It Starts

     Well here it goes. I'm attempting another blog in addition to The Fourth Gift. While my Ian blog satisfies my need to complain and praise my seven-year-old, it doesn't do much for just me. As a wife, woman, sister, and friend, and mother to four other children, I have a lot of expressing to do. I'm not a great journal writer, but I love to write personal essays. Some of you have read my first book, My Midlife Crisis... at 33?. I'm in the beginning stages of self-publishing this amazing work of talent and inspiration (this is where we all snort), and it is my plan to make it available for sale here on this blog.
     I've toyed a lot with the idea of this second blog. Part of me thinks I should compile all my thoughts into another book and part of me feels that it's easier and less pressure to just express myself right here. But you know what?
     I can do both.
     Two years ago I started writing another collection of essays detailing my many humorous health issues. It's begging completion. I'm hoping that by publicly stating this fact, it will serve as a motivator and get my lazy butt off facebook and on to more productive things.
     Writing is my passion and a huge part of my world. It keeps me sane, grounded, clear-headed, and happy. Blogging is so good for me. It's like an electronic journal and I don't have to worry about losing it, having the kids scribble in it or rip out pages, and the writer's cramp is minimal. I feel that writing in my blogs helps to free brain space so that I have more mental power to write novels and humorous essays.
     With all that said, I am now committed. To the blogs and the books. It's time to make it all happen and accomplish goals I set seven years ago. But first I need to get Ian out of the shower, put Christeal in the tub, clean up dinner, rotate some laundry and fold some more, and try to attempt a quick pick up before the kid's bedtime in an hour. After that... who knows? The possibilities are mine to mold.