The Blogging Syndrome – Striving to Find The Delicate Balance in Life

In our house there is an eleventh commandment.

“Thou shalt attend to the needs of thy family and to the needs of thy household before satisfying thy blogging addiction.”

I wish I could say I faithfully abide by this covenant day in and day out, but alas I don’t. In fact, lately I have been wondering if I haven’t accidentally rewritten it to say:

“Thou shalt attend to thy blogging addiction before satisfying the needs of thy family and thy household.”

I know I am not the only blogger who struggles with what I have dubbed The Blogging Syndrome. In fact, within the last few days both Julie of Mental Tesserae and Kim of Ramblings have written the most eloquent of posts pertaining to this topic. I can’t even come close to expressing and describing things the way they do and therefore I am not even going to attempt to try. However, what they have written has caused me to think a lot about what my priorities are.

Deep down I will tell you without a doubt that my two highest priorities in life are

Menu Plan Monday – March 26, 2007

I can already tell this week is going to be a hectic one since we seem to have something scheduled every evening. One night I am getting a free private pilates session from an amazing instructor and friend, another night I will be sewing one-on-one with a master to make my daughter an Easter dress (yes, we are talking about me, the person who doesn’t really know how to sew), and yet another night I will be having a Girls Night Out with a friend as we make a Food Storage Run to WinCo. Add in swimming lessons and my husband’s new Church calling which is to work with the Webelos Scouts and you have one crazy week.

Monday: Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry and rice

Tuesday: Meat and Pasta Bake and veggies

Wednesday: Leftovers

Thursday: Mango Chicken, rice and veggies – This is a