Entry #1

I've never blogged before.  (Is "blogged" a word?)  I created this blog on a whim, as suggested by a childhood friend, Nicole Savard.  I have a Facebook account and I'm trying to post only positive things in 2011; a few days ago I posted: "When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life you have 1,000 reasons to smile" (a quote I stole from 'the best life quotes' app on my Droid phone).  Well, the last couple of days, I have felt like I had a 100 reasons to cry - so yesterday I posted on my Facebook status update, "Julie is sitting in Grimaldis Pizzaria looking at the giant moon and enjoying the perfect weather:  reason #1 of 1,000 reasons to smile". Today, I had an equally (if not exceedingly) horrific workday, so I posted: "Reason#2 of 1,000 reasons to smile: it's not completely dark when I leave work :)  ".  I felt a little self-conscious ... thinking, "wow, this is going to get on people's nerves ... what if I really decide to post 1,000 of these little tidbits?".  My friend Nicole commented on my status update by saying, "I love 1,000 reasons to smile updates, you should start a blog!!".  "A blog.", I thought.  Ten minutes later I had my own blog started!