Aboulomania

...pathological indecisiveness.

My dear friend, Theresa (Stahl) Anderson, inspired me to create this "outlet" for the only way that I know how to be artistic. I would call it journaling, but the new age term is blogging...and as I approach 30, why not try to keep up with the times? :)

So, how does the term aboulomania fit into any of this? Well, it's a Sunday at the Anderson's and I shared with Aaron my desire to start a blog for our family. First task, come up with a clever title. We began a brainstorming session. In order to really exhaust all options, Aaron looked up "unusual a words." As we read through them, we found the word aboulomania. He laughed when he read the meaning...so did I. We both knew that this fit me all too well.

Aaron was now on to creating the blog. This shouldn't be complicated. In fact, Blogspot's home page advertises that you can do it in 3 easy steps. Somehow, these 3 easy steps all meant decisions. First, which email address, what password. Then, what name. Ugh...what name. I looked at the results of our brainstorming, told him which ones I liked, debated, thought, asked questions, thought some more. Then Aaron prompted me, "which layout?" "Wait, which layout? What did you put for our name? I wasn't sure yet. Maybe I don't like that." Fine, on to the layout. Not that more choices are better for someone like me, but I didn't feel that there were enough. We previewed a few. "Nope, too much color. Too dark. Too much orange." By this time, Aaron passes the computer off to me (and I'm thrilled to have control). As I try to narrow down the options, Alex starts to crawl up on my lap. In one quick motion, he's slapped his hand on the computer and the screen changes. It now reads "set up complete, begin blogging." Nnnnnoooooo...I didn't want that layout!! Thankfully, it appears that you can make changes. :)