I just want to make clear why I'm keeping this blog.  First of all, it's fun.  But I also am trying to keep my friends and family updated on our whereabouts, condition, recent activities, etc.  Our closest circle is spread out all over the world, so I wanted to have a means to let people know what is going on with us.  I recently had a couple people say to me, almost sheepishly, "Yeah, I was reading your blog."  GOOD!!!  That's the whole point.  This isn't intended to be a private journal.  If I had any interest in keeping one, I certainly wouldn't post it on the internet and then pass my address out!  I guess this is more like "Kate's News Service".  So anyway, if I put something on here, it's so it can be read by anybody.

Now, I wish that some of my family and friends would keep up their own blogs.  They started them, but they never put anything in them!  Like I said, they're scattered everywhere.  It would be great to be able to know how everyone is doing.  I like blogs because I feel like if you can't be with someone, at least a little update every now and then makes you feel more connected with them.  Not saying every little detail has to be put in there, but at least a generalization of what's new.

Then I also like the nostalgia factor.  Do you know how much I wish I had journals of day-to-day life from my ancestors?  I WISH I could know how my predecessors acted, the rough times they went through, how many horses they had, things they said or thought about.  I mean just life stuff.  I wish I knew more about my g-g-grandmother Jesse.  I have a picture of her, but no history.  Was she a Christian?  Who was her father?  I love stuff like that.  So, I'm keeping a record of my Christian life so I can pass it down to whoever might take an interest in it in the next century or whatever.