The Longer I go...

...the harder it is to blog again.

I. Seriously. Need. To. Get. Into. A. Blogging. Routine. Again.

This blog is mostly for me...I way to keep a running story of my life and thoughts.  An apparently, I haven't had much of either lately.

Blah, blah, blah, we've been super busy, blah blah blah.  Honestly?  We have been busy.  But I don't think that is why we haven't been blogging. I think the real reason is that when our life changed so much this year to a more "normal" family life -- husband at work all day, kids at school and home, me being mom and housewife -- the "life" of our family took a nose dive.  In all our years past we have been together as a family all day.  Since Jason and I both worked from home and worked non-traditional hours, it left lots of daytime to do cool things as a family.  We went places, made stuff, and just enjoyed each other. 

And now, well, we live a "normal" life.  Don't get me wrong, it is WONDERFUL in some ways -- like having weekends off for the first time in our 9 years of marriage -- but we definitely lost some of our family spark. And I MISS it.

We are a family that likes to DO things...go places, see things, and be together while doing something.  We have never had a family movie night, nor can I imagine one of my children (much less four) enduring two hours of sitting in one place.  We are active and on the go and I can't figure out how to make that work here. Jason gets home sometime between 3:30 - 4:30 (or even 5:00 like yesterday...) That leaves us 2.5-3.5 hours in the afternoon/evening to get home, eat dinner, bathe, and get the kids to bed.  Not much time for doing anything or going anywhere. At least spring break is around the corner and I am starting to see the summer break starting to creep up on us.  To say I am excited is an understatement.

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Okay...enough for now.  I may just have to realize that all things, even blogs, sometimes have to make a change.  I don't intend to stop blogging, but perhaps its focus will change a bit.  A little less of "us" and a little more of "me."  God has been doing some AMAZING things in my heart over the past month of so and I really want to find a way to share it.  Even in the midst of chaos and high fevers and deadlines, and much more, the peace that I feel is amazing.  And beautiful. And just what I needed.

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I know what you mean about blogging. I go back and forth between keeping or dumping my blog. Sometimes I use it for personal stuff, sometimes to link to cool things I find on the web. Poor blog has a kinda schizophrenic personality. *lol*