The Death of a Blog

Here are some reasons for the death of my blog:

1. Everyday in the summer my kids woke up and said, "what are we doing fun today?" and even though I would say "life is not all fun and games, dang-it!", we still managed to have fun and games the entire summer.

2. My sweet 4-year old has declared himself the king of my universe, without notifying me. I am constantly watching music shows, puppet shows, and every other show you can think of...not that it is bad its just that it takes up time!

3. Now that school is in session, everything else is...and with everything else comes practice. There's piano practice and soccer practice, reading and homework. I know that I am not the one doing it but often I feel like I might as well be.

4. Cub Scouts...need I say more? I take a lot of time preparing for 13+ awesome and energetic boys...if I don't, then I am sunk.

5. I am so tired. With one step still in summer and a foot reaching toward fall, I am not going to bed early enough, yet I still get up around 5:30 or 6:30 to exercise. Something has got to give!

6. I hate to admit that I spend time thinking about how I would like to just be a housewife. You know the one who does the ironing in front of the daily soaps and then calls her friends to talk about the latest new twist in the plot, oh yeah and wears curlers in her hair all day until her hubby comes home from work. She also bakes bread and cookies for the little dears when they get home too. What ever happened to those days where that was o.k.? Instead I seem to be running kids here and there, running to the school to volunteer, etc.

7. Christmas is coming and I have been working with Dave to get our printing website up to speed. We have some great Christmas cards...take a look in about a week www.stonemountainpress.com. It is not too soon to prepare.

8. Our Book Club read Les Miserables in the summer. I think that I was the only one to finish all 1400+ pages but that takes tons of time and commitment to just sitting on the hammock and reading! I would rather read than blog I guess.

9. I really have tried to enjoy the outdoors this summer. I try to be outside for the balance of the day because I know that a day will come when I am longing to lounge outside and I can't. Plus with the great outdoors, comes gardening, which I love but there is a lot to do as well as keeping the house clean! I bought a bike too and have been enjoying riding in the great outdoors.

I will stop on nine just for Perla, but there are a few reasons for the death of my blog. It seems like a whole lot of complaining because some people are busier and manage to blog plus train for triathalons, index and make dolls for Haiti! I am not really complaining but rather explaining my full life.