I am a Nosy Nerd

Okay, I admit it. I am nosy. Or maybe I am just interested in other people's lives. I have saved every Christmas newsletter I've ever gotten. And scrapbooked them.
During the first years of my marriage, when I used to write letters to my best friend from junior high and high school, I saved ALL the letters she wrote to me and kept them in this binder.

Obviously, I still have them.

I also love reading books about real people and their lives.


So I think that is why I love the world of blogging so much. I absolutely hate it that as I get older, my circle of family and friends has gotten so big that it is pretty much impossible to keep up with everyone. These are all people I love so much, that I wish I could talk to each of them every day and see what is going on in their lives. Impossible though. BUT! Pretty much every day I check my children's blogs (not that I don't talk to THEM every day...) and I check the blogs of friends, nieces, nephews (and yes, I admit it-acquaintances!, sometimes even strangers!) about once a week.

Through blogs I can know that my-husband's-brother's-daughter's- daughter Jessica got three stitches in her forehead this week. I can know that my husband's-sister's- son's-daughter Rachel is already lobbying to go to Disneyland at one year old! I can know that my husband's-sister's-daughter's-daughter knows her Gramma Joy WOULD give her cake for breakfast when her mother WON'T (mean Mommy!) I can know the funny things Amy hears in passing people on campus at BYU - things she would probably not think to tell me when we talk on the phone.

I can learn how to cook yummy food like Pioneer Woman. I can see a really funny video of little Charlie biting his brother. I can learn to make a really cool cat from a cast-off sock and glove. Heck, I can even learn what some stitcher in Finland made for her Christmas ornament exchange...(Okay, I know that's a bit extreme. Sometimes I need to set a limit for myself on how long I can follow tangents on blogs.)

I do love the photos, thoughts, and insights I get from blogging. I love that I get to know people better this way.

I know some people think blogging is dumb and self-centered. But. I am a nosy nerd. I love it!