Need Some Blogging Help

I have been asked to teach a 20-minute Enrichment Night workshop on blogging. I am certainly no expert so I would like to ask for all of your help! Please take a minute and answer these questions for me-- Why do you blog? What got you started blogging? What sites help you be creative (name specific sites that help you do slide shows, templates, movies, music background, etc.)? How did you come up with your blogging name? Do you find it easy to manage or is it sometimes a headache? Is it worth your time? Any tips on security issues? What's the main thing you like/dislike about the blogging world? Have you ever surfed blogs of people you don't know? Anything else? Please answer as many questions as you can in the comment section of this post. If you have lots of info (which I welcome) email me at calm57@gmail.com . The meeting isn't until mid-August, so feel free to think on it or if you find new ideas or sites next month, come back and add to your comments. Thanks for your input! Liz

A Soldier's Prayer

There is a family in our ward whose daddy just came home from Iraq. He served two consecutive terms. He had been gone for two years with only a short break after the first year. When the family walked into church yesterday, the smiles were incredible. His kids hung on his arms and sat on his lap throughout the service. He was asked to give the benediction in sacrament meeting. I have never heard such a personal and sincere prayer before. There is one phrase that he said that I can't get out of my head. He prayed, "We are grateful that we have one more day to prepare to be with Thee." I keep thinking--What am I doing with my day today to help me prepare to be with God again? Our soldier was looking death in the face every day. He was a very good soldier in an elite group and was fighting in the most dangerous areas of Iraq. But, we also face death every day. We never know when we will be called home. Are we ready? What are we doing to be ready? Isn't that the purpose of our life here-- To be ready to go back?

Joke of the Day

Here's another joke for you Marnie .... (as told by Stefanie)

There's a blonde driver and a blonde police officer. The blonde driver gets pulled over by the police officer and asks for her driver's license. The blonde driver looks all through her purse but can't find it. She asks the police officer what it looks like. The police officer says, "It has your picture on it." So she looks through her purse and finds her mirror. She hands it to the police officer and the police officer says, "If I knew you were a police officer I wouldn't have pulled you over."