WOW! Who Knew?

I feel so popular, 16 comments from my very first posting. I know 3 were from me, but that’s still FOURTEEN WOW, that’s way more than my wife gets. And yes maybe a few other people have left multiple comments but really, that just shows you how interesting they thought my very first blog was so they could not help themselves but to return and leave more comments.

Who knew, my blog would become so popular. Who knew, what a life changing effect this would have on so many people. Who knew, that all it would take is one earth shattering blog post to put me on the road to blogging greatness. Who Knew, this blog, my very first blog, a blog of a lifetime could open so many doors for me, I can feel my luck changing already.

First of all I would like to thank the little people who got me started in blog, The Dixie Chick for showing such courage in posting the 38 week and holding picture, to Marc for his kind words and forgiveness for not visiting his blog and of coarse Randall (I’m not sure what Randall did but he’s a pastor and its good to thank them, it might help down the road). Last but not least my gracious wife who encouraged me to blog knowing full well there was the strong possibility that my site could become the most popular site amongst our circle of friends, completely over shadowing her blog that she has been working on for years.

Who knew, this little boy from Gransile, BC whose voice didn’t change until grade 12 would grow up to leave that cozy lakeside town and would set out on a journey of such epic proportions. As I look back on that journey I recount the steps that have made me the man before you today. The failing out of Uvic, the coming home at Christmas to sample the home brew of Bebop’s dad (and live to tell about it), the countless nights spent in the Vu Villa of Butte, MT shooting pool and consuming beer. Moving to Prince Albert was the final chapter in a textbook story of rags to riches. I can only imagine what the future holds.

The amount of support I’ve received has motivated me to become more, more than just the most popular blog amongst our friends, but the most popular in all of Prince Albert and even out as far as Shellbrook. My blog will be the standard for which all blogs are judged against. When people ask (and they will ask) did you read “THE BLOG” today they will automatically know they are referring to “The Blog of Trevor Herd”.

For all of those who want to meet the man behind the blog I will be having an autograph session on Thursday, December 14th from 12:00 to 1:00pm @ Ricki’s in Prince Albert. Donations will be accepted with all proceeds going to buying me lunch.

First Post...Maybe the Last

So, finally I’ve given in, I have a Blog. For months now I have remained on the fringe of the blogging world. First I started reading blogs, initially just my wife’s because I wanted to see if she was telling lies about me. Then I started reading other peoples blogs, like Randall’s and Dixie’s. Sorry Marc, I have never read your’s, I only had time for one Vandersluys blog and lets face if you’re only going to read one why the not the one with the half naked pregnant lady’s picture. Then I read a few more like Sweetie G’s (in spite of who her dad is), and the Deutschers (only because their kids like hockey, even if they like Ottawa, they will learn, go wings go). Then I started leaving a few comments here and there, only when I felt I could no longer be silent and thought my comments would make a difference (OK, it was more like I had a wise a _ _ remark and couldn’t hold my tongue). So today is sort of my coming out (not of the closet, I know that’s what you were thinking).

As the first Blog posting I thought it would be appropriate to let everyone know what you could except on my blog. I wanted to be up front, this way after reading this first blog you can decide if you ever want to return. Basically, you can expect a whole lot of nothing on my blog. No real thought provoking discussion on the meaning of life, no in depth analysis of Canadian politics, no earth shattering revelations of any kind. Don’t expect me to post daily, weekly or even monthly, it is hard to know how often I will have a thought worthy enough to blog about. I might talk about my kids because in the winter they consume every spare second of our lives with hockey, figure skating, piano, drums, and on and on. Maybe some thoughts about my wife and how she is the best wife in the world for putting up with me. I might talk hockey, because hockey rules and it Canada’s game. Eventually I might even post about how to shave your head, because not everyone can make bald look good.

This is still a work in progress, as I don’t really know what the heck I’m doing. Sorry no fancy Friesen-cam. I haven’t got a picture of me posted on my blog yet. I’m still debating in my mind whether I should or not. I don’t know if I want people that read my blog on a regular basis knowing what I look like. If I meet them in the grocery store they might want to run me over with their shopping cart, as I’m sure I’ll have offended them at some point.

So, if you’re visiting for the first time or your last time (maybe your first time is your last time) leave a comment. If I don’t like what you have to say I’m sure there is a way to delete it before anyone reads it, I just have to figure out how.