A Second Cup Retrospective
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 07:32AM Life has over taken blogging once again. In an ideal world, there is time to think. I find it impossible to create without thinking time. There was no time to think this week. Here it is Friday and ....nothing. When up against it, a guest blogger is always a good solution. If anyone is interested in maybe trading favorite posts once in a while (the post has to be family friendly with no naughty words) if you want to let me know in a comment or on e-card that would be great. The holidays are coming....up against deadlines and out of time are going to become a way of life for many of us.
Or I can repost a previous post, call it a retrospective, sound like this was a planned thing and get on with my day. I am canceling everything I can after Tuesday of next week. I need time to think, to cook and see people I love.
Someday, I will visit my adult children in their own homes. I intend to walk in, toss both my pocketbook and coat on the floor and promptly misplace my car keys. I will walk into the kitchen; look in their fridge and no matter how much or how little is in there, I plan to complain, “There is never anything to eat in this house”. Then I will sit on their couch with my shoes on and my legs tucked under me, grab the TV remote and turn the TV. I will be doing all this while they are still trying to greet me after picking up my coat and pointing out all the nice fruit and cheese in the fridge waiting to be consumed. I will most definitely use up all the toilet paper and not replace the roll
I will gripe about what’s for dinner, ignore the napkin provided for my use, not offer to help clean up after, regrab the remote and grunt in response to any questions directed my way that might revel anything about my personal life.
I will wonder aloud, why they seem irate and demand to know why they are always annoyed with me and what their problem is.
Or, maybe I will do none of those things. Someday I will visit my adult children and their teenagers in their own homes. I will walk in and hang up my coat and pocketbook, after stowing my keys in the pocketbook. I will not raid their fridge. I may uses the toilet depending, but will replace the role if I use it up. Then I will sit on the couch; listen to my children talk about their teenage children. I intend to nod with sympathy, duck my head and ….smile.
Someday.
How do you make time to think and then perchance to blog?
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I would love to guest post but I have to think of what to write first :)
I can relate to "life taking over blogging" again. Happened to me many times in the past few weeks.
Anyway, happy weekend!
How do you make time to think and then perchance to blog?
The answer, sadly, is with great difficulty. I used to be better before I met Entrecard, and found so many great blogs to read. These days I have more filler than substance I'm afraid.
I do find I need to have an idea and write about it almost immediately. For me, too much reflection leaves me feeling stale, with the result that the post is never finished. I rarely used to allow myself a day off but I've become relaxed on that too.
i said the exact thing when my 2 teenagers finally grew up and got their own places. but sadly, when i go there i am always courteous. i don't offer to do the dishes though, but i will clean up the mess. my daughter said to me one day, mom, i know how you felt all those times now. i chuckled. they both have grown into amazing humans...hehehe.
Life sure does take over blogging sometimes. As a matter of fact, life takes over everything sometimes. I've never been a guest blogger before but I would love the chance to do it. It 's always good to see things from others' perspectives.
I would be happy to do a guest post or two for you. I have been thinking about that myself.
As for thinking and posting - if I have nothing to share, I usually don't. Yes, it can sometimes be a week. Coming up with a recipe for The Daily Dish isn't that hard because I cook every single day. But I have three other blogs that I don't always find time for.
My "mom" blog is the one that gets neglected the most, because some days I have nothing to tell. I do try to post funny things about the kids, or funny stories that I find. You could do that and then also put your thoughts about them.
I love the "visit" post. Too funny!!
i guess i go outside or some where and interact with other people..that gets me thinking. time alone with my thoughts. reading a book.
if life gets in the way of blogging, let it. it's probably a good thing. :)
I'd be glad to do a guest post sometime.
I've had a personal blog I've kept almost daily for the last four (almost five!) years. Even the little things I'll blog about, because there it's just for me and my kids. I look at it as a legacy, of sorts, so if I'm having a bad day, or there's something in the news that irritates me, it finds its way into my blog. Still, there are times that life indeed takes over, and that's where memes and photos, sometimes music, comes in handy.
The thing about your teens is just too funny. Omg, can I relate to that or what. Heh!
I did a post a day for most of this year. Not all brilliant posts as you don't have the energy to think at times. But, I still like blogging. I don't mind taking some time off cause it leaves me with the passion to keep going when I come back to it. If it were a chore I had to do it wouldn't be fun.
You seem to be the kind of person who can write about something interesting even when you think there's nothing to write about. :-)