Diving in Tail First

It's funny how technology (and life) move so fast.

I'm 29 39 so blogging is not something I grew up with. In fact, the mainstream Internet wasn't even around until I was in college, and even then it was in its beginning stages. Can you imagine!? I can barely even picture my life now without the Internet. E-mail, message boards, Google/Bing, and social networks have become a part of my daily routine and I figure a blog is the next step. I've always felt like my age group is just on the cusp of the computer curve. We "Gen X-ers" can either embrace it and move forward with the rest of the world, or cling to typewriters, checkbooks, and printed newspapers and get left behind. I mastered the ins and outs of Word, e-banking, and online news a long time ago, but am a little late in joining the blogging bandwagon. Please be patient!

Diving in "tail first" is more apropos than "head first" for me because we have pets. A lot of pets: two rambunctious rescue dogs, a bearded dragon, several fish (two tanks and a pond), a frog, the occasional salamander or toad, and a fifteen-year-old, very temperamental cat. My husband, Phil, and I also have two children: Natalie (almost 11) and Owen (almost 9). Our house is a bit like a zoo most of the time.

My friends have been encouraging me to start a blog for a few years. Apparently my life is amusing to them. With the daily happenings in our house, I simply can't imagine why.

So... here we go!