Jen's Journal- the Lost Newf

Hi guys

I have decided to join the Gen “y”ers out there and create a blog spot.

There are one of two reactions to this, I am thinking:

1. Shock-Horror!
2. What the heck is Gen “y”???

For those of you opening door number 1; pick your jaws off the floor. For those of you choosing door number 2;

It will be another way to stay in touch as I will diarise the happenings for Scott and I. I am starting to create the settings and am at the stage where I place email addresses for notification of updates and the darn thing will allow 10 addresses only and I want 36.

So I sent you all a link to the site and if it is of interest to you to check periodically, go for it. I guess it is something that really only a mum will be interested in and so perhaps I can thank my dear mumsy in advance for clicking- but for me, I know even this may be a stretch because she doesn’t facebook. So here is a news flash- it is SOOO much easier for you than facebook, mum, because it is a website with a journal entry in it.

You may think, well, why doesn’t she just email?

I have tried email, I have tried facebook, I try text messaging and of course telephoning, I am yet to try Skype, and although nothing beats a good chinwag like the real deal with face time, in person, I just don’t have that much super-powers as yet. I am working on them! I will try zipping myself through your little broadband cable or phone line and appear presto-magic on your screen in letters and photos and videos.

So, I am going to give this a go.

It might work.

And, then again, you may decide that my little diary is not really of any interest or value anyway.

However, I have been inspired by TA and Juanita who are selfless in their weekly writing. It has been quite enjoyable for me, to hear their news and share their stories and I thought perhaps I would jump on the band wagon as well.

*Baaaaaaa*

It is my aim to provide a weekly update for people who are hangin' out for news from Jen and Scott. Even in writing this, I think, how egotistical of us! However, I have really come to enjoy Juanita's blogs and TA's notes and they have prompted me to take a big breath and plunge into the next generation of communication.

Interestingly, I am facilitating the telephone counselling training course again this year at Lifeline, which as you would think, is largely around communicating well. I have lost count of the times when I have said to the participants that we (our community, we as a society, we as individuals, we as family- take your pick!) really do communicate poorly with one another. We have lost that precious art form.

So, I am going to be proactive and take the initiative. Some of you out there will likely be thinking- Ah! Cheeky Bugger that you are, Jen- you are not really communicating because of the apparent one-sided direction. That is why I have chosen this forum, the blog spot. You may choose to read and make responses and add a comment.

So as the weeks unfold, and I learn how this new fangled technology works and I start to develop a sense of how I want the blog to look, what it will contain, and all of those mundane things with starting something new, please have some patience with me as I stumble and find my way.

Also, know that this is a genuine attempt from me to say, I care about you. I am thinking about you. And I want to share with you what is happening and what I am thinking and doing.

Thanks, for the support. And now I am off to try to work out what is going to happen next when I press this button right here which says "Preview". Or maybe, I press "Save Now". hmmmm. There is also a "Publish Post" button. Oh! I also see another one.... hmmm. stay tuned!