I just realized that I've been blogging over here for three years...
I guess this brings up my overall conflicted feelings about blogging in general. I started when I was neck deep in infertility treatments (which obviously by definition are very self centering) and involved in online networking with women in a similar situation. It made sense, though I will just never been a good ole AWing blogger. I used to have all the time in the world and it was helpful to me and hopefully helped some others who have gone through similar situations.
Now we and many of them have families and many of them (and some others who don't yet) have stopped blogging. Others have chosen to make a job out of it, leveraging their family lives into an income stream since they are SAHMs. I find it funny sometimes when people say they blog for themselves or their children, because obviously there is something very exhibitionist/voyeuristic about the whole thing and it obviously takes time away from them. But sometimes I look back at old posts and wonder if I'd remember any of it if it wasn't written down. I follow a lot of design blogs too, but inevitably the southern sorority girl end up coming out of them and I find myself wondering why I even bother, since I already know what I like and we have nothing in common other than a natural inclination to pretty things. So I don't know that I'm going anywhere, I guess I will remain conflicted.
The twins turned thirteen months yesterday. We had a quiet Sunday at home, though we took them out on Saturday for a rare trip to the mall with both of us and had dinner at the Nordstrom's cafe (which I love) which somehow DH had never been to. I hadn't been for a long time and they had a blast as always, devouring the better part of a Margarita pizza by themselves. They eat so much and are so skinny it is crazy, they must have inherited the tapeworm that my family always used to tease me about having as a kid. I thought this was funny as a kid too, until I looked up tapeworms in one of my mother's medical books, they are totally disgusting.
DH just realized that he has President's Day off this year, and instead of suggesting we take a long weekend as a family, he told ME to take a long weekend. And since this would not happen with me at home, he gave me a pass to go away sans kids. So I got a ticket to go to NYC for three days. I am excited, haven't been there or anywhere w/o them for a year and a half, though I'm guessing that just sleeping in like would be so nice is not going to happen. I already get up before the kids. We'll see if I can turn off and have a short respite.
Happy Inauguration Monday!
I guess this brings up my overall conflicted feelings about blogging in general. I started when I was neck deep in infertility treatments (which obviously by definition are very self centering) and involved in online networking with women in a similar situation. It made sense, though I will just never been a good ole AWing blogger. I used to have all the time in the world and it was helpful to me and hopefully helped some others who have gone through similar situations.
Now we and many of them have families and many of them (and some others who don't yet) have stopped blogging. Others have chosen to make a job out of it, leveraging their family lives into an income stream since they are SAHMs. I find it funny sometimes when people say they blog for themselves or their children, because obviously there is something very exhibitionist/voyeuristic about the whole thing and it obviously takes time away from them. But sometimes I look back at old posts and wonder if I'd remember any of it if it wasn't written down. I follow a lot of design blogs too, but inevitably the southern sorority girl end up coming out of them and I find myself wondering why I even bother, since I already know what I like and we have nothing in common other than a natural inclination to pretty things. So I don't know that I'm going anywhere, I guess I will remain conflicted.
The twins turned thirteen months yesterday. We had a quiet Sunday at home, though we took them out on Saturday for a rare trip to the mall with both of us and had dinner at the Nordstrom's cafe (which I love) which somehow DH had never been to. I hadn't been for a long time and they had a blast as always, devouring the better part of a Margarita pizza by themselves. They eat so much and are so skinny it is crazy, they must have inherited the tapeworm that my family always used to tease me about having as a kid. I thought this was funny as a kid too, until I looked up tapeworms in one of my mother's medical books, they are totally disgusting.
We love these bibs, they are by Green Sprouts.
And the fish tank in the Nordie's kids' shoe dept...
Happy Inauguration Monday!
HI there! It's been a while since I've commented, but I just wanted to say how beautiful the twins are!! Can't believe how big they are!! Hope you're all doing well!
ReplyDeleteJen :)