Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Getting the Party Started...
First off, thanks to Uncle Jim for spearheading the initiative for greater and more efficient communication within the family. What a wonderful way to use technology for good...I look forward to this being super useful and enjoyable way to keep in touch...
PLUS, it is an *amazing* procrastination tool...hehe...one of the last procrastination-worthy sites still not blocked at work! As such, there are no excuses for folks to not post on here...
Personally, this blog comes at as good a time as any! I will be travelling to India in a couple weeks (June 2) for about 35 days! While I do have a recently begun personal blog (dcdira does life) that I plan to primarily post my experiences/thoughts/feelings/pictures, it will be easily accessible to all from here. You can click on my name and I believe it will link to my own blog.
Feel free to read and comment there...
Also-as Aunt Kikanza just mentioned via email, we really *do* need to start the planning for our next family reunion...it's only been about 14 years since the last one =P!! SHAME.
Much love to all.
PLUS, it is an *amazing* procrastination tool...hehe...one of the last procrastination-worthy sites still not blocked at work! As such, there are no excuses for folks to not post on here...
Personally, this blog comes at as good a time as any! I will be travelling to India in a couple weeks (June 2) for about 35 days! While I do have a recently begun personal blog (dcdira does life) that I plan to primarily post my experiences/thoughts/feelings/pictures, it will be easily accessible to all from here. You can click on my name and I believe it will link to my own blog.
Feel free to read and comment there...
Also-as Aunt Kikanza just mentioned via email, we really *do* need to start the planning for our next family reunion...it's only been about 14 years since the last one =P!! SHAME.
Much love to all.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Welcome To The Family Blog!
Welcome to the Family Blog!
Not sure how often I will blog here, but I will keep the site alive forever... as long as it stays free. :-)
The reason for the blog is simple: give everyone in the family one place to post family information so we all can go here periodically and see how each of us is doing.
I wanted to eliminate the need for group e-mails being sent (especially when they sometimes contain outdated e-mail addresses) and multiple photo web sites.
Post it all here! Talk about your kids, your pets, your jobs, your need for a better job, your beautiful new or re-modeled home (or need for a new one), your wedding, your marriage, boyfriend\girlfriend, your education, your friends, your travels, our reunion plans, or anything else that comes to mind. I know I am interested in hearing about it!
It also eliminates the need to go back and forth in e-mail and clog up our e-mail inboxes. If you have a site that you want us to see, just post it. We can have a humor section for those that have a lot of time to kill when "playing around on the web". We can have a travel section for our new travel agents in the family, and for those of us that just love to travel (which is quite a few of us!). You name it, we can put it here.
Enough ideas from me, but I do want to make a request for your first response. This blog is dedicated to Mom\Grandma, and I tried to label it with the last names of all of her kids and grandkids (in order). If I left a name out, please let me know. If I can officially change the name, I will. If it is too late for that, then I will leave a special section with this note and the additional name. Also, if you are wondering where "Her Swans" came from, I went to an anagram site and put in the first initial to all the last names. I needed an extra vowel (the "e") to make the words, but I think that Mom\Grandma would have liked to have another legacy in place with\for\from all of the beautiful swans she helped bring to life\give life's lessons to!
That's it. Now it's all up to you to make this the best family blog ever!
Jimmy\Jim\Uncle Jim
Not sure how often I will blog here, but I will keep the site alive forever... as long as it stays free. :-)
The reason for the blog is simple: give everyone in the family one place to post family information so we all can go here periodically and see how each of us is doing.
I wanted to eliminate the need for group e-mails being sent (especially when they sometimes contain outdated e-mail addresses) and multiple photo web sites.
Post it all here! Talk about your kids, your pets, your jobs, your need for a better job, your beautiful new or re-modeled home (or need for a new one), your wedding, your marriage, boyfriend\girlfriend, your education, your friends, your travels, our reunion plans, or anything else that comes to mind. I know I am interested in hearing about it!
It also eliminates the need to go back and forth in e-mail and clog up our e-mail inboxes. If you have a site that you want us to see, just post it. We can have a humor section for those that have a lot of time to kill when "playing around on the web". We can have a travel section for our new travel agents in the family, and for those of us that just love to travel (which is quite a few of us!). You name it, we can put it here.
Enough ideas from me, but I do want to make a request for your first response. This blog is dedicated to Mom\Grandma, and I tried to label it with the last names of all of her kids and grandkids (in order). If I left a name out, please let me know. If I can officially change the name, I will. If it is too late for that, then I will leave a special section with this note and the additional name. Also, if you are wondering where "Her Swans" came from, I went to an anagram site and put in the first initial to all the last names. I needed an extra vowel (the "e") to make the words, but I think that Mom\Grandma would have liked to have another legacy in place with\for\from all of the beautiful swans she helped bring to life\give life's lessons to!
That's it. Now it's all up to you to make this the best family blog ever!
Jimmy\Jim\Uncle Jim
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