The First One...

So I've begun a blog - something I thougth I'd never do. There is always a first for everything, isn't there... The next question is why? Why did I do this? Maybe I just wanted "somebody" to listen to me who'd never interrupt me! This stream of consciousness thing is quite tempting... (Is there a spell check on blogging?) Actually I'm hoping to utilize this blog as a virtual PDA of sorts, keeping track of other blogs/websites with great information regarding stamping and scrapbooking, possibly gardening, so that I can get to all this information when I need it.

I see so many talented people readily sharing their knowledge on websites and blogs and I never seem to be able to find it when I want to. That is my main reason for beginning this blog - to keep my information flow more consistently organized.

There is lots of stuff I need to organize. I remember attending a Stampin'Up demo a few years ago where one of the ladies there mentioned that she kept a list of every book she read. That way, she'd never read the same book twice. Initially I laughed and thought she was a moron. Then I had to laugh at myself and call myself a moron! HOW many times have I begun a book, only to think, gee, this sounds so familiar. Hopefully that particular book was one my Mom gave me in a bag of books she got from a book exchange and I didn't fork over $6.95 for it!! So...if you eventually see a list of books I've read on this blog, you'll realize that maybe I've learned from calling someone else a moron in the past!

What else do I want to organize? How about books I want to buy? I don't usually buy novels; I buy reference books. Gardening, cooking, craft: sewing, scrapbooking, stamping, painting, etc. types of books. I'll read about a book and think that this is one I'd like to own someday, then promptly forget the title/author/topic. My blog will be a great place to keep that list. And who knows, maybe someday I might even become techie enough to have a cell phone that is web-enabled so I can check my lists when I'm at the flea market!

Hey - As a stamper, we've all seen Pigs Fly!!