All good things come to an end...sorta

So our 40 days of blogging has come to an end. I don't look at this as good-bye, more of a see you REALLY soon. I have really enjoyed doing this and will continue to do so, likely just not every day. As I look back over the 40 days there are some things I noticed. I noticed that I really like blogging. I noticed that I can have the discipline to do this. I noticed that I read more to get inspired to write more. I noticed how much I have missed blogging.

I am really excited that I will be able to look back over the years, at where my heart was and what I was thinking about during different times in my life. Sometimes it's just fluff, like a piece on TV, sometimes it's deeper, like my babies coming home. I long for the day I get to meet them. They will one day get to read what I have written about them.

So the "experiment" is done. What do I do with it? Enjoy what it was and keep moving forward. Perhaps we will put our blogs together and make a book out of it. (in case you missed it, this experiment was done with some wonderful friends. Bex, Meesh and Steve who is just starting his 40 days. You should really read his blog. He is a great writer and absolutely hilarious.) All 3 of these are great reads. As a matter of fact Bex has a giveaway on her blog. Check it out.

Are you a blogger? If so, share your blog site here. I wold love to read it. If not, have you ever thought of it? There are no rules. You can write about whatever you want. It's free to get a blog. Just go to www.blogger.com. Of course there are a number of other free websites you can use out there like wordpress, typepad and xanga. Blogger is just the most familiar to me because that is what I use.

This was interesting to me. I looked at the stats and found the Top read posts over the last 40 days.
1) Some News About Numbers and our Adoption Agency!!
2) I am Praying when I run the Hood to Coast...Can I ...
3) Still Want a Shirt? Also, win a book!!
4) Rant
5) Grace?
6) Getting Rid of DishTV?
7) Hood to Coast
8) Kynzi turns 11!
9) Giving Out of Your Pain
10) Who Do You Process Stuff With?

40 Days of Blog

Tonight we had dinner with some of our dearest friends in the world. We all decided it would be fun to do a "40 Days of Blog" together. Essentially we are committing to posting one blog per day for the next 40 days starting today! As soon as Bex mentioned this I was ALL IN! It is exactly what I need. I want to blog more and I need motivation and accountability. I love to blog, it is just one of those things that can be hard to set time aside to do. Now I am doing it! You can hold me accountable to. Interaction is a great thing (hint..feel free to comment). I love that blogging can open conversations on all sorts of topics.

I am sure there will be plenty of adoption conversation along the way, as that is what 3 out of 5 of us are doing and it consumes a lot of our thought energy. It will also have plenty of daily life mixed in, as that is what my blog tends to be about. Hopefully there will be something that will be thought-provoking and interesting to you as well. I expect that there will be some give-aways happening. I won't reveal yet, but I think someone from this team will be doing one today. So keep a look out.

Want to read along? Check out the "Team."
Bex Mann.
Michelle Unwin.
and Steve Unwin (but Steve will start his 40 days on the 1st of September)

Here we go!!!
    My beautiful bride, Jeanne-Ann is blogging, but not yet ready for 40 days. Encourage her and comment on her blog!

Dear Blog

Dear Blog,

I was reading my friend, Kurt's, blog and he wrote the blog below. I would like to submit it to you, my dear blog. With only one correction. I think Twitter is like Buzz Lightyear, he is the new toy, but I will always come back to you.

Dear Blog,
I'm sorry that you and I haven't been spending much time together lately. It's not that I have lost interest or moved onto something sexier, it's just that I've been busy lately. I still think of you and long to spend time with you but you know how life can get. This isn't a 'Dear John' letter and I hope you can trust me when I say that you mean just as much to me today as you ever have. In fact, I hope our relationship is strong enough to weather a slightly stormy season.
Blog, I enjoy our friendship and look forward to continuing to see it flourish. I will still try to visit you on a daily basis to catch up but when that can't happen, please understand that it is only for a short time.

--erik w/a "k"