I want to set up a blog to...

Keep friends and family up to date about the happenings in my life. A lot of my friends, family, and co-workers currently use blogs, and I have been thinking about setting up my own blog for awhile now, but I haven't decided on the right software, etc. I would be the only contributor to my blog, but I would like to make a comment option available so that I can get feedback from readers.