What has Mommy been doing?

Well, it is obvious that Mommy has NOT been reading lately.  So what have I been doing?

•          As I mentioned earlier in a few posts, I am the co-president for our elementary school.  It is a fun job and I love it, but it took way more of my time than I had originally thought it would.  Our one and only fundraiser took place in October and there was a lot to do both before and after the event.  Additional responsibilities popped up along the way and they quickly became a priority for me. 
•          My daughter joined a youth football cheer squad.  I had never been involved in something like this before, but I knew it would be a good experience for her.  Well, it was but I ended up being a game day coach for the squad and I was at all the practices and all the football games. 

So it seems that if I wasn’t busy with the PTO, I was doing cheer stuff. My poor phone needed CPR at the end of the night.   All I could manage to do at the end of the day was fall into bed and sleep.  I gave up reading for sleeping.    It all worked out though.  Our fundraiser was a wonderful success, and my daughter’s team came in first at the competition and her football team won the championship.  It was a great fall.

But being busy isn’t the only reason I strayed from blogging.  I just didn’t like the last book that I read.  This book was right up my alley and the author was super sweet.  I really thought I would love the book and promised to send her a copy of my review.  But when the book was all done I just felt BLAHHHHH.  I didn’t really want to post a blah post on my blog and have her see it, and I certainly didn’t want to send her a copy.  So, like the grown-up that I am, I stuck my head in the sand and just didn’t do it.  I figured that I would feel differently if I waited and maybe I could write the review later.  Nope, didn’t work.  Now I don’t remember anything about the story except not really liking it. 

So, I took all that as a sign to take a break.  Eventually I had to stop reading other blogs, which I REALLY missed.  As I got more of my free time back, I found other things to do.  I started to play card and board games with my kids.  We all enjoy this new type of family time. 

I always knew that I would start blogging again, I just didn’t know when.  I got my answer last month in an email from a reporter from our local newspaper.  She asked me if she could interview me about my blog, reading, and book ideas for Christmas.  I was so excited.  We did the interview and sure enough, I showed up in the living well section of the Daily News Journal with pictures and everything.  My five minutes of fame.

And this week I downloaded a book on the Kindle.  It is not a novel (OMG), it is not deep or life changing but I love it.  This should be a good review and I am looking forward to writing it.

YESSSS!  Mommy’s Reading!

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