Miscellaneous: October 2007 Archives

Dear Blog Friends,

I always think that I am going to be able to do everything I want to do, no matter what new things I take on. So I had the same attitude about having a baby. Certainly after I "got used to" having a baby around, I would regain my equilibrium for balancing home and work and crafting and then I'd have everything back in order again. But at this point, I still haven't reached that equilibrium point. And, as a result, I spend a lot of time bouncing between things, and not really being happy with what is going on with any of them. So even though I don't like what I am seeing, it has become clear to me that something has to give. John and Z are non-negotiables, work, unfortunately, falls into that category as well.

Crafting and regular blogging, in part because they go hand in hand, are the easiest things to set aside for the time being while I work on getting the two most important things in balance. Blogging is creating additional issues for me at the moment because I made the mistake of trying to upgrade to Movable Type 4 and I have run into some server-side problems that probably aren't a big deal but which I just don't have time to troubleshoot easily right now. But the process of upgrading also resulted in changes to my database that make it difficult to use my old MT3 installation as well. And time I spend messing around with blogging software is time I don't spend with Z or on other things that I need to get done.

I will continue to pop in here periodically with a baby picture I especially like or a project that I manage to complete, but posting will be irregular until at least December and perhaps until after the holiday season. Hopefully by then I will have things in better order and can start adding a few more fun things to the collection of stuff I am trying to balance.

Peace to you all.

Theresa