I feel like an impostor.
This blogging journey has taken me to many wonderful blogs. Blogs of people who are amazing writers. I'm embarrassed to put myself in their company. If I comment at their blog, they might stop by my blog and wonder what the hell I think I'm doing! Really! I seriously think this.
This is a perfect example of my delusional self. I started blogging without even thinking about it. I jumped right in. How hard can writing be I wondered? It. Is. Really. Hard. I'm so envious of all of you. You paint pictures with your words. I take pictures and hope they enhance my words or at least make sense of them.
The truth is I love blogging, even though I'm not a talented writer. I like that it's a challenge for me to come up with something to say and then try to get what I want to say out of my brain and onto the blogging page. Honestly it frequently does not translate the way I want it to. I have a hard time putting words together that truly convey what I'm feeling, or what I want to say.
I love that when my kids or my husband do something they ask me if I'm going to blog about it. I love that SWS and Bri-Brute are both considering starting blogs. It really feels like a family adventure.
So I'm going to keep blogging, even though I embarrass my self much of the time. I've never really cared too much about embarrassing myself. I'm learning so much from reading your blogs. My vocabulary is expanding and I'm learning new ways of presenting drivel information. I plan to steal copy some of your ideas and make them my own... Deb had this great post about books that I will be using and Jason had this one that I'm going to do soon too.
When we steal copy ideas from others when scrapbooking we call it "scraplifting". I guess we could call it "bloglifting" in the blogsphere.
You're sweet! You worry too much though. You're fabulous!
Posted by: Asthmagirl | February 13, 2009 at 06:00 AM
why would you think that? I love your blog. Really. Blogging can be difficult sometimes, but the ideas I get just pop into my little pea brain.
Bloglift your little heart out! I got the idea from Mental P Momma on how she took a picture of her closet. She got the idea from someone else who photographed her freezer.
We are one big blogging community!
Posted by: deb | February 13, 2009 at 07:19 AM
You're wonderful! I love your blog. I love how the clear love of your family and your life and Pearl Jam just comes pouring out. Who cares if you're not exactly like those other bloggers, and it's perfectly ok to borrow ideas. It's the best way to come up with fodder. And it's what EVERYONE does.
Keep bloggin' and we'll keep reading.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Meg | February 13, 2009 at 08:54 AM
It is called learning! You, my friend, are lovely to read! (((hugs)))
Posted by: iPost | February 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM
I think you're a great writer, frankly. I don't think you have to use big words and complex sentence structuring to be a good writer. I seldom use big words because I want all kinds of readers to be able to read my blog without having to check the dictionary every other sentence. So, I try to keep it simple. Keep on keeping on! And, I'm adding you to my blogroll, so you better not give up any time soon or I'll hunt you down....
Posted by: Snooty Primadona | February 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Don't stop blogging, you do a great job! I look forward to reading what you have to say every day.
Posted by: JWinters | February 14, 2009 at 05:31 AM