Why Did I Create A Blog, If We Already Have A Website?

Look at what David is doing in China !!!

I just built the website - Family Matters - and now I created a blog - WHY? Honestly, David was a big inspiration for this. He's going to the other side of the world - a foreign country, a foreign language, new social customs, new foods, etc. Marty is used to it by now, but for him, this has to be exciting, but it's probably more on the scary side. So, I hope we all use this blog to communicate.

Think about everyone in the family... David - off to China. Andrew - out in Colorado, but may be moving to another state (according to the last conversation I had with Marty). Jenny will be off to college. Natalie is in Las Vegas. Julie doesn't live at home. Ellen just finished school and will be looking for work. She may stay in Pittsburgh or may move back to Euclid.

My point is, we are all growing older and are spreading around. And it would be great to see come content from other family members.

The website is really a tool to be used between Marty, Mary Lou and myself. However, this blog can be for everyone. And... you can submit content via email and never have to log in to it.

Some of us are on Facebook, which is cool. But it's easy to get lost in the shuffle there; and you have to figure the thing out. This is pretty simple.

You use the SUBJECT LINE as the post title. Then add whatever you want. I'll clean it up on my end and add the tags in the beginning.

Drop pictures into an email and send it. It will post right away.

I'm having some issues with the permissions and part of it might be that the blog is too new. So, give it a week or so to get going and we'll have something we can use any time we want.

Family matters. It does.