As friends move away and ask if I have a blog, I always answered no. My sister would always bug me, have you started a blog yet?, and I would always answer no. And then, one day it occured to me that sure, I can start a blog. A way of keeping in touch and sharing the details of our life with all our beloved friends and family that live far away. I loved reconnecting with long lost college roomates and the like, so I figured, sure, I can start a blog.
But what no one told me was...it's harder than it looks. I feel this pressure to post. I know this is very self inflicted pressure, but still, I hate for my blog to sit "idle". Silly, I know, but pressure nonetheless.
Another blog-peeve I have (okay, not really a peeve, so much as a worry) is that some locals have found it. Actually, more than I would have imagined. I did send my blog address to a few who asked, but many more have come. And the funny thing about them, is that now I feel a little insecure about it. I somehow feel really self-absorbed when I know the locals are reading (you know who you are!). As if they already have to put up with enough from me "in real life", now they get to know even more about me. Thanks to my calling, many locals already hear from me several times a week, and enough's enough, you know? So, to all the locals who read - read at your own risk. And, yes, I realize that I can come across as self indulgent.
A funny from today...
Delaney comes to me and says, "Mom, I've lost my bounce. Look, I can only do this." (rises up and down on her tippy-toes) "I can't jump off the ground."
"You've lost it? What do you think happened?"
"I think my springs are broke."
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can I have her?
love, your favorite auntie
Nope. She's all mine and I'm never giving her up. Although, I'd let you borrow Addie Cate for a few months--until she's sleeping thru the night.
Everything you just said is exactly why I haven't started a blog. Friends always ask me if I have a blog, which I simply reply, "my life is so boring, I would never have anything to say." But the other big reason is the pressure of always keeping up on it would stress me out! I have always thought that blogs looked like a lot of work, so it dosen't seem "harder than it looks" it just looks hard. This is why I have stuck to just reading others. For selfish reasons, thanks for starting a blog because I love reading it and keeping intouch with you! By the way, I have had name remorse with 2 of my kids!!! You are not alone!
I am grateful that you started your blog because it is so nice to see how you are doing when I only get to see you once every few years!
I love your blog, but I do understand the pressure. I have always looked at ours from the point of view that it is our family history. I just blurbed our blog from 2007 and plan on doing it for 2008 so we will have a hard copy of all our goings-on over the past couple of years which is great motivation.
You can always go private to avoid the locals (and that way you have a say on who reads your blog and who doesn't) - just please invite me if you do that!!
No, no...I didn't mean to make it sound like I don't like the locals. They just intimidate me. I feel even more self absorbed when I know they're reading. That's all.
I say let people think blogs are self absorbed! because they are... it is like any journal for me... about ME and MY family :)
and trying to regularly post... has made me keep a better "journal" than I have for ages.
I hope you keep succumbing to the pressure... bc I like to read your posts!
I totally shouldn't have put your name on my blogroll-- that would have kept some of the locals out.hehe. There is something to be said about anonymnity (or whatever. slaughtered the spelling)--- I REEEEALLY know what you mean. I love posting my thoughts, but knowing that people who actually know me will read my post scares me. Or more like it scares me to think of what they'll think of me after reading it. And sometimes I think I could be even more honest in my posts if I had an anonymous blog site where nobody knew it was me. Like seriously so blessed. THAT would be fun.
just so you know, I like your blog. I mean shoot, any time I need a pick me up, I just need to read the comments in the "What's in a Name" post and I'll feel all better about myself. Keep posting. You are a great blogger!
So now it's Addie Cate, eh?
I totally understand. I'm horrible at blogging these days. If it weren't for Marcus we wouldn't even have one. And I also agree about the locals. They make me nervous. But what makes me MORE nervous are the readers that don't comment that you don't know they read until all of the sudden one day someone mentions something. Ugh.
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