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This is the time of year that, like millions of others, I reflect on the year behind me and set goals for the year ahead. There are the standard superficial resolutions…lose weight, do more, stress less…those I make every year. Then there’s the resolutions that I have to follow through with…spend more quality time with my precious family, scrapbook more, sleep more. Then there’s the relatively unimportant decision that I must make…to blog or not to blog. I hate doing things half-way and since the my initial blog entry, I’ve written a whole zero times. How pathetic. So, I have to commit to this blogging thing once and for all. I really do like it. Here are the reasons I think it’s valuable:

• Writing is healthy.
• Journaling everyday life will provide a written history to pass on.
• Writing helps me be more creative.
• Writing calms me down – makes me more reflective.
• It’s just fun!

Okay, so from here on, I will be a blogger. I may not do it everyday, but I’ll at least try. I certainly am not short on topics. I have a very crazy life.

My husband went camping last weekend and left me alone with the three children I gave birth to. I won’t lie…I was scared. It seems so silly – I am the mother, afterall. But I work and he stays home so I just wasn’t sure how I would manage. I put away the computer. No e-mail. No work. Just the kids and the house. I actually found it relaxing and rejuvinating. It was nice to focus on a different kind of work – laundry, dishes, dinner – not that I don’t ever do those things – but this weekend it was my “job”.

I folded laundry in the bedroom to the sounds of laughter. Real laughter. Children’s laughter. The kids next door had popped in the backyard and all the kids were jumping on the trampoline. While listening to their screams of excitement, I remembered why I love preserving memories, because as my mama puts it, these are the days.

With only one picture left on the camera, I snapped the picture below…An ordinary Saturday morning to remember.