Fruit Inspection

I started blogging in April of 2006. I thought it would be a great way to journal about the things in my life and share pictures of the kids with far away relatives and friends. The only thing I wondered about was how my grandkids would get their hands on it. You know, if I was writing in a paper journal, I’m sure somebody would come across it someday in a dusty box in the attic…”Hey, it’s Grammy’s journal!”, they’d shout. Then spend the rest of the afternoon trying to decipher my handwriting.

So I bought a pretty 3-ring binder and at the end of each month I have been printing my posts and sticking them in there. It seemed to be working, but was a little time consuming and taking up more space than I thought. Then I read about Blurb.

It is so cool, you just have to check it out! I made my first book in about 3 hours. It begins with my first post last April and ends in November of ’06 when I left blogger and began using my own domain.

When the UPS guy dropped the box off on Thursday I felt like a kid a Christmas time. I ran out the door, grabbed it, and flew back into the house trying to peel back the heavy packing tape. Finally I got it open and lovingly held it to my chest! My new baby. My first book! Awwww…

Yeah, it sounds corny, but it’s a proud moment seeing your own personal handiwork as a professional hardcover published book. It was tons of fun to work on and I thought the price was very reasonable. Go on…check ’em out!!!