Things I Feel Guilty About

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So, I’ve been fighting the fact that I can’t find anything to blog about, or maybe I should say I can’t find the time to blog here. Even though I want to, I long to, I enjoy it when I do, and miss it when I don’t. The fact is my life is busy, full, lively, and most of the time fun. That doesn’t keep me from feeling guilty about the things I can’t seem to get around too all the time, such as:

1. Blogging here, as I just mentioned often enough. (It has been over a week since my last post.)
2. The dirty dishes in my sink.
3. My messyliving room, bedroom, house.
4. That I don’t take my kids to story time at the local library.
5. That I don’t call my momma every day.
6. That I don’t make it to church every Sunday, even though it has been due to sick kids.

What about you? Do you have things you find yourself . . . not being able to do, though you want to, you mean to? Please share!

Finding Balance

As you may have read, I have felt convicted to spend less time online and to be more intentional about the time I do spend online. Yesterday, I did very well, spending only 2 hrs. online total and getting quite alot done around the house. I’m such the recovering non-housekeeper. It isn’t that I don’t want to take care of my family or that I don’t want to keep a nice tidy house it’s that I have often gotten overwhelmed by all the tasks which that involves. Therefore, more often that not I’d just give into what I’m better at “work” and not do my “housework” so much.

I did find today that 2 hrs was just not enough time to get client work done for 2 clients, have an interview for an upcoming webinar and do all the normal business tasks, also over the past two days I’ve found with this limited computer time I’ve had little to no time to “connect” with anyone via Facebook or Twitter and that has left me feeling isolated.

I realize this is just day 2 of my new routines so I will press on but I feel some tweaking is likely in the cards for the future. How do you do it? How do you strike a balance? Especially if you blog or work from home? What’s your “routine”? How much time do you spend online? I’d love to hear from you.
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Another Weekend Recap

Wow, It’s time to do this again?? I completely forgot until someone linked here saying they got the idea of a “weekend” recap from me.  EEKKK!!

Anyway, this week honestly has been quite the “blur”.  I started out the week in hopes of having baby #3 quickly. However, as I sit here with him still “baking” as some say, you can tell that didn’t happen.  Hopefully tomorrow is the ever fateful day.  I am going to the doctor at 10 am on Monday, pray he puts me in for induction.

So, recapping this week. Monday was the doctor’s appointment. I had dilated but since then nothing.  Tuesday and Wednesday my mom and grandmother came over to help out with the kids and house. Praise God that was a blessing.  Thursday I had to go it alone, and Friday Greg ended up off because his state car went capoot.  We went out to lunch and out for supper, yay no cooking and had a good time spending time together.

I made mammoth to do lists this week in an effort to “stay busy”, which I pretty much did working online on my websites and installing two Wordpress blogs and doing customizations for two clients.  This is sort of one of those “hobbies” I get paid to do.  I know it’s not something I really have “time” for, but it’s relaxing and fun to me, I know I’m wierd, a nerd, go read yesterday’s post you’ll understand why I say that.  But seriously, I learned Wordpress over time and I have come to love tweaking and playing with it.  Fortunately for me there are people out there who hate doing this sort of thing but want a website or blog set up so they pay me.  Win-win!

So, between all that and doing ministry related stuff, I booked a speaking engagement this week and worked out the details on that, I’ll be in Senatobia, MS speaking to Moms and daughters at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 23.  Excited! I have stayed busy this week, ever so impatiently waiting for baby Brady to make his arrival.  I am beyond ready and hope upon hope tomorrow is the BIG day!

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