I Miss Blogging

I just spent nearly an hour reading back over my old blog posts. Doing this made me realize how much I miss not posting on my blog regularly. I need to get back into it. It was such a great creative outlet for me and I had fun with it. But lately it has felt like a chore. Something else I neglect to do and then feel guilty about later. But I think it's when I post more often that I get the most out of my blog. Of course, I don't exactly lead the most exciting life, so extra posts may not be about major events and fun things we do that people want to catch up on. Typically, more blog posts from me could very well mean that you get to read a bunch of random thoughts or my weekly dinner menu. I'm not sure exactly what posting more often will bring, but I want to see what I can do with it. I need to get my creative juices flowing again. This post is probably quite unnecessary, since I doubt anyone reading this blog is hanging on my every word, just waiting for me to post again, but I need this right now. Hopefully I get something out of it. So for those wanting updates about our life and what we're doing, just watch for posts with pictures.

In fact, I was thinking about the manic Monday posts I used to do, and how they really helped me keep up with blogging. I didn't want my blog to be just those, so it forced me to blog about other things in-between. I've been thinking about it for a while and now is a good time to bring that back. But instead of Manic Monday (a title I never really liked) I'm going to go with Wednesday's Word. I have a list of words from the old Manic Monday website that I'm going to use in random order. In fact, I'm going to start today...right now!

I found the file with the list I saved and today's word is ...warm.

All I can think of is the total dichotomy of the word warm to the weather right now. I am so ready for spring. But I realized just how far away warm weather really is when Camden asked me yesterday when it would be warm outside. I told him 3 months and then counted quickly in my head, hoping I was wrong. That couldn't be right. Three months is still so far away. But sadly it's true. While we usually get some relatively warm days teasing us as spring tries to make an appearance, we likely won't have consistently warm weather for a while. And unfortunately, the groundhog isn't any more optimistic than this post. We received a prediction yesterday for 6 more weeks of winter. Hopefully Mother Nature will surprise us and give us an early spring anyway. I know I'm definitely ready for some warm weather. And with any luck, my count was off too. I'm hoping for an unseasonably warm April but it's definitely not a guarantee here. So much for global warming huh? Ok, so I really shouldn't complain. By comparison, today's weather really was almost nice enough to be considered...warm. Almost.

And just to round out this post and get back into the swing of things, I'm going to add a Smiley List. Now, more than ever, I need to think about the little things that make me smile throughout my day. (I may or may not elaborate on that later.)
-Jace was in a really happy mood after school today and didn't complain when it was homework time.
-Camden is really starting to show an interest in writing his letters and putting letters together to form words.
-Alek learned to say the word happy. He pronounces it in an old English style, without the 'h' and he yelled it in his room several times before falling asleep tonight.
-Casey and I got to spend some time relaxing together tonight because we got the kids to bed a little bit early.
-I'm blogging again!