Nov 24 2008
Home Stretch
It’s the last week of NaBloPoMo, and so far it’s looking pretty good for me as far as accomplishing this. I am finding it increasingly difficult to come up with stuff to blog about on a daily basis, at least when I’m trying to tend to my own life, Mister, the housekeeping, and getting ready for Thanksgiving. Usually I end up sitting at the computer with just a few hours left in the day, desperately reading blogs and rapidly scanning the internets for inspiration. It shouldn’t be like that - I believe that especially with a personal blog such as mine, the posts should happen more naturally. For those of us that blog, we either think about it every day or we don’t. If you’re in the group that thinks about it every day, then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find something to write about at least once or twice a week. If you’re in the group that doesn’t think about it every day, or even once in awhile, then why do you blog? Do you get a lot of personal satisfaction from it? Even when I’m only putting a few posts out there per month, I enjoy blogging and reading blogs very much. I think that’s the purpose of blogs. I don’t think of my blog as something that can pay me, or as a job, or a way to get rich. It’s a personal blog. Personal. What I get out of it isn’t monetary, it isn’t to boost my ego or make me famous. It’s just because I like to write, and I like seeing something that I created out there for everyone else to see. That’s all.
So, anyway, now that I really went off on a tangent there, let’s change the subject. There’s only one month left until Christmas! Do you have your shopping done? Are you braving the crowds on Black Friday? My answers are no and no, respectively. I’ve done some shopping and have some ideas in my head of what to get people, but I really need to sit down and make a list and get my shopping organized before I hit the mall. My card list is done, though, so I’ll be sitting down this weekend to make cards. I’ve always wanted to do that, and this year I’m crazy enough to try. Yeah, I’m nuts like that. But it will make me appreciate throwing a few boxes of cards into my basket next year. There’s a reason for everything, right?
24 down, 6 to go. I can do this!
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blogging is a way for me to keep from sleeping. i stay up too long, i don’t do the important stuff that needs to be done. it’s a curse. do i really really love being cursed? i guess i do. it’s satisfying, like eating chocolate when i know it isn’t good for me.
blogging is a “guilty pleasure.” sleep by comparison is a bother.
Way to go! I know several people who are doing this challenge. If you need any ideas here are a few: 1. Why do they have Christmas decorations and Holiday music playing in department stores before Halloween even got here? 2. Small dogs or big dogs, which are better? 3. Three things no one knows about me. 4. My fondest childhood memory. TTFN! Robin
Hi Seraphine, thanks for visiting! Yes, blogging is a guilty pleasure. I like the chocolate analogy!
Robin, thanks for the ideas. BTW, I tried to comment on your last post but got an error. There’s a decent scrapbook store at Pecos and Russell - our end of town, but it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere.
You know I have been having problems with that post, and the one prior to it too. I’m thinking of switching it over to wordpress hosted instead of my own, or maybe changing the theme to the default one. Keep getting formatting errors too! That store I love, they are a little pricey but they have excellent selection. There was a store that I preferred called “Pebbles in my Pocket” but they folded with the economy. Have to say the 50% off everything in the store was nice, though.
I love looking in scrapbook supply stores, but I have a hard time getting past the “ooh, this is pretty!” stage. Probably because I’m too busy blogging!