When I started blogging in 2004, I was trying to keep up with very young, growing very fast children. I was trying to keep up with vocabulary and milestones and...just life in general. Kids are continuing to grow and continuing to do it much, much too quickly - but we're past the days where I'm counting words in their vocabulary and the milestones are long ago accomplished.
I was on a digital scrapping design team and I needed a place to share what I was doing. I don't digitally scrapbook any longer. I've taken up Project Life. Digital scrapbooking became a lot like paper scrapbooking has become -- pile a whole bunch of embellishments on a page and put one tiny little picture on it -- usually in the middle of the embellishments where it's hard to see. There's no title on the page, no date, no journaling. Yeah, that's going to mean a whole lot to your posterity when they see it. But hey, it got published in some big scrapbooking magazine or featured on some website! Whoohoo. Big. Deal. :p I've always scrapbooked for the STORY. Not to be in the pages of some magazine. Which is why I love Project Life (or Simple Stories, or whatever brand you choose to use) Whoops. Soapbox. Snuck up on me there. Sorry.
I thought I'd share about baking. But, I had a little boy who needed his momma way more than I had time to bake or share about it.
I thought I'd try sharing paper crafting. But, I barely have time to eek out a card before I'm running out the door to the event where it is needed -- much less have time to take a picture of it and blog. (not to mention, when I do that, I'm told I have too much time on my hands...oh, my. no.)
Life these days is consumed with homeschooling my children, trying to keep the laundry caught up, the house sanitary (it is pretty cluttery most days - but the kitchen and bathrooms are at least sanitary!), and working full-time-plus-some. Blogging is going to have to go on the back burner for a while. The waaaay back burner.
I may return to blogging. I may not. But I know this - right now, not thinking about it is what I need. Not taking another minute to do it is what I need. Not having to worry about "is this photo blog worthy" is what I need. Not thinking about my "brand" and what I want my "brand" to portray is what I need. I don't even WANT TO BE A BRAND! I don't want to create a Facebook page for my blog. (really?! really?!). I don't want to tweet about my blog. (I don't want to tweet, period) I don't want to create a Pinterest for my blog. And so, with that, I'll see you again some day, maybe.
edited to add: I told a friend that I'd blog if there was some event I wanted to capture or remember; or if I have a chance to participate in a paper-crafting challenge and need to post it to my blog (those are very rare occurances these days...maybe a little more this summer? I dunno). But, for the most part, you won't see me around here very much and I'm good with that. I'm sure you will be, too. :)
