...my blog's identity crisis

...I started adding categories to my posts last week as a way to keep myself more organized.

And I realized I've been blogging since 2005. I have written 1,099 posts (this will be my 1,100th post) and received 10,468 comments. Here's my first post. Pretty thought-provoking, right? Sad thing is that none of the people I linked to in that initial post even blog any more.

So why do I?

I've said often that I have an awful memory. Which I recently found out could be linked to my thyroid disorder. I've learned I can blame almost everything on my thyroid disorder, including hair loss, cold feet, rainy days, the world economy, and my scatter brain.

Back to my awful memory. This blog has very much become my memory keeper. And I love it because of that. But I have no niche. My family reads, and so do some of my oldest friends. But why do you come here?

I am not a mommy blogger, I don't think.

I am not a decorating or home improvement blogger, I don't think.

I am definitely not a lifestyle blogger.

I am not a scrapbooking blogger, I don't think.

I go weeks without having anything to say and then have days where I could write five posts.

I don't have advertising on my sidebars because no one has ever asked me to advertise there. Why would they?

I've never been up for a blogging award, although maybe if I keep at it someday I'll win award for oldest blog EVER. Now there's something to engrave on your tombstone. Laura Kurz. Wife. Mother. Daughter. Oldest blog in existence.

I try to keep things light, but I worry every day about my mom's cancer, my son's talking, my daughter's torticolis. I miss my dog, my grandfather, my job, my furniture. This morning I put a stamp on an envelope upside down and backwards. Figure that one out.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for sticking with me.

Comments

[Becky Trump]

I read because you are an amazing writer. I love the humor you put into your everyday life stories...
and also because you are SUPER COOL ;)

[Becky H]

I read because you keep it real and I love your everyday life. My blog is much the same as your's. though I am trying to find a better blogging strategy this year. So Thyroid problems can lead to memory loss, maybe that's my problem because my mind went somewhere and I can't find it.

[celeste]

I read because I love the way you write about the everyday, you're real, and I love your humor. Oh, and I LOVE your style of scrapbooking :)

[Janna]

I love reading about your everyday life and love your sense of humor.

[Meghan C]

I read because I enjoy hearing about your life, and youre funny, and you have cute kids to boot! I think I found you way back when because of scrapbooking and continue to love your SC latouts each month. Keep up the good work!

[Faith]

I also read because of your writing! I read because I can relate to a lot of topics you blog about including kids, life, work, Annapolis, etc. It's refreshing and entertaining. Thanks for doing what you do!

[Jess]

Dear Laura, I love you sense of style and your sense of humor. Read your blog always brightens my day. Congrats on your 1100th post. Keep on keepin' it real :)

[Jess]

Uhm...sorry for the typos in my comment. Can you tell I'm a sleep deprived new mama?

[Steph H]

I read because we are living parallel lives. Except you're getting a new house and I'm getting as big as a house :)

[jeny]

I read and have since almost the beginning because you feel like a friend. :)

[Susan C.]

I've been reading your blog for years, and I enjoy it for your wit and your everyday life. I think you document a slice of all the categories that you listed above and to me that's interesting. Keep on writing! :)

[Nora]

I started reading because I love your layouts, but I like that you blog about other stuff as well:)

[gabby]

um i love you for all the reasons you listed. including putting the stamp on backwards and upside down. did you address the envelope wrongside up too? because i do that all the time.
love you. lots.
also, i'd like a date for tapas again. soon. please.
xoxoxo.

[Charlotte]

I read because you are younger and hipper than I am. And because I love you and your little family. :)

[Kim]

I started out following b/c you scrapped. then you evolved into a family blogger that I love to read b/c you are so easy to follow. you blog the good, bad & ugly & try to keep it all light & most OF ALL REAL.

[Monica Coffman]

I've followed your blog for years and found it through scrapbooking. But what's kept me reading is the mix of layouts, your writing, and your humor. It's real life. And it's refreshing. And I love the way you capture that real life in your layouts.

[Shelby]

I read because I've known of you through scrapbooking for a long time, but I keep reading because I feel like we are at the same stage in life...little kids, and all that it entails :)

[Sigrun Campbell]

I have a thyroid disorder too - Hashimoto and blame it all on that too. Gee now that we have something in common I will stick with you! love your layouts too

[Wendy Z.]

I started reading because I love your scrapbooking style. I continue to read because I like the tone of your blog. You look at things with humor. You have a writing style in which you talk with people, not at them or down to them. I absolutely love that! I love your mom's blog too!

[Rosemary]

Laura, I read your blog because I love to read what you write...it really is that simple. You write about the everyday and I can often relate to much of it. For instance your post last week about job qualifications. I am on the back side of that .... going back to work after 10 years off and can say ditto to much of what you stated. You have a down to earth sense of humor and an appreciation for life. It doesn't hurt that we see those sweet little faces every once in a while. Thank you for keeping it real.

[emily (justem)]

I feel the same way. I think the scrapbookers are annoyed that there is not more scrapbooking. I think my friends/family are annoyed that there IS scrapbooking. I just kind of keep my blog as a personal journal. Stories, photos, layouts. It's all encompassing. I think your blog is perfect. :) And seriously...I did not know that my thyroid disorder could be linked to my memory. I am SO using that one when necessary! ;)

[Audrey]

I think I started reading you because of scrapbooking but got hooked on the photos of your last home's renovations. Love your style and can't wait until you settle in to the new house and "show us around". Of course your 2 little cuties keep me coming back too. And for the record, I am also worried about my almost 4 year old's speech issues. And he was born with torticollis and had pt for it. And I was tested today for a thyroid disorder. Small world huh?

[Melody N.]

I read because you have such a funny and oh so true way of describing your life, with a little crafting thrown in.

[Sarah]

I started reading your blog because I love your scrapbooking style, and I continue reading for that reason but also because you have a wonderful, and often hilarious, way with words. Plus you seem like a lovely person! And I too, have a thyroid disorder - so that memory thing? I hear ya sister!

[Elizabeth]

I'm not any kind of those bloggers either yet I just love my blog... it's a story blog. We're story bloggers! : ) You always have something good/worthwhile to say, and a new post by you is always a highlight in my reader!

But I do have you beat by six months xxoo