Blogging Idea

Today driving around doing my errands, I was thinking how much I enjoy living in Smithtown and on Long Island. However, even though I have lived here since I was 9 years old, I really can’t articulate why. Granted there’s the ease of the suburbs with the stores nearby, and the feel of the county with the tree lined streets. Also living in Smithtown there’s the fact that I’m a hop, skip and jump from the beaches, and I’m not far from more rural areas or the thrill of New York City. Of course, I can do without the traffic at rush hour, but overall I’m glad I live here. Life is pretty good.

I must confess there’s a reason why I can’t go on about the positives of Long Island – I haven’t explored this island as much as I would have liked to these last 32 years. For the past few years whenever the weather turns warm I swear I’m going to walk around more towns, visit more museums and wander a bit more. But then I get caught up with the Monday to Friday routine and other responsibilities, before I know it winter arrives and maybe I did one or two of the many things I had planned.

This past year I was thinking about how I should blog. I work for the Bed Bath & Beyond Web site, and I have to tell you it gets to a point where you can no longer write about pots ‘n pans, towels, sheets and all the other household goods. Last year, we took over BuyBuyBaby which shook things up for a bit. But now I am tired about writing about strollers, highchairs, breast pumps, well I guess you get the picture.

So today I realized blogging about me rediscovering, and in some cases, discovering Long Island’s treasures would be a great idea. Blogging would help me keep my promise to myself to write more outside of work, and in this case, it will also help to keep me motivated to get out and about on Long Island.

I’m hoping all of you reading this right now will join me on this journey. It will take me a couple of weeks before this really starts rolling. This weekend is beautiful, but there’s still some chilly weather in the immediate future. Plus, next week I’m heading upstate to Kingston. However, I promise myself, this year is the year!