Daily Blogging is a Rewarding Challenge

Day 23 of NaBloWriMo (National Blog Writing Month)...

Prompt: We only have one week and one day to go in our blogging challenge! What have I learned from this experience? What are my greatest challenges? What are my successes?

The daily writing challenge is a great way to push me, and the daily exercise of writing sharpens my skills. I feel very defeated when I miss a day, but it is so rewarding when I do get the daily post made.

My schedule for the month of October has been so crazy with getting my daughter back and forth to play rehearsals and subsequently the eight performances (of which I enjoyed three). It was so amazing to see her excel in her passion of acting and singing and thoroughly enjoy herself. However, I'm feeling exhausted trying to stay on top of the rigorous schedule of not only getting her to the practices at the appointed times, but making sure homework, confirmation studies, band, and chorus requirements are all met as well as not disrupting (somewhat) healthy eating and sleeping routines. I find, like in most things in life, I would put off what I want to do (like my writing) until the last part of the day, and then I would feel too tired to write with the high standard of eloquence I place upon myself.

That being said, the challenge of writing everyday did motivate me to at least try to write something everyday. I do enjoy writing and getting my thoughts out of my head and in a place where I can read (and edit) them is definitely a success.

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To Blog or Not to Blog? That is the Question!

The answer is...TO BLOG!! Which is what I will do every day for the month of October to participate in the NaBloWriMo - NATIONAL BLOG WRITING MONTH! Challenge.

Consider this my first entry...

What do you do on a Saturday morning? Laundry? Grocery shopping? Housecleaning? Crafting? Catching up on the week's mail and papers? Most Saturdays, my family is on a road trip to somewhere to do something. This fast-paced life has us running more often than not. This Saturday morning, however, is relaxed and full of laughter--my favorite kind of Saturday morning!

After a late breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and lattes, my mom and daughter and I are sitting around mom's kitchen table with our electronics...daughter has her MacBook open working on a homework assignment, mom is posting one status after another on Facebook using her iPad, and I am promoting my Casual Day Designs ArtFire jewelry studio with links to Twitter and facebook from my laptop.

The quiet clacking of keys on the keyboards is punctuated by the occasional belch and frumping noise (apparently breakfast was goooood). Pretty soon we get to giggling and snickering and one-upping each other with various bodily functions. When unable to produce a natural sound, one or the other will create a fake sound. Pretty soon, we are one-upping each other with the fake sounds. My daughter then wants to know how to create some of the sounds that I'm making. As I sit there trying to explain how to form an air bubble between the teeth and cheek to create an amusing sound, my mom gets this funny look on her face. My daughter and I both look questioningly at her for an explanation.

"Did I ever tell you how proud I am of you and what a great mother you are?", my mom looks at me and says with a most serious face.

What do you do on Saturdays? Nothing like some hearty burping and flatulence to bond with family and have a good laugh.

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