Scrappi's Space

O.K. So here I am. Making my bloggers debut. This has been in the making since November '07. The month and year I turned 40 - wonder if there is some sort of significance here. Scrappi's Space was born and went immediately into hibernation. But now, I hope, is the right time to wake it up and put it to use. With that decision made, I had to stop and ask myself, "why? why do you want to blog? what is the purpose of this blog?" You see, everything must have a reason and a purpose. More thinking and then voilla - to capture life's moments - in a neat and tidy space. Then - to share or not to share? What the hell - I'm a good sharer. So here we are. Before I continue, I need to give a big shout out and thank you to my fabulous, veteran blogging sister who inspired, encouraged, and coaxed me into this. She has been blogging for about three years and loves it - check her out at LifeMadeCreations and you'll see why she inspires me. I am a very competitive person and I have to say that anything I can do she can do way better!!

So here in this space I will write. In my head I am a passionate writer. Something happens on the way from brain to fingers and ..... well....there is nothing. I will use this space to find my voice and share my thoughts and feelings. It is here that I will work out daily struggles and it is here that I will celebrate lifes moments. Life goes by too quickly and I want to remember these fantastic - perhaps midlife - days. Days of raising the two most wonderful boys I know - and - no - I am not being biased at all. I want to document these days - breathe life into these pages so they will live on forever - so my boys will know and remember. I don't want to be morbid but sometimes I think - if I get hit by a bus tomorrow - will they know how much I love them, my boys - all three of them. Well just in case....now they will.

Here in this space I will post photographs. I will capture life moments on memory card. There will be a story to tell and pictures to bring the words to life. I am passionate about taking pictures. Love my camera!! I wish I could learn how to use it to its fullest potential. I will....someday. I have a small (ok - maybe bigger than small) issue with my memory - I can't remember anything. I am OK with that - I have accepted it and can laugh at my stupidity - it's not worth getting upset over. Life is too short. But learning how to use my camera is not easy because I can't remember ANYTHING. I know, I know. Practice will reinforce. But then there is the little problem of time. Not enough of it and what there is goes by way too fast. But I will change my priorites and make time. It's amazing the time you free up when you don't sit in front of the television watching mindless programs. I just recently gave up watching my soap operas. I loved my soaps. All My Children and One Life to Live - been watching AMC for about 30 years. Now I have more time to do this. Much more productive. And I don't really miss all the drama of the silly, unrealistic lives of the characters.

OK - so there it is - my purpose for blogging. Only great things can happen from this and I am so excited to be starting this new adventure. And I am glad I won't be taking it alone.