Hello World

Hello blog world. And so begins my foray into blogging... So why blog? I don't know really. The concept was introduced to me several years ago by my then boss when I expressed an interest in writing. Blogging was a relatively new thing then and I was kind of "Hmmm I don't know." Then a friend of mine started blogging and I was still like "Hmm. Yeah okay... Cool. Whatever. Not really for me." Finally, I guess I had 2 kids, my hormones got all messed up, I felt like I was constantly talking to myself (whoever says that 2 year olds listen to you has never actually tried having a full and decent conversation with one) and decided that I needed a (venting?) outlet (beyond my poor husband).

Also, it appears I'm in a new "artsy" phase in my life now (or so it seems). Something that has until now laid dormant under a thick, dusty layer of techno geeky engineering stuff. You see, I am an engineer by training. However I soon realized that it really wasn't quite for me. I understand the stuff and seem to do well it in but never really shared the same passion for it other engineers seem to have. So now, I'm diving into this whole other world that I've only waded in before. In a way, it's rather like the USS Enterprise on Star Trek... "To boldly go where no one has gone before."

I love that this would be a great way for me to share cool, fun things about the 4 Hamiltons with our general family without indirectly contributing to the college and retirement fund of everyone at the phone company.

So with that, I begin my blogging journey with 2 momentous words any student of programming would know:

Hello World.