Retry

I've been inspired by several friends to try to blog again. But really, how do they have time??? I asked Braeburn how he thought they could do it, and he said, "Mom, you have 7 kids. I said, "Well, what about so-and-so? She has... oh yeah... two. Well what about this other so-and-so? She has... oh yeah... three. Well surely this other so-and-so... how does she do it? She has 5! Oh yeah... the youngest is 11 and she doesn't homeschool. Ok, so I could use this as an excuse. I really could. I just have too many kids under the age of 12, so I can't blog. That's 7, if you were wondering. But instead I'm going to try to keep up with the Joneses. You know why? Cause it's good for me, that's why! It gets me writing, which I rarely do, except for lists, like shopping and to-do. But, this is HARD. I should write more on Facebook, I should write letters to my family, I should write on my transformation.com blog. So now I'm adding another "should" to my list. When am I going to be able to write? Good question. I really have no idea. But I'm really good at adding "shoulds" to my to-do list. Thanks a lot, so-and-so. I appreciate your inspiration. Yeah, really I do. I could blog about the guilt factor I just inflicted upon myself. Why do women do this to themselves? All my journal entries in whatever form they take seem to start out this way: "Wow, it's been so long since I've written. I'm going to try really hard to be more consistent. I'm going to write every day or at least once a week." I wonder how many times I've written that!? I'm going to try to keep this blog focused on our school experiences, but I'm sure I'll violate that focus shortly. So bear with me, encourage me, whatever. Just know that I may not write a post for another year. 6 months from today is my birthday. I'll take stock at that time - see how I've done. GO MRS. APPLE!!