This Week...

Sunday, August 14, 2011

I've got plans for this week.
It's the last week of Summer Vacation.
There are things I want to do with the kids, a book I want to start reading and things I need
 to get done around here.
I've got big plans, I'm telling ya.
I have seen so many people doing the August Break thing and I thought about it for half a second
 but decided to just do a week of scheduled posts instead.
So you might feel like I am still here and I will be popping in, I'm not gonna even pretend that
 I am going to be completely unplugged,
but I will be around a whole lot less, which will be a good thing for me.





This might sound kind of of sad (because a. i obviously spend too much tome on the computer and
 b. i take way too many pictures) BUT I have probably about 8 blog posts just waiting to be published.
 Like completely done and ready to go.

I know a lot of people talk about having nothing to say, not wanting to force themselves to
blog, etc. and I am sure one day I will feel that way too...but really? I hardly ever do.
Not in nearly two years.
I mean, I might not feel like it for a day or two, so I don't blog, but that's it.
Is that weird?
I feel like I always have something to say and pictures to share. 
Don't get it twisted though, 
I don't think I have much of any real importance to share or say,
but I do have something to say I guess and I feel better when I do.




And on the days I don't feel like it then I just don't blog, simple as that.
But, there are definitely days where I am working on a post about a lovely day away with the kids and fun family time full of wonderful pictures... you know, a "life-is-so-grand" post but in reality I am feeling grouchy and stressed and feeling like a bad mom so I just can't fake it by putting a super-happy post right out there in that moment. So I don't. Which is another reason for the stored-up blog posts.


But this blog is for me.
It is my outlet....it is a creative outlet, a social outlet and therapy for me.
It's just for me, I am doing this for no other reason other than I like it.
And I like having something just for me.
I think we all need something just for us.


So this week I am focusing on other things.
Like knocking a couple last things off our Summer List, having cousins sleep-over, 
celebrating my birthday, working on a few little projects and trying to get some good sleep in there.
And by the way, I truly appreciate all of the advice/ideas on my post about my dreadful sleeping issues.
 I am trying no tv right before bed and as soon as I remember to pick it up, I am going to try melatonin and I am NOT giving up on getting up early in the morning to exercise. Not yet anyway.
My goal is to exercise 4 days this week, morning, noon or night, I'm going to do it.
I hope everyone has a great week!



There will be no Virtual Coffee this week but I will be back next Tuesday,
 August 23 bright and early for coffee. See ya then!

PS-- Sunflowers make me really happy.
PPS- Time to sign off so I can watch Eat, Pray, Love. 

7 comments:

  1. Your sunflower photos are wonderful.

    enjoy this last week with your kids!
    Those are the best times in life.

    Enjoyed visiting,

    Laura
    White Spray Paint

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  2. Have a great week! Your post is exactly how I think. I love it!

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  3. Enjoy your week! And I don't think it's weird at all, but instead rather lovely that you always have something to share with us. And I love that blogging and wonderful photos is your outlet for doing so. Good luck getting to sleep and sticking to the exercise. I wish I could watch Eat, Pray, Love with you!

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  4. Enjoy your last days of summer. Now I know how you manage to be such a prolific blogger - insomnia. Not much fun....so I'm hoping you kick it in the butt. Rest - sleep well and have fun.

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  5. Great post, very positive and uplifting, thanks. Also love the film Eat Pray love, it's so much better then the book. Gotta love Julia Roberts xxx

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  6. hi lovely - have a week off with the kiddos and enjoy every little last drop of summer school holidays-

    i totally agree with you- come & go if and when you like and when you *feel* like posting something...
    we're all still gonna be here!!

    the sunflowers are completely lovely with the sunshine though them- how can they not make you smile..we have a gorgeous farm with a bunch of kids living in it btw us and the next village- i love this farm -it's garden has soccer goals and a trampoline and a big vege garden and washing blowing around every day...over the summer i have watched a big *wall* of sunflowers open along their fence line- the kids love going past it!

    Are these one yours??

    Melissa xx

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  7. I totally agree with having a blog that's YOURS - no agenda, no viewpoint to sell - just an expression of the creative instinct that lives in all of us! Mine is cheap therapy and, like you, I've had few days when I can't think of anything to write! Keep up the good work!

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