When Blogging takes Away From You and Family

I am sure my die hard readers have noticed a drop in the number of posts.  Am I sad about that?  No, because in the end my family is winning.  My blog stats are dropping, but I figure they will even out eventually, and if not, then obviously, it is time to redirect further.

My reasons for backing off the blog, are mainly because between, farm wife duties, mom duties, blog duties, garden duties, house duties, homeschool duties, and Christian duties, I was lost in it all, and not able to give my best to any of them.  On the above list, do you see any that could easily take a back seat, without affecting my family?  Only blog?  Well, me too.  So, until some of the things around here settle down, I am slowing my blog down as it has been, three maybe four posts a week. 

I know some of you have about three hours of your day set aside to blog.  While your children nap, before they get up or after they go to bed.  Well, in our home, our children go to bed just thirty minutes before I do, why?  Because our daddy/(hubby—aka The Hot Guy on FB) doesn’t get home until nine o’clock most nights.  He leaves around seven am most mornings, and comes home for an hour or so for lunch.  So, since we homeschool, I have set up our daily schedule around his work hours, so our children can have some good daddy time.  Therefore, before they get up—which is seven am, or after they go to bed, which is ten pm, is just not really an option.  So, I am left with about an hour and a half, during naptime, and there are about five hours of things that need my attention then. 

I am even contemplating stopping Nature Study Tuesday after the end of October.  We won’t spend much time outside, and I am not sure that many will be.  Our time outside, won’t include many pictures that is for sure, I haven’t mastered photography with winter gloves on.   I will continue to post reviews, and homeschool tips and snips. 

I am also involved in two part time home businesses to help supplement our income.  I am designing for Two Mom’s Designs, and I have started selling books and other educational products through Usborne Books and More .  I love helping parents find great educational books for their children. 

I have several recipes, and other things to blog about when the time comes that I actually have a bit of free time, where I can hold my head up while I sit here and write something that makes sense.   So, if you have missed me, sorry, if you haven’t, well, ok, and if you are sticking with me through this, THANKS.  When I had made the decision to slow down, my blog stats were rocking, and I felt like things were going so great, on the web.  However, things at home were not going so great.  My children were begging for my time, and I was so busy keeping my stats up that I was lost in cyber space.  I really felt God pulling me back into life at home, and asking me to put my blog on a back burner.  Since then, I have learned that my blog really will only thrive if life at home is also thriving.  So, I will continue this slow down until I fully feel like things are on the right track everywhere.

Now, go play a game, or read a book with your child.  I am headed to work on my bedroom.

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