A blog?!

So, I decided to start this blog today one that I intended to start one year ago.

Q & A:

• Why did I want to start this blog one year ago? 
• To document my range of emotions as we prepared to move our family (Joe (easily the funniest and most patient person I have ever met who happens to also be my husband), Quinn (daughter 4), Finn (son 2), Briggs (Siberian Husky 8)) from West Virginia (yes it is different from Virginia) to California. I moved across the country (away from all of my"blood" family) and switched careers from a position where I was working with people that listened to me and collaborated with me to one where no one listens to me ever. Kidding. Kind of. I stay home with our two littles now. 

• What prompted me to finally start the blog?
• I "quit" Facebook.

• Why did I quit Facebook? 
• I needed to stop looking at my phone! I needed to be more present to my kids and to everyone I encounter. I wanted to talk with people in waiting rooms instead of pulling out my phone to keep me company. I wanted to see the world around me with my own eyes instead of through someone else's. I also wanted to feel more adequate as a parent (What?! who doesn't?) 

• Do I see the irony that I quit Facebook to be more present and I am now starting a blog?
• Yes. 

• What will this blog be? 
• Hopefully entertaining…I plan to include lots of things that interest me: kid activities, recipes, workouts, hope, love, travel and comparisons/experiences of Sweet Tea (WV) and Avocados (CA). 

• Will this blog overuse commas and dashes?
• Yes.

• And how about grammar? 
• I plan to write how I speak - if I use Appalachianese I will be sure to translate ;) 

So, welcome to our family! I look forward to sharing my life experiences with you!