- I loved this post I ran across on blog perception vs. reality. I laughed hard at several of her examples, as I find myself guilty of some of them (i.e. straightening up the background of a picture, haha). Don't take what you see as pure reality folks. Not many people are going to show you their dirty laundry piles. And when I have those great Ah-ha! moments during difficult circumstances, believe me - I was wallowing in it a bit first. I do some of my best contemplating when I'm wallowing in self-pity. ;)
- Once I get my house back in order from The Plague of 2011, I definitely want to make one of these - how adorable! My Sewcial Hour has me thinking that I can sew or something, so we'll see - I will definitely be posting pics of any completed...or not so completed...projects.
- Last week I posted my thoughts on my issues with admitting fault, and I was directed by Tamra to check out this article - almost a response of sorts to my open ended question!
- This week at AWANA, Mark and Hayden are working on his Derby Car. We had fun this weekend checking out all the cool design options like this, and this.
- Walk Slowly, Live Wildly had some great thoughts on homemaking that I can certainly relate too. She also sent her readers over here, for thoughts on finding comfort in the cyclical nature of our tasks - which I must confess there is comfort there, despite my complaining.
- I've been enjoying this cute site for finding out which foods are currently in season - which means fresher, cheaper and often more local produce for my family!
- After being quarantined in our house for over a week, I'm feeling the itch to simplify!!! This post really gave me a starting place for some of my most productive simplifications and tips for how to keep things simple after you've purged! I, myself, have implemented a give-away box (instead of a drawer) that I fill daily with "finds" from around the house. It's one of the best "tools" I've got for working on my clutter problem.
Have a great weekend!!!
3 comments:
Ah...yes....Blenvy. I have experienced it. I have also had the experience like she did where you hear/see one thing in real life and then read a very different version on your friends' blogs. It's part of the reason I have been taking a personal blogging break. I was getting so disillusioned with the whole "look at me" attitude of blogging and I didn't want to fall into that category myself. When we begin to cross the line from blogging for ourselves to blogging for other people, we enter a very dangerous territory. At least in my humble opinion.
And as for sewing...YES you CAN do it!! :) I think we are going to have to plan a sewing day just for us so I can teach you the ropes. I have heard you talk about making little things here and there...you just gotta jump in!
I can definitely echo your desire to simplify! Thankfully, I'm in a good place to do it. I de-cluttered while packing and now I'm tossing stuff while UNpacking! If I have a hard time finding a place to store something, I'm like "Do I really need this?!?" haha
I saw that I had several people coming from your blog to mine, so I stopped by to see what was going on. Thanks for the link! And I've definitely struggled with blenvy from Facebook and blogs-- it's hard to remember that no one is presenting to 100%-authentic day-to-day life. Or at least I hope they aren't because I'm sure not! :) Glad you stopped by, and I've enjoyed reading over your blog today.
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