What to write about...what not to write about

So, since starting this blog a couple of weeks ago, my days have generated numerous possible blog topics.  I have also started following more blogs too.  Following blogs for me is great.  I can pull them up on my phone when I have a moment and want to check in with the outside universe without going to facebook to read what some distant one-time-in-my life acquaintances ate for breakfast or how relaxed they are after a workout, glass of wine or pedicure (do they know how that makes this harried mother feel?).  Due to an incredible problem of sympathy sickness, I can't easily tolerate when people post about whatever version of the stomach bug or gastroenteritis has them down (or their entire families [and I know they only have one bathroom]).  It has me with an immediate jabbing cramp and reaching for the sea bands I used to combat nausea when I was pregnant with my first.  So, I have decided that the blog world is the way to go.  Stuck on the Fore River bridge in the car...read a blog, avoid facebook and hearing about how someone has discovered it's Friday (again).  The kiddies fell asleep in the car and we're home...sit for a bit, tired Mommy, read a blog instead of facebook and learning that it's unseasonably warm outside (hello, I AM outside too, idiot). 

Here are just some pretty pictures mixed in...

Storm over the White Mountains

View from The Point House 

It's not that I don't like facebook.  I do like it.  I have a common gripe with some of the posts people share.  I'm sure my posts sometimes annoy people too.  Oh, well.  When you go on facebook you open yourself up to that degree of mixed entertainment, information and annoyance.

So, welcome blogging to my life.  I love to wonder what I'll share and what others have shared.  It also brings a little internal struggle.  Do I blog strictly business, or do I integrate business and personal life.  I heard once that making your business blog a little personal helps to humanize you and make you more personable.  The truth for me is that I'd have a hard time keeping my business out of my business - it's just me!  I'm a sole proprietor, owner, accountant, assistant, marketing executive, secretary, janitor, etc.  On top of that, I work from home.  It is personal for me.  All of it.  I love what I do and I love the clients that have come my way.  However, I hope to have a wide variety of followers, so I can't just rant about any one thing too much.  I wouldn't want to either. 

Blueberry bush

I wouldn't get too personal though - what would I do...complain about my husband and how he can't read my mind, isn't an extension of myself but rather his own person, can't so much cook as simply make things warm and doesn't get bothered one bit when there is toothpaste crusted on the side of the sink?  I should say he is great at following recipes, though and does know his way around the kitchen when he wants to.  I could just as easily do that as praise him for watching the kids while I go hide at the local coffee shop and play on my computer looking at Pinterest, updating my QuickBooks, or just having a snack and a coffee by myself.

I could brag about my kids, those cute little rascals, and tell you that I am undoubtedly the world's luckiest mother.  That could range from enlightening (probably only for my own Mom) to nauseating.

I think instead, I will try to strike a balance - like everything in life.  I will try to stay grounded and centered in my quest to inspire my readers visually, send out rays of positive sunshine without sounding like I just LOVE everything, or on what I'm "LOVING" lately.  It'll be real.  The posts showing you that if a busy stay-at-home-while-you-work mom/wife/PERSON can manage to stay a little bit sane among what is inevitable (life), then maybe you'll get a little enjoyment out of watching it grow and reading it.  If something funny or great happens, I'll let you know and if there is something to steer clear of, I'll let you know that too.  There will be no whining or complaining.  There will be goodness and happiness.  Afterall, this little blog is something I actually CAN control, and why would I want to exude anything but?

Welcome aboard!

Jen