You know when you have a whole bunch of ideas for blog posts, but you're too busy to actually get around to writing them and uploading photos for them?
Yeah, that's me right now!
I've got a ton of posts in draft form right now, but they're all incomplete at the moment. I thought I'd have a chance to get caught up with yesterday off of work, but instead I spent the day running a ton of errands and cleaning and organizing our kitchen cabinets. My husband never seems to put things back in the right place, so I had a lot of crawling back and forth between our under-the-counter cabinets to do!
We've been super busy continuing on with our mission to de-clutter our house, and we've set a goal for ourselves. By the second week of March, our house needs to be clutter-free. We're scheduling another special garbage pick up for then, so we need to be ready. We've already done one pick up, for a pile of junk that was 8ft wide x 4ft deep x 4ft high (the max they'll pick up), and I think in the next few weeks we'll have that much stuff to get rid of again. And that's on top of all the clothes and shoes we already gave away!
But it feels good. And I think I want to make this a habit. Every year I want us to go through our house and get rid of things we're not using, or are only saving out of guilt (sorry, Christmas gifts from 5 years ago that are still in their package).
In other news, I've been hard at work planning lots of upcoming travel. You know by now how much I love travel planning, but because I'm so thorough (and love researching every possible option and making detailed itineraries that include fun photos to look at), it's pretty time consuming. Coming up, we have a trip to Florida in March with my in-laws (which we're cutting short to spend a few days on a detour further north up the east coast). Then we'll be headed back to our detour spot sometime either in early or late April. And oh yeah, I've also spent a huge amount of time planning and organizing a trip for about 30 people to New Orleans in mid-April. Not to mention that our 1st wedding anniversary is coming up in early June, so I need to figure out where we're going for that. And finally, I need to start researching and booking our summer and early fall camping trips, and put together our summer calendar of all the stuff we'll be doing every weekend.
Boy, that sounds exhausting! But I do like doing things and going places, and I love well planned out trips, so I know it's worth all of the work.
And finally, my husband and I are working on a huge home project, but I probably won't be ready to share it for another month, once it's closer to being ready. We went to Home Depot this last weekend for a bunch of supplies, and are already making good headway. But wish us luck, because I anticipate lots of wanting-to-pull-out-our-hair before it's done!
All of this is to say, posting is probably going to be a little lighter than usual for the next few busy weeks. But I do have plans for another giveaway in March, my blog design is getting an overhaul soon, and I hope to carve out some time to finish up my draft blog posts in the not-t00-distant future. I definitely need to find time to do my Vlog of The Month in the next week too. And I promise, I'm still reading everyone's blogs, even if I'm not commenting as much as usual. When time is tight, Google Reader is my friend for getting my blog fixes, but not for easily commenting. Love you all though, and when I get a little caught up, I promise to be back and spreading my comment love to you--I know just how much getting comments means to all of us bloggers! :)
And since I can't end a post without a photo, here is my youngest cat, Rascal, when he was about 10 weeks old. I don't think I've ever shared this picture before, but can't you see why I just had to keep him?
Yeah, that's me right now!
I've got a ton of posts in draft form right now, but they're all incomplete at the moment. I thought I'd have a chance to get caught up with yesterday off of work, but instead I spent the day running a ton of errands and cleaning and organizing our kitchen cabinets. My husband never seems to put things back in the right place, so I had a lot of crawling back and forth between our under-the-counter cabinets to do!
We've been super busy continuing on with our mission to de-clutter our house, and we've set a goal for ourselves. By the second week of March, our house needs to be clutter-free. We're scheduling another special garbage pick up for then, so we need to be ready. We've already done one pick up, for a pile of junk that was 8ft wide x 4ft deep x 4ft high (the max they'll pick up), and I think in the next few weeks we'll have that much stuff to get rid of again. And that's on top of all the clothes and shoes we already gave away!
But it feels good. And I think I want to make this a habit. Every year I want us to go through our house and get rid of things we're not using, or are only saving out of guilt (sorry, Christmas gifts from 5 years ago that are still in their package).
In other news, I've been hard at work planning lots of upcoming travel. You know by now how much I love travel planning, but because I'm so thorough (and love researching every possible option and making detailed itineraries that include fun photos to look at), it's pretty time consuming. Coming up, we have a trip to Florida in March with my in-laws (which we're cutting short to spend a few days on a detour further north up the east coast). Then we'll be headed back to our detour spot sometime either in early or late April. And oh yeah, I've also spent a huge amount of time planning and organizing a trip for about 30 people to New Orleans in mid-April. Not to mention that our 1st wedding anniversary is coming up in early June, so I need to figure out where we're going for that. And finally, I need to start researching and booking our summer and early fall camping trips, and put together our summer calendar of all the stuff we'll be doing every weekend.
Boy, that sounds exhausting! But I do like doing things and going places, and I love well planned out trips, so I know it's worth all of the work.
And finally, my husband and I are working on a huge home project, but I probably won't be ready to share it for another month, once it's closer to being ready. We went to Home Depot this last weekend for a bunch of supplies, and are already making good headway. But wish us luck, because I anticipate lots of wanting-to-pull-out-our-hair before it's done!
All of this is to say, posting is probably going to be a little lighter than usual for the next few busy weeks. But I do have plans for another giveaway in March, my blog design is getting an overhaul soon, and I hope to carve out some time to finish up my draft blog posts in the not-t00-distant future. I definitely need to find time to do my Vlog of The Month in the next week too. And I promise, I'm still reading everyone's blogs, even if I'm not commenting as much as usual. When time is tight, Google Reader is my friend for getting my blog fixes, but not for easily commenting. Love you all though, and when I get a little caught up, I promise to be back and spreading my comment love to you--I know just how much getting comments means to all of us bloggers! :)
And since I can't end a post without a photo, here is my youngest cat, Rascal, when he was about 10 weeks old. I don't think I've ever shared this picture before, but can't you see why I just had to keep him?
(He's sitting on a ~6ft high x 7ft wide kitty jungle gym that we built about 6 years ago. It's seen better days though, and soon we'll be scrapping the old jungle gym and building them a better one. Yet another project!)And for good measure here's a pic my other two, all crazy-eyed from the flash.
Does life ever get in the way of your blogging?
10 comments:
Sounds like you have a lot of fun stuff planned! I've always wanted to go to New Orleans. Enjoy all of your projects and planning, and congrats on sticking with your mission to de-clutter!
Of course it does, all the time! I'd blog EVERY day if I didn't have to worry about real life. Darn grown up responsibilities!
Life gets in the way of my blogging ALL the time, but that's a good thing!
You've got a lot on your plate, hope to see your vlog soon though. ;)
I am definitely in the same boat as you right now. With everything I have going on, I am swamped, and keeping up my blog three times a week has become a challenge. But it sounds like you're making progress and have a lot of good things going on, even if it's hectic. I really wish I had travel plans coming up, but I don't even have a single week off school until the end of July. Ugh... And how cute is Rascal? He reminds me of my baby kitties, who are getting big really fast!
Ugh, I plan trips for a living now so I know what you mean- VERY busy! My blog has been quite neglected as well. Thanks for checking in! Always nice to hear from you. PS Kitten Rascal is SO cute!
That is sweetest gray kitten I've ever seen! Good luck with the home improvement projects! We got lucky in building a house, so we won't have to do anything for a long time! But even painting seems like a huge project to me! :)
Ditto to everything. Ha. I understand busy. Blogging (& blog reading) are my few moments to escape from reality. I enjoy that. A lot.
And I <3 your blog so I'll always be here!
life ALWAYS seems to get in the way - guess that's a good thing??
I am definitely in the same boat as you right now. With everything I have going on, I am swamped, and keeping up my blog three times a week has become a challenge. But it sounds like you're making progress and have a lot of good things going on, even if it's hectic. I really wish I had travel plans coming up, but I don't even have a single week off school until the end of July. Ugh... And how cute is Rascal? He reminds me of my baby kitties, who are getting big really fast!
Of course it does, all the time! I'd blog EVERY day if I didn't have to worry about real life. Darn grown up responsibilities!
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