Pretty in Pink!

For years I've been pondering the idea of keeping a journal, writing down my thoughts, my stories, vacation memories, blessings, my daily happenings that illicit my smiles or my tears, my prayers, my dreams, my lessons learned, my struggles ... You get the idea, I'm sure!   Although I've wondered how I would feel sharing such things and who would even want to read them,  I have finally brought the idea to fruition.  You see,  I have a little bit of spare time on my hands with the three big boys off at Kanakuk camp for two weeks.  I'm on day 5 and admit that things are pretty quiet around here with just Griffy and I.  So, this morning as Griffy plays with his Legos, I sit here at the computer with a notion to give this blog idea a whirl!  And that means he will desperately need me in the next 30 minutes at least twice and his tummy will be starving.   :)

First things first... Setting up the blogspot.  Now it sounded quite simple - I mean really, they give you templates to choose from and colors already matched!  I admit it was really quite a no brainer.  Anyone who knows me could have probably designed my blog page.  It's PINK!  Now, I just love pink.  I am single-handedly holding down the pink fort in this crazy house, and I'm doing a pretty decent job when the opportunity arises.  I think there is always room for improvement in this particular area!  The only things I like more than pink are ribbons, girly tutu skirts, and tights ...and not just any tights, but the fun, festive, stripey tights. I get giddy inside just thinking about them.  Seriously...there's just no where...and I mean NO where...any of these favorite things can fit into my home life right now.  When I turned 30, I made a vow to never ever put a ribbon on my pony tail again.  It was a sad day, but I have kept that vow.  And as far as I can remember, I have always been too old to pull off stripey tights and sadly my tutu skirt days are long gone.  And then having 4 boys...that's right 1-2-3-4... leaves a few years of my life wondering if I will ever see pink again.  But alas...I'm finding it in the most lovely places.  My phone case is pink, my new buttercup backpack has pink flowers, I'm finding pink turn up in my wardrobe,  my bible has a pink flower on it, my running shoes have pink on them, Sasha's bedding in her cage is pink (now just because she is a female guinnea pig stuck in this male madness doesn't mean she can't stay in touch with her feminine side, too), Mike's has pink lemonade... and now I have an official pink blog.  My fortune has picked up in this area, although I have a sneaky suspician that it's really been under my nose all along and I just couldn't grasp it.  I'm excited to hang out blogging when I get the urge.  It's all set up and ready now ... all set up pretty in pink.