Why have a blog?

Last year, my friends Lee and Amanda were talking to me about blogs they read and encouraging me to start a blog.  I said something to the effect of no way, it'd just be something else I'd start and then not do well.  Soon thereafter, they started blogs and I really enjoy reading them when I remember to do so.

I changed my mind about writing on my own blog, and for two reasons.  One is that I can't keep up with all the funny things Nora says and Lyda does, and I want to record some of them.  Video camera never does it justice, and if I wrote it in a journal (like my Mom keeps asking me to do) I'd probably never be able to find it when I wanted to write in it.  

The other reason is that I've enjoyed writing since childhood, and lately I haven't been writing in any capacity.  I miss it.  

So here are my disclaimers.  I may be very sporadic about updating my blog.  I may not have a lot of interesting things to say (unless you find my children interesting).  But I'm doing this now, for better or worse.