One of the benefits of blogging is that it's easy to share
information with others and it's so easily accessible to so many people,
including myself! When talking with friends, Jeff or I could just pull up the
blog and share pictures of our latest escapades.
Second, I love photography and I personally feel that it's
important to document our lives through pictures. It helps us remember our past
and help us measure how much life has changed. I've truly enjoyed showing Cohen
pictures of himself from when he was a baby and sharing with him all the fun
times we've had. The blog helps remind me!
So, why no more blogger. Well, two things....
1. You many have noticed that I don't post a lot of pictures with
Jeff in them. He allowed me to do this when we first got married, but about a
year in he asked me to stop. He doesn't like his pictures shared on social
media or on my blog. I totally respect his wishes and only posted pictures when
I got his permission. I've also not posted a lot of pictures that include
Cohen's friends. This is done for the same reason. I've been wanting to respect
their privacy and would only post if I had their parents’ permission.
While reviewing old posts with Cohen, I appreciated that my blog
served as a journal of our family, but I noticed the large gap of not having
pictures of Jeff (and me for that matter, but that's because I'm usually the
one behind the camera). I mentioned it to Jeff and he said he would be ok if I
posted on a website with a password, but it couldn't be blogger, because he
doesn't trust google.
2. I also realized that I didn't like the idea of being tied to
one platform. I don't think that blogger will go anywhere, but what if someday
I wanted to have a hard copy of all our adventures. I started looking into
printing my blog, which there are companies that do that, but due to formatting
issues it wasn't going to look very pretty. I take a lot of pictures and
printing them off without reformatting every post was going to take forever,
and if I was going to take the time to do that, I would rather to it in a way
that allows me to use many different platforms.
So, what was the solution?
After mauling over this for the past summer, I think I have come
up with a solution that will satisfy all my concerns and obtain my goal. I've
created a website called Neu Family Yearbook (erikaneu.com) that is password
protected. It is there that I will post photo book page layous that people can
see and flip through. I will then have copies on my computer, so that if I ever
want to get them printed it will be easy to do so. So, really, I have the best
of both worlds. I have a digital copy online that I can share with family and
friends and then have a version I could easily print off if I wanted too (Jeff
and I are kind of apposed to printing them off at this point because I'm
assuming it's going to be hundreds of pages and a lot of books....I take lots of
pictures).
I’m going to continue
posting pictures on Facebook, but if would like to see the Neu Family Yearbook,
please reach out to me.
