In Which I Finally Blog About the Whole Blogging Thing
The purpose of my book blog isn’t to talk about blogging. It’s to talk about books. So while I participate in a lot of online conversations about blogging via Twitter, Ning, or other people’s blog posts, you’ll very rarely see me using this space to talk about the actual process of blogging.
Except for today.
I couldn’t help myself. A lot of people have asked me how in the world do I blog with two small children (my oldest turns four today and my other is two). I use a small notebook to keep track of all of my notes. I’ve pasted in a yearly calender to keep track of important dates. Let me show you what September and October currently look like:
That folks is what blogging is like in this house.
P.S. Maybe not the post you were expecting, but highly amusing to this mama.
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I don’t even have a calendar!! LOL.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 amYour boys crack me up!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 amLOVE it!!!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 amNice!!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 amThis is hilarious! I have a very similar calendar at my house…and then some of that writing was transferred to the walls…and then one little girl got into trouble
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 amLol! I’m glad you took the time to share that!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 amThis is hilarious!! Your boys make me giggle. I love it when you share their antics.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 amI have 2 small ones as well. ages 3 and 1. My note cards I have look like your calenders. Once a week I go threw and rewrite them again. lol. Great post!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 amMy goodness! I used to have a calendar, but I was never able to keep up with it.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 amAh – life with boys. Isn’t it grand and such an adventure.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 amI so need a blog calendar. I do have a (short) list of essay ideas. Blogging and working full-time and exercising so as to avoid taking up more physical space equals major challenge.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 amThat looks about right.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 amI love this post even better than a more serious one!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:51 amExcellent. And just what was needed this week.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 amthat is so adorable! thanks for sharing.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amHilarious, Natasha. Since I have no idea when/how I do my blogging, I definitely have no idea when you do yours. But somehow we do. And it’s worth it.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 amOh that is priceless. I love it. You are quite coordinated you know.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 amPerfect!!!!!!!!!!!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 amI have no kids and still have a hard time with time management. My calendar is a little bit neater though. ;-P
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 amMy calendar’s lost… again. But that’s almost exactly what the letter from the author that came in my latest review copy looks like! (Except Mister had a red pencil rather than a pen… mostly anyway.)
My notebook where I keep track of what I read has lots of pages like that from when Boo was younger too!
Happy birthday to your oldest! I thought he was older than that, though… He’s a cutie.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 amThanks for the laugh. And thanks for your taking time to blog..this one and all others.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:35 amI’m waiting for the punchline as that calendar looks exactly like mine! Heehee.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pmVery amusing.
Somehow, we make it all fit into 24 hours… or not.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pmYou know I can really relate. I have a few pages in my notebook I keep with me while reading that look like that. My 4-year-old likes it when he finds a pen and some paper.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pmLove the “short” hand!!!!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pmHA! That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pmThat cracks me up!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 pmFantastic!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pmYou make me smile, Natasha! If I had a calendar I’ll bet it would look similar because my 5-yr-old granddaughter loves to draw, write and doodle. I have a few spreadsheets to help me keep on track – they don’t do their job very well!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 pmMade me smile! I hang my calendar out of reach above the kitchen counter, or it would probably look the same.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pmSo nice of them to help momma with her planning!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pmlol!! At least the drawings were on paper….not the walls. It looks like one of them was actually trying to write something on each day
Happy birthday to your four-year-old. My baby turns 6 next week! My oldest has instructed me to “grow a new brother or sister” for her because “Lauren is too old now” Hrm….not happening. Mommy doesnt feel like “growing” another baby!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 pmAwesome! Can I borrow your boys to decorate my calendar? They made my day!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pmIt’s gorgeous
on September 23rd, 2009 at 4:04 pmThis is fantastic. I think it’s also probably what my brain looks like (on a good day).
on September 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pmI think your kids are budding writers!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 pmAwesome! So glad my kids have outgrown that. They confine their scribbling to the covers of their notebooks now. Thanks for sharing.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 pmaaaw that’s so cute!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 pmHappy birthday to your little one!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 pmI love the calendar! and how you squeezed in some words of your own! lol
on September 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pmLOL – those pictures cracked me up!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 pmThats funny. My boy wouldn’t have bothered coloring the calendar, he might have ripped it up instead. Speaking of the boy, I’m late for bath and bed time. Oops.
on September 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pmNatasha, I almost choked on the train when I read this I laughed so hard. It reminded me of the time I was giving a speech about 25 years ago and it was a relatively serious one. I moved one page over to start another page and there were crude smiley faces drawn all over the page! Certainly loosened up this Mother! Again, thanks for sharing the posting with the actual calendars here for us to see!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 9:17 pmThis made me smile and miss those days when my son was little…he’s 15 now!
on September 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 pmHahahaha! So, you’re really organized, then…?
on September 24th, 2009 at 12:52 amVery neat
I’ve tagged you with a meme, hope you don’t mind
http://desertrosebooklogue.blogspot.com/2009/09/whats-on-your-desk-wednesday.html
on September 24th, 2009 at 4:33 amThat is pretty cute!
on September 24th, 2009 at 7:28 amHAHAHAHA!! I loved that! My son (22 months) carries around a pad of paper and a pencil and all the pages look like that =)
on September 24th, 2009 at 9:35 amYep. that’s just about right!
on September 24th, 2009 at 11:20 amROTFLMAO!! I love it! Been there, done that. Now, my calendar stays nice and tidy, thank goodness.
on September 24th, 2009 at 11:41 amI have two pages of my planner that look EXACTLY like that!! Very cute.
on September 24th, 2009 at 11:57 amThat’s so adorable, Natasha! LOL I love it. Thanks for sharing.
on September 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pmThat is hilarious. And it looks like you’re pretty busy for the next two months too. Not a day left unaccounted for.
on September 24th, 2009 at 1:55 pmHysterical! I have three young boys – and EVERYTHING in my house has been scribbled on. Once they played tic-tac-toe on the couch!
on September 24th, 2009 at 6:53 pmI completely understand.
on September 25th, 2009 at 2:47 amso incredibly funny. Every thing’s on my computer. Son cannot touch it.
on September 25th, 2009 at 1:40 pmSeems about right to me!
on September 25th, 2009 at 3:28 pmWell, at least you tried to be organized with a blogging calendar. I scribble my ideas on the back of grocery receipts that I eventually end up accidentally throwing away so I’d say you are one step ahead of me.
on September 25th, 2009 at 9:31 pmThank you for the comments everybody! I should mention that my walls are not immune to this type of behavior either!
on September 26th, 2009 at 2:32 amOh, you’ve got to post more of your blogging secrets and strategies – this is priceless!
on September 27th, 2009 at 10:09 amOh my gosh. This is the most funny/precious thing ever!
on October 25th, 2009 at 11:20 pmMy walls can also relate. Thanks for sharing the pics. SO classic.
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