Dueling blogs

Well, today my brother Andy finally started his blog, so I decided to go ahead and start mine too. Andy’s will, of course, be a lot more interesting because he is actually visiting/living somewhere cool and new this year (Germany), but I’m just gong about my daily routine. =)

So anyway…ummm…yeah…this is my blog.

So maybe I can provide a better account of what is going on here for him to check out. Or maybe this will be a total bore. Remains to be seen.

Since this is a first blog posting, I’ll provide a little background.

My Name is Sarah R. Barnes. I’ve been designing websites since 1996 – and actually my first website was a kind of personal account of , ironically, some of the highlights from when I was living in Germany. I had just returned from Germany in 1996 when I started working for a small local Internet Service Provider (they had just gotten started). Soon after I started I started playing with designing webpages. Hmmm..maybe I can find that old page and post it here? That might be fun.

I work full time for the West Virginia University Center on Aging as a “Program Manager.” That title means they didn’t really have a title for someone who works on web stuff as well as public relations stuff. I am also working on a Master’s degree in Journalism and teach a class for the WVU School of Journalism. I also maintain a modest consulting/design business with my husband, Steve.

Steve is the love of my life and an awesome husband. He respects me and cares for me and isn’t afraid to tell me how he feels or what is on his mind. He is a fantastic guy and I am really lucky he found me.

We’re expecting a baby girl in a few weeks. Right now I am 35 weeks and 7 days. 4 more weeks to go!

I’m not ready, but I’ve been told (and I have to assume this is true) that no one is ever ready.

That is probably enough for now. I hope I have time and remember to keep posting.