Now that summer vacation has arrived and I will officially have at least one child demanding my attention 24/7 (or until they go to bed and I then have Chris demanding my attention), I’m wondering when I will have solid blocks of time to write.
I mean the kind of writing that requires my full attention. Because I can grab five minutes here and there throughout the day… But I generally need a bit more than that to come up with the usual magic that happens here.
Kidding aside – how do you busy stay at home moms do it? It’s been almost a year since I left my full time job and you can really tell when you look at the post dates in my archives. Anyway – blah blah boring blah… I’m just thinking about what I can do save my blog from dying a slow death over the summer while I have my non-napper, Oliver home with me all day.
So I’m thinking of committing to writing something every day, Monday through Friday, all summer long. This would mean quick updates and anecdotes as opposed to the longer posts I tend to write. Who knows – maybe I’ll even get back to my little fiction project that stalls every few months.
Maybe that’s the ticket. A summer vacation for my blog. School is out and day camp starts today. I’ll trade in Math and English for Arts and Crafts (I don’t do sports as you know – so that kind of camp isn’t happening).
Are you feeling the same way? Want to join me in making some lanyards for the next couple of months?
I hated summer camp, both the day version at the Y and the Girl Scout sleep away version all loaded with activities not on my list of favorites. The one thing I loved was making a lanyard! I'm up for it if you are.
I get up very early to get my blogging done. And I read from my iPad during the day….stealing little moments at my computer.
I'm addicted.
hee hee! no matter how you decide to juggle it this summer, or not, i'll be here ready to read! never too good on the lanyards, by the way. i did enjoy sand art?!
You could cut back to 3 posts a week, or maybe spend one night writing several posts and scheduling them? Summer is hard, but your blog doesn't have to die! Good luck :-)
Quick updates and anecdotes work just fine with me! :)
And lanyards? Haven't made one of those in 30 years. Count me in!
I miss summer camp and simple pleasures. We used to make lanyards out of gimp. That's what they called it. Now it's "craft lace". Well, excuses me.
I've seen a lot of "blogger summers" and they're usually pretty dismal. This idea is genius!
Love, me and dcblogs.com :-)
Found this post through dcblogs. What a wonderful idea. I've got a 2yo and another on the way, so it's hard for me to imagine how it must be with 3! Looking forward to your posts!