5.19.2008

1 Year, 100 Posts...

I am really glad I make the plunge into the blogging world. I can not believe it has been a year already! We have had our home page Beck News for nearly 6 years so I was hesitant to add a blog, thinking I would never update it. Instead, our poor dot com is only updated monthly! I loved having our home page because it was a way to share photos and info about Braden with family and friends who couldn't be here when we were going through all his heart stuff. And I am such a dork because I now know I can host our blog from the home page, so later this year our blog address may change...But ,I am mostly glad it was RUSTY who broke down and started the blog for us (me).

For all the bad vices the Internet brings, blogging has to be one of the best.
I {Heart} blogging because...
  • It allows me to journal my family's comings and goings, even when I a slacking on our scrapbooks.
  • I am so much closer to a huge number of my first cousins, that before, I heard or spoke to only at reunions. (You guys are my best blog commenters) We even have a family blog when birthday wishes, baby news and other achievements are posted. I love it.
  • I have found other Mom's and gotten advice I needed to help me with sleeping problems, behavior issues and just a general support that I am doing ok as a Mom.
  • Since I am not working I have 'an out' and even if I don't leave my house I can talk to another grownup!
  • My videos are actually seen rather than wasting away on my PC. The rest of the world can see just how fun my kids and my life really is.
  • I can still be in my jammies from the night before and know I am not the only person up after midnight blogging, and feel accomplished...(like right now)
  • I have reconnected with some of my best high school girl friends. (I love you crazy ladies!)
  • I have found some of my oldest friends from when I was little (I mean little, like before I moved to Az, I was 10 when we left Ut), and get to see how their lives turned out. (Kim, Kerryne- so happy to be back in touch!)
  • I am able to get to know neighbors and ward members in a way that just seeing them on Sunday's and at church activities never would.
I love that I have convinced a number of very resistant people to start blogs, including family, friends and neighbors. I finally feel capable of managing my blog, which has allowed me to more efficiently use our homepage-finally! So thanks for reading, blogging, commenting-Keep it up, it makes me smile! And if you are a silent blog hopper, if you took the time to read it, I would love to hear what you thought. You don't have to have a blog in order to comment on one...

14 comments:

Rhonda said...

Wow, 100 posts! Holy crap you've been busy! I wish I could keep up my blog as much as you do. Maybe when my life settles down (or gets crazier) after the baby is born, I can keep it up. And, thank you for dragging me (kicking and screaming) into the blogging world!

Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything} said...

I love the new blog look. I think blogging is the best journaling because doing it so consistently helps us remember the small details of what we are doing.

Marcie and Holly said...

I'm so glad you started your blog. I love reading it and finding out about your life. You also pushed me to start our blog! I'm so glad I met you, Caryn! Your blog rocks!

Kerryne said...

Amen! Blogging is awesome! I am completely addicted and so so sooo grateful to have been able to get back in touch with you, Kim and many others from the old 'hood! By the way did I tell you that your friend Brooke Hunt and I met in El Paso? What a small world it is!

Ami Bethea said...

I agree, blogging is a great way to keep in touch and see how others in our same situations have many similar struggles and experiences. I, for one, and glad you started a blog because you are always entertaining and just freaking hilarious. Love ya!

Mendy said...

Yeah yeah.. I know that I was the resistant neighbor! I am glad to be part of the blog world..thanks to your tips. Its so fun to get back in touch with so many old friends and get to know neighbors in a whole new way!!

Shawni said...

You're right, blogging is the best. It's just hard to keep up! I love hearing what you guys are up to though...I love the pictures in the last post. So cute of you and Rusty especially. My 10 year reunion was great. Wow, I am OLD...my 20 year is coming up in two years!

Nichole Barney said...

Caryn you are the pro at blogging. Maybe when I get to my 100th post I will be better at it like you are. It is such a great way to connect with people and to write about our own lives writing little details we would never do otherwise. I love reading all you daily ins and outs. You write so well and you make it entertaining and fun.

hornes said...

Caryn you are the #1 blogger in my eye's! I could never keep up with all you do but keep doing it cause I love reading it instead of updating mine!

The Farnsworth Family said...

I am so with you! I love blogging and we just had our blogoversary too. I am so happy you (I mean Rusty) caved into the blog world :)

Brooke Hunt (aka Mr. Burns) said...

you are very good at putting your feelings out there- and getting others to write back- sometimes I am that silent blog hopper- but nope- not today- Caryn called me out! I am excited for the reunion- let's do something super fun... maybe even a hotel fri. pm- do you want me to help u coordinate something? Let me know darlin! Thanks

The Shirley Family said...

I have to agree that blogging is the best. I love it for all the same reasons, especially for journaling and keeping in touch with friends. I still don't know how I found your blog awhile ago, but sure glad I did. You are the cutest.

Alifinale said...

Ditto...I love blogging!

Amanda said...

Mary dragged me into blogging - I didn't even have the Internet. But now I love it! I probably only update mine weekly most of the time, but that's more than I write in a journal, so it's an improvement! And, like you, it's been fun getting to know all you first cousins again - as adults, as moms, etc.

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