Portland is No. 2 in blogging

A week ago, Thursday, December 13th, this article in the Oregonian caught my eye. I don't usually read the paper, I was probably looking through it for ads, but I'm glad I saw this blog-looking article on the cover of the Living section. It was a great topic of conversation for Tyler and me. "Pretty cool...Portland is the second-bloggiest area...second to Austin, Texas." Those of you who use blogger may like to know that the man who wrote the software for it lives in Corvallis. In the article, some Portland bloggers stated their reasons blogging is so popular in Portland. My favorite reason: "short answer: we're chatty - even if no one's really listening!" Other reasons: the rain keeps us inside, we rank high for technology/wireless use, and because so many people come to Portland from all over-blogging is a way to stay connected. Tyler had a good reason that was not mentioned in the article. Allison will give an Amen to this: Starbucks=Caffeine! My reason for blogging? Right now, just to post pictures and updates of our family and quickly growing kids. I didn't want to start a blog when everyone else I knew had one, because I didn't know what I would say. This last year has been the hardest for me and I don't have anything positive to say (what's that saying, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all) but I can post pictures (a picture speaks louder than words) and someday you might get to read a little of what is going on in this mind of mine.

I can't post without a picture!