Too Much of a Good Thing?

How do you know if you blog too much?

1. When your husband checks the blog to see what is on his wife's mind, and to find out what is happening around the house.

2. When your husband shares some general news in Sunday school, and the response is "we know, we read her blog."

3. When your children begin ask that any actions, or statements made by them, are to be "off the record." "Mommy, don't blog that."

Excuse me if I take a break, from blogging, for awhile. I may need to redraw some boundaries around here.

Shout Out

Remember me gushing about my friend Gina? She is the deliverer of such great recipes as the Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Hashbrown Casserole.

She is also "Interior Decorator Extraordinaire."

Seriously, who else asks for the demolition of a closet as a Mother's Day present?

She does, and now she is sharing all of her house projects (because they never stop) and her decorating tips and ideas.

Visit her blog at Our Cottage in the Making, and enjoy her decorating/renovating stores, tips and the pictures that go along with the posts.

I'm enjoying her blog because it gives me a "Gina fix." She lives 6 hours away and we don't see each other often, but reading her posts, always puts a smile on my face.

Couldn't Help Myself

I'm rather computer illiterate, so when I can find easy to use blog layouts, that are also free, cute, and free ... I'm hooked.

Leelou Blogs has all three of those requirements, and recently the cute factor has been cranked up, hence the changed blog design.

Which, I had decided not to change, because being this close to Christmas I wasn't sure if it was worth it. Also, there is the little issue of procrastination. It is one of the reasons I never change my answering machine message, those calling in March will still be hearing the kid's rendition of Jingle Bells. Very classy, not.

But with layouts this cute, I couldn't resist. Oh, and did I mention they are free.

Welcome ... and hope you enjoy the ride

Here I am, writing on my own blog. Yes, I know some of you are saying “and … so … we’ve been blogging for years, where have you been.” Glad you asked, I have three children ranging in years from 7 to 3, so for four years I’ve been pregnant, nursing, or both. During six of these years I’ve worked as an independent consultant for a parenting and pregnancy information website, updating their regional sites and keeping a blog on their community page. Just recently, as of the end of March, my contract with them ended. You could say I’m just another product of the down economy. While working on the parenting website I discovered that blogging is fun. Especially for me, I mean as a parent I LOVE to talk about my children and parenting and here is a format that allows us to do exactly, that without boring the poor recipient of our latest “little Johnny adventures”. Plus, this is my journal of our family’s daily happenings. I haven’t much luck in keeping up with a pen and paper journal so I’m hoping that this electronic journal will help me remember all the cute, and not so cute, things my children have said and done.

Anyway, as I said earlier I’m one of the most recent products of the “not quite there recession”. Though I will miss my paycheck I am looking forward to no editorial deadlines and to spending more time with my children. When I lost my job I felt God’s peace with this latest move and could feel Him saying “Be still and know that I am God ...” (Psalm 46:10) and “For I know the plans I have for you…” (Jeremiah 29:11) So what is my next in my life, other then spending more time with my children, husband and cleaning the house? Blogging is one creative outlet, but I’m pretty sure that is not all. As for God’s other plans you will have to stick around and discover those with us. Glad you joined me for the ride.