Back to My Bloggy Roots

Ξ April 10th, 2009 | → 13 Comments | ∇ Bloggity Business |

A few of you may have noticed that I’ve disappeared from the blog several times over the last few months.  I could blame it on the deployment, stress, sickness, overtiredness, travel…there’s a lot, but the truth is, I had to take stock and change my priorities a bit.

I started my blog a few years ago with the intention of getting to know other homeschoolers.  Since we move so much in the military, I thought it would be nice to have some stable contacts, as well as meet people in places we may one day move to.

Which totally paid off in the form of my friend Bethany, whom I met online when living in Maryland, never dreaming that one day we’d both be living in the same city in Mississippi.

I soon discovered I loved blogging and branched out from other homeschool moms.  And as I gained more readers I got really into the numbers, my stats (you wouldn’t believe how many guys come here by googling ways to ask a girl out for coffee), and started eyeing blogging conferences like BlogHer, and envying moms who were popular enough to get paid trips to Disneyland.  My goal became less about making connections with people and more about being popular.

But as my time got sucked up and I started thinking about sinking money into conferences, I realized that what I really needed to do was simplify.  Sure, going to BlogHer would be fun and would make me some contacts, but going to a homeschool conference with a good friend would be encouraging, edifying, restful, fun…and beneficial to the whole family.

So I took a step back.

It was hard.

I lost over half my readers.

But you know who I have left?

You.

The ones who care about more than a quick giggle.

And I’m glad I can reconnect with you.

I think I’m still living in the 90′s

Ξ April 7th, 2009 | → 10 Comments | ∇ The Brain Cells They Are Failing Me |

So yesterday I was woken up by my husband’s phone ringing.  Seems he’d forgotten it when he left for work.

He has a bad habit of losing thigs like phones and IDs so I wanted to be sure he knew it was at home and not lost.

So I texted him to let him know that it was here.

When he got home that evening, I told him I’d texted him that he forgot his phone, and did he get the text?

He said he didn’t know, and he asked if I’d checked the message.

Ya’ll, I spent the whole day wondering why he hadn’t acknowledged my TEXT MESSAGE about his FORGOTTEN PHONE.

That’s right, I sent a text message about a forgotten phone to the very forgotten phone I was texting about, and didn’t even realize it until he pointed it out to me.

Sometimes I wonder how it is I can even have a simple little blog without breaking the entire internet.

A Cultural Tour

Ξ April 5th, 2009 | → 7 Comments | ∇ Navy Life |

One of the most interesting parts of Navy life is the chance to travel and experience life in other states and countries.

One of the most interesting differences between the states?

Roadkill.

See, in California as you’re driving down the road, you mostly see Fluffy and Rover from down the street.

In Maryland it was deer and groundhog.

Here in Mississippi? Armadillo and an alligator.

And while the Navy hasn’t given us any paperwork, it looks like we’re going to be moving to Louisiana soon. We drove there last week, and in the middle of Bayou Nowhere, what did we see on the side of the road?

A bear.

Join the Navy.  See the world.

And its roadkill.