Blogger Wisdom

It has been one month since I started this blogging journey.  31 days.  I’ve posted everyday for 1/12 of the year so far.  Wow.  {Cheers, Brooke}

These are some things I’ve learned [about myself] since I started blogging:
1. I can fit my camera in my purse.
2. I have a lot to say.
3. It doesn’t take much to make a blogging moment.
4. I’m really annoyed when people don’t comment on my blog.  Consider this roll call:  all readers, please sign in (and, if it’s not obvious, i’d love to know how you found me).  Just curious.  “Present” or “I’m here” will do. 
5. I’m super proud of myself for blogging daily for a full month.
6. You can be addicted to blogging.
7. At first I didn’t want anyone to know about or read my blog; now I’m totally annoyed to have to explain things to people who should already know certain things from reading my blog.  {aimee shaw}
8. I crave Damon’s approval.
9. It’s not as hard as I thought it would be.  It feels great to be doing something I’ve wanted to do for years.
10. It takes way too long to go through the process of posting a comment.
11. I love using parantheses [{(and there are 3 different types on my keyboard!)}].
12. I think the word “awesome” is awesome.
13. I’m too lazy to punctuate and capitalize correctly.  It’s much easier to write freely without worrying about capitalization and punctuation.  Misspelled words still make me very anxious (unless they’re in a comment because how do you edit those?  annoying).
14.  I actually like the look of no capitalization.
15. I am an irresponsible blogger:  I am not disciplined enough to continue with my regular household duties when I have blogging to do.
16. I have fooled myself into believing that blogging is actually being productive.
17. My sister is way  better at blogging than I am.  Reading her post is the highlight of my day. 
18. I really love and miss my sister(s).
19.  I can take my own picture.  My pictures don’t have to be perfect.
20.  I know what HYPERLINK means and how to use it.
21.  I like reading my family’s blogs more than any others. 
22.  My posts are really lengthy.  (sorry- I’m working on it)
23.  What the heck is Twitter?
24.  I can offend people by both the things I say AND the things I write.  I’m great at that.
25.  I probably just offended somebody.
26.  Amber has a blog?  And Jason too?
27.  I can’t blog about some of the things I really want to talk about because s/he may be reading my blog.
28.  Is there a way to EDIT comments without completely deleting and starting over (I used to be intrigued when I saw a comment REMOVED BY AUTHOR; ooh- wonder what they said that was so offensive?  now, I just think they made a mistake that bugged them and they had to re-comment.)?  lame.
29.  For January being a fairly slow month (no vacations, birthdays [except mine!], holidays, events), 704 [completely combed through] pictures  in my January 2009 folder seems like overkill.  I’m working on that, too.
30.  It’s painful trying to post from Blogspot.  Windows Live Writer is way easier.  I still have lots to learn.
31.  I can blog from McDonald’s Playland, which is what I’m doing right now.
32.  I still have 334 days to go.  I am only 1/12 of the way there.  I think I can do it.  Stay with me.
33.   My mom will think it’s significant that I have 33 things.

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Ray and Savannah were back at school today (after 3 weeks off). They both have school from 12:15 until 2:45 Tuesdays and Thursdays. I love this time to myself. I was warned by more than just a few people that this would be a sad time for me: sending my youngest off to school. It was not.
Anyway, I made a promise to myself that I would use this time for ME- and not get caught up with chores, grocery shopping, etc. Usually I’m really good about being selfish during this time, but today I knew I’d feel better about scrapbooking if my kitchen was clean and my floors were mopped.

Before I knew it, my kitchen was spotless, including my floors, and I decided to tackle just one more thing: cleaning out the fridge.

One thing led to another, and I found myself cooking up 12 pounds of ground turkey and grating 15 pounds of cheddar cheese so I could move them to my freezer.

Now, my kitchen was a mess again, my fridge was only partly cleaned out and it was 2:45… And thus my day has ended how it began: in a mess.

What would you title this post:

1. And I promised myself I was only going to clean until my CD ended
2. How I earned my blogging time tonight
3. My name is Amy and I AM Nevada’s daughter
4. Why you shouldn’t clean your fridge out before you clean your freezer
5. Why pre-school should be longer than 2 hours and 30 minutes
6. Why my chin might be sore tomorrow