Some 'Splainin to do

Oh the power of a blog! Four letters that form an odd little word that sounds like the name of a friendly monster that might be found under my bed. I am very excited to have this little corner of cyberspace to myself- to exercise my mind and share a little of my soul with whomever might care to listen. I feel like this moment should be heralded by trumpet playing or a ribbon cutting with huge shiny scissors, but alas, it is just me, sitting solitary at my uncomfortable desk, wrapped in a fleecy blanket and thinking about what I need to be doing right now because my baby is taking a nap.

So began the life of the blog "hodgepodge" on November 2, 2005.  2005?  Seriously? Has it been 7 years since I began typee-type-typing away and hitting the publish key?  Yep.  And now I announce the birth of a new blog, a new venture, a new phase, a new corner to become attached to and in which to, well, write some stuff.

You may frown, crinkling the skin in the middle of your eyebrows, maybe even squinting a suspicious eye my way and ask, "why now, why a new blog?"  Good questions, squinty eyebrow scruncher.  Simply this: I love to write.  I need to write.  Writing is right for me right now.  My dear old vintage hodgepodge has become mainly a record of a family's doings.  This is great and needed and I love keeping up with our doings this way- it is very good for long distance friends and family too.  But in looking back through the archives I found that I used to "write" more.  I thought more and was free and fun and silly, sometimes serious, but I wrote, and that is the point.  I want to write again.  (Strangled sob....not really.) 

So what's to come?  Oh, you know.  Photos, and book reviews and poems and maybe a rant or two.  Deep thoughts?  Maybe.  Giveaways?  You should be so lucky.  Fashion advice?  Prrrrrobably not.  Political prognostications?  Doubt it.  Big words?  Yep.  I do love them.  Chapters from THE PAST?  Sure, why not?  I might even take requests. 

So here I am, Sincerely yours, again. 

Changes since inception of hodgepodge, circa 2005....
Then/Now
1 baby/4 babies
Alabama/Virginia
Husband not military/husband military
me young/me old
good knees/bad knees
did not love Chinese food/still doesn't love Chinese food
had never eaten at Mystic Pizza in Connecticut/ have eaten at Mystic Pizza in Connecticut
had a cat/no longer have a cat (so sorry, Wally)
showered frequently/not so much anymore
loved antiques/ still loves antiques (AKA "junk" according to dear military husband)
had never heard of, much less been to, an IKEA/have been to IKEA and is a little obsessed with it
ANNND I could go on, but I will not pain you anymore.  Needless to say, wow(!) alot can happen in seven years.  So stay tuned for the next seven, dear reader!