Facebook Hiatus

In hopes of simplifying life a bit, I've deactivated Facebook.  We'll see how it goes.

It's not necessarily a permanent thing, just an experiment.

There are a few reasons for this change, some of which I may touch on one day, but for now it seems like the right thing to do.

I'll still blog because I blog for my family.  Blogging is a form of journaling and through it hope to record some of life for our kids so they can one day look back and remember what we did, when we did it.  I also blog so the grandparents and other family members can keep up our day to day activities.

So, until I reactivate...

On Blogging

If I had my way, and an unlimited amount of time in each day, I'd wake each morning, read while enjoying a GREAT cup (or three) of coffee, work out, prepare FABULOUS homeschooling experiences for our kids, cook a delicious dinner that would make my husband exclaim, "Honey, You're the best cook in the west!", list many items on ebay and blog daily.  In a perfect world that is.

Just about every day I think, "I'd like to blog this...,"  but don't do it.

Yesterday I was reading The Pioneer Woman's blog and one of her recommendations on blogging is to blog often.  "Often" is one paragraph, one photo or a whole commentary.  Just do it often. 

Blog on!

Super Boy to the Rescue!



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I know I've been slacking on posting. The days and months are flying by so quickly. I'm going to try to post a few photos from life this weekend.

To help me out, I've enlisted the help of "Super Boy!" He truly is AMAZING!! He's a distant cousin of Nacho Libre. (This is what happens when children see a true hero). He flies, he's quick and most of all he's very kind. With his help and the help of his trusted companions, I may steal away a couple minutes to update. Wish me Luck!!

Picture Problems

Hi all,

I'm trying to figure out the photo posting on this blog. Sometimes it's works, sometimes it doesn't. I was able to post one photo today and hope to get more on soon. The garden is growing like crazy and I would love to post more pictures. Bear with me as I go through this learning process.

The Importance of Journaling

Last weekend a friend asked, "What was the greatest thing that happened in the last week?" Wow, what a question! We do so many wonderful activities, but they're gone like a blur as the days pass. I couldn't remember one event from the past week, even though we did so many memorable things.

At that moment, I realized when I write down our memories I'm much more likely to be able to recall them. Lately the kids have been asking me, almost daily, questions like, "Mom tell me what I did when I was a baby. Tell me what I was like." I'm finding that in the process of life, I'm forgetting what I thought was engraved in memory banks of my mind. So for the preservation of our family events I journal in this blog. Then when family asks, "What did you do last week?" We can all look to the blog and recall.