her able hands

The interview went very well but I haven’t heard anything yet. I will say that I’ll be very surprised if they don’t offer me the job, but then again, you never know. If they do I’ll take it even though I’m feeling a bit sad about giving up the rest of the summer and having only weekends to do things with the kids and work in the gardens. So much for leisurely days at the lake. Not that we’ve had any of those yet.

I’m just happy to have some extra days for unpacking, hauling more loads from the old house, building trellises in the gardens, planting more seeds, pushing Lila on the swing, sitting on the porch swing and talking about things like the power of money with Tyler. Time to prepare decent meals. Time for walks to the library. Time to sit and stare into the greenery and feel the gratitude wash over me in the warm breeze.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with this blog when my time becomes super crunched. I’ve got another blog going public shortly for ClubMom where I’ll be writing about raising a teenager and a toddler in a blended family. I’ve also started a somewhat anonymous blog where I’m writing about love, sex, and marriage, and the unwinding of the patterns that have kept me from relaxing into my life. The anonymous part is just a psychological trick for myself so I can write a little more frankly. I haven’t yet found the courage to write more, shall we say vividly about sex, though that is my intention.

Just because I wanted to try out the platform and because I can’t seem to ever say no to another place to write on the internet, I also have a new blog at Vox which I’m using (thanks MizUntitled) in place of my lapsed space on LiveJournal. I like the gizmos, the ability to have posts friends and family, the music and book linkage, and the networking aspects. I have a couple of invites for basic service (you can read but not write–the writing ones will be forthcoming, I think.) I’m lucky to still be doing a monthly post at DotMoms, a site that has grown so much in the past year I can’t believe they want to keep me around.

So I think I’m going to focus Her Able Hands on food and garden, occasional crafting, and possibly writing. Though I think the writing about food and gardening might cover writing, in a way. At least in a way that pleases me.

And isn’t that what it’s all about? Me?

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