Evolution of the Blog

As the year's end is days away, I'm reminded to reflect and evaluate, which I come by naturally. I started this blog almost three years ago and visit it occasionally just to read what we were doing when the children were three years younger with two less siblings. When I visit, I'm reminded that three years isn't all that long of a time period when compared to someone's life, and at the same time become overwhelmed with the amount of things that we jammed into those years.

My first blog was written the day I resigned from teaching. With a little over a month left of teaching, I documented each day. Those thirty two blogs helped me get through the end of one career to start another. It also helped me realize that I love writing. I've never been one for journaling, but this is what started three years of documentation.

That first year saw over 112 blogs, which were mainly focused on the children's activities. I wrote about experiments and art projects; trips and birthdays; baptisms and holidays. Our preschool like schedule meant that everyday we were doing activities, and I wanted to hold on to every moment. That year the kids weren't in school and I wasn't teaching. We were free to just be together.

The second year was the year of changes. Our two oldest started preschool, 3-year old and 4-year old, which meant I shuddled them around. I was pregnant with our fourth child, which meant I was doing everything not to vomit all the time. Then we moved to a different town on our little piece of land, and livestock followed shortly thereafter.

This last year we welcomed our baby boy, and settled into farm life. It has seen fewer and fewer blogs, which is because I know the kind of environment that I write well in, which doesn't include farm work, house work, or the children. I have had so much to blog about this year that its been hard for me to focus.

In the coming year, I'm hoping to blog more giving equal attention to family life and the farm, LimeStone Station. I see blogging as writing my own history book for our family. Its become a hobby that I see value in. So here's to the New Year, and more for the history books.