A Story Worth Telling

There two stories which were part of my inspiration for blogging this story. Not that I am expecting book deals or really anyone to follow this journey other then ourselves and maybe our children one day, but I love that fact that people can put their stories out there for others to read if they are interested and I love that you can cheer random strangers along in their journeys. Whether it be life in general for for a specific task.

The first time I came across this was when I found a random book in a second-hand booksale. 'Save Karyn' tells the story of how one girl blogged her way to clearing her debts. You can check out her website at http://www.prettyinthecity.com/save-karyn/.

The second story, of course, is 'Julie & Julia'. Every other person in that cinema seemed to walk out with a desire to cook, I left dying to start a blog!!! (This also says something about my undomesticatedness but that is another story). Which I did, although I still don't think I quite have the hang of finding my own niche. Needless to say I loved the movie and I have now found the book. I will post again when I have read it! The original blog is found at: http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/.



I fully admit with both these stories, that I didn't follow the blogs as they were happening. I only found out about them afterwards, but I love the idea that one of the random blogs I follow may one day be an awesome movie or a fun book. More importantly, I love the fact that I get to share these people's stories through their blogs even if they are never publised any more widely then that.

What is your story? We would love to read about your life too!

Cath xxx

Once upon a time .....

Every story has a beginning and many have a prequel! This blog is the beginning of our 'dream with a date', but it is not the real beginning of this story.

We became friends just over ten years ago in our (very) late teens when we were both young Girl Guide leaders just out of high school although our paths had crossed before this. Since then we have had seven children between us (currently aged between 2 years and 12 years) and have run Guide units separately and together. Between us we have studied Education, Law and History, had a few business ventures, engaged in other types of work (volunteer and paid), had the fun of bridesmaid duties, supported each other through pregnancies, family and marital problems and health issues.

A trip to Europe, and in particular to the two World Centres found there not to mention the two World Centres out of Europe, has been part of our 'one day' talking for so long I think I had almost forgotten it was something we could actually do. We have finally decided to put a date to our dream and change it from merely dreaming to a goal.

A Princess Party to celebrate the Royal Wedding followed by our (almost) weekly multi-hour phone conversation, combined with a sudden coinciding motivation and we decided to set our date for 10 years time. Every journey must begin with a single step, but we know that every step towards a goal is part of the adventure .... and this is where we are now! And we are determined to make this decade a journey of a lifetime, a long time before we even think about setting foot on that plane!

To finish ... some pictures of us all princessed up to celebrate the Royal Wedding in style.



Lela



Catherine