Just where I wanted to go today, the cell phone store!

Megan's cell phone was sitting on the kitchen counter.

The cat, Maximus, enters.

Blog unto others as you would have them blog unto you.

Hey bloggers! After months of haunting all my family's blogs without making myself known, I can ignore my adoring fan (i.e. Jessica) no longer, and I am finally making my own blog. Making a blog has actually been on my infernal to-do list for ages, I just for some reason have had this mental block against doing it. I must admit there was some fear involved. Fear of becoming addicted and ignoring other virtuous pursuits (such as doing the dishes), fear of my own perfectionistic tendencies, even fear that you would all finally realize just how boring Ian and I really are. Nonetheless, I am forging ahead into cyberspace with great hope in my future blogging prowess. I am optimistic that blogging will introduce added dimensions of happiness in my life. I look forward to your comments telling me that my idiosyncrasies are perfectly normal, I am hopeful that the need of something to blog about will help Ian and I actually get out a little more, and I expect that the need for pictures will make us use the ridiculous digital camera that we purchased. (You know--the one we bought because Ian, that's right I'm blaming him, just had to have because it had all those cool, extra features that we have yet to learn how to use.) Anyway, at the very least, I hope that if every now and then I include some pictures of the beach, you will be tempted to drop in for a peak (or even tempted to visit!).

So here's my little family. There's a picture of Ian and I (it's kind of an old picture, but one that shows Ian with a little fat on him so we like it) and a picture of our cat Maximus making himself right at home. Welcome to our world!

P.S. Ian made a new blog too. His link is on my page. He will have the monopoly on political commentary for the family.