Paula Says...My very first Blog

So I was having a coffee today with a friend at Phil and Sebastians new coffee abode in Marda loop and felt very 'uber hipster'.  We talked about 'A Baby Guide to Calgary' and my website www.babyguidetocalgary.com. She effectively said;

'Paula, get with the program, websites are so... 2005. Blogs are it! It is time you came into the 2010s.' 

She continued waxing poetic about all blogging, twitter, apple TV, something-ware, avi files and used may words that I had rarely ever heard before. it felt like a moment out of Back to the Future. I've been living in a little glass box in 2005! Frozen in time from when my kids were born.  There is another world out there that I am not really familiar with. I guess I have been too busy with kids, family, book, and making a living. This new world is like a new mountain to be conquered. 


I have had a transition like this before with cars.  My first car was a light blue 1970 Honda Civic that spit black smoke out the exhaust. Each day on my commute to University, I would pull into a garage and take out each spark plug and clean off the oil and gunk and put them back in.  Now as I gaze into my own car, I am really not all that sure where the spark plugs are located!  It appears that I skipped the evolution and am now dependent on hoping that the car works as it should.  As for televisions, DVD's PVR's and oh so many remote controls, I am now a victim of the technology and so dependent on others for assistance to turn on the TV. I remember as a teenager putting a calculator in place of the remote control and watching as my mother tried to turn on the television with the calculator.  Perhaps this is life getting me back for those terrible laughs I had at her expense. 


So here it is... my first Blog!  I am coming in to the 2010s in style.  Here is a new way to help new moms and dads navigate their new roles as parents of babies and toddlers. I hope to keep you up to date with some of the services, resources and activities around Calgary. Also, perhaps we can touch on some of the softer issues of motherhood/parenthood in Calgary.  A way of reaching out to support one another. 


Join the fun and I hope to blog again soon. 


Cheers!
Paula