The project my daughters did with me!

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Here's something I'm rather proud of. . . I have raised two successful babysitters. When they were starting out babysitting, I was as nervous as they were! What if something happens? Will they have to cook? What if the kids are hard to handle? I went over instructions with them right until they walked out the door. I canceled my plans and stayed home in case they called for help. When they got home, I'd want all the details and then go over what to do for next time. They got better and better with each job and my nerves calmed down when I realized they were great babysitters who knew how to keep kids safe AND have fun with them at the same time. Hearing from friends and neighbors what awesome babysitters my daughters are made me so proud!   But now they are getting older and getting different jobs, and spending more weekend nights with friends rather than babysitting, they're ready to pass the torch on to younger babysitters. We had the idea to put together a guide/kit ...
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I'm not abandoning my blog!

After reading an article from the NY Times about how many bloggers are leaving their blogs, I thought I'd better reassure you that NO, I am not abandoning my blog!

Actually, my computer abandoned me! The old gray mare finally dug in her heels and said, "No more rides, no more shows, no more long hauls. . . send me out to pasture." So, we've ordered a sleeker, younger, faster model and in the meantime, there will be posts with now pictures and no graphics from me for a few weeks. Then when the new pony gets here, I'll show you pics of my family vacation and maybe even some of the sewing crafts that have taken over my desk while the computer snores. . .

Maybe I'll just quote cool articles:

According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. That translates to 95 percent of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to lie fallow on the Web, where they become public remnants of a dream — or at least an ambition — unfulfilled.
That was from Douglas Quenquoa.

The end.

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Amy Lynn said…
How sad for all those abandoned blogs! It is the only time I actually sit down and write...or reflect...or record anything about my life. I'm jealous that you get a younger, sleeker new computer model. I keep hoping ours will die and we'll be forced to update but it just lives and lives and lives. Sigh.
9:11 PM
katherine said…
phew. i have missed you.
10:07 PM
April said…
welcome back! Thought of you guys yesterday whilst singing "scatter sunshine"
9:00 AM
Lady G said…
I have, alas, become a statistic.
5:35 PM
Anonymous said…
When will you post again ? Been looking forward to this !
11:31 PM
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