Keeping Up With The Monreals

I actually created this blog when I was pregnant with Madelyn back in 2010.  That's all I did was literally just create it, and from there I drew a big, fat blank!  I was uninspired.  I was basking in my pre-motherly glow and all, but what was I supposed to really write about - stretch marks? This was before Pinterest came along, before Facebook was AS involved, and at a time where Michael and I were adjusting to our life together.  Yes, even 2+ years after we got married, we were STILL adjusting.  In retrospect, that adjustment would've been a darn good topic probably - the ups AND the downs. Ok, so why the blog? Oh yes.......the 'a' word - accountability.  I'm human, this is a busy world, I have a life to live, and I have things to accomplish! I so struggle with that because I procrastinate feel like there aren't enough hours in the day sometimes! The earth could slow a tad and give me just one more hour a day, right? No? Ok.  I always felt like time was against me, when in reality, I was against me. I waste time and there is so much more I can do.  I always have a lot on my plate, especially with 2 growing children to tend to, and I need to get my bottom in gear and get on the ball!  I'm not on top of things.  I scramble to find the 2nd shoe while my son is crying at the door because he's ready to go out and play. I have several large loads of laundry waiting for me as we speak.  I think this blog can actually help give me some direction and be a family journal of sorts.  I need to hold myself accountable to get things done that I want to do! Maybe by actually writing it and seeing it here in all of this black and white goodness, it'll make some sort of a difference.  Maybe this will give me double inspiration because what I accomplish or what we do will inspire me to post on here, and being able to post on here will, in turn, inspire me to do more!  Maybe this is the push I have needed. Maybe I'll even inspire someone else. What should you expect? I'm totally not going to say I'll blog every day.  I'll shoot for once a week minimum.  I haven't designated a "blog day."  I might share a Pinterest project I/we tackle, a week in pictures, something fun we do with the kids... the possibilities are completely endless. But my goal is I.will.shoot.for.once.a.week. I'm definitely aiming for some task-oriented progress posts, especially because Michael and I like to get down and dirty with home improvement projects. Maybe I'll eventually do a house tour like other blogs if I can ever have the entire house clean at one time.  Maybe this will be a cool way to keep in touch with family that I don't get to see or talk to as often as I'd like.  Technology has come way too far not to do so.   So here I am. On a blog. Things to do. A family to take care of.  A life to live.