35000

 As in THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND.

That’s the number of times the Kirby Krew @ Blogspot Dot Internet Dot Click-Click Dot COM has been accidentally clicked on. Actually that’s only accurate to the date that Michele installed that stat tracker on the bottom right – below the Archives.  We didn’t initially start this diatribe with the scrolling counter marking the time.  We added it later.

That blow’s my mind.

35000 times someone has wasted a few minutes of their precious time checking in on me, my wife and our brood.

Truthfully though – half of those hits are probably registering my own CLICKS – the number of times I’ve checked back to see if anyone has commented. Times I’ve reminisced over stories of old. Times I’ve checked in to see if my wife is ripping on me again.

Some 462 posts registered since June 25, 2008.

There’s a whole lot of living packed in those archives. Initially we started this rolling essay of life to keep our extended family up to date with the ins and outs of raising Tippie, the Minnow and the Bear. With family in Florida, Illinois, Tennessee, North Dakota and northern Minnesota we rarely get a chance to see everyone and wanted a way to keep everyone up to speed.

And then I found out that writing was fun again for me.

We found a few other bloggers out there with similar interests and better style. Like others, the movement to write has come and gone from time to time. Sometimes the motivation to just live without the pressure of recording and laying it out there for the entertainment of our meager readership was too strong and Michele and I would let the Blog slip. Sometimes though the posts flow like water from a faucet.

I am so thankful that my wife talked me in to being a part of this blog. I hope one day my kids can look back on this historical reference as proof of our love for them. Our marriage is strong. My love for my wife and children is stronger. I am proud of them and am proud of this little family story…

35,000 when I started writing this this afternoon.

35,016 now.

WOW!