My first ever blog post!

I was thinking the other day about nothing in particular (happens a lot, actually), and decided I should start a blog.  My first question was "what for?" Well, family updates and maybe a short story or poem every now and then.  Since so many people around me have a blog because it keeps extended family in the loop I figured I may as well get one, even though almost all of my family lives close to me and I see a lot of them all the time.  Right now I don't really have much to say.  Most of my family posts will be updates on my beautiful daughter, Sarah, who is two months old.  In the next few days I'll probably put up some of the stuff that I've already written, just so people can see it, and then over time I'll put up some new stuff (when I write it).  Poems and short stories are actually harder for me because, first of all, I've never been good with poetry; and secondly, I'm just not very good at keeping things short, so this should be a good exercise for me.