Comments on: my colorful life

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:15:59 +0000

Oh, I had a blogging slump. I recovered by deleting the blog.

By: patty

patty — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:59:58 +0000

hi — first time visitor. came across your blog after googling “downsizing your wardrobe.” Great articles about that! Just want to say that I saw a lot of people wearing harem pants while traveling in Switzerland and France this summer. They looked fantastic!

By: yufei

yufei — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:21:22 +0000

I love “how to cook everything” too. I have the iPhone app version. His traditional apple pie is sooooooooooo very good too!

By: bernadette

bernadette — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:34:57 +0000

Yes! I can totally relate …the secret is to achieve a balance so that you’re not giving up anything.

By: alexandria

alexandria — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:54:34 +0000

I can relate! i have a four year old and I used to have a blog & a website & then an etsy too..but sadly I to shut down for awhile while focused on motherhood. I was getting burnt out. (I agree with the post above about childcare!)…I cant wait until preschool starts back up next month! Now that my son is a little older I started back up blogging and its still hard to post as much as I would like. I just started back in the swing of things and now everywhere I turn I’m thinking of things to blog about but by the time I sit down to do so I forget what that was ! LOL

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:53:21 +0000

I have a 2.5 year old and I’m a writer – and here’s my “secret” – the only way to get work done is to have childcare and don’t let the supermoms make you think otherwise!

My son has a nanny two days a week, otherwise I wouldn’t get any decent work done at all …

By: Camila F.

Camila F. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:32:20 +0000

Great pics! I only have room for small herbs in my garden, I wish I could plant some tomatoes!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:01:49 +0000

I haven’t blogged since January. I guess I am officially in a slump! I think about writing something every day but somehow I don’t. Too much other stuff to do, and Naomi is always playing games on the computer! The last few months I have been very busy with the garden as well. Maybe in the fall I will blog again, or maybe tomorrow! I’ll let you know if I figure out a cure for the slump.

By: chelsea

chelsea — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:52:20 +0000

parent with small child: sesame street is your friend. or yo gabba gabba. or long walks.

By: Brumby

Brumby — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:01:48 +0000

You will totally rock harem pants – I eyed up the McCalls ones but I have curves and decided I needed a more structured shape for mine so will be attempting these from the Burda Mag instead when it warms up a bit here.
Which answers Question two – it is dead middle of winter down here in the Southern Hemisphere, I day dream of warm sunny days…

Blogging slump – totally in the middle of one right now, I just have so much else going on in my head that for now its more enjoyable just to peruse other peoples blogs. No point writing halfheartedly for the sake of filling a page right?

When I am busy but still feel I have something to say I find it easier to use my mobile phone as a Dictaphone (it has a recording function) and just say what I would like to write. Then at night when I have a few moments spare I throw it into a draft post (or two or three depending on the ideas I have had) ready for when I can slot it into more logical structural ready for publishing.