15 Minutes of Blog Fame

Why do I blog?  It’s mostly selfish. 

1. It acts as my own personal journal which is kept reasonably up to date (go ahead - laugh if you want).  When I get around to scrapbooking (which I admit isn’t often), I don’t have to think about what to write about a certain event.  If it’s important enough to scrapbook, it’s likely already been captured on my blog.
2. I’m not a very good writer, but I want to be better.  So … putting my journal out for public consumption encourages me to be a think about my writing and to try to be a better writer.It amuses me that people actually want to read this stuff!
3. On the not-as-selfish side, it really does let me keep our long distance friends up to date on the happenings in the Reed household.

 

In light of that, I don’t worry too much about how many hits I get or don’t get.  I check the statistics only maybe once a week out of curiosity to see how many hits and to see where they come from.  BUT … having said all of that, I feel like I’ve been graced with my 15 minutes of blog fame in the way of a link to my blog from scrapbooker extraordinaire Stacy Julian’s blog.  I have to admit that when I saw my name listed there with a link to my version of her “Give Yourself a Present Challenge”, I was totally stoked!  So much so that I was compelled to call Angie immediately and practically squeal in delight to her. 

And, that is my 15 minutes of blog fame.  :-)