Figuring It Out!

Things are getting better around here, they really are, and I can prove it with the fact that I ironed the Sunday pants & shirts today before they went back into the closets for the first time since, uh... probably November?

Now, ironing is usually one of my least-favorite household chores, which may be one reason that I didn't get back to it sooner (that and the fact that ironing is not a necessity, like washing laundry or cleaning bathrooms!) but today it was almost refreshing to do something so long-neglected.

Maybe no-one else noticed the members of our family who went to church in wrinkle-bag clothing, but I did, so getting these particular clothes looking decent made me feel a little more like an upstanding housewife again!

Which brings me to another thing that has gone long-neglected, and which niggles at my mind in the fashion of a termite among wood...

"What," I wonder, "Would make me feel like an upstanding keeper-of-the-blog again?"

Not only have we begun a new year (or at least we did three months ago!) but I am moving toward a new season of life where I have no idea how well I'll be able to accommodate writing, so it seems like a prime time to evaluate where I am and where I am going.

While I don't want to start a new schedule that's going to turn stressful, or make a bunch of promises I won't be able to keep come summer, I also work best with a little bit of pressure, if you please, and I am afraid that if this writing spot remains totally open-ended, it will be sporadic and unpredictable at best, and non-existent at worst.

So...

I am going to try to post something every Tuesday (as I did most of last year)...

And...to make it a little easier on myself, lest I weary of pulling ideas out of thin air, I am going to try a little "schedule" that should allow me to cover some topics that are important & relevant to me, and yet give me the freedom to keep it short and sweet if and when the need arises:

1st Tuesday: Best of the Season ( or "Things That Impress Me Right Here, Right Now!")

2nd Tuesday: Life in a Random Word (or "Snapshots With Words")

3rd Tuesday: Ode to Books (or "What I am Currently Reading")  

4th Tuesday: Going to (Home)School (or "Through the Eye of a School-Marm")

5th Tuesday: Something Mysterious ( or "Wait & See!")

In case you didn't notice my clever little acronym, it spells BLOGS, and not only did it help me come up with my titles in the first place, but I trust that it will help me remember where I am in my month on any given Tuesday!!!

There!!! Figuring all of this out makes me feel even better than getting the ironing done today (much, much, better, as a matter of fact!)

And so, without further adieu, let the blogging begin...