came up POSITIVE! I was in total shock.  I couldn't believe it.  I mean, I feel totally fine (other than sore boobs and frequent urinating) I have no major symptoms.  So I waited for Rob to come home from work and I hesitated because I wasn't ready to tell him.  I sat on the bed and waiting for him to finish his shower.  When he dressed he laid on the bed and stared at me.  I told him I had something to show him and then I showed him the stick. He asked what that meant. "You're going to be a daddy!" I answered. "No way! That's not what it means! Where's the book?" he totally freaked out. It was funny because the both of us had been planning to have a baby, but we are completely in shock over it.  I really didn't think it was going to happen, especially so soon.  So I ended up taking another pregnancy test, this time a digital readout one.  It said PREGNANT! So that's the story.  I still can't believe it.  I don't feel any different at all.  I guess it's too soon.  I'm going to call the doctor on Monday to schedule an appointment and then go from there.  For those of you who don't believe I'm going to tell you ... God DOES exist, but he answers prayers in his own way and his own time.  I'm a total believer of that now.  I'm just scared because I don't know what is going to happen next.  Anything is possible.  Well, in other baby news today I'm going to be going to a baby shower for one of my really close friends, Carol.  She's due in May.  I'll keep you posted ... Posted 3/25/2007 at 7:45 AM

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3 Comments

OMG its soooooooooooooooooo awesome! I'm so happy, I want to drive out there and hug you now!  :) lololol

Posted 3/25/2007 at 2:17 PM by fyrebebe

PRAISE GOD!!...PRAISE GOD!!...PRAISE GOD!!...............WOOOOOOOWOOOOOWOOOOOO!!!!!
.....I'VE BEEN PRAYIN' 4 U....& THAT IT WOULD BE GOD'S WILL FOR YAWL TO HAVE A BABY......HE HAS ANSWERED........I'M SO HAPPY 4 U & ROB....     ;)
GOD BLESS U DAWN....& TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF....    
((HUGS))        greg  <><        =]

Posted 3/26/2007 at 12:14 AM by GLEDSOME

yay!!!!  I am so happy for you!  Congratulations and God's speed!!! :-)

Posted 3/26/2007 at 8:48 AM by LoraleeAnnette