Beginnings - Names are a pain in the %$$

I've been thinking about doing this for a while and I finally decided that, perhaps, now would be a good time.  I mean, heck, I'm about to start a second job, I actively volunteer, and I have a couple super time-consuming hobbies.  So why not take on blogging too? 

To my mind, blogging is not something to be taken lightly.  There are a lot of decisions to be made - should you have a theme?  Should you stick to just one subject?  Should it be funny or sad?  Maybe it should be about a particular cause, like "Save the rabid squirrels!" 

I finally decided, "What the heck!  Just do it and see what happens!"  So here it starts. 

..... And it started with a name.  Did you know that every cool blog name on the planet is taken?  Even really obscure cool names that I thought would be totally unique were taken.  There are some of the (I thought) fully awe-inspiring blog names that I tried:  "A blog with no name", Blogzilla, Blogalicious, Blognasty, Blognacious, Blogacity..... Yeah, I tried a pile of them.  All taken.  I could have riffed on one of the names - done something clever like misspelling the name, but that just seemed lame.  So finally, I tried "Heather's Homespun" and nobody has it.  Yay.  Not that it's brilliant or anything, but I'd like to think I'm just the littlest bit unique, even if I'm really not.

So here's the deal, as often as I can, I'll try to post something up here.  Whatever happens to be on my mind.  I've got some pretty varied interests.  I own horses and ride "equestrian precision drill" (I'll do a post on what that is some time), I volunteer with OHSET (another explanitory post coming), I have my own alpacas and I spin wool, I own and show mini-donkeys,  I work in the computer industry, I'm married to a farrier, and we are animal lovers so we have cats, dogs,  and chickens to go with the horses, 'pacas, and donks.  Therefore, don't be surprized if I'm talking about egg production one day and bashing the latest MicroSquish product the next.  It happens.

By the way, the concept of "Heather's Homespun" is that the blog is about my own homespun thoughts.  Plus, I am a spinner, so it was hard not to make a reference to one of my favorite hobbies.  Like I said, all the really groovy names were taken. 

Finally, since this is my first whack at the whole blog thing, I ask that you be kind.  I always appreciate constructive criticism, so feel free to tell me that the blue background is really annoying and hard to read, or that you wish I would quit using ITALICS.  However, if your comments start with "You're a dumb %$#&!!!!!"  I'm probably not going to take you seriously.

Anyhow, enjoy!

-Heather