How this all started-Podcast

How this all started

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So where did I get this crazy idea to write a blog about my family nuts?  Well, let me give you a glimpse of how this happened.  Last year, my niece got married.  This was the first of the cousins, so it was a pretty big deal.  The ceremony and dinner was located in New York City. It just happened to be a record hot day.  I think it was around 110 degrees. This experience made me realize that heat and family do not go well together.  There were a lot of things that happened that could count towards having, pretty much, the craziest wedding of all times. 

So contemplating this I realized that as much as I love my family, that they were a little nuts.  During this weekend we got on each other’s nerves and there were things that were said that could have been avoided.  Now I realize that in high stress times everyone is a little on edge. But with almost everything that happened I was like….”are you stinkin serious?”

So rather than complain, I tried to make the best of the situations.  At the beginning of the trip I knew my main goal was making sure that my sister; “the mother of the bride” had full use of my energy.  The other goal was making sure that the bride was unaware of any stressful situations.  Well I succeed in the first, I was able to help my sister and make things easier for her.  The second one slipped past and of course the bride did find out about things that could have been avoided.

So, on my long 12-hour trip back home I thought about all the crazy things that happened and how I could write a book about this experience.  I realized I could write a chapter for each situation that took place. I laughed to myself thinking how it would be so funny for other people to read and get the same reaction that I had. “Are you stinkin serious?”

 It would be funny, even sad, maybe make you cry and even make you mad.  Although this sounded like a great idea, I then thought about the people involved; my family.  I thought about the feelings that would be hurt, the souls that could be crushed, and the family ties that could possibly be broken. So, I decided I did not want that to happen. So my idea of writing a book was pushed off my to-do list.

Recently I started taking classes online through Kaplan University.  I was excited when I picked the class, “Tools for the Digital Age.”   I knew there were many things that I needed to learn and this class was just what I needed.  So for our main project we are to design a blog.  This seemed like my golden opportunity to write about what was on my mind with my family. I can share my life experiences about my loved ones on my blog site.  I knew right off the bat that I wanted to write about my family experiences, but do it in a way that was without pointing the finger at anyone individually.  I want this blog to be for my sake and also to help others feel that their family might be a little less nutty than mine.

So what to call it?  There is a pillow at my Mom’s house that says, “My family tree is full of nuts.”  Every time I see this pillow I laugh and think of the truth it has.  I know that I have a family that is full of a lot of nutty people that do nutty things.  This title seemed to fit perfectly.  So this is what it’s all about, the good, the bad, and the ugly.  It’s my blog about my family tree that is full of nuts. I hope that many of you can relate and all enjoy my new blog. Come back often to hear a new story about another nut on the tree.