By popular demand...

...well, at least, she demanded it, and I like being popular with her.

Have you ever done this? Blogging, I mean. It's not easy. At least, not unless you have something to say. Or, at least, something interesting to say. But, then again, I've never let that stop me doing stuff before.

Kristen started pestering me for the last month or so to be a "guest blogger". I've always been more of a "write a smart alec comment about one of Kristen's posts" kinda guy, than a "think of something interesting to write yourself" kinda guy, so I've been resisting. Or, more accurately, evading. In a "aaah, sure, sounds great!" kind of way. However, evasive tactics only got me so far. With the inexorable passing of time, "ahh sure", becomes "yes, this weekend", becomes, "yes, tomorrow", then you wake up and the best you can do is, "yes, this afternoon, after I finish vacuuming the courtyard (?)" and suddenly it's just "yes". So, time to just do it. Only, I have no idea what to write about. So it goes like this:

J I have no idea what to write about.
K Whatever you want.

J Thinks..."Uh oh". Says..."But it's your blog, what do you want me to write about?"
K *patient but quizzical look* I don't know, write whatever you want to write about, just keep it clean.

J Thinks..."well, there goes most of my material". Says..."But you're the one who wants me to write something! What do you want me to write about?"
K *tersely* Then, just write about something that's on your mind.

J Thinks..."You want me to write about global warming, the future of children in Darfur AND Japanese whaling in the Antarctic? All in one post???". Says..."But..."
K HEY! IF YOU DON'T SIT YOUR BUTT DOWN AND START BLOGGING, YOU'RE DEAD MEAT! AND MAKE IT GOOD! YOU HEAR ME, KANGAROO BOY???

I hate it when she calls me that.

So, here we are.

Those of you who have made it this far will no doubt have cottoned on to the fact that I have no idea what to write about.

BUT WAIT! Mid-post update!!! Kristen just grated herself. Again. Second time this week.

Right. Back to the action! As Kristen says, she may not be interesting (just kidding baby!) but she is definitely prolific. Since I proudly share most things that are going on in her life and have, in some way, been involved in many of the events described in the pages below, it always looked to me that it must be pretty easy to just sit down and bash out a few pages of insight into what's been happening in our lives. Not so! Hence, here we are, line 40 and I still haven't got to the point.

Update on mid-post update. Apparently, grating yourself hurts a lot. A lot. Kids, leave it to the professionals.

OK, I've got it. Here's the point. Actually, here are two points.

One. Kristen has just suggested that this would be a good way for her family to get to know me before we lob up at her mum (sorry, her mom) and dad's place for Thanksgiving. Well, don't we all just wish she'd said that about 47 lines ago? For those who may have concerns (whether formed before or after reading this post) about me joining the extended Hansen clan, please don't take my apparent ability to drone on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about nothing as a reflection of what it's like to talk to me face to face. Trust me, this is much more interesting.

And two. I'm thinking this will be the last time K asks for a guest blogger!

See you in November!
JL