SuBRABia: November 2010

Some one asked me why I do not blog much anymore. There are a couple of reasons, I will list them. The above picture says a lot though so you can pretty much stop reading.

Reason One: I am on this reduce technology kick. Not sure how long it will last. I am on the computer once a week and by the time I get the things accomplished I need to do I am plum tired of the shiny bright screen and ready for bed. A while back I really started thinking how much time is wasted on the computer, how it so easily disconnects me from real life, and how reliant I had become on the internet. I truly felt as though I had started to use the internet as my source of information rather than first thinking for myself. This occured to me one night while trying to simplify my closet. "I should get online and see how to simplify my closet", I thought. And, then BOOM. I realized, why in the world would I get online for that? I can think of a solution myself. It all began here and has spiraled into something much bigger. I might be a bit of an addictive personality, but rather than alcohol I think I latch onto ideas and drive my husband nuts. The idea right now: Much of what I do is completely counter productive. And, a big part of this relates to technology. We work to afford stuff and then can not use the stuff because we are working. I have a huge washing machine to wash the baskets full of clothes we have. Hmmm....no huge washing machine equals a need for fewer clothes which results in less time washing them to begin with....thus freeing up time for.......(and here there is debate).....some say intellectual pursuit, others say leusire, my thoughts....service. If we had less consuming our time we would have more time for serving one another and in that very act I think we would find both intellectual pursuit and wonderful leusire. Anyway...this is all for another post.

Reason 2: Not online much anymore because I am craving real connections with people. I read an AD today that was for Cheerios. It said, "Join the Conversation" and then had the facebook icon on it. Really? A conversation on facebook. Ugh. I can not express how terribly much I crave (and so enjoy when it occurs!) sitting across a table from a dear friend, over a cup of a java, and having a heart to heart. With computers, even phones, we can so easily control the who's, what's, and when's of our life that I think we must miss many a unexpected blessing.

Reason 3: Having embarked on a mega whole foods adventure I am usually elbow deep in something fermented. Let me explain. Cooking from scratch takes time. And planning. The time I have. The planning I am not so good with. I do not have a lot of time to blog because I am still trying to recover from whatever whole foods mishap I managed to create each day. But, we are healthy and happy and feeling better than we ever have before. So, its worth it. (This actually explain why I am blogging now. I am making yogurt and I have to ad the culture into it....at midnight....because I timed my fermentation wrong. So, now I am awake waiting to ferment a gallon of yogurt. This is the kind of stuff I am talking about. Tried to read my book....that made the ole eye lids close. TV, blah. So, the blog it is.

Reason 4: Moose and Finn
We are in a new phase. I say phase carefully as I think this could be more than a phase. I think this phase could in fact encompass the next twenty years of my life. Not sure. Parents of boys, HELP ME!

Now, that I got that over let me explain. They climb everything. They jump of everything. They run into stuff full steam ahead, slid across the floor into objects, and a triple back flip (ok, that is a tad exaggerated) off of the dining room table all while wearing skates and a smile. My boys are nuts. Nuts. Nuts. Nuts. If its wild. They love it. If its loud they are ecstatic. If it has an element of danger, oh sign us up.If it doesn't comes apart, bet your bottom dollar it will soon. If you can do it with your shirt off, all the better. And, do not forget the band-aids. Last week we had three mega injuries, including the Moose dislocating his elbow after doing a kartwheel over his brother who though the entire ordeal was hysterical. Check out the knot on this kids head in the above picture. Really, this is why I am not blogging. I am "get the ice pack" woman. And, look at Finn climbing up the drawers. Oh Yi Yi Yi. The best part is when I am asked, "Hey Mom~ can YOU do this?" followed by some act of insanity rolled up in an a messy package of adorable and trying boyhood.

Reason 5: I have so much to say right now about so many things that I am overwhelmed and thus not saying much at all. At least on here. But, to make good on a promise to update my blog I will attach a couple of cute snapshots now. Evidence of the past months.