My first post

I have blogged before, but it was years ago. I decided to pick it up, more for my personal benefit. I always have liked to journal, but never had that desire to pick up a pen and simply write. So much about me, so I will start with the basics

My name is Duff, and have no idea why my parents named me that. I happen to be a huge fan of Guns N Roses, and coincidentally, the bass player from that band's name is Duff McKagan. I have always loved music all my life, since my mother was a music major in college when I was younger, and my father played in a local band. I had musical influence from everything, from Mozart to Van Halen to ZZ Top. My parents preferred hard rock and progressive rock though. So that rubbed off on me. We grew up in poor neighborhoods, so I got influenced as well by rap, hip hop and R&B. Country and Rockabilly were never to my taste since it reminded me of long hot summer vacations on the reservation, waking up at 6 o'clock in the morning, to herd sheep. I always thought to myself, waking up at 6AM to run after a herd of sheep is not my idea of a summer vacation.

My parents grew up on the reservation of Arizona, and both are full blood Navako. My father is albino though, so I get a lot of physical traits from him. From the poor eyesight, to the light skin. I however, grew up in the city of Flagstaff Arizona, a little mountain town that grew up around the railroad. I have recently relocated to Florida with my husband to start a family of my own, but I sometimes think to myself how much I could stay in Flagstaff. So I can show my daughter where I grew up, she can go to the schools I went to, she can graduate at the same high school, and she can get to know a lot of people and get that sense of being home if she ever moves away, and comes back for a visit. Here in this little town we are at now, it's a small close knit community, but has very little to do for youth. that is, unless they sign up for after school sports or such. I wish there was more for Sadie to do around here that was more kid oriented, like there is in Flagstaff. This town we are in now is more rural though, so there's not a whole lot of options for anyone to do. If you want anything to do here in Keystone Heights, You're better off driving to Gainesville or Jacksonville.

I will most definitely add more later, but for now, this is it.