What is a blog anyway??

What is a blog anyway??

I am not that computer literate.  I have no idea how to upload a photo without one of my children standing by giving me step-by-step instructions.  If they do it for me I will never remember.  Even when they DON’T do it for me I will never remember!  So the idea of starting a blog is a bit of a challenge!  

Who came up with the name “blog” anyway??  I’m sure we could Google that and find out.  That is my favorite phrase these days!  Any time I don’t know the answer to a question my children ask me, I say, “Let’s Google it”.  

Maybe we will get lucky and I will post a picture (with my children’s help) sometime.  Maybe.

I am a mother of 7, which sounds like a lot, but most of them are living away from home with the exception of my 2 girls, 15 and 16, who are in high school, and my son who recently returned from ‘study abroad’ with the U of U in Germany. He came home broke.  He is a senior at the university.

My life is in a much more relaxed stage than in years past.  So why do I still find myself moving at the fastest pace possible, feeling dragged through every day?  This is the question that I have been asking myself recently.  It is amazing to me that when I have questions about life, the answers usually drift through my world within a short amount of time, dangling in front of me, waiting to be discovered if I will put forth a little effort to get them.

This time the answer came in the form of an invitation from a friend to attend something called “Education Week” at the local university.  You pick from a variety of classes that suit your interest.  My friend was going to one called “I Am Sooo Busy” by Merilee Brown Boyac (sp?).  It was very eye-opening.  She taught me that I am busy doing what I CHOOSE to be busy doing.  I am in charge.  I decide.  It is my choice.  I can be purposeful about what I choose to spend my time doing, be intentional.  This was a new thought to me.  I assumed that I was a victim of my life; that I had no choice!

I learned to decide what is important to me. There are things I have to do, things I should do, and things I could do.  If I am choosing what means the most to me, what do I choose?  Clean the bathroom or read my child a book? Hmmm.  Then how do you fill in all the those meaningless but somehow important things like housecleaning and cooking?  Very tough questions!

I am figuring out that if I do what is most important to me first, then everything else feels like a bonus!  For me, that means prayers, scripture reading and exercise first!  (eating is a given!)  These feel like the have-to’s and should do’s.  Other have-to’s and should do’s come behind these, and feel less weighty!  I am learning that throwing in a few could-do’s makes my day fun!  Like reading something I am interested in for a few minutes, visiting a friend, or eating chocolate and watching TV for a few minutes as a break.  Life is definitely an on-going learning experience!  Here I am, nearly 50, and just figuring this out!