Boy! Keeping up with posting to my blog is more difficult than I thought! So it's very interesting that as I opened Blogger tonight I found Frank Buck had just posted on his own blog an article entitled, "Keeping Your Blog Going, and Going, and Going." Read it here. He has some excellent ideas I need to remember! The best one for now is I should probably write several posts at once--usually on the weekend when I have more time--and schedule when each will be posted. Once again, I have learned something new!!

You may wonder what has kept me so busy as to keep me from my blog. Well, I actually started back to work 5 1/2 weeks ago but the students started just 2 weeks ago. This year it seems a few of our Kindergarteners are having difficulty adjusting to school and that is keeping us occupied! A few of our Kindergarteners' parents are having difficulty adjusting, as well. It's difficult, at best, to convince these parents their children will be ok at school without them. Parents aren't interested to hear that year after year these 5-year-olds manage to walk themselves to their classrooms because there are so many school employees along the way to help them get there safely and on time. No, parents NEED to see it for themselves. That's ok. It's hard to let go....

What else has kept me busy? My daughter-in-law is preparing for the local children's consignment sale and she said she would put some of my youngest daughter's clothes in it. Very nice of her...and all I have to do is go through her clothes to choose those which will be sold. This is something that draws the procrastinator out of me quite quickly. But...I did it! Chalk one up for me, anyway.

Then, same said daughter-in-law says, "There will be a craft bazaar in November," and "Would you like to put some of your Christmas ornaments in it?" Well, yes, of course I would! But that means the craft table downstairs needs to be decluttered 'cause I can't paint ornaments unless I have an organized space on which to do it.

Is this enough? No, daughter-in-law starts talking about chalkboard paint signs, I find a burlap garland idea for Christmas, and then comes to mind the craft cabinet that I continuously cram with supplies and materials for projects I have yet to start. You have probably surmised I get overwhelmed pretty easily. If this is not evident to you just take a look at my Pinterest board titled, "Yummy Stuff I'll Probably Never Make."

Convinced yet?