Why I will blog...

Tonight there is a chicken roasting in the oven, potatoes on the stove and killer chocolate dipped cookies in the fridge for dessert. The kids are watching a movie and the baby is having "daddy time". It is the typical American Dream, and I know how very blessed I am to have such a life. I'm glad Leah is having time with her daddy, she is only 3 months old and she needs all the time she can get. Her daddy will be leaving for Iraq soon (3rd time). I am so proud of my husband and what he sacrifices for us. He has to find the strength to walk away from everything he loves and step on that airplane. I stay home worrying for his safety while raising our 3 kids. We each have to be strong for each other to get through a deployment. That isn't the point of this blog, however.

I have had a My Space account for several years (www.myspace.com/happynhawaii) but I know not all of my family has an account (or the time to manage it). So I kept making slide shows so everyone could see the pictures without signing up. That works okay I guess, but on this blog I can keep a little journal of the day/week and have pictures as well. Also, since my husband Erick will be deploying soon, he can have a place to come and see how we are doing. The Internet is s l o w in Iraq and My Space takes a long time for him to load. The same thing with downloading photos on email. This blog should be the answer to all those problems.

By now your eyes are rolling in the back of your head and your starting to drool all over your keyboard. I know that wasn't very exciting, that last paragraph. While I can't promise that I will have exciting, dramatic and/or riveting stories, I will try to be entertaining with my writing. I used to be quite a writer back in school, I guess we will see if I still got it! I will mostly use this to provide a sample of my day, the thoughts I have, sweet and cute things the children do (with pictures!) and random odds and ends.

So, as my margarita is dwindling down to the bottom of my glass, it is time for me sign off tonight, and go take my husband upstairs to put him to bed.