The Type of Blogging I Like

I’ve tried. It might not look like it, but I have been trying to do better at blogging.

But right now it seems that I just cannot find the time to post in the same consistency as many of you do.

I go to work, I come home and take Lance out for a walk immediately (so that he doesn’t pee or poo inside) and then come back to make dinner. This takes me to about 6:30pm. Dinner will be done by7:30pm (usually) and then… then all I want to do is sit and eat and watch TV. Then I have to clean and wash and do laundry. Which never ends. (what will I do when it’s more than just my husband and me?).

Lately I’ve been catching up on Game of Thrones. My husband loves it and since when it started I didn’t have HBO I never watched it other than an episode here or there when I was over at his house (prior to getting married). So I’ve been binge watching for the past couple of weeks.

I guess that since I’m on the computer all day at work I really have no interested in being on the computer when I get home. Usually days go by without me even opening it up.

Sometime I do catch myself saying many times to the people around me, including my husband when he asks me to play a game with him, is that I have “no time”.  I’m always busy doing something. And what has started to happen is that I put blogging to the back burner. Then I feel guilty about it. Then I feel guilty about not commenting (I am reading!) on your posts.

I don’t want to feel guilty. I don’t want this to be a job that I feel forced to come to. I want it to be fun.

So I… am not going to say that I’m closing down shop. I’m just going to post when I want to post.  I’m going to post what I want to post and when I want to post it. I’ll continue with my link up on Sundays (1^st and 3^rd of the month) and continue trying to use it to inspire me to lose some pounds.

I’m going to take this blog to the days of when posts were more like journals – that’s what I always liked. Sort of like an escape. Not as personal as a written journal, but still talking about my life and what is going on with me.

I hope you’ll stick around. You’ll keep my on BlogLovin’. Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to manage my time better and come back to regular posting.

In the meantime I am grateful for having been a part of something special and I shall continue to be grateful if I can stay in some way part of the “tribe”.

Re-Start (Again)

I was doing pretty well with blogging and commenting for a while last summer, then came September and I was basically on the go, go, go until now. Something was happening the entire time and blogging definitely was placed on the back burner.

After participating on a video chat with some lovely bloggers on Sunday evening I am feeling like I can finally get back into the groove of keeping up my blog and also branching out a little bit.  

I felt like I needed a picture. My family on XMas Eve!

I will be looking for a couple of blogs to sponsor to start off and get my feet wet. I’m also going to look into all the fanciness of having tweets prepared.

I feel very lucky to have the readers I have now and all the comments I get. I think the increase I felt was also partly my inspiration to get this going even more.

I’ve always blamed being too busy on not putting too much into the blog, but I like blogging. While I don’t plan on making it a business I want to dedicate time to it because it makes me happy. I have to stop doing things that don’t make me happy and strive to keep me first.

My house is still not unpacked completely (I just cannot get the office organized!), but I’m hoping that me wanting to blog more will help me in achieving the organization of the office. (Although I now have a huge gaping hole in the wall – more on that later).

Anyway – I hope you stick around, I hope you tell your friends about me and I can’t wait to keep reading you all and making even more friends!

Wednesday Confessional

I’ve had a busy few weeks and I’ve definitely been out of the blog world as well. I had pre-written posts for while I was in Argentina for my honeymoon, but when I got back…  I had no interest in sitting down on the couch (or anywhere) to blog.

So I confess…

• I thought I would be inspired to blog while on my trip, but it was the last thing on my mind.

• However, I did read most of the entries on my Bloglovin’ feed. I did not want to come home to 1000+ posts to catch up on.

• I was upset with my family because of something that occurred regarding my sisters’ death. I’m not going to go into detail here, but it caused me pain.

• I cried quite a bit the night I found out my sister passed. I was able to pull myself together to go to dinner, but I was unable to stop tears from coming. People probably thought Thomas and I were fighting.

• Leaving Argentina was bitter sweet. I missed home, but I enjoyed being with my extended family very much. It feels like a second home, and not like I’m just a visitor.

• I am not looking forward to going through all our pictures, deciding which ones to print, and then putting them into albums. My brother is good at captioning pictures, but I’m not. I get bored easily with that kind of stuff. I have to do it – for both the honeymoon and the wedding.

• Part of the reason I don’t want to go through the pictures is that the wedding pictures are pretty bad and it makes me very sad.

• I confess that I feel bad taking things from my sisters’ room. My mom is emptying it out and she offered me one of her computers. I took her Mac. I still haven’t set it up… and I think that’s why.

I think that’s enough confessions for one week, right? Next week my Wednesday post SHOULD be about my wedding day!

Ten Favorite Things: Blogging

It's time again for Brianna's Ten Favorite Things link up! This month the topic is blogging. My initial thought was: only ten? 

ONE / /  Releasing my stress. I've brought this up a couple of times lately, and it is so true. I feel like I've been a lot less stressed in the past month or so since I began Him & Her. I've been nicer to Thomas and to myself. 

TWO / / Meeting new people! I am not good at making friends. I don't usually fit in very well so being able to meet people through the web and get to know them well has been great. I met my fiancee on Craigslist, so I tend to do better meeting and talking to people online and then in person. I hope to have a Blate soon! Anyone in Los Angeles?

THREE / / Designs. I love them. I have always admired them but never wanted to put money into them. When I've had blogs previously I've ignored them because I didn't like the way it looked. Because of everything that was going with me I felt like I needed to put money into my blog, and so far it has been great. 

FOUR / / Reading. I love to read. I grew up across the street from a library and spent a lot of time there. Reading blogs about other peoples' lives and their experiences... living vicariously through their writings, it makes me happy. I can move away from my own life and spend some time in theirs. Is that creepy?

FIVE / / Talk about myself! Like most people I love talking about myself. I love telling stories of things that happened to me, my opinions, and just what is going on with me. Most people IRL do not appreciate this much talking about myself, blogging is the perfect outlet for me!

SIX / / Feedback! After talking about myself I love having people talk about me! Okay, that's not completely true, but it is nice for the ego that people will read what you say about yourself and then go on and say something back. I am pretty sure you would all agree with this, yes?

SEVEN / / Organized. I've always dreamt of having a job or life in which I really needed a calendar and had to be organized. So far... haven't had that much. I was a substitute teacher for a few years but it didn't give me the fulfillment that I was looking for. As a receptionist I didn't have many responsibilities. My current job, which I enjoy very much, stays at work when I go home. With blogging I can keep a calendar and keep notes and write down ideas. Just what I've been wanting to do. 

EIGHT / /  Raffles! I've won a few things in my life, but in the month I started my blog and following other blogs daily I've won TWO raffles. One for a calendar and some sponsorships and the other for a print. I am still waiting for the calendar, but I am so very much looking forward to it! (see number seven!) I can't wait to see the print as well to put in our new home! 

NINE / / Exposure. Reading so many blogs exposes me to new recipes, websites, ideas, and so much more. I cannot tell you how many great ideas I've gotten thanks to blogging. I know many would say that that's what Pinterest is for but because I don't see myself as crafty and because my data plan sucks at work where I spend most of my time, I don't go on there often. But I do spent tons of time reading blogs. 

TEN / / Desk! My mind is completely on my new home (I'm writing this just after going to the final walkthrough, 4 days before we get the keys!) and so I have to say that blogging will be the only reason that I will get a desk where I can keep my laptop (and possibly a desktop as well), calendar, and other supplies (which OMG I love). No blog would mean I'll keep my laptop on my bed like I do now. 

What are you're top 10 favorite things about blogging? Do you agree or disagree with any of mine? Go on over to Endlessly Beloved for the link up!