Long overdue

I have definitely been neglecting my blog. Get ready for this earth shaking confession: I've been cheating on Blogger with that little known website called Facebook. Ha Ha. No it's certainly not little known. It's well known and widespread. In fact I have friends on Facebook ranging from elementary school best friends, to little girls (now grown up) that I used to babysit for, to friends of my Mom's. I think it's no exaggeration to say that everyone is on Facebook. Ok, so I know that is a little exaggeration because of I can think of a few people who aren't, but it's not much of one.

I'll spare you the infomercial for Facebook though and tell you that I do miss you Blogger. Facebook has been a great tool for reconnecting with friends from high school and staying in touch with others, but it has also made me a little bit lazy. I seldom do much on my Facebook page (adding pictures, or updating my status), but I find myself able to be on the site for up to an hour. A mindless hour. I find myself cautious about what I write and post on Facebook; more self conscious because I realize that all of the aforementioned "friends" and all of the others who can see my account will have a glimpse into my life. I'm cautious about what I want to share. One reason I started a blog was to stay connected to my friends and family. Another is to have a place to document all of the important (and some pretty mundane) stuff in our family's life; ideally I'll turn my blog into a book on Blurb.com one day and have a scrapbook of all of these events. Wasting mindless hours on Facebook won't help me document all of this stuff though.

Will I still check it? Definitely. More than once a day? Probably. But I'll try to devote at least equal time to blogger too. So I'm back to blogging and with a vengeance. I have lots of updating to do.