Death of Blogging after Facebook!

I thought about ending this blog recently- with my joining facebook, and the world within it, I've been really slacking on updating posts. Even before facebook, I was only posting pictures!! So, what to do now, when I can post pics to FB, and my Jonas and Luna website- and stay in touch with everyone if I have anything witty to say, via FB? I suppose that means I'll just have to write more here.

I've been looking around for inspiration, and even digging deep into the vault, here- at Blue Ryder. I've been blogging now for almost four years. I re-read all of my posts about Ryder, all of my vacation posts (I especially loved the Europe 08 recaps of our hotel stay, and the "reclamation"), the fat war posts, entries about my dad going through open heart surgery, watching the evolution of my pictures, all of it. The best part of reading was taking a look at all of the comments from friends...the crazy things they has to say, the back and forth about Britney Spears and LOST, and American Idol. I've decided that I can't stop blogging.

But, what if I don't have anything interesting to say? What if what I need to say can simply be said by updating my facebook status? Like, "Welcome home Tai-shan"? Everyone knows that I love Pandas, and updating my facebook status is probably going to be a lot easier than finding a picture of a panda, posting it here, and then writing about how much I love pandas, maybe providing a link to the news, and then hoping that someone sees it! LOL! FB has made me lazy.

Well, we'll just have to see what happens. Blogging is like using a land line for Internet dial-up....but so many memories here in these pages..we'll just have to see what happens..

Thanks Guys!

Movie Reviews

Wow. Awesome. I guess I should start taking those stripper classes.

Happy Birthday Ian!!

Dear Baby Ian,

I can't believe you're one! It makes us all a little sad, but what do we do? You're beautiful, and if you have ANY vibes like your momma, you're going to the rock the world someday. I love love love you, and everything about you. My only wish would be that you were here. Your mom and I got to texting about how far you and she have come in the past year. So, instead of texting back to her to tell her that I know what she's feeling, I pulled up an old blog post about my thoughts on Ryder's first year. HERE it is....

But Ian, you did something for me today too. You made me remember what it was about blogging that I so enjoyed to begin with. I thought about not posting for a while... Go under the radar, so to speak- to hide my thoughts, actions, words, and pictures....But going through old posts to find the one for you, made me realize that I've left a piece of me here. It's far better than a journal because not only is it a piece of me, but a little something from all of us- through all of the comments, and jabs from the buddies.. through the Fat War...through Ryder's issues of being sick, to our vacations and birthdays, to my dad and heart surgery, to my miscarriages, and to the evolution of my photos..its all here. The last two years of our lives. Why would I want to stop something so wonderful over something so stupid? Thank you, Ian, for making me see the more important things in this world, like...LIFE. Thank you for making your momma sooo happy after all her attempts at having you...thank you for being such a great baby, so much so that your mom probably wonders why I was such a freak with your cousin.

You, and all the other beautiful kids in this world are reasons we are all here. Put all of that aside, and all we have is some cool baby gear. Which ain't bad either, but- you know what I'm sayin. One day you'll really get to know who I am. And I can't wait!! (Don't listen to anything that your mom tells you.  She's fuckin nuts.) And I really can't wait til I can really sit and talk with you. Actually I CAN wait. We'll all wait together, just to slow down the time that is just flying by.

Happy Birthday Ian.
I love love love love you,
The Coolest GodMomma Ever,

Me

PS- I sadly do not have any recent pictures of Ian...but thanks to P, you can go 

HERE to see some birthday pics...

So I'm Tickled Blue..

Thanks to the Freakishly Tall Husband and a lot of XML, here is the new look to Blue Ryder.  I love it, and I hope that you enjoy it too!  A big, fatty reason that started this whole face lift process was the ability to upload larger pictures to my blog, instead of the tiny "large" pictures that Blogger sets you up with.  I now have the capability to link to a larger picture size....for better viewing all around.  

If you're in the search for a new Blogger template, go here.  It's not really as easy as it looks, but with a little perseverance and a persistent and stubborn freakishly tall husband, you might get everything to upload properly.  Just make sure you save your previous version before you go and do anything stupid.

Have a really great 4th of July, and apparently, The Seed has something for us.  Go check him out.

Questions, Questions

OK.

So far, I've been loving the blogging thing. But, I've got some questions- maybe one of you can help me out here?

First, I can't seem to upload any more pics into the side bar. You guys just might be getting tired of that picture of Blue.

And...how do I list the previous posts by Title over there in that side bar? Anyone? Anyone?

Lastly, are you guys able to comment on the posts? I wonder if The Seed is the only one having problems?

Eureka!

I was missing out! This is a better way to journal over the old pen and paper! Have you seen my world? Have you met Ryder? I can do anything!

That didn't take too long. What was that? A weekend?

Am I addicted??

OK, I'm not going to lie...I just spent the last 2 hours playing with the template, changing the colors, picking the fonts, and wondered out loud about whether or not I should bold the text. Why can't I just magically make an awesome-looking blog instantly, or make my own template so that it looks pretty, just like my favorite blogger Dooce? I guess you can see that I'm fixated on the more important stuff, like how this blog looks, instead of what the content is.

I've arrived!

So, this is the world of blogging!! I hope The Seed (who is standing over my shoulder as we speak) hasn't let me down and overhyped this. I guess I just have to remember that, in his words- "this is just for you and nobody else". Well, if it's just for me, then why bother to post "just for me stuff" for anyone to see? Maybe the guy just wants some company. Who am I kidding? Maybe I just want to write and post pictures...for anyone who cares.

I'm not really sure why I decided to blog today. I've been meaning to, and if someone is going to help me set it up, then what excuse do I have? I also wanted the answers to these questions: Was I missing out? Is it the easier way to journal besides the old pen and paper? Is it so other peeps can peep into my world? Is it a way to introduce the world to Ryder? Who knows, apparently the genius in this is that, "I can do anything".