Ideas vs Time

Blogging, writing, journaling...  I love being creative in these ways.  And I do really enjoy writing a blog.  But I can't keep it up very well.  It's not that I lack the passion, or the time really.  Although I lead a busy unpredictable life with small children staying at home, we are just ALL busy.  So really being busy isn't much of a reason that I can't blog either.  I was trying to think of the reason that I can't seem to keep up the blog.  Hmmm...

And what I came up with is this:  I tend to do more thinking than writing.  Meaning that I have these great blog ideas, and sometimes they go as far as to be kind of written in my head, but when I get to the actual writing of it, the words are gone.  (Words escape me, at least the right words, on many other occasions too...)
And then there are times that I have the idea, but not the time to jot it down - then the idea is LONG gone when I do find the time.  And the best one - when I have the time - and the desire to write - and there is nothing there.  No ideas, no words flowing.

I do have this need for expressing creativity.  And I love doing that in words.  I keep personal journals - these help to empty out my brain when I am just thinking and ruminating and pondering something.  These are usually just very raw - with feelings, fear, hopes, questions, joys, and even laughter.  I think these help me get to know me.  And also these work many times as written prayers.
I also used to write songs - mainly in high school - but I've done a few (more like poems now) recently.  And when I feel a song in my brain, I just have to get it out on paper - and the pen just seems to move itself.  It's an amazing feeling of creativity when a song just bursts forth from your mind.

But the blog is different.  It's where I want to create something.  A story, a picture, capture a memory.  It's something for me to share.  So here's to me finding the ideas and the time and the way back.

National Cereal Day

Last week, Thursday was National Cereal Day.  I'm always looking for interesting ways to make the days that seem to be the same thing - over and over - be something different.  And maybe a little special.  And fun!  

And I LOVE cereal.  You know the question: what food would you have on a desert island if you could have just one thing.  I have always thought it would be pizza.  But then I got to thinking... pizza for breakfast.  As much as enjoy pizza, I would not enjoy pizza (especially cold pizza) for breakfast.  So, my new "choice" is cereal.  It can work for all meals, snacks - even dessert.  It can be rich or chocolaty or sweet or just kind of plain.  I have a weakness for an after dinner/late night bowl of cereal. 

Um, so is national cereal day EVERY day at my house?  

I have my very favorites, ranging from my Kashi in the morning to Lucky Charms for nighttime.  And really everything in between.  And I am raising some cereal-loving girls too!   

This was our spread for our fun start to cereal eating day.... 

Then that afternoon, my oldest and I made granola... 

           

And for dinner (it couldn't be left out of the cereal festivities)

Crispy Chex Chicken 

very tasty!  

And there was a little after dinner dessert Cocoa Krispies cereal!  

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