How Long ?

Today I was bored, chilling out from our travels and trying to catch up a bit with what has been going on around here. I even spent some time looking through some of my old blogs and realized how LONG I actually have been blogging !

Last year was a really bad year for me in many ways, but oddly enough it was a good blog year. I made alot of friends, rallied for a friend and also got to meet, Windi, Anne and Rikki.

This year I have noticed no one is around much. I am going to blame the economy - although that is so far from my reasons of not being here, that it sounds silly - yet the economy is seeming like a good thing to blame  to me, so there ya go.

Maybe people have gotten jobs or went out and found other things to do, As certainly has been the case for me. I live in Wisconsin, it gets sooo cold, and dreary here - and if you know me well enough, you know I HATE it.  I LOVE being outdoors, even though my skin does not, I LOVE the outdoors and all the things that come with spring and summer. Unfortunately living in Wisconsin means that the majority of my year is full of more of the yukky times then the summer and fun times. So as I have been taking time to enjoy every second this year. Soaking up the sun while I can. Soon again it will be cold, snowy and yucky.... and with it my complaints of dispair.

Through reading my past blogs today I realized blogging has made it alot easier for me to have to get through the cold months and have something to look forward too as well as make friends, and while some friends come and go and some will always stay, I enjoy the friendships I have made with so many of you. I look forward to keeping up with you and your lives, reading about you guys and sharing stories of our times. We have differences and losses, joys, loves and familes - births, deaths ... LIFE !.... but what makes me like it here so VERY much is that we can all be friends. We don't all have to agree with everything, but we can all be friends and THAT is the greatest thing.

A few years ago I would have never guessed that blogging would have made me a happier person, but yet it has. A few years ago, I was afraid to talk to others, share my life with others or feel like a part of others lives. I have changed ... and I can't go on saying that this kind of forum has not helped me to become a better me.

Sure, people come and go, some stay in our lives for a long time, some for only a short time ... but no matter the length of time we all become a part of each others lives for some reason. Take time to think of these people often and make yourself smile. No matter how different we all are, we are still all the same.

So as I enter my third year of blogging, I will remember all of you with every fondness I can until I take my last breath. You all mean so much to me, and  Anyone who has ever crossed my path will always be remembered.

Thank You ALL for being my friends here and sticking by through thick and thin - being great friends, supporters and buddies. Without you all I would not have my network of friends to look forward to visiting, cheering me up and lighting up my life - as you all do !

TAMMIE