Where I’ve Been

I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted on my blog. I’ve not been on Twitter much either. Facebook? Well, that’s another story….

Here’s the thing: I have priorities.

When I started this blog, I thought to myself “Oh, I’ll have so much fun blogging! I’ll share all about my life and my home. I’ll share cleaning tips and recipes and stuff. It’ll be fantabulous!” So, I started this blog and I started posting fairly often and sharing cleaning tips and recipes and Wordless Wednesdays and so on. Then, one day I realized that I hadn’t been paying as much attention to my daughter. My housework wasn’t getting done. I was spending all my time on the computer, blogging and Twittering and reading other people’s blogs and emailing….and my daughter was growing up before my very eyes and I wasn’t spending the quality time with her that I should. God has blessed me with the opportunity to stay at home and care for her and I was squandering it!

I have little boys who are active in school and extra-curricular activities. I’m constantly picking up or dropping off someone. Between Cub Scouts, basketball, baseball, football, and chorus, they’ve been keeping me pretty busy!

There have been other things happening in my life too. God had been working on my heart and telling me to become our church’s Youth Leader. I took that step of faith and haven’t looked back! It’s been wonderful! It’s also been time consuming. Between the weekly interactive lessons, the concerts, rallies, fundraisers, and convention preparations, it’s taken up a lot of my time. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

As the youth leader, I am on a couple of committees and boards at church and I have to attend monthly meetings for each of them. I am also an active member of the women’s group at church. I teach Children’s Church and serve as the nursery attendant on rotation. I am the VBS director, requiring me to spend a lot of time preparing for Vacation Bible School.

I don’t tell you all of this to say “Oh, look at me, I’m so busy!” I tell you this because, honestly, I don’t know how all these awesome bloggers in the world do it all! Many of the women whose blogs I read also home school their kids. Some even have jobs outside of their homes. Some of them are doing awesome things with their lives and maintaining a really awesome blog and I don’t know how they do it! Kudos to all you awesome mommy bloggers out there!

So, basically, what I’m trying to say is…I got overwhelmed and I let my blog go.

But, I’m back. I have learned to prioritize so I can get things done and spend time with my kids and my family….and blog!

February 25, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized

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One Response to “Where I’ve Been”

Mommy Cracked on February 25th, 2009 10:25 pm

Priorities ARE a good thing. Like you, I often find myself too wrapped up in “bloggyland” and have to take a step back and get some perspective and prioritize. Good for you for becoming the youth leader at your church!

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