*do I have your attention?

A few years ago I stumbled upon a blog authored by a mom who resides in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, also known as “The Boonies”. I have been trying to remember how it happened that I came upon her musings but I cannot for the life of me retrace the steps that led me to Angella (with two Ls!!! And never ever call her Angie if you want to live). Anyway… at the time I first started to follow her blog she had just found out that she was pregnant with her third child. Miss Emily (a beautiful addition to her family) is now three so you can safely say that it’s been a while.

In the world of blogging I have one short fall which is commenting. I am not a big commenter even though I myself certainly understand that comments are the currency of every blogger out there, everyone who opens their world to the Internet and all it entails. So, as I have done with countless blogs I follow on a regular and less regular basis for the longest time I only read about her every day life as a mom to two adorable boys and wife to a handsome husband. If I recall correctly I might have commented once in the first couple of years, and that might be an exaggeration. The occasion was Angella’s plea to her non-comment-committed-readers to please come out already. And so I did. And she replied.

A year ago I asked her to become my friend on Facebook and assuming by the number of followers she has to her blog that probably also want to be her “friends” on Facebook I told her who I was, which had apparently never happened to her before that day. People are weird! Honestly! Who thinks that a normal adult (!!!) person would just accept a friend request from a random stranger? Unless the normal adult person has some issues that better be kept from the general public!

Enter Twitter! I had been following her 140 characters for a while and, since interestingly enough I have no issues sending tweets to random strangers in that forum, had occasionally tweeted back. Not that Angella is a stranger anymore. It’s fascinating how that happens. No really!

A couple of weeks ago she send out a tweet asking for opinions about sending children to camp or getting a nanny. Wait? WHAT??? Nannies! How could I not reply? But as it turned out she was not interested in my experiences as one. I know! What she was interested in getting out of me however was a guest post related to fitness/running. My favorite subject!!!

And this week it launched: my virgin post at Work-It-Mom! Enjoy!

On second thought, it might have been a good thing she declined the offer of looking into my Nanny Diaries!

Today’s Running Tip: Want to take up running and stick with it?

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