Here goes...

For the last several months, I've been contemplating doing away with the blog.

This blog.

My blog.

Obviously it's a tough decision for me, or else I'd have made the decision already and wiped it off the net!

To be honest, I have no idea who looks at my little space here in the webmosphere. For all I know, I'm solely writing to myself right now. That's okay. I have realized that one of the primary reasons I've kept this blog up so long is because I like it.

I have enjoyed this space to share my stories and photography with whomever might stop by to visit. I have found it surprisingly relaxing to write here, summing up our family's adventures and laying out the happenings of our life. I've loved sharing my recipes and projects. And what a treasure it is for me to go back and read entries I've written about my children and all the little things that made up our days as they have grown and changed. I have valued this record of our time!

So why then, am I entertaining the thought of not doing it anymore? Well....

As much as I love to take care of this little blog, it does require something on my part. T.I.M.E. In this last six months, I can unhappily report that my always-present list of creative projects in the works has hardly been touched. Scratch that. Hardly would be an underestimate. The primary culprit? This blog.

It usually goes like this...if I have spare time, I feel the need to update the blog, leaving other creative to-do's on the backburner. While the blog has proven to be a valuable tool, I'm trying to assess if it is worth my time to continue.

Also...

More than once, I've shared my love for Project 365. What appeals to me about the Project is the exact reason I started this blog ...to record our everyday life. I'm going on Year Three of P365 -wow!- and I've realized that in many ways, my purposes are overlapping. Aren't I duplicating my efforts?

All that to say that I have made a decision.

To not make a decision.

I love it here.

But I'm going to take an official hiatus for a few months and see how I feel then.

I'll set a date on the calendar and vow to leave the blog untouched, not posting a thing, until that date rolls around.

In the meantime, I intend to catch up on some projects around here that have called my name for far too long. I really don't want to delete Everyday Life entirely, but I need to release myself from it. Release you say? Yep. From the self imposed pressure of not keeping it up to date as often as I'd like.

What will happen at the end of three months? I figure I'll either miss it terribly, or decide it isn't worth my time investment.

So...April 25th it is.

Geez.

I'm more than a little surprised at how sad I'm feeling about reading that in black and white.

But time will tell.

If you're interested in weighing in on my thoughts, I'd love to hear it.

Plus, it'd be nice to know you're there.☺

You can leave a comment here or email me heididavisesq@embarqmail.com

See you in three!

Heidi