Thanks, Julie!

This morning, I had a girls' "night" out with a few friends. We decided to do it this way instead of trying to find a night when all of our husbands are home and our kids aren't busy with activities. So, after our kids got off to school, we packed up snacks and headed over for a 10 AM showing of Julie and Julia at my friend Amy's house. Great movie for bloggers and people into food/cooking! I related to Julie since I had a very similar conversation with my husband about the woes of never getting published as a writer. Like Julia's husband, mine sat down with me and got this blog started, probably with some selfish motives to give me another "ear" to bend in addition to his!


I also related to Julia in that I don't finish a lot of things. The picture of my nightstand is an example of this weakness. Those 7 books are the ones I have started over the past year! Not to make excuses for my procrastination tendencies, but I don't usually have opportunities to finish a book, a task, a thought, or a blog entry (for instance, I have already stopped typing this paragraph 4 times to tend to boiling water on the stove, a call from my son's doctor, another call from my husband needing a social security number, and a 6 year old in a graduation robe, holding a light saber, tattling on his sister for calling him a weirdo...is it any wonder I lack focus?).

So, Julie inspired me today to take a fresh look at my blog. Not that I want to copy her idea of cooking through Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but I like the idea of having a reason to blog more regularly. I am throwing around some ideas for a new format and maybe a new title? Something to get me writing on here more in 2010 and be a little more casual in my delivery. Stay tuned...Sherri, Jenelle, and whoever is still reading my discombobulated blog!