My life after the 15 minutes…

 I've talked about my sisters a lot lately. Mostly because with every passing day it becomes more real that we are actually moving away. We are as close as sisters can possibly be and it doesn't seem real that I won't be able to just walk down the street any time I need to talk with them. I also have to think that the Sauvignon Blanc sellers in our area will notice a dramatic drop in sales since when we get into one of our long yap sessions, we drink enough white wine to affect the global supply. Not only are we close, our kids are more or less siblings and it's pretty much every day that I'm praising, hugging, dancing, singing or even disciplining or breaking up a fight between kids I didn't give birth to.  So yeah the nostalgia is hitting me hard as I spent the afternoon packing up family pictures and putting them in boxes since I want to carry them with us instead of letting the movers take them. It's also hitting me because my older sister Jennifer is cu...

 So to get it out of the way, one of the things I miss most about posting on reddit was that it was so much more interactive. I loved reading comments (well the positive ones anyways) and I loved chatting with everyone, even if the messages were short. This blog site makes that so much more difficult because I don't get any notification that people are commenting and when I do see them I can't reply from the comments page. I'm still enjoying posting here but I wish it were as quick and easy to interact as it was on reddit. Yesterday and today are events where I would love to get some thoughts and I'm hoping since I'm asking for your inputs, I can use this as a test run to see how to set up a pattern to check and respond to comments.  One of the things we are going to try to do in the next few months is get our kids used to having babysitters that aren't family members. Bubs and I have made a commitment that even after we move, we are going to continue to do more...