I'm doing it! I'm really doing it!

Yeah, so... I'm an official "blogger" now. Or...blogist? Blogologist? Bloginator? Blogitian? Blogateur? 

Whatever. I am now officially blogging. To blog, or not to blog, that was the question. I mean, it's not like I don't already waste waaaay too much time on the computer doing completely un-practical things with my day. I manage to get my house clean and my calendar and agenda attended to in-between Facebook checks, but just enough to get a low B, maybe a C in Advanced Household Management. Afterall, it IS my job. Depends on the day. I am someone who gets completely absorbed in something I enjoy, once I start... so the idea of spending more time writing on my computer was not something I felt would add to my productivity. However. Facebook is not fulfilling my "sharing" needs. When I can't seem to keep my "status" updates short enough to fit in the required space, it's a problem. When I want to (but refrain from) updating said status every hour (because my teenage son told me when I "joined" that it was annoying to everyone), but I really, really have good stuff to say... it's not giving me the word vomit release that I need. 

I have had many people tell me that I need to blog. Interestingly enough, my husband and children are not included in that group. I wonder why? Maybe cause I "blog" in their direction on a regular basis?  I think that I owe it to them to take some of the blogish energy that I use on them, and put it into my fingers instead. Don't you agree? I am at a point in my life where my job is getting cut back as well. The hours are not what they once were...fortunately my pay has continued to increase though. According to my brainy, bossy, budgeting, but beyond benevolent husband - my "income" (i.e. account "Renee" expenditures), has increased in-proportionately every year.  I "guess" (said with teenage attitude) that I work less hours at his office and have less children around (and under my feet, as opposed to towering over my head) to deal with. So you see... I NEED to blog. 

I NEED to blog because I have important things to say! Gosh darn-it! I have to tell people about things that I know to be true. I owe it to the world to share all that is Renee...all the wonderful, incredibly insightful thoughts racing around in my brain deserve a venue!....And that's why I haven't blogged before.... I am afraid that I might actually feel a need to express the part of me that must really believe this on some level....

You see, I am a human-being. I have many, many, many faults. Did I say there were many? I do stupid things daily, and although they make for great material, I really could stand to cut back. The older I have gotten the more I realize the less I really know. So, how is it I think I possibly have anything worth expecting someone to read? I know I am nothing without the power of God's grace in my life...at least nothing lasting. So why, why, do I need to add to the millions of words, opinions, blurbs, blabs, and senseless, mindless rambling that takes place within the belly of the electronic internet beast that we feed daily? 

Well... I guess I just feel like I can. I can because I actually get my daily life accomplished fairly well, despite the self-incrimination (that's how I roll). I can because God shows me things, just like everyone else, and He wants me to "give a reason for the hope that I have". It's in the Bible! Hello! (Get used to that phrase). I can because I have a God-given dream of sharing words, that I don't know the ending to... but I'm just livin' life and waiting... and listening. I can do all these things because,"whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think and write (okay, I added that word) about such things." That's freedom! Now, I don't know if my writing will fall into those categories without fail... as a matter of fact, I can pretty much guarantee that"noble", and "excellent", are gonna be a challenge... and I guess "praise-worthy", possibly. Now that I think about it, "admirable" could be daunting too. hmmmm. Well, it's a good thing that you will get "true" Renee. I don't self-filter well. "Pure", "Lovely"? Well... okay. . Let's just say that God created me to be all these things... so I'm gonna rely on Him to translate for me. 

I would love it if you would check in every now and then and see how many "s, ()s, and ....s that I have used in the most recent post. You can even tally them if you want to... whatever it takes, I'm not picky. Either way... I choose to blog! Because I can.