I am a terrible blogger.
I remember when I first started blogging....I found reasons to blog. I made up
posts in my head. Some I posted...some I didn't.
I started blogging because I needed a place to share my thoughts. My journal was a good place....but blogging was like a journal that gave feed back! "So cute!", "I feel your pain!", "I can totally relate!"
Anyhow. I loved to blog. I liked to take pictures and post them....and now that I think back (well....I have thought about this more recently than just now) I think I started blogging because I needed feed back. I was lonely and needed people to talk to. Then blogging turned into a way to stay up to date with friends and family. It was a way for me to see how they were and to let them know how we were doing.
Than along came Face Book.
I tried FB. I didn't like it. But lots of people do for reasons that I totally understand....but that has left the blogging world a bit more barren of a place. Which is okay I guess.
So, when I think about why I don't love to blog like I used to....I think it has to do with guilt. I feel guilty that my blog isn't up to date. Over the years, my blog has become more of a family journal and I feel like if I don't take a picture of or write about all that is going on in our family, somehow the fact that it happened will have less credibility because it will not be documented for whoever wants to read it in the future. (Does that even make sense?)
Life has been busy and as I have tried to manage my time better, I have let my guilty feeling about blogging keep me from making time for it.
Right now, I am focusing on trying to get my house in order. I am trying to do the FLYlady method of establishing routines and maintaining my house by working on one "zone" a week. I have gotten pretty good at keeping my kitchen sink shiny (that's the first thing flylady says to make a habit). I am also getting better at getting dressed from head to toe....although flylady says to wear lace up shoes...and I wear flip flops. But, I am looking to buy a pair of shoes that I like enough to wear regularly. Her theory of why to wear lace up shoes seems to work for other people...helps them to be ready to get things done so I am willing to give it a try.
As far as the family goes, Adelin was baptised in January and Cameron just turned 1! Two very exciting events. We also had some changed made to our ward boundaries and we are in a different ward. I get to serve in the YW and Brandon serves in the Elders Quorum. The kids are busy with school and playing and just being kids! We have been so blessed! I know that sounds cheesy. But, I have to remind myself of how blessed I am. It is sometimes hard to see the blessings in life. Maybe I need to turn this into a blog about counting or blessings. But I really do want it to be about our family......we'll see how it goes.
SO...anyhow. There's my little post about blogging.
