October marks my official 4-year anniversary in the blogosphere. On a whim, I started my personal blog Crazy Bloggin' Canuck on MSN Spaces in October 2005. None of my friends of family understood what it was."A blob? Why would you want to start a blob?"
Or "don't you think it's a bit narcissistic to think people will want to read about your life?"
From Day 1, I obsessed over what should I write. I carried a notebook with me as everything (and everyone) in my life became blog fodder.
And then I got my first comment. From a stranger. I was initially confused. Why would this fellow blogger care about my little corner of the world? Slowly, I got it. This corner was part of a growing community of fellow freaks who shared their intimate details online.
And then I became hooked.
The following year, I switched over to this more personalized site at Blogger and a true "mommy blogger" was born. You have been my little community of mamas. You have come to my blog, I have come to years. It has been legalized stalking and vicarious living at its best. We *get* each other. There is no sugar-coating motherhood like I had endured at countless playdates.
But then the blogosphere evolved
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