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I wish all my family and friends had blogs. That way, I could go online and check up with them at my own schedule - like at 1 a.m. when I can't sleep. I think of this whenever I'm around my answering machine.

Although no one who calls me will believe it, we do really answer our phone sometimes.

We don't, of course, when we're not home, and we don't when we are home but are not in the house which - on a farm, is quite often.

We also don't answer the phone when we have company, and we don't answer the phone when we're eating.

Thus, people who call will actually get us on our end about 30 percent of the time.

When I get messages, especially from someone whom I haven't heard from in a long time, I think,
"I wish she had a blog."
That way, I could know what was going on in their lives.

Every member of my family is a long distance call.

There is one phone call that I never miss, at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning.

That's when Mother calls.

Every week, once a week, we talk on the phone.

The rest of the week, Mother is stuck with The Chronicle and this blog to try to keep track of her youngest daughter.

My friends keep up with me here - the ones I rarely see, and the ones I see every day.

Of course, I have NO idea what's going on with them, unless they send me an email or call or visit or send a letter.

Actually, I think it would be rather nice to get a weekly newspaper details and daily online updates for some of my long distance loved ones.

I think that's a rather convenient service.

:o)

Of course, it doesn't replace the one on one.

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