There are hundreds of little things going on in my life right now yet nothing feels important enough to devote an entire blog post about.
Believe me. I've tried.
In my draft queue sits a blog post about Why I'm a Realist. There's another one about The Palpable Loneliness of Long Distance Marriage. There's a third blog post about Stepmoms Being Our Own Worst Enemies. I've started each and every blog post with the conviction of why I think I've got it figured out....Usually around 4 paragraphs in, I've declared thought bankruptcy and stopped writing.
I've taken to some of my favorite bloggers' posts to see if I could adapt things they post about for my own blog, but given I don't have my own children to wax poetically about, I move on to the more important topics at hand. Then I get wrapped up in fear that no one really wants to help me figure out how to style my bedroom, fix a lamp, or be less cynical.
I've thought about writing about how my stepfamily seems to be getting along really well lately. But I didn't want to jinx it nor did I think many people would find 5 paragraphs of Why I Respect My Stepkids' Mom would really interest anyone. (Except my husband, my in-laws and, well, my stepkids' mom.)
My marriage is going well. It probably helps that my stubborn husband and I (also stubborn) see each other only on the weekends and therefore appreciate and miss each other more than a lot of couples do.
In absolutely nothing related to anything news, I'm going to Taiwan in two weeks for work. I'm a little nervous about the language barrier and the 17 hour flight, but it should be a cool experience and my first Asian stamp in my passport.
In other absolutely nothing related to anything news, a blogger I used to adore and want to be just like when I grew up, I fear, has fallen off the deep end. I stopped reading her when she live tweeted her miscarriage; I was only slightly shocked today to read she's on the run from the police. Talk about your heroes falling from grace.
In conclusion, I could use some ideas on blog posts my lovelies. Please, I ask -- no, I beg of you -- throw me some ideas so I can put my mind to good use....otherwise, you're all going to get hit with pictures of my cats and questions about what color of sheets I should get to go with my wall color.
7 comments:
I would like to read about why you respect your stepkids' mom -- especially if you can make suggestions about how to get my stepwife to behave well enough that I could respect her.
I think it's tasteless to bash other bloggers just because you're bored and have nothing else to write about.
Mrs. W -- not sure how I was bashing other bloggers. I have the utmost respect for these bloggers.
The only person I didn't have the utmost respect for is someone that I truly have lost respect for because she stopped writing about the topics that she'd been really smart at (business) and now blogs about controversial things she's doing just so she can get blog traffic.
Erin,
I didn't find what you wrote to be bashing another blogger but merely expressing your opinion on your blog.
Anyway, perhaps a post on respectfully disengaging. I have a SD who has been more than a handful and one that I must disengage from. Her behavior and actions are toxic to our family.
You writes so well and I didn't see anything tasteless in what you wrote. BTW I don't mind hearing about what color sheets should you buy :)
I have to say that I see nothing wrong with telling us stepmom's how we are our worst enemy and give up advice. I actually would love to hear what you have to say.
Your lessons from running a stepmom site?
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