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Change is Good

Ask my husband, sometimes I change things around just because I can. I usually have no reason for the change, I change it because I want too. This really irritates Joey (my husband), he wants to know what purpose does the change serve. This also applies to moving things around. I am always rearranging furniture in the house, moving pictures from one wall to another, reorganizing shelfs and stuff in the kitchen cabinets. It drives Joey nuts...I especially love doing this when he leaves for long business trips out of town. Moving Ashley's journal to blogger.com is probably making my husband scratch his head, why? Well, because I WANT TO AND CAN, it's as simple as that!

Actually, the reason I decided to move Ashley's journal was because I wanted a more user friendly jounal and a place where I can add pictures. This blog/journal will also allow readers to leave comments to individual posts; a guestbook of sorts. Most of Ashley's "liver friends" have online blogger sites and I love the ease of use when navigating through their journals. I hope that Ashley's friends like her blog/journal too. The best part is that I can update Ashley's journal no matter where I am instead of having to use my computer website software to manage her journal. This will help when we travel or when Ashley's in the hospital.

Warning: Joey leaves on September 24 for a week on a business trip and I have plans to rearrange, paint and reorganize Ashley's room while he is gone. Should be fun seeing Joey's expression when he returns. I will post pictures of Ashley's new "pre-teen room" when it's done.
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