Leaping into the Abyss of Blogdom...

Well, it appears that my very first blog post isn’t on my blog at all. It’s on my dear friend's blog , Dawn in Austin… http://www.heiferyung.com/2009/07/letters-from-home.html. She has inspired me to start my own blog. Now I cannot guarantee that anything that I write will be enjoyable, but I can guarantee that it will be legible (thank you, keyboard). I name my blog “View from the Lily Pad” for one simple reason. I love frogs. Not real ones – I love inanimate frogs… like frog figurines, frog pictures, frog décor. I am not terribly fond of frog stuffed animals, at least not anymore. It seems that when you “love” something, people get you that thing for Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s days, Tuesdays, whatever. And I’ve accumulated way too may frog stuffed animals. I don’t even seem to buy frogs anymore, or at least that’s what I tell my husband. And speaking of my husband, he is a very forgiving sort of man. We have frogs in nearly every room in the house… even the Christmas tree has frog ornaments. We have frogs outside on the front porch and frogs on the back patio. I know he doesn’t like it too much, but he loves me enough to overlook them. So, let me be clear – this blog will NOT be about frogs. I plan for it to be more about my life and my observations of the people and events around me. I will do my best not to offend anyone, although sometimes that cannot be helped (note: that was my disclaimer) About me… let’s see… I feel like my life is relatively boring. Although when I think about it, it’s anything but. I’m a terribly busy mom of two batches of two kids. My kids are currently 18, 16, 4 and 2. Some people would call that four kids, but it really feels more like two batches. You just can’t describe having two kids driving their cars and two kids driving their Power Wheels at the same time. I have a wonderful husband. We have been married for about seven years and have not started to itch yet. My plan is to write every couple of days. I hope to get better at this as I go along. Please don’t give up on me!