Mine

I am establishing a blog.  That sounds so formal: I am taking my little flag and planting it in this corner of the internet.  Mine!  What should be on my flag?  How much do I want out there in front of the world?  Should it show who I really am, or a carefully crafted persona?  How do I craft a persona?  It doesn’t take too many times of writing persona before it no longer looks like a real word. 

So, my persona: I am a few weeks shy of 36 years old, an armed Catholic homeschooling mom of two girls (plus one who never quite made it to this world).  One of them is playing with legos and the other one is sulking on the living room floor, hoping for some sympathy (never said I was good at this).  It’s Saturday, and two of the four people living in this house are still in our jammies.  I think my heroic husband is going to bring us Chinese takeout for dinner.   He’d prefer going to the buffet, but I sprained my foot and am on crutches, so it gives me an excuse to avoid all buffets.  I’ve decorated my crutches with duct tape, and gotten quite a few compliments on that.  One of our friends pointed out that a guy couldn’t get away with that.  It’s nice to be a girl.  

All of the above is true.  When do I get to the carefully crafted part?  I guess I need more practice at this blogging thing.  That’s a stupid name, by the way, and I intend to call it something else, as soon as I think of something better.