In a strange twist of events, 

and I'm still not sure how it came to this...

but I have a blog.

This one. And hopefully it will be a very nice one. 

My father-in-law told us what he wanted for Christmas:

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...what I would like from you for Christmas is for you to thoughtfully select some talent, skill, attribute, or goal that you have desired to learn or achieve but for whatever reason have not yet obtained.  It might be a musical talent, or to become more widely read, or to run a marathon, or to climb the Grand Teton, or to obtain some professional recognition or skill, or to go to the temple on some more regular basis, or to volunteer, or to be a better husband/wife/father/mother/ roommate in some specific way, or something else I haven't even begun to think of. 

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Well then. I'll tell you what you didn't think of.
Journal Writing

I am absolutely, positively HORRIBLE at journal writing.

I can never seem to find the time or the place to put pen to paper and just....

write.

Memory: I loved reading my mother's journal growing up.

Fact: I just don't do it. Three journals, all in various stages of incompletion are a testament to this.

Observation: I spend waste a lot of time on my computer.

 So I had this crazy idea.

What if I actually

blogged

instead.

So here we are. And here is it.

Enjoy.