Monday Morning Staff Meeting - Is Blogging Like Bike Riding?

Good morning everyone. It's been a very long time since I've blogged. You probably thought I fell down a rabbit hole. Not exactly, but kinda. I'll talk more about it in a bit and in depth in the next fews days.

First of all, let's get to the food. This morning I'm serving grits.



If you say "EEWWWWWWW" when someone says grits, that just means that you haven't had them cooked properly. This also goes for collard greens. I learned that lesson on a visit to Charleston. The dish I ordered came with collard greens, to which I say to myself, "Yuck, yuck, YUCK!"

The food arrived and pecan crusted chicken breast and sweet potato souffle was just about the best thing I'd ever eaten in my life. Common sense told me that if these items were SO delicious then perhaps the collard green might not taste like nuclear waste. They were in fact, awesome.

So, dig into the cheesy grits and tell me what you think.

I love grits so much that I'm making them again for dinner, another Charleston low country favorite - shrimp and grits. Yum.

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I sincerely apologize for leaving you all hanging and I am so grateful to have such good friends as you. I've received many comments on my last posting and private e-mails asking about our well being. Thanks so much for you caring words and wonderful encouragements and even things sent through the mail.

Has anything terribly dramatic happened in our lives? Not really, but it's been a perfect storm of things are energy and creativity draining. I've learned to listen when my inner voice says pull away and honestly the longer you don't blog the easier it becomes to not blog.

There are so many bloggers that have recently fallen by the wayside. Is there a common demoninator? The time drain from your day-to-day responsibilities is a big one but I also found that some of the blogger (such as Chocolatechic) had gotten jobs outside the home, as I had.

Let me say, I just hate the job. I've been working too long and it's impossible for me to take any of their concerns or goals seriously. There's alot of drama - don't need that, I have plenty of mini-dramas at home.

I'll tell you more about my plans to quit the job in upcoming posts because we need to get on with the meeting.

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Pinterest - do you pin? Do you not? Have you weighed in on the controversy?

I received an invitation to Pinterest at the very beginning. The first red flag in my mind was that you had to be invited. Were they looking for certain demographics?

Normally I do not read terms of agreement, I just click and go. But for some reason I read Pinterest's terms of agreement said, "Oh, hell no". Now, all this time later people are up in arms about the terms of agreement, as well they should be.

Here's a little more about the brouhaha:

PINTEREST STORM

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My high school typing teacher would love this item. All I can say is that you've got to love a geek. This guy takes old manual typewriters and someone connects and wires them to a computer. You can sit and type away on an old manual Royal, Smith Corona or Underwood as you would your computer keyboard.

A TYPEWRITER IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE

The Underwoods in our classroom were much taller and bigger than the one in the bottom photo and it took lots of pushing power to get those keys to move.

Jack sells them in his Etsy shop. I'd love to test drive one.

USB TYPEWRITER on Etsy

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I continue to love ATTIC 24. It's so wonderful to be able to visit England everyday and revel in her world of color. Bravo Lucy.

Do you visit LITTLE BLUE BOO?

Ashley is battling cancer and I'm constantly blown away by her attitude and her ability to get on with life despite the challenges. She runs rings around almost anyone else.

Be prepared to be inspired.

Yvonne at STONE GABLE fell off the blogging wagon for awhile and now she's back. Her blog is a great resource if you're trying to figure out what's for dinner. She does a weekly menu.

VEE'S grandson fell off his bike and broke his leg. They could all use a prayer or two.

She also recently purchased a steam mop and I've got to get back into the archives and see if she's given it a review. I've been wanting one myself, so if you have any suggestions on a brand I'd love to hear your experience.

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That's all for today. Again, my sincere apologies for being AWOL for so long. As for the question at the top, we will discover whether blogging is like bike riding, you never really forget how to do it.