I've been thinking about starting a blog for some time now. It all started when I became obsessed with a virtual stranger's blog. I've been visiting her site regularly and thinking about how great it is that she's documenting her family's activities and accomplishments. I've always wanted to record my life and have tried several tools (journaling, scrapbooking, etc.) to do so, however I've failed to adequately maintain any of them. Anyway, I've hmm'd and haaa'd about this for sometime now and have decided that for my birthday I would give myself the gift of trying this again - and not being too hard on myself if this effort peters out too.