Adding "Blogger" to my resume'

A blog... What to do with a blog?

I'm not really sure how this came about...Well, I guess that's a bit of a lie. My apologies for beginning by lying to you. But truthfully, I have a few friends that have blogs and I very much admire their ability to capture snip-its of their day, funny quotations they heard, or memories to be shared for years to come. And Ms. Molly Tucker is currently blogging about her student teaching experience and has been a great cheerleader for me to begin my own record of adventures.

I always had some sort of diary/journal growing up where I recorded how much I disliked my parents that day or which cute boy I thought smiled in my direction but was of course looking at my best friend instead (don't we all love those pre-teen years?). Of course, I followed all the trends of Yahoo GeoCities, Xanga (remember those), Facebook, Twitter, and instagram. But, a blog? Who would want to read a blog about me? To be honest, I'm not sure a great deal of people out there would want to read about my daily life of cleaning up after my husband, playing with my dog, or deciding what furniture I want to buy for our home. And that is okay by me. I'm hoping that this will be an outlet. A journal for when my day is great or not so good. A diary for when I want to talk about that cute boy that actually is smiling in my direction (you know, my husband). A place to talk about everyday happenings. If you're interested, I'd love to share it all with you.

So now that I've figured out what this blog thing is all about, how about figuring out what to name my blog? Sounds simple enough. But I was sadly mistaken. I came up with what I thought would be a great name: No Longer Newlywed. As I drove home to begin my blog I sat in the drivers seat of my car thinking, "Yes! That is it! It's creative, fun, and catchy! I've been married for over a year so I'm really not going to be a newlywed ever again (I'm sure there will be a post about that at some point) Way to go, Kelli! Oh, STOP sign...better pay more attention to the road." 

I got home, let the dog outside, and sat down to my husband's computer since mine's not working (once again, I'm sure there will be a post about that too) and began my blog. For some reason I decided to Google my would-be blog name just in the off chance that some one else had thought of it first. (I'm sure you can see where this is going...) Low and behold, I found someone with almost the exact same blog name as mine! Talk about frustrated! I know that I had really only spent an hour or so thinking of a name, but I was really proud of what I came up with and now I couldn't use it! Let the foot stomping in frustration begin.

After all of 30 seconds of throwing a mini hissy-fit in my head I knew who I needed to call. (Insert Ghostbusters joke here.) I needed Jacqueline. Jacqueline is one of my best friends, she works as an Online Web Producer at a news station, and she is one of the more creative people I know. After many text messages back and forth we narrowed it down to the current winner. I say "current winner" because we may think of something I like better but as for the moment, Fledgling to Fabulous it is.