Well, shoot, it took me long enough

Well I finally did it; I gave in to the pressures of the blogosphere and started my own blog.

I was kind of thrown into the world of blogging about a year ago. It was a rainy Saturday morning and I was going with my boss to meet 3 military bloggers. I had no idea what I was getting into and was clueless as to what a “milblog” was, but I went in open minded. The 3 people we met with were some of the kindest and most open hearted people I’ve probably ever met and they were eager for our organization to start a blog. Since then we’ve been welcomed with open arms by the milblog community and I’ve enjoyed every minute of getting to know them.

So I spent the last year pouring over thousands of blogs, picking my favorites and doing posts for my nonprofit organization. Yup, nonprofit! This, if you didn’t know, means I have to keep my opinions to myself, and for those who know me, that isn’t easy to do. So I’ve been spending the last few months toying with the idea of starting my own blog, where I can voice my opinions and just write about whatever I feel like. This being said, for those who may know where I work, this blog in no way represents the ideas or feelings of that organization. This purely my own work!

I figure, if everyone else can do it, why can’t I? I’m a tried and true supporter of our military and often read stories that I want to talk about and can’t. Well not anymore!

Both of my Grandfathers fought in WWII alongside their brothers and my Dad and Brother are firefighters, so I have a soft spot in my heart for those that put their lives on the line to protect me.

No one may actually ever read my blog and that’s ok, at least it is place for me to talk about things like my support for all those in uniform or my crazy family from NJ (4 conservatives from NJ make for some great stories) who I love to death!

So here goes nothing!