It's Now or Never...

I've had the refrain from that Elvis song floating through my head all weekend in regards to my blog...It's now or never...It's really not now or never, certainly the fate of nothing hangs in the balance over whether or not I get to churn out a few blog posts. But I do have this feeling of really missing writing, really missing recording our life, really missing having this little creative outlet. I am also a bit crazy though & like things to be all chronological & I realize at this point a good 9-12 months of life has gone by unrecorded & that bugs me. I'm not sure I'm able to just pick up now & leave that time unaccounted for. So I waver, I waffle, I wonder where to begin. I've had several false-starts, as the half-finished drafts saved in the queue will bear witness to. A whole lot of life & living & fun times & everyday times has happened. And this has been the constant greeting/reminder/thorn in my day planner for the last few weeks months...

This time last year I jumped on the 31 Days challenge that so many bloggers do & I actually posted a blog every day for the month of October! Whew, it was hard work, but it was great & I felt such a sense of accomplishment (which is a nice wonderful feeling for a mom who always has so many things "in progress.") I don't know if I can post 31 blogs in October this year, actually, in my mind I haven't even solidified if I am really going to try. Some things have been a little nicer without blogging...like the laundry stays done better, the house stays a bit neater, I've been going to bed a little earlier, we have actually finished a couple of little home improvement/organization projects, & I hope I've been a little more devoted to my kids. But I think there is a balance in there waiting to be reached, that ever elusive balance, and that's where I find the now or never feeling coming into play. The life stuff will only keep happening, I will only get further behind, the need to "catch-up" will only grow stronger, so for me it's now or never...once again I'm going to give it a try...hoping to find that balance.

And I still don't know where I'm going to start...with today or make up for lost time? Your guess right now is as good as mine! But hopefully I will find some balance there, between memories old & new, as well.

For now, here are a few random pics from the last few weeks...

 Digging in the dirt!

Playing with chalk 

(We have done this more in the last 2 weeks than all summer, 

thank you cooler fall temps!)

 End of summer lake fun

 The many faces of Lucy

Back to the fields

 Just the girls!

 Me & the kids on my birthday last week!

 And I'll close with this one, a rare sweet moment of sibling love!