I'm Printed!

It's Here! It's Here! It's HERE!!! Okay, well, it's actually been here for awhile. I'm just now blogging about it, but I'm so excited to tell you about it.
This is my Blog Book:



It's 261 pages of juicy goodness! What you are reading now, will someday be printed in a blog book. I can't even tell you how awesome this is. I'm big on preserving my family history. I'm constantly keeping track of dates, and memories, and whatnot for my family and this book is an awesome novel for my posterity to read some day!

Here are the details:

1. www.blog2print.com is the company who did this book for me.

2. It cost me $93 for a year and a half of blogging. (Steep price...worth every penny)

3.One thing I wish would be different is the picture on the cover. I don't like the way it's off centered and I don't like that you HAVE to put a title on the cover. I put a simple period because I didn't want a title, now there's a black dot on the cover, but it's not too noticeable.

4. It comes with a table of contents so you can easily access a post (if you remember the title)

5. It doesn't print videos for obvious reasons, so I created a way to make sure they are included. All the videos I've posted on the blog are now on a DVD that is securely fastened to the back of the book. I've put a sticker where the video was supposed to be that directs the reader to the DVD for their viewing pleasure.





6. I've also included a "key" for all the comments. Because some people who comment on my blog use a username instead of their real name, I made this key so that in 25 years I'll remember who was who commenting on my posts.

7. There are many different options for printing your blog book. You can either include or not include the comments your friends have made to your posts (I included them). You can choose to not include some posts if you don't feel they are print worthy (I printed ALL my posts regardless of how lame they were). You can choose to save money by allowing your posts to be condensed (no content is lost) to better fit the page (I did not condense my pages because I use my pictures to tell stories and when some one is reading my post and the picture is not where it supposed to be, it would not make sense). Hardback or softback is available for the covers (I chose hardback for an extra $15)

8. My everyday family life with ups and downs and all are now preserved to share and be remembered by all.

Mind Blogging

I'm always having conversations in my head with myself. It keeps me somewhat sane. Since I've started blogging again, I've realized that I've been blogging in my head also. It flows so well in my head, but by the time I get to my computer to actually type it up...it's a jumbled mess again. The other night I had a dream about blogging. I woke up a few times and I was still "blogging" in my head. It was almost annoying....actually it was really annoying because I remember thinking something super clever and by the time I actually got up for the day....it was gone. Maybe I should continue with the conversations that keep me somewhat sane.

I'm Back!!

I don't have any valid excuses except for that life happened and I'm really sad that I didn't take the time to blog about it. As you can see, I have totally revamped my blog including changing the name of it. I guess I figure if I create a change, my blogging habits will also change. Only time will tell, but as for now, I have re-committed myself to document more of my life's happenings.

I've recently wondered if blogging was just a fad that I got caught up in. It seemed like everyone had a blog and some (including me) even blogged more than once a day. I also enjoyed reading other people's blogs, but that too faded as I walked away from blogland. Occasionally, I could spare some time to run through my favorite's list and catch up, but I found that many of my friends (you) also hadn't blogged for many months. So eventually, I kind of just stopped. About a week ago, I started going through the Daring Durling blog. I was copying and pasting it into word so that I can someday print it. While doing this, I got to read a lot of past posts. It was so fun. I had forgotten about a lot of the stuff that I read. I had started feeling really sad that I hadn't been more faithful in keeping up with posting our lives. I couldn't believe that it had been 6 months since I had posted anything of importance. Six months of our lives not documented. It made me sad, but then, I resolved to make the change and head back into the cyber world of blogging...so here I am. I'm back!

Along with many other things, one thing I can honestly point out for my absence from here is FACEBOOK. Yes, Facebook! I mean, really? isn't it much easier to write a status update in a few minutes (or even seconds) than it is to meticulously create a post that not only tells of your daily happenings but is also entertaining for the reader? Fortunately for me, I was able to go back into time through facebook and copy and paste all my status updates into Microsoft Word. Some updates had meaning, others were just random thoughts, but it was somewhat comforting to know that I hadn't lost ALL the memories of the last six months. With that being wrote, I am going to start my new blogging life going back six months in time via facebook...On this, my new and improved blog. I will post numerous updates throughout the next few weeks and go into detail on ones that I feel are of some importance. I hope you will stay and read until I catch up to the present. Alrighty then, I'm on my way back to the past...care to join me?

PAST:
On December 31, 2009 at 3:50pm, I wrote:

"Rachael Poindexter Durling just became a fan of Edward Cullen on accident only because I wanted to comment to Ms. Hilary L. about her becoming one...There's no harm in leaving it right???? "

Comments from friends:
~Candice Humes "Who isn't a fan of Edward Cullen? So dreamy..."
~Jennifer Thompson "Whatever. You can lie to yourself if you want...but don't try to lie to you FB friends...we're not buying it! Team Jacob!"
~Jacob Poindexter "You are a liar, Madam."
~Anna Durling "Uh huh...sure Rachael ;-)

PRESENT NOTES:

It's only fitting that I start this post off with something to do with Twilight. It truly was an accident that I became a fan of Edward Cullen. I really wanted to just share the link with a friend of mine (Hilary) who REALLY is a fan of Edward. Although I really think that the Cullen's are pretty spectacular...Let me get one thing straight! I am definitely on Team Jacob!