Q&A Wednesday - How Do You Find Time to Blog?

Fleur asked, "I am a homeschool mother of five...ages 6 and under (four daughters and a 5 month old son)...and I would love to know how you got your blog started. My hubby keeps saying I should start one...which I did...but never managed to get past my first entry..."

Wow - five under six.  You must be one busy mama!  I can understand why you'd want to start a blog.  The days are long but the years are short...time flies when you're busy!  And you don't want to forget a minute of the sweet parts of these days you're living.

I started my blog in 2007 as a way to post funny stories and pictures of my kids for family and friends.  Friends of friends became readers, then some random moms in different parts of the country and around the world, so I started putting more general homemaking thoughts, ideas and recipes on there to appease a larger audience. 

For me, it is easiest to blog during naps and in the evening.  When I was just journaling about our family, I wrote each post as if I was typing an email to a friend (since most of my readers were friends).  When something cute or funny happened, I'd jot it down on a notebook and type it up when I had time.  Back then, I was posting only a few times each month, so maybe start with the goal of once per weekend.  Since your husband wants you to keep up with the blog, maybe he'd be willing to take over with the kids for an hour or two every Saturday while you write posts and add pictures - ?  Just a thought.

Make it real no-pressure.  Don't try to make things look fancy or word everything perfectly or try to impress.  I always think about my blog as the storage place for our memories should our house ever burn down or should I get hit by a bus. Not fun to think about, but it's my mental insurance policy on things I might otherwise forget! 

I hope that was helpful, Fleur!  Don't get overwhelmed by the task...just document the little, important things on your family blog and it will soon be a website full of memories!