late night notes

so it's almost 1 am, I just got done doing some homework which never seems like it's going to end, the wife and kids are asleep, so I finally have some peace and quiet. I just wanted to jot some notes on where I want to take this blog and and what I want to add to it either during or after this challenge. I figure I better jot it down somewhere before I forget and what better place to jot it down than in the blog, right? At least this way I won't lose it and I know it'll be right where I left it... maybe I'm just talking funny because I'm tired...

anyway... add pics, lots and lots of pics of the kids so I can keep track of how they grow. add some highs and lows that the kids had, add some highs and lows about the kids, when I get an "AHA" moment, funny things that I just need to blog somewhere so I don't ever forget they happened, milestones - that'll be hard since there'll be lots of them - then again that might be easy since there'll be lots of them. JJ's homework for the month is to learn how to tie his shoes... that'll be a milestone, and as the dad, he'll never let me tie his shoes again... man, they're growing up. Do I want to make this a journal? Not really, I don't think the world cares what happens to me or my kids, I just want a place to go to see the things we've done together.

To those that are thinking, what about your wife? Yeah, I know I haven't said much about her. But that's really not where I want to take this. I do want to keep some stuff private, right? And besides, I already said I already called her my lovely wife in my first post, isn't that enough? Ok wife, if you read this, don't get mad. Remember it's 1 am and I just spent 3 hours doing homework after coming home from work, so you can't hold my tired ramblings against me.

Rambling, that's what I'm doing now... so I guess it's time to quit for the night.

Weeks one and two

Web 2.0? What do I know about Web 2.0? Apparently, more than I thought, but it's still not much. I decided to participate, and hope to continue participating, in the Library 2.0 challenge in order to take advantage of all the free tools available to me on the internet. My primary goal is to have something that would help me track how fast my kids have grown. As a father of 3, working full-time, and going to school, and not the least of which is being married to my lovely wife of 9 years.... it's easy to forget what's important in life and how quickly things change. Hopefully some of these online tools will help keep in check what's important and how quickly things change. 10 years ago, I was a single guy doing what I wanted and when I wanted. 10 years later, those responsibilities have realigned themselves. I never would have thought that I would be responsible for 3 kids of my own... in my mind, I'm still a kid and I still want to do what I want. Well, other things have to come first now.

Getting back to the blog, did I find it hard to setup the blog? Not at all. The blog was much easier than I thought it would be. Step by step instructions make it practically fool-proof. I never thought I would ever setup my own blog. Fortunately, the library challenge allows me to use work time to finally accomplish some of my personal goals of tracking the growth of my own children. I think the biggest challenge for me is to continue the blog and to keep up. If not for me, for my family.

Honestly, I don't know how to use this blog to reach out to the community, at least not anymore than I think we already do. We try to keep the community abreast of events with calendars and flyers. I think the blog is an additional tool for those more likely to use a computer rather than follow a calendar. Perhaps a link in a patron's account to point out events for the week or events for the month that would show when a patron logs in to their account would help keep them posted.