You know I was telling a friend about my blog. I'd never revealed the fact that I had a blog to anyone outside of my internet buddies. It is just a "thing" that I keep to myself. Honestly, I don't write about too much in my blog that is totally personal or that my friends in real life don't know themselves. In fact, my family and friends in real life get the WHOLE story and not just the cliff notes. It made me realize that when I write in my blog, I'm not as forthcoming as I am in my real life with my friends.
I write here because it feels good. I can get things off my chest and document what is going on with the kids. Its the small, mundane things that I like to write about. I don't have to use my brain. I can just ramble and keep an account of my daily happenings. The small routine type things that I forget over time. It is nice to have them written in one place where I can go back and recollect.
What is funny is sometimes I get questions or comments on blog entries. What those comments also make me realize is that I don't reveal my whole story here. I don't share all the things that I want private from the world wide web. They might not be huge things, but they are my things. I can keep them private and reserved for just my small circle. So, sometimes my entries might not make sense. There might not be a full explanation of something and then questions arise. It is what it is. I reserve the right to keep some things private and some things public. Such is the life of a blogger.
So, it leads me to this... do all bloggers tell you everything? I mean the small, intimate details that they don't even tell the fly on the wall? I doubt it. I mean, I enjoy reading other blogs, but what I also enjoy is the "story-telling" aspect of reading. I am a Pollyanna. Never denied it. I enjoy a good upbeat blog entry about life and kids and husbands and dogs and gardening. I'm no June Cleaver myself, but it sure is fun to dream of being like her.
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I know that I don't blog about every single detail in my life. Some of it is down right boring. Plus, who cares about the day to day of what you eat, what was on television and yadda, yadda, yadda. It's more about the observations and the things I just need to get out of my head. Having said that, I do think that I keep it real. I talk about the good, the bad, the ugly and in no way do I try to gloss over everything and make it look like life is just.so.perfect- hence the need for margaritas and hard alcohol (obviously not right now).
I would love too, but there is always something keeping me back. Maybe if you have it in a blog it's evidence. I have told some of my friends and family about my blog, but then i always worry about someone taking something wrong. I would love to go totally anonomus and blurt every detail at times, but really whats the use? lol
JerriAnn2
While I do think I keep it "real" and I let along "hang out" (no pun intended considering my HNT pic...ha ha ha) I certainly DO NOT tell all...no way in HELL...OMG. Anyway...I tell a lot, just not all the all.
Good entry!
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