When did you start blogging

A post in the craft forum made me think about when I started my blog. So I went for a looksy. This my first post .

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo when did you start blogging, why (my reason is in my first post) and what was your first post - link to it as I did for those of us who are sticky beaks like me. Make a post in your blog about it and link back to mine. I am very curious.

I might make this a little interesting and have a surprise homemade giveaway/prize. I will randomly pick one winner from every person who does this and leaves their link in my comments.