A blogging lesson from Julie and Julia.

I've been meaning to post something for the last couple of weeks....Ok I've been meaning to post about several things. However, the intent to post stayed that. intent.

That is until this evening.

This evening Sydney and I watched Julie & Julia. Cute movie. The movie carried themes of reaching your goals, self-fufillment, food (of course), and adventures in blogging. After watching it I was re-inspired to blog not just because of all the blogging Amy Adams does throughout the movie. The inspiration came from the importance placed on relationships throughout the movie. The importance of Julie's relationship with her husband, her girlfriends, her co-workers, her readers, and so on and so forth.

That was one the reasons I wanted to start blogging in the first place. To start discussion about the importance of those around us by writing about my everyday adventures with the fabulous people in my life.

Today's adventure: hanging out with my 12 year-old brother, Jake. He's legit and pretty funny too.

His request for today...that I stand by his cow so he could take a picture of me with the cow. Normally, I would look at him quizzically and ask a ton of questions about WHY he WANTED my picture with the cow. In the end I would oblige.

But today...was one of those days where I woke up (after my little brother called to see when I would be arriving for my visit). Traded one set of pajamas for another. Stuck my toothbrush in my tote bag. (so as not to ruin my coffee with toothpaste after-taste). Got in the car and started driving to Congerville (my home town). Hair, make-up, and real clothes were all neglected. This meant that I was not in any condition to have my picture taken with the cow.

I still don't know why he wants to take my picture with the cow. I'm going to blame Mom for scrapbooking EVERYTHING. The photo shoot with the cow was rescheduled for Saturday during my sister's 20th birthday party. hmmmmm....should be interesting.

I'll write about the other reasons I started blogging in upcoming posts. Expect one around Thursday.