Catching up from the beginning

Hi there. Perhaps you're wondering why I'm here taking up space, taking up time (yours and mine). There IS a very good explanation. OK, there's an explanation. I've had people from my past ask why I've never taken my old newspaper columns and put them together in a book. AND apparently there have been several times I've seen, heard or done something and exclaimed, "Man, if I still wrote my column...!" So my daughter set me up this blog spot and here I am. Blogging.
If I still wrote my column #1 - I've always considered people who "blogged" to be overindulgent, ego-driven, more-time-on-my-hands-than-I-know-what-to-do-with people. BUT my oldest daughter blogs and she is neither overindulgent nor ego-driven. AND she has no time on her hands with 2-1/2 kids under the age of two. Actually I barely have extra time since she has 2-1/2 kids under the age of 2!

If I still wrote my column #2 - Can you believe that Super Bowl?!?!?!? Granted, I was rooting for Arizona. After all, just how many super bowls do you have to win in one lifetime? Still, the Steelers absolutely did not deserve to win with the behavior they exhibited. the personal fouls for unnecessary roughness. Come on...you're supposed to be grown men, not middle school boys trying to prove something. And that one guy - you know who I'm talking about - who held the Arizona guy down while he continued to punch him!

If I still wrote my column #3 - What kindof man (and I use the term loosely) thinks more of himself and his wants, including driving around in a vehicle he can't afford, pretending to own his own business that doesn't make enough money to either pay his bills OR provide for his children and making sure he has the time and funds for activities HE wants? That's all on that subject cause I can really get started here and you don't want that.

If I still had my column #4 - let me introduce you to my favorite people in the world: There's my 13-year-old grandson who has been the bright spot in the world since the moment he entered it. Even today when he messes with me by acting like a wannabe thug, he's one who can make me smile. There's his 6-yr old sister who has had my heart from her first breath. She also has my admiration because she has overcome some pretty yucky stuff and still keeps her gentle, loving disposition. Well...most of the time. Don't mess with her on the soccer field or basketball court! Her one-year-old sister just doesn't know a bad day...except when she throws a fit, of course. She had a bad start and probably has quite a bit more to go, yet her smile is huge and innocent and definitely loving. Moving along to my 2-yr old granddaughter who can bring the sun out with her smile (She's very discriminating who she gives one to, so you know you've been favored when you get one. Then there's her one-year-old sister who is correctly labeled as a one-girl demolition derby with the Energizer Bunny in her back pocket. Whatever she does, she does at full steam. Then, there's the new baby. One month old and suffers with colic and reflux and, right now, one of the worse cases of diaper rash I've seen, but the rash is going away and her personality is popping out despite her health issues. It's fantastic to watch her watch me like she's trying to figure out who this creature is!

That's it for now. I've enjoyed this...hope you have, too, and will come back. I am.