Pick it back up again

As you may have noticed, I have been a bit absent lately. I didn’t have much to say in June, until the last week where I really rolled some posts out! July has been pretty spotty, to say the least.

What’s going on?

Well, time, for one thing. Our county fair was the first week of July, and John and I were both tied up quite a bit with that. I’m also very involved with our local community theatre, the Gibson County Theatre Company, and I just finished stage managing “The King and I” last weekend. Between those two big events, they pretty ate up all my free time for the last three weeks.

But that’s not all, as much as I would like to say it is.

I’m having some trouble getting “back into the swing of things.”

Have you noticed that? It’s not just with blogging. It’s with eating right, exercising, getting up on time, reading instead of watching TV, cooking at home instead of going out to eat, anything like that. Those are just a few of my biggies.

It seems easy to STOP doing some of these things… piece of cake (pun definitely intended) to STOP getting up 45 minutes early to spend some quality time with Bob, my treadmill. Easy to STOP picking up the book and flipping on the stupid television. (200 channels and still nothing on?) Easy to STOP blogging.

But, gosh, it sure can be hard to START doing some of these things again!

What is it about that? These are things I like to do (reading, blogging), and things I know I need to do for my health (eating right, exercising).

Getting up early? Well, that doesn’t really fall into either category. But I do know that I feel a whole lot better, all day long, if I get up without any (or with only one) snooze, instead of fighting with that stupid thing for an hour.

Okay, so it is pretty easy to get into a routine that involves sleeping in and not getting enough exercise and camping out in front of the television. Why is it so hard to get back out of that habit? Lazy feels good sometimes, but most of the time lazy doesn’t fell good. At all.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought to myself, “Self, there is nothing on television, and you would rather be (blogging, writing, reading, whatever-ing) so get your butt out of the recliner and go do that thing!” And I don’t move.

Seriously! What is the deal with that?

So. Today, July 26. (yes, writing a day ahead of posting) For the next month, I will post no less than three times per week. And for every post I write, I will comment on three other blogs. (Another of the things I have a hard time “picking back up” again.)

Help me out, and hold me accountable, please!

I love all of you, my readers, and I do miss spending time with you! Here is my effort to bring the relationship back to life. ;)

What is something that you have stopped doing, that you want to start again?

Miss the emails?

Okay.  I’ve had a few complaints that Blogger doesn’t have an easy way to automatically send emails when I have new posts, like Wordpress does.  Granted, you can set up an RSS feed, but I will agree that those are not as convenient as emails.  Especially if you’re not really a blogger, and are only reading my blog because I begged you to.  Or because you’re my husband and you feel like you have to.

So.  Due to (almost) popular demand, I will start cross-posting again to both Blogger and Wordpress.  It will be the same content, so those of you who were already getting emails will still be getting emails.  Those of you who are following me on Blogger, or have the Blogger RSS feed set up, you will get the same posts there.

I hope this makes everyone happy!

(P.S. – Stay tuned later today for the next Farm Equipment Fridays!)

It’s time for a change

I have made a decision.

(Well, I have made more than one today.  Like to get my Starbucks extra hot instead of regular.  But this is the one that pertains to you.)

I am moving to Blogger.

That’s right, I will no longer be posting to WordPress.

I have been cross-posting for some time, but I am tired of that, so I am officially moving.

Since you’re already here, you must know how to find me already!

For those of you who get the email updates from my WordPress blog, there is an RSS Feed you can subscribe to on the new site.  (Look for “On Your Own Time” on the right.)

I’m also on Twitter now!  Still playing with this a bit, so stay tuned for the tweeting fun!

Under construction

Today I am at another workshop in Indianapolis at the Indiana Soybean Alliance.  We are learning more about blogging and networking and getting our messages out.

I'll be doing some construction and maintenance on my blog today, so bear with me.  Check back later to see the updates!

Substantial blog

Thanks goes out to Meggie at Hoosier Farm Babe Tells Tails.    Last week she awarded me the Blog with Substance award!

In five words, I would say that my blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience is...

"Tell it like it is."

If you've been following me, at all, you've seen all the drama that happens here on our little farm.  Everything from cars stuck in the mud, lawnmowers stuck in the ditch, a flooded basement, to no running water, you'll see it here!  No punches pulled.  (Whether my husband likes it or not!)

So some other bloggers I would give this award to are...

1. Dani Do It
2. Frugalista Farm Life
3. Going Jane
4. Gal in the Middle
5. Life's a highway...  and mine's surrounded by corn!
6. Matt Schenk-n-Family
7. The AG Grant Guru (not quite the same type of blog, but substance-filled none the less!)
8. The Misadventures of a Modern Day Farmer's Wife
9. And, of course special shout-outs to Goodeness Gracious 
10. and Beyer Beware - they have both helped me so much with the blogging experience, couldn't be here without you two!

So, now the rules:

• Thank the blogger who awarded it to you.
• Sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience using five words.
• Pass it on to 10 other blogs which you feel have real substance.

Done, done, and done!  Happy blogging!

Trying something new

I haven't played with Blogger very much yet.  It seems that WordPress has some nice features that Blogger does not, and also vice versa.  I am going to cross-post to both sites at the same time for a while to see which I like better.  Check me out on both sites, and let me know if there is one that is more reader-friendly for you!
Alarm Clock Wars on Blogger
Alarm Clock Wars on WordPress